The War History of the 4th Battalion, the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1914-1919

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FOREWORD

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I MOBILISATION DEPARTURE OVERSEAS

CHAPTER II THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN MALTA FORMATION OF THE 2/4TH BATTALION

CHAPTER III THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN FRANCE OPERATIONS AT NEUVE CHAPELLE

CHAPTER IV THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF YPRES, 1915

CHAPTER V OPERATIONS DURING THE SUMMER OF 1915

CHAPTER VI THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN THE 47TH DIVISION

CHAPTER VII THE 2/4TH BATTALION IN MALTA, GALLIPOLI PENINSULA AND SOUTHERN EGYPT

CHAPTER VIII THE 3/4TH AND 4/4TH BATTALIONS AT HOME

CHAPTER IX THE FORMATION OF THE 56TH DIVISION

CHAPTER X THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME, 1916 I. The Attack on Gommecourt

CHAPTER XI THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLES OF THE SOMME,

CHAPTER XII THE 1/4 BATTALION DURING THE WINTER 1916/17

CHAPTER XIII THE 2/4TH BATTALION IN FRANCE GERMAN RETIREMENT FROM THE SOMME

CHAPTER XIV THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLES OF ARRAS, 1917

CHAPTER XV THE 2/4TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLES FOR BULLECOURT, 1917

CHAPTER XVI THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES I. The 1/4th Battalion on the Menin Road

CHAPTER XVII THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES II. The 2/4th Battalion on the Northern Ridges

CHAPTER XVIII THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI, 1917

CHAPTER XIX THE 1/4TH BATTALION, WINTER 1917/18 THE RESERVE BATTALION, 1916/17

CHAPTER XX THE 2/4TH BATTALION IN THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE

CHAPTER XXI THE 1/4TH BATTALION IN THE DEFENCE OF ARRAS, 1918

CHAPTER XXII THE 1/4TH AND 2/4TH BATTALIONS DURING THE SUMMER

CHAPTER XXIII THE FINAL ADVANCE I. The 2/4th Battalion in the Battles of Amiens and Bapaume, 1918

CHAPTER XXIV THE FINAL ADVANCE II. The 1/4th Battalion in the Battle of Bapaume, 1918

CHAPTER XXV THE FINAL ADVANCE III. The 1/4th Battalion in the Battles of Cambrai and The Sambre, 1918

APPENDIX I MALTA

APPENDIX II HONOURS AND DECORATIONS

APPENDIX III THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE 4TH LONDON REGIMENT IN 1920

INDEX

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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THE WAR HISTORY
OF THE 4TH BATTALION
THE LONDON REGIMENT
(ROYAL FUSILIERS)
1914-1919

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Ypres Cathedral


THE WAR HISTORY
OF THE 4TH BATTALION
THE LONDON REGIMENT
(ROYAL FUSILIERS)
1914-1919

BY
CAPTAIN F. CLIVE GRIMWADE
4TH BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS)

LONDON
HEADQUARTERS OF THE 4TH LONDON REGIMENT
112 SHAFTESBURY STREET, N.1
1922


Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh


THIS HISTORY IS DEDICATED
TO THE MEMORY OF
Colonel E. T. RODNEY WILDE, V.D.,
WHO COMMANDED THE BATTALION
FROM 23RD NOVEMBER 1890 TO 24TH JANUARY 1903
AND COMPILED ITS HISTORICAL RECORDS
FROM 1643 TO 1908

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