The history of the 1/4th Battalion, Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, 1914-1919 / by capt. P. G. Bales.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bales, Capt P.G, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918--Regimental histories--Great Britain.

World War, 1914-1918.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 p.)

Place of Publication:

Halifax ; London : Edward Mortimer, Ltd., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a very good and informative history of a Territorial battalion during the Great War, written by an officer who served in it as Intelligence Officer, Assistant Adjutant and Adjutant and who for more than two years was responsible for keeping the War Diary. He has made good use of this responsibility and in a series of appendices has produced the sort of detail not often seen in a battalion or regimental history. There is the battalion itinerary which charts every movement and loc...

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Half Title; Frontispiece; Title Page; Title Page Verso; Dedication; Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Body Matter; Chapter I: Mobilisation and Training; Chapter II: Fleurbaix; Chapter III: Ypres, 1915; July to October; October 16th; The Wet Months; December 19th; Chapter IV: January to June, 1916; Chapter V: The Battle of the Somme; July and August, 1916; September 3rd, 1916; The Leipsig Redoubt; Chapter VI: With the Third Army; Hannescamps; Fonquevillers; Halloy; Berles; Riviére; Chapter VII: With the First Army; Ferme du Bois Sector

The Cordonnerie SectorSt. Elie Sector; Chapter VIII: The Coast; St. Pol and Ghyvelde; The Lombartzyde Sector; Coast Defence and Training; En Route for Ypres; Chapter IX: The Belle Vue Spur; October 4th-8th; October 9th; Rest and Reorganisation; Chapter X: Winter on the Passchendaele Ridge; Molenaarelsthoek and Keerselaarhoek; Work and Training; Reutal Sector; Chapter XI: The Enemy Spring Offensive; Erquinghem and Le Veau; Nieppe; Bailleul; St. Jans Cappel; Poperinghe; Kemmel; Chapter XII: The Last of Ypres; May, 1918; Zillebeke Sector; The Zillebeke Raid; Quiet Days in the Ypres Salient

Chapter XIII: The Last StageMovements and Training; October 11th and After; Reorganisation; November 1st-2nd; Chapter XIV: Demobilisation; Auby and Douai; The Return of the Cadre; Back Matter; Appendix I: Itinerary of the Battalion; Appendix II: Nominal Roll of Officers Who Served with the Battalion Abroad; Appendix III: Nominal Roll of Warrent Officers and Company Quarter Master Sergeants; Appendix IV: Summary of Casualties; Appendix V: List of Honours and Awards; Appendix VI: The Battalion Canteen; Maps

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-69859-5

1-78150-713-9

OCLC:

769344456