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  42. IWM DOCS: A. E. Perriman, Typescript account

  43. IWM SOUND: V. G. Lansdown, AC 10147

  44. IWM DOCS: A. E. Perriman, Typescript and manuscript accounts

  45. IWM SOUND: V. G. Lansdown, AC 10147

  46. IWM DOCS: A. E. Perriman, Typescript and manuscript accounts

  47. Ibid.

  48. D. Haig, diary entry 9/7/1916, quoted in G. Sheffield & J. Bourne (eds), Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914–18

  49. R. J. W. Carden, quoted in C. H. Dudley Ward, Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (London: Forster Groom & Co, 1928), Vol. III, p. 205

  50. G. Jones, quoted in C. H. Dudley Ward, Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, p. 206

  51. Ibid., p. 207

  52. IWM SOUND: T. J. Price, AC 9492

  53. IWM SOUND: G. Richards, AC 9929

  54. G. Jones, quoted in C. H. Dudley Ward, Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, p. 210

  55. IWM DOCS: C. K. McKerrow, Typescript diary, 19/7/1916

  56. IWM DOCS: W. H. Bloor, Typescript diary, 11/7/1916

  57. Ibid., 13/7/1916

  58. R. Prior & T. Wilson, Command on the Western Front, p. 191

  59. D. Haig, quoted in R. Prior & T. Wilson, Command on the Western Front, p. 193

  60. D. Haig, diary entry 12/7/1916, quoted in G. Sheffield & J. Bourne (eds), Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914–18

  61. D. Haig, diary entry 14/7/1916, ibid.

  62. IWM DOCS: E. C. Crosse, Typescript diary, 14/7/1916

  63. N. Fraser-Tytler, Field Guns in France, p. 89

  64. IWM DOCS: B. W. Downes, Typescript manuscript

  65. Ibid.

  66. S. Carey, quoted in L. S. Uys, ‘The South Africans at Delville Wood’ South African Military History Journal, Vol. VII, No. 2

  67. IWM DOCS: J. M. Cordy, Typescript memoir, p. 18

  68. Ibid., pp. 18–19

  69. IWM SOUND: L. G. Ounsworth, AC 332, Reel 5

  70. IWM DOCS: F. J. G. Gambling, Typescript memoir, p.8

  71. Ibid.

  72. N. Fraser-Tytler, Field Guns in France, p. 89

  73. IWM SOUND: L. G. Ounsworth, AC 332, Reel 6

  74. IWM DOCS: B. W. Downes, Typescript manuscript

  75. National Army Museum: F. A. M. Maxwell, Manuscript copy of letter, 15/7/1916 & 16/7/1916

  76. Ibid.

  77. Ibid.

  78. Ibid.

  79. Ibid.

  80. Ibid.

  81. Ibid.

  82. Ibid., 2/7/1916

  83. IWM SOUND: L. G. Ounsworth, AC 332, Reel 6

  84. IWM DOCS: R. Cude, Typescript diary, 14/7/1916

  7 Stumbling to Disaster

  1. H. Mallett, quoted in L. S. Uys, ‘The South Africans at Delville Wood’ South African Military History Journal, Vol. VII, No. 2

  2. E. V. Vivian, ibid.

  3. Medlicort, ibid.

  4. O. H. de Burgh Thomas, ibid.

  5. F. Marillier, ibid.

  6. O. H. de Burgh Thomas, ibid.

  7. F. Marillier, ibid.

  8. Medlicort, ibid.

  9. Medlicort, ibid.

  10. V. Wepener, ibid.

  11. E. F. Thackeray, ibid.

  12. IWM DOCS: T. A. Jennings, Manuscript account, ‘Hark! I Hear the Bugles Calling’, pp. 14–16

  13. Ibid., p. 16

  14. Ibid., pp. 16–18

  15. Ibid, pp. 18–19

  16. IWM DOCS: H. G. Wood, Manuscript letter, 21/7/1916

  17. IWM DOCS: F. J. Fields, Typescript account

  18. Ibid.

  19. Ibid.

  20. A. W. Andrews (edited by S. Richardson), Orders are Orders, pp. 58–59

  21. Ibid.

  22. H. Preston, Reveille, Vol. 8, No. 12, p. 30

  23. Ibid.

  24. Ibid., p. 31

  25. J. R. O. Harris, quoted in C. E. W. Bean, The Australian Imperial Force in France, 1916 (Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1938), p. 553

  26. Ibid., p. 554

  27. IWM SOUND: F. Brent, AC 4037, Reel 1

  28. P. Kinchington, Reveille, Vol. 8, No. 12, p. 30

  29. H. Preston, ibid, p. 31

  30. Ibid.

  31. T. Young, quoted in N. Browning, The Blue & While Diamond: The History of the 28th Battalion, 1915–1919 (Bassendean, W.A.: Advance Press, 2002), p. 154

  32. P. Blythe, Ibid., pp. 165–6

  33. E. R. Norgard, ibid., p. 166

  34. D. Haig, diary entry 29/7/1916, quoted in G. Sheffield & J. Bourne (eds), Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914–18

  35. IWM SOUND: A. Razzell, AC 11952, Reel 7

  36. IWM SOUND: C. R. Quinnell, AC 554, Reel 17

  37. Ibid.

  38. IWM SOUND: A. Razzell, AC 11952, Reel 7

  39. IWM SOUND: C. R. Quinnell, AC 554, Reel 17 & 18

  40. C. I. Smith, Reveille, Vol. 5, No. 6, p. 31

  41. Ibid.

  42. Ibid.

  43. Ibid.

  44. Ibid.

  45. Ibid.

  46. Ibid., pp. 31–2

  47. A. Jacka, quoted in E.J. Rule, Jacka’s Mob (Melbourne: Military Melbourne, 1999), p. 30

  48. C. I. Smith, Reveille, Vol. 5, No. 6, p. 32

  49. Ibid.

  50. E.J. Rule, Jacka’s Mob, p. 29

  51. A. Jacka, quoted in E.J. Rule, Jacka’s Mob, p. 30

  52. E.J.Rule, Jacka’s Mob, p. 29

  53. Ibid., p. 30

  54. H. W. Murray, Reveille, Vol. 9, No. 4, p. 33

  55. Ibid.

  56. Ibid.

  57. Ibid.

  8 From Bad to Worse

  1. IWM DOCS: H. Tudor, Typescript diary, 26/7/1916

  2. F. C. Stanley, The History of the 89th Brigade, 1914–1918, pp. 154–5

  3. W. L. S. Churchill, memorandum 1/8/1916, in M. Gilbert (ed), Winston S. Churchill, Companion Vol. III, Part 2 May 1915–December 1916 (London: Heineman, 1972), p. 1537

  4. D. Haig, note on letter from CIGS dated 2/8/1916, quoted in G. Sheffield & J. Bourne (eds), Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914–18

  5. D. Haig, diary entry 8/8/1916, ibid.

  6. IWM DOCS: Fourth Army Papers, O.A.D. 91, p. 1

  7. Ibid., p. 2

  8. Ibid.

  9. Ibid.

  10. IWM DOCS: A. Russell, Typescript manuscript, pp. 60–1

  11. Ibid., pp. 61–2

  12. IWM DOCS: Fourth Army Papers, O.A.D. 123 p. 1

  13. Ibid., p. 2

  14. IWM DOCS: F. J. Fields, Typescript account

  15. Ibid.

  16. IWM DOCS: H. D. Paviere, Typescript account, p. 36–7

  17. IWM DOCS: Y. R. N. Probert, Typescript diary, 10/9/1916

  18. IWM DOCS: B. H. Whayman, Typescript account, p.3

  19. IWM SOUND: W. Grover, AC 10441, Reel 2

  20. T. M. Kettle, quoted in L. Housman, War Letters of Fallen Englishmen (London: Victor Gollancz, 1930), p. 167

  21. T. M. Kettle, ‘Political Testament’, Internet source

  22. T. M. Kettle, quoted in L. Housman, War Letters of Fallen Englishmen, p. 167

  23. T. M. Kettle (written 4/9/1916), quoted in R. Feilding, War Letters to a Wife (London: The Medici Society, 1929), p. 131

  24. E. Dalton, quoted in T. Burke, ‘In Memory of Tom Kettle’, Journal of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association, Vol. 9, 9/2002, p. 4

  25. Young, quoted in T. Denman, Ireland’s Unknown Soldiers: The 16th (Irish) Division in the Great War (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1992), p. 98

  26. IWM SOUND: F. W. S. Jourdain, AC 11214

  27. R. Feilding, War Letters to a Wife, p. 116

  28. IWM SOUND: F. W. S. Jourdain, AC 11214

  29. R. Feilding, War Letters to a Wife, p. 114

  30. Ibid., p. 119

  31. IWM DOCS: J. H. Reynolds, Typescript memoir

  32. IWM DOCS: P. H. Pilditch, Typescript memoir, p. 315

  9 You are not Alone

  1. IWM DOCS: A. V. Conn, Typescript account—edited from sev
eral versions of this incident

  2. IWM SOUND: A. Razzell, AC 11952, Reel 7

  3. Ibid.

  4. N. D. Cliff, To Hell and Back with the Guards (Braunton, Devon: Merlin Books Ltd, 1988), p. 79

  5. IWM DOCS: W. Kerr, Typescript memoir, p. 90

  6. Ibid., p. 91

  7. IWM SOUND: B. Farrer, AC 9552, Reel 14

  8. IWM DOCS: R. Bulstrode, Typescript memoir, pp. 66–8

  9. IWM DOCS: W. Kerr, Typescript memoir, p. 92

  10. IWM DOCS: E. S. B. Hamilton, Typescript dairy, 6/8/1916

  11. Ibid.

  12. Ibid.

  13. IWM DOCS: L. Gameson, Typescript, 10/8/1916

  14. Ibid., 14/8/1916

  15. Ibid., 15/8/1916–9/9/1916

  16. Ibid.

  17. Ibid., 13/8/1916

  18. Ibid.

  19. Ibid., 15/8/1916–9/9/1916

  20. Ibid.

  21. Ibid.

  22. Ibid.

  23. IWM SOUND: T. J. Price, AC 9492

  24. IWM DOCS: H. Russell, Typescript manuscript, p. 6

  25. N. D. Cliff, To Hell and Back with the Guards, p. 79

  26. IWM DOCS: R. D. Mountfield, Manuscript letter, 23/7/1916

  27. IWM SOUND: J. Dray, AC 27053, Reel 1

  10 When Push Comes to Shove

  1. IWM DOCS: Fourth Army Papers, O.A.D. 116, p. 1

  2. D. Haig, diary entry 14/4/1916 quoted in G. Sheffield & J. Bourne (eds), Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914–18

  3. D. Haig, diary entry 26/8/1916, ibid.

  4. J. Charteris, At G.H.Q, p. 165

  5. IWM DOCS: Fourth Army Papers, 28/8/1916, H. Rawlinson Initial Proposals for attack on 15/9/1916, pp. 3–4

  6. D. Haig, diary entry 29/8/1916, quoted in G. Sheffield & J. Bourne (eds), Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914–18

  7. IWM DOCS: Fourth Army Papers, O.A.D. 131, pp. 1–2

  8. Ibid., pp. 2–3

  9. IWM DOCS: Fourth Army Papers, Conference, 10/9/1916

  10. IWM DOCS: Fourth Army Papers, Instructions for the Employment of Tanks, 11/9/16

  11. IWM DOCS: E. G. de Caux, Typescript memoir, p. 24

  12. IWM DOCS: Albert Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  13. IWM DOCS: D. Railton, Typescript letter, 12/9/1916

  14. IWM DOCS: E. G. de Caux, Typescript memoir, p. 24

  15. IWM DOCS: Albert Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  16. IWM DOCS: G. V. Dennis, Typescript account, p. 74

  17. IWM DOCS: H. Horne, Typescript diary, 15/9/1916

  18. W.J. Gray, quoted in C. A. Cuthbert Keeson, The History and Records of Queen Victoria’s Rifles, pp. 190–1

  19. Ibid., pp. 191–2

  20. Ibid., p. 192

  21. IWM DOCS: G. V. Dennis, Typescript account, p. 75

  22. IWM DOCS: H. Horne, Typescript diary, 15/9/1916

  23. IWM: C. H. Morden, Typescript account, p. 2

  24. National Army Museum: L. Cattermole, Typescript account, ‘Attack on the Somme’, p. 2

  25. Ibid., p. 3

  26. Ibid.

  27. IWM DOCS: M. M. Hood, Typescript memoir

  28. Weinert, quoted in T. Pidgeon, The Tanks at Flers (Cobham: Fairmile Books, 1995) Vol. I, p. 132

  29. National Army Museum: L. Cattermole, Typescript account, ‘Attack on the Somme’, pp. 4–5

  30. IWM SOUND: G. Cole, AC 9535, Reel 4

  31. National Archives: CAB 45/135, H. Karslake letter, 28/1/1936

  32. IWM DOCS: A. Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  33. M. J. Guiton, quoted in P. Davenport, The History of the Prince of Wales’ Own Civil Service Rifles (London: Civil Service Rifles, 1921), p. 115

  34. IWM DOCS: Albert Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  35. IWM DOCS: D. D. S. Cree, Typescript memoir

  36. IWM DOCS: Albert Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  37. IWM DOCS: D. D. S. Cree, Typescript memoir

  38. IWM DOCS: J. C. Mclntyre, Typescript memoir

  39. D. D. S. Cree, Typescript memoir

  40. IWM DOCS: E. J. D. Routh, Manuscript diary, 15/9/1916

  41. IWM DOCS: D. D. S. Cree, Typescript memoir

  42. HVM DOCS: Albert Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  43. IWM DOCS: D. D. S. Cree, Typescript memoir

  44. Ibid.

  45. Ibid.

  46. IWM DOCS: R. E. Davy, Manuscript letter, 22/9/1916

  47. IWM DOCS: E. G. de Caux, Typescript memoir, p. 26

  48. IWM DOCS: E. Gore–Brown Collection: E. G. de Caux, Typescript letter, 30/9/1916

  49. IWM DOCS: G. V. Dennis, Typescript account, p. 76

  50. Ibid.

  51. A. H. R. Reiffer, quoted in T. Pidgeon, The Tanks at Flers, Vol. I, p. 167

  52. IWM SOUND: C. Lewis, AC 4162, Reel 1

  53. IWM SOUND: V. Huffam, AC 4136 Reel 1

  54. IWM SOUND: A. H. R. Reiffer, AC 4212

  55. IWM SOUND: S. Hastie, AC 4126, Reel 1

  56. IWM SOUND: A. H. R. Reiffer, AC 4212

  57. IWM SOUND: S. Hastie, AC 4126, Reel 1

  58. Ibid.

  59. Braunhofer, quoted in T. Pidgeon, The Tanks at Flers, Vol. I, p. 172

  60. A. Arnold, ibid., p. 173

  61. IWM DOCS: G. V. Dennis, Typescript account, p. 77

  62. The best analysis, which effectively clears Basil Henriques of these charges, is that carried out by Trevor Pidgeon’s brilliant book, Tanks at Flers.

  63. B. Henriques, Indiscretions of a Warden (London: Methuen & Co, 1937), pp. 118–9

  64. B. Henriques, quoted in L. L. Loewe, Basil Henriques (London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976), p. 44

  65. B. Henriques, Indiscretions of a Warden, p. 119

  66. W. T. Dawson, quoted in T. Pidgeon, The Tanks at Flers, Vol. I, p. 86

  67. Bdr. Osborne, quoted by B. Hammond in pending thesis, ‘The Theory and Practice of British Tanks—other Arms Cooperation on the Western Front in the Great War’

  68. B. Henriques, Indiscretions of a Warden, p. 119

  69. Ibid., pp. 119–120

  70. IWM SOUND: P. Neame, AC 48, Reel 11 & 13

  71. IWM DOCS: T. G. Rogers, ‘Letters’, pp. 282–283

  72. IWM DOCS: A. Home, Typescript diary, 15/9/1916

  73. Ibid., 18/9/1916

  11 Hammering On

  1. IWM DOCS: A. Home, Typescript diary, 22/9/1916

  2. Ibid., 18/9/1916

  3. IWM SOUND: H. Calvert, AC 9955

  4. IWM DOCS: A. Russell, Typescript manuscript, pp. 70–1

  5. IWM SOUND: H. Calvert, AC 9955

  6. IWM DOCS: A. Home, Typescript diary, 25/9/1916

  7. H. Gough, The Fifth Army (London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1931), p. 148

  8. IWM DOCS: A. Angus, Typescript memoir, p. 9

  9. National Army Museum: F. Maxwell, Letter, 27/9/1916

  10. IWM SOUND: R. G. Emmett, Typescript account in folder

  11. G. E. Cornaby, quoted in anon author, The 54th Infantry Brigade: Some Records of Battle and Laughter in France (Aldershot: Gale & Polden, 1919), p. 53

  12. IWM SOUND: R. G. Emmett, Typescript account in folder

  13. G. E. Cornaby, op. cit.

  14. IWM SOUND: R. G. Emmett, Typescript account in folder

  15. IWM DOCS: S. T. Fuller, Manuscript diary, 26/9/1916

  16. National Army Museum: F. Maxwell, Letter, 27/9/1916

  17. Ibid.

  18. IWM SOUND: R. G. Emmett, Typescript account in folder

  19. National Army Museum: F. Maxwell, Letter, 27/9/1916

  20. G. E. Cornaby, quoted in anon author, The 54th Infantry Brigade, pp. 55–6

  21. IWM DOCS: T. A. Jennings, Manuscript memoir, ‘Hark! I Hear the Bugles Calling’, pp. 23–5

  22. Ibid., pp. 26–7

  23. Ibid., p. 27

  24. IWM SOUND: T. E. Adlam, AC 35, Reel 3

  25. Ibid.

  26. Ibid.

  27. Ibid., Reel 4

  28. Ibid., Reel 3

  29. Ibid.Reel 4

  30. IWM DOCS
: G. C. Pratt, Typescript account

  31. Ibid.

  32. Ibid.

  33. Ibid.

  34. Ibid.

  35. Ibid.

  36. Ibid.

  37. Ibid.

  38. IWM DOCS: A. Angus, Typescript memoir, pp. 9–10

  39. IWM DOCS: G. C. Pratt, Typescript account

  40. Ibid.

  41. Ibid.

  42. Ibid.

  43. Ibid.

  44. Ibid.

  45. Ibid.

  46. Ibid.

  47. IWM DOCS: J. Meo, Manuscript diary, 22/9/1916

  48. Ibid., 24/9/1916

  49. Ibid., 25/9/1916 & 30/9/1916

  50. Ibid., 30/9/1916

  51. Ibid.

  52. Ibid., 1/10/1916

  53. Ibid., 8/10/1916

  54. IWM DOCS: W. H. Bloor, Typescript diary, 28/9/1916

  55. Ibid., 30/9/1916

  56. H. Sulzbach, With the German Guns: 50 Months on the Western Front, 1914–1918 (London: Frederick Warne Ltd, 1981), p. 90

  12 October Attrition

  1. D. Haig, letter to George V 5/10/1916, quoted in G. Sheffield & J. Bourne (eds), Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914–18

  2. D. Haig, diary entry 5/10/1916, ibid.

  3. J. Charteris, At G.H.Q., pp. 170–1

  4. J. Charteris, At G.H.Q,. p. 171

  5. J. A. Chamier, quoted in H. A. Jones & W. Raleigh, The War in the Air (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1922–1937), Vol. II, pp. 298–299

  6. IWM DOCS: W. H. Bloor, Typescript diary, 1/10/1916

  7. Ibid., 2/10/1916 & 3/10/1916

  8. N. Fraser-Tytler, Field Guns in France, p. 108

  9. IWM DOCS: W. H. Bloor, Typescript diary, 3/10/1916

  10. Ibid.

  11. Ibid., 5/10/1916

  12. G. Lewis, Wings Over the Somme, p. 75 & 78

  13. IWM DOCS: Albert Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  14. IWM DOCS: W. J. N. Howell, Typescript account

  15. IWM DOCS: W. Harfleet, Typescript letter

  16. IWM DOCS: W. J. N. Howell, Typescript account

  17. IWM DOCS: W. Harfleet, Typescript letter

  18. IWM DOCS: Albert Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  19. IWM DOCS: W. J. N. Howell, Typescript account

  20. IWM DOCS: W. S. Reid, Typescript letter, 13/10/1970

  21. IWM DOCS: Albert Whitehurst, Typescript memoir

  22. D. Haig, diary entry 14/10/1916, quoted in G. Sheffield & J. Bourne (eds), Douglas Haig: War Diaries and Letters 1914–18

  23. N. Fraser-Tytler, Field Guns in France, pp. 110–11

  24. Ibid., pp. 111–12

  25. A. C. Johnston, quoted in A. Crookenden, The History of the Cheshire Regiment in the Great War, (Chester: W. H. Evans & Sons, 1938) pp. 91–2

  26. IWM DOCS: V. F. S. Hawkins quoted in J. C. Latter, The History of the Lancashire Fusiliers, 1914–1918, (Aldershot: Gale & Polden Ltd, 1949), p. 167

 

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