The Fifteenth (Scottish) Division, 1911–1919, Lieutenant-Colonel J. Stewart DSO and John Buchan (William Blackwood & Sons, 1926)
The Twenty-Third Division 1914–1919, Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Sandilands (William Blackwood & Sons, 1925)
Military Operations in France – Belgium, 1917, Volume 2, Brigadier-General Sir James E. Edmonds (HMSO, 1948)
The History of the 36th Ulster Division, Cyril Falls (McCaw, Stevenson & Orr Ltd., 1922)
The 8th Division in War, 1914–18, Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Boreston and Captain Cyril E. O. Bax (Medici Society, 1926)
War History lst/4th Battalion, The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 1914–18, Battalion Records (Battalion History Committee, 1921)
Australian Imperial Force in France and Belgium, 1914, C. E. W Bean (Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1943)
History of the gth (Scottish) Division,]. Ewing MC (John Murray, 1921)
History of the 47th (London) Division, 1914–19, edited by A. H. Maude (Amalgamated Press Ltd., 1922)
History of the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, Volume 7, compiled by Colonel H. C. Wylly CB (Gale & Polden Ltd., 1923)
Record of the Battles and Engagements of the British Armies in France and Flanders 1914–18, Captain A. E. James (Gale & Polden Ltd., 1924)
Cap of Honour – The Story of the Gloucestershire Regiment, D. S. Daniels (Harrap, 1953)
History of the Guards Division in the Great War, C. Headlam DSO (John Murray, 1924)
The Manchester Regiment, 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th Battalions – A Record,1914–18, The Manchester Regimental Committee (Sherratt & Hughes, 1922)
History of the Rifle Brigade in the War of 1914–18, William W. Seymour (The Rifle Brigade Club, 1936)
The 42nd Lancashire Division, 1914–18, F. P. Gibbon (Country Life Library,1920)
Per Mare Per Terram – A History of the Royal Marines, P. C. Smith (Balfour Books, 1974)
A Short History of the 48th Division (TA), 1914–18(HQ 48th Division TA, 1962)
The Story of the 5 th (Cinque Ports) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment, Colonel E. A. C. Fazan (Royal Sussex Regt. Association, 1971)
War Underground, 1914–18, Alexander Barrie (House Journals Ltd., 1962)Canada in Flanders, Volumes 1 and 2, Sir Max Aitken, MP (Hodder & Stoughton, 1916)
The Tank Corps Book of Honour, edited by Major R. F. G. Maurice (Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd., 1919)
The Rifle Brigade Chronicle for 1920, Colonel Willoughby Verner (John Bale, Sons and Danielson Ltd., 1921)
A Frenchman in Khaki, Paul Maze DCM, MM with Bar, C de G (William Heinemann Ltd., 1934)
Twenty Years After, edited by Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton KBE, CB (George Newnes Ltd., 1938)
The Battle Book of Ypres, Beatrix Brice (form Murray, 1927)
The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Ypres Salient, issued by Talbot House (Herbert Reiach Ltd., 1920)
The Immortal Salient, Lieutenant-General Sir William Putteney KCB, KCMG, KCVO and Beatrix Brice (John Murray, 1925)
The Home Fronts, 1915–18, John Williams (Constable, 1972)
Unknown Warriors – Extracts from the Letters ofK. E. Luard RRC (Chatto &Windus, 1930)
In Flanders Fields, Leon Wolff (Longmans, Green & Co., 1960)
The Wipers Times and After (Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1918)
A Passionate Prodigality, Guy Chapman OBE, MC (Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd., 1933)
For the Duration, D. H. Rowlands (Simpkin Marshall Ltd., 1932)
Vain Glory, Guy Chapman OBE. MC (Cassell and Co. Ltd., 1937)
With the BEF in France, Adjutant Mary Booth (The Salvation Army, 1916)
The Artists and the SAS, B. A. Young (21st Special Air Service Regiment (Artists), TA, 1960)
The Balloonatics, Alm Morris (Jarrolds, 1970)
With the 10th Essex in France, Lieutenant-Colonel T. M. Banks DSO, MC and Captain R. A. Chell DSO, MC (Gay & Hancock Ltd., 1924)
From BC to Baisieux (102nd Canadian Infantry Battalion History), L. McLeod Gould MSM (Thos. R. Cusack Presses, 1919)
As From Kemmel Hill, Arthur Behrend (Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1963) From a Surgeon’sfournal, Harvey Cushing (Constable & Co. Ltd., 1936)
Contemporary Europe, H. Stuart Hughes (Prentice-Hall Inc., 1961)
The Pillboxes of Flanders, Colonel E. G. L. Thurlow DSO (Ivor Nicholson & Watson Ltd., 1933)
The Ypres Salient, John Giles (Leo Cooper Ltd., 1970)
Unpublished Works
An Artillery Officer in the First World War, Colonel R. Macleod DSO, MC
Great Battles Fought during the First World War, 1914–1918 and Flanders 1917 translated from German Official History and General von Kuhl’s Account by Colonel R. Macleod DSO, MC
Saturday Afternoon Soldiers, H. G. R. Williams
Historical Records of the British Infantry Regiments, The Great War 1914/18, compiled by Brigadier E. A. James OBE, TD
Author’s Note
I wish to acknowledge my debt to all of the following, without whose valuable assistance this book could never have been written.
Gunner J. L. Addy, 4th Battalion, Tank Corps.
Captain H. C. Allen MC, 317 Northumbrian Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Lieutenant A. J. Angel, 24th London Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Lieutenant J. B. Annan, 9th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers
Lieutenant R. G. Appleby MM, 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles.
Sergeant C. W Archer, 402nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery.
Gunner F Backhouse MM, 4th West Lanes. Battalion, Royal Field Artillery.
Private W. Bagley, 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Corporal H. W. Bainbridge, 87th Battalion, Canadian Grenadier Guards.
L/Sergeant A. Baker DCM, 1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment.
Lieutenant F. A. Baker, Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Corporal H. C. Baker, 28th Canadian North-West Battalion.
Lieut.-Col. L. J. Baker MC, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (A/Captain).
Private L. M. Baldwin MM, 8th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Corporal C. R. Bampton MM, 13th Battalion, RHC.
Private F. W. Barber, Seaforth Highlanders.
Rifleman W. Barnard, The Rifle Brigade.
Private H. J. Barnett, 19th (Pioneer) Battalion, Welch Regiment.
Private R. Bartram, 1st London Welch (Royal Welch Fusiliers).
Private W. G. Bell MM, Army Cyclist Corps.
Corporal A. B. Beh/ea, 1st Canadian Divisional Ammunition Column.
Private F. R. Berridge DSO, MC, 3 bars, 7th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (Lieut.).
Sergeant T. Berry DCM, 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
A/Corporal W. J. Billington, 163 Brigade, NZ Field Artillery.
Private J. W. Binns, 2/4th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.
Major H. L. Birks, Tank Corps (Lieut.).
Private H. C. Bloor, 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment.
Bombardier B. Bloye, 116 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Lieutenant W. L. Blythe CMG, 152 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Captain T. S. Bond, 11th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Sergeant W. T. Booth, 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.
Private J. H. Bovey, Royal Army Medical Corps.
A/CSM Bray, 2/4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Sergeant T. A. H. Breaden, 17th Battalion, AIF.
Lieut.-Col. G. A. Brett DSO, OBE. MC (all subsequent to Ypres), 23rd Battalion, London Regiment (Captain).
Private A. Briggs, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment.
Lieutenant G. H. Brooks, 6th Battalion, Tank Corps.
Captain F. N. Broome MC, 173rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Private A. A. Brown, 9th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. A. T. A. Brown MM, TD, 28th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (L/Cpl).
Signaller G. W. Brown MBE (1902), 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company.
Gunner J
. J. Brown, Canadian Field Artillery.
Private F. Buckingham, 1st Battalion, Honourable Artillery Company.
Private R. Buckley MM, 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Sapper G. A. Bundy, 211 Infantry Battalion, CE F. Driver E. G. V. Burton, Royal Regiment of Artillery.
Driver L. G. Burton, Ammunition Column, MT, ASC.
A/Sergeant H. W. Calcraft, 16th (S) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Sister J. Calder, Territorial Force Nursing Service.
Rifleman T. E. Cantlon, 21st & 18th Battalions, King’s Royal Rifles.
Sergeant J. Carmichael VC, 9th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment.
Sapper A. W. Cave, Royal Engineers.
Sergeant S. E Chalk, 172 Company, Machine-Gun Corps.
Captain R. A. Chell D S O, MC 10th (S) Battalion, Essex Regiment.
Private G. Chew, 2/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Captain C. J. D. Church, 2nd Battalion. The King’s Own Scottish Borderers.
Corporal P. J. Clarke MM 13th (S) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Driver J. Clery, Royal Engineers.
Rifleman F. H. Cobb, 13th (S) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Sergeant W. J. Collins, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Captain P. R. Cokman, 11th (S) Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Private/Sergeant (Forewoman) Comrie, RAOC.
Captain M. Concannon DSO, MC. TD, Royal Field Artillery.
Gunner R. Cooper, 24th Battery, 8th Army Brigade (Canadian).
Corporal L. O. Cottam MM, Liverpool Scottish Regiment.
Private M. Cousins MM, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Rifleman C. R. Cox, London Rifle Brigade.
Riffleman H. W. Cozens MM, 1st Battalion, Queen’s Westminster Rifles.
Private E. G. CrevekL The Bufis, attached 2/2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Signaller A. J. Cridland, 10th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers.
Corporal A. Critchley MM, 1/7th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment.
Rifleman A. J. Croak, 11th
Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Corporal W. H. Crocker, 2nd Division, Canadian Ammunition Column.
Private J. Crouch, 8th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment.
Corporal F. J. Cubitt, 4th & 7th Battalions, Norfolk Regiment.
Rifleman S. J. W Cuckson, 13th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Signaller J. Currie, Royal Field Artillery.
Private C. Davey, 5th Canadian Battalion, 1st Canadian Division.
Private S. Davies, 2/7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment.
Private R. Dawson, Royal Army Medical Corps.
Private W. Derbyshire, 19th Canadian Infantry Battalion.
L/Corporal A. F. T. Diamond, Special Gas Brigade, Royal Engineers.
Lieutenant L. G. Dickinson, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Captain B. T. Dickson (Croix de Guerre), 4th Battalion, South Lancashire Regiment.
Corporal H. Diffey, 15th Battalion,
Royal Welch Fusiliers.
Major W. G. Dipper, 2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (Lieut.).
Major D. O. Dixon, Machine Gun Corps.
Private W. E. Dixon, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
L/Corporal E. H. Dormand MM, 1/18th Battalion, London Irish Rifles.
Sir Sholto Courtenay Mackenzie Douglas Bt., MC, 6th Battalion. Seaforth Highlanders (Lieut.).
Private C. E. Dowsing MM & Bar, 2nd Auckland Battalion, New Zealand Division.
Corporal W. M. Draycott, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.
A/Sergeant A. W. Dunbar, 236 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
A/Captain F. E. Dunsmuir MC, 17th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Private T. Easton, 2nd Battalion, Tyneside Scottish Regiment.
Driver A. A. Elderkin, 2nd Brigade, 1st Canadian Division.
Lieut.-Col. D. B. Eliot, Lincolnshire Regiment (Lieut.).
L/Corporal W. Ellett, Leicestershire Regiment.
Signaller J. C. Ellis, 250th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Major General H. Essame CBE, DSO, MC, Northamptonshire Regiment (Lieut.).
Private V. E. Fagence, 11th Battalion, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Private A. W Fenn, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
L/Corporal J. B. Fenner, 3/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Private J. Fenton, Gordon Highlanders,
Lieutenant C. C. Ferrie, 72nd Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders of Canada.
Driver J. J. Field, 1st East Anglian Brigade Territorials, Royal Field Artillery.
Corporal R. Findlater, 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Major C. H. K. Fisher MC, Honourable Artillery Company (Lieut.).
Sergeant G. W. Fisher, 1st Battalion, Hertforshire Regiment.
Corporal O. W. Flowers RASC (MT). Captain H. A. Foley MC, 7th (S) Battalion, Somerset light Infantry.
Rifleman A. Foreman, The Rifle Brigade.
Lieutenant E. C. Foulsham, 1st Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Rifleman F. W Froud, 1st
Battalion, 18th London Irish Regiment.
Private RH. J. Fry, 11th Battalion, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Brigadier R. E. Fryer OBE, 62 Field Company, Royal Engineers (Captain).
Private J. Gadsby, 6th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters.
Bombardier J. W Gale MM, 6th Brigade, 1st AIF.
CQMS S. A. Garman, 11th (S) Battalion, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Corporal J. Garner, 5th Battalion, Border Regiment.
Driver C. W. Garrard, B 89th & D 87th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Lieutenant P. H. Gates, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Private H. J. Gee, 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.
Gunner L. S. GifFord, 14th Brigade, RHA.
Private G. J. Giggins, 62 Company, Machine Gun Corps.
Private A. R. J. Glazier, 5th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment.
Corporal E. J. Gooch, 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment.
Private W. Good, The Royal Highlanders.
Private P. J. Goodland, 188th Battalion, CEF.
Lieutenant H. Gordon MBE, Royal Field Artillery.
Captain A. L. Goring M C, 6th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Lieut.).
Private M. Gosden MM, 168 Machine Gun Corps.
Gunner W. Graham, New Zealand Artillery.
Private F S. Green, 2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Captain M. Greener, 175 Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers.
Corporal Greenwood, 12th Battalion, The Rifle
Brigade.
Driver A. K. Greves MBE, New Zealand Artillery.
Major D. A. Ross Haddon MC, 9th Battalion. Royal Scots Fusiliers.
Sergeant C. W. Haines MM, 13th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. B. M. Hall, 1/2nd Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (Lieut.).
Rifleman E Hancock, 2nd Battalion, London Rifle Brigade.
Sergeant J. Hancox, 6th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment.
Lieut.-Col. V. W. Hargreaves MC, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment (A/Captain).
Corporal A. Harris, Royal Marines.
Captain T. A. Harris, Royal Field Artillery (Bombardier).
Drummer B. H. Hart, 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.
Private A. Hardand, 2/6th Battalion, South StafFordshire Regiment.
Private W. J. Hartley, North Lancashire Regiment.
Rifleman J. G. Harvey, 2nd Battalion, Scottish Rifles.
Captain J. G. Hassell, 8th Battalion, Tank Corps.
Captain A. W Hawes MC, Honourable Artillery Company.
Brigadier T. W. R. Haycraft, Royal Engineers (Lieut.).
Lieutenant C. W Healey MC, TD. MD, Manchester Regiment.
Private E. W. Heath, 15th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Brigadier T. E. H. Helby, 59th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery (Captain).
Private O. Hewitt, 2nd C
MR (Canadian).
Rifleman A. W. Hill, 2/9th Battalion, London Regiment.
Private F. A. Hill, 6th Battalion, Gloucester Regiment.
Padre S. Hinchcliffe, 26th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers.
Private A. L. Hodges, 12th Battalion. The Rifle Brigade.
Signaller A. B. Hodgson, 9th Siege Battery, RGA.
Private F. Hodgson, 11th Canadian Field Ambulance.
Gunner C. Hodson, G Battalion, Tank Corps.
Lieutenant G. P. Hoole MC, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Brigadier H. E. Hopthrow CBE, Royal Engineers (Sapper).
Sergeant H. A. Home, Lincolnshire Regiment.
Major G. D. Horridge TD, l/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers (Captain).
A/Corporal J. Howard, 2nd Battalion, The Rifle Brigade. Corporal F. E. Hudson, D/58
Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Lieutenant W. R. Hudson, 11th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Gunner W. Hughes, 226th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Private B. Hussey, 3rd Battalion, East Surrey Regiment.
Rifleman H. S. Hyman, 11th Battalion, The Rifle Brigade.
Corporal S. V. James, Machine Gun Corps.
Private H. Jefferson, 5th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment.
Private B. Johnson, 8th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment.
Corporal F. F. Johnson, A/70 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Bugler H. Johnson, 2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Private R. WJohnston, 15th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry.
Lieutenant A. R. Jones, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry.
Lieut.-Col. W. D. Joynt VC, 8th Australian Battalion, AIF (Lieut.).
Sergeant WJ. Kemp DCM, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Private C. C. King, 44th Canadian Battalion.
Captain P. T. King, East Lancashire Regiment.
Corporal J. E. Kingsley, 102 Battalion, CEF.
Private N. Kinivig, 3rd New Zealand Field Ambulance
Captain J. Kirkwood, Seaforth Highlanders.
A/Corporal R. Knott, 21st Field Ambulance.
Captain W. Lambert, Tank Corps.
Sapper C. Lancaster, 1st London Field Company, Royal Engineers.
Private E. W. S. Lang, 1st Battalion, Artists Rifles.
Sergeant R. Lawseth, 88th Battalion AIF drafted to 2nd Tunnelling Company.
L/Bdr. L. L. Lawson, ‘A’ Battery, London Field Brigade, R ATA.
Private R. Le Bran, 16th Canadian Machine Gun Company.
Corporal A. E. Lee MM, ‘A’ Battalion, Tank Corps.
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