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The 56th Division 1914 1918

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Author : Major C.H. Dudley Ward
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2012-03-29

The 56th Division 1914 1918 written by Major C.H. Dudley Ward and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-29 with History categories.

This is the history of a pre-war TF division, the 1st London Division. It had the unhappy experience of being broken up right at the beginning of the war to provide reinforcements elsewhere. By the beginning of 1915 the division had ceased to exist, but in January 1916 it was reconstituted in France and numbered ‘56th'. Its first major engagement was the unsuccessful diversionary attack at Gommecourt on 1 July 1916 which resulted in 4,749 casualties. The division remained on the Somme till October and in the following year fought in the 1917 Arras offensive and again at Cambrai. In the German March 1918 offensive the 56th formed the right flank of First Army NE of Arras where, alongside 4th Division, it faced seven German divisions in the ‘Mars' offensive; the German advance here was checked. By the end of the war the division had suffered 34,809 casualties. This account is by an author with a reputation as a writer of regimental and divisional histories, and his experience as a regimental and staff officer in the war show clearly. There is an excellent appendix providing details on order of battle - commanders, staff and units - and the changes, with dates.

56th Division 1st London Territorial Division 1914 1918

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Author : C. H. Dudley Ward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-06-01

56th Division 1st London Territorial Division 1914 1918 written by C. H. Dudley Ward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-01 with History categories.

The Territorial Divisions 1914 1918

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Author : John Stirling
language : en
Publisher: Good Press
Release Date : 2023-07-10

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"The Territorial Divisions, 1914-1918" by John Stirling. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

The 56th Division

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015

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The 56th Division 1st London Territorial Division

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Author : Charles Humble Dudley Ward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1921

The 56th Division 1st London Territorial Division written by Charles Humble Dudley Ward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1921 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.

The 88th Division In The World War Of 1914 1918

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1919

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Gentlemen And Officers

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Author : K. W. Mitchinson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

Gentlemen And Officers written by K. W. Mitchinson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.

26th Division Summary Of Operations In The World War

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Author : American Battle Monuments Commission
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944

26th Division Summary Of Operations In The World War written by American Battle Monuments Commission and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1944 with World War, 1914-1918 categories.

Summary Of Operations In The World War

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1944

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47th London Division 1914 1919

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Author : Alan H. Maude
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2002-02-01

47th London Division 1914 1919 written by Alan H. Maude and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-01 with History categories.

This is the story of the 2nd London Division, which was numbered 47 in May 1915 when the TF divisions were allocated numbers. The history of the 56th (1st London) Division has already been reprinted by N & M Press. The 47th left for France in March 1915, the second TF division to arrive there. 1915 was a busy year for the division. In May it was in the Battles of Aubers Ridge and Festubert and in September/October it was at Loos and the Hohenzollern Redoubt suffering some 4,200 casualties in all. The first months of 1916 were spent in reserve and in the Vimy sector, fighting amid the craters, fighting which cost the division 2,100 killed, wounded and missing. In August the division moved south to the Somme. It captured High Wood on 15 September, during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, an action in which it experienced the fiercest fighting in the whole of its service on the Western Front. The divisional history records that in four days it suffered 4,500 casualties, more than in the four battles of 1915 combined. Despite the success the GOC, Major-General C. Barter, was dismissed and sent home two weeks later, charged with wanton waste of men. He was subsequently exonerated and knighted, though his demands for an official enquiry were refused. One cannot help feeling that the one who should have gone was the corps commander, Pulteney. The recently restored divisional memorial is on the edge of the wood, beside the Martinpuich-Longueval road, and on the other side of the road is the London Cemetery, named after the division. In October the division left the Somme and went north to the Ypres salient where it remained for almost a year, most of the time in the area of the Bluff and Hill 60. The major battle in which it took part during this period was at Messines, in June, where it was one of the attacking divisions following the explosion of the mines along Messines Ridge. In September the division left the Salient and moved down to the Gavrelle-Oppy front, relieving the 63rd (RN) Division. They were now in Horne s First Army. After a stay of only two months the division moved again, down to Byng s Third Army where it was in action in the defence of Bourlon Wood during the Cambrai battle, recording the third highest casualty list of all the divisions involved - 3,357. When the Germans launched their offensive in March 1918 the 47th Division was in the line in the Flesquieres salient, in V Corps, on the extreme right of Third Army. Over the next six days the division conducted a fighting withdrawal till, on 26 March it crossed the Ancre where the enemy advance was brought to a halt. Ironically, the division s line of retreat had taken it through High Wood which it had captured at great cost eighteen months earlier. In the final advance to victory the division, now in Fourth Army, retraced its steps through the Somme battlefield till, in October it came under command Fifth Army in the operations in Artois. Almost its final act was to make the official entry into Lille on 28 October, led by the Army Commander, General Birdwood, while the bands played and the crowds cheered. This is a good history, with more photos and illustrations than any other and very good maps. There are a number of appendices providing information on a variety of subjects: Order of Battle and changes; comprehensive lists of Commanders and Staffs as well as COs of infantry, artillery, engineer, medical units and divisional train and all their changes; list of honours and awards including two VCs; brief historical notes on the units that served in the division; the divisional entertainment troupe The Follies and more besides.