Slaughter on the Somme, 1 July 1916 : the complete war diaries of the British Army's worst day / John Grehan, Martin Mace.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Grehan, John, author.

Mace, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army.

Great Britain.

Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916--Personal narratives.

Somme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1132 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2013.

Summary:

At 07.30 hours on 1 July 1916, the devastating cacophony of the Allied artillery fell silent along the front on the Somme. The ear-splitting explosions were replaced by the shrill sound of hundreds of whistles being blown. At that moment, tens of thousands of British soldiers climbed out from the trenches on their part of the Western Front, and began to make their way steadily towards the German lines opposite. It was the first day of the Battle of the Somme.By the end of the day, a number of the regiments involved had met with some degree of success; others had suffered heavy losses for no ga

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; List of Battalions; List of Maps; Abbreviations; Individual Corps Sections; VII Corps - 1 July 1916; Assault of the 56th Division; Assault of the 46th Division; Loss of the lodgement of the 56th Division; The German account of Gommecourt; Index of Battalions; 1/5th (Earl of Chester's) Battalion (Territorial Force) Cheshire Regiment; 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force) Leicestershire Regiment; 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force) Lincolnshire Regiment

1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force) Lincolnshire Regiment1/2nd Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) London Regiment (Territorial Force); 1/3th Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) London Regiment (Territorial Force); 1/4th Battalion (Royal Fusiliers) London Regiment (Territorial Force); 1/5th Battalion (London Rifle Brigade) London Regiment (Territorial Force); 1/9th Battalion (Queen Victoria's Rifles) London Regiment (Territorial Force); 1/12th Battalion (The Rangers) London Regiment (Territorial Force); 1/13th Battalion (Kensington) London Regiment (Territorial Force)

1/14th Battalion (London Scottish) London Regiment (Territorial Force)1/16th Battalion (Queen's Westminster Rifles) London Regiment (Territorial Force); 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force) Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment); 1/6th Battalion (Territorial Force) Prince of Wales's (North Staffordshire Regiment); 11th (Service) Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment; 1/5th Battalion (Territorial Force) Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment); 1/6th Battalion (Territorial Force) Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)

1/7th (Robin Hood) Battalion (Territorial Force) Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment)1/8th Battalion (Territorial Force) Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment); 1/6th Battalion (Territorial Force) South Staffordshire Regiment; VIII Corps - 1 July 1916; Assault of the 29th and 4th Divisions; Assault of the 31st Division towards Serre; Endeavours to renew the assault of VIII Corps; The Germans opposite VIII Corps; Index of Battalions; 1st Battalion Border Regiment; 18th (Service) Battalion (1st County) Durham Light Infantry

16th (Service) Battalion (Public Schools) Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment); 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment; 11th (Service) Battalion (Accrington) East Lancashire Regiment; 1st Battalion Essex Regiment; 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment; 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment; 1st Battalion King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment); 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers; 12th (Service) Battalion (Miners) (Pioneers) King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry); 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers; 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers

1/2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783830411

1783830417