| CHAP. | | PAGE |
| I. | Mobilisation—Departure Overseas | 1 |
| II. | The 1/4th Battalion in Malta—Formation of the 2/4th Battalion | 8 |
| III. | The 1/4th Battalion in France—Operations at Neuve Chapelle | 18 |
| IV. | The 1/4th Battalion in the Second Battle of Ypres, 1915 | 40 |
| V. | Operations during the Summer of 1915 | 58 |
| VI. | The 1/4th Battalion in the 47th Division | 73 |
| VII. | The 2/4th Battalion in Malta, Gallipoli Peninsula and Southern Egypt | 86 |
| VIII. | The 3/4th and 4/4th Battalions at Home | 115 |
| IX. | The Formation of the 56th Division | 132 |
| X. | The 1/4th Battalion in the Battles of the Somme, 1916—I. The Attack on Gommecourt | 139 |
| XI. | The 1/4th Battalion in the Battles of the Somme, 1916—II. The Battles of September and October | 177 |
| XII. | The 1/4th Battalion during the Winter 1916/17 | 217 |
| XIII. | The 2/4th Battalion in France—German Retirement from the Somme | 236 |
| XIV. | The 1/4th Battalion in the Battles of Arras, 1917 | 251 |
| XV. | The 2/4th Battalion in the Battles for Bullecourt, 1917 | 273 |
| XVI. | The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917—I. The 1/4 Battalion on the Menin Road. | 294 |
| XVII. | The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917—II. The 2/4 Battalion on the Northern Ridges | 306 |
| XVIII. | The 1/4th Battalion in the Battle of Cambrai, 1917 | 325 |
| XIX. | The 1/4th Battalion, Winter 1917/18—The Reserve Battalion 1916/17 | 345 |
| XX. | The 2/4th Battalion in the Second Battle of the Somme, 1918 | 359 |
| XXI. | The 1/4th Battalion in the Defence of Arras, 1918 | 392 |
| XXII. | The 1/4th and 2/4th Battalions during the Summer Months of 1918—The Reserve Battalion, 1918 | 409 |
| XXIII. | The Final Advance—I. The 2/4th Battalion in the Battles of Amiens and Bapaume, 1918 | 428 |
| XXIV. | The Final Advance—II. The 1/4th Battalion in the Battle of Bapaume, 1918 | 460 |
| XXV. | The Final Advance—III. The 1/4th Battalion in the Battles of Cambrai and the Sambre, 1918 | 478 |
| LIST OF APPENDICES |
| I. | Malta | 508 |
| II. | Honours and Decorations | 510 |
| III. | The Reconstruction of the 4th London Regiment in 1920 | 518 |
| Index | 521 |
| ILLUSTRATIONS |
| Ypres Cathedral | Frontispiece |
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| Ghain Tuffieha Camp—Melleha Camp—Selmun Palace | 8 |
| Melleha—The Grand Harbour, Valetta | 16 |
| St Jean Village in April 1920 |
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