A Short History Of The 2nd Bn Royal Fusiliers City Of London Regiment During The First Year Of The War September 1939 August 1940

Author : Anon
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ISBN 13 : 9781783311637
Total Pages : 36 pages
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Download or read book A Short History of the 2nd Bn. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) During the First Year of the War, September 1939 - August 1940 written by Anon and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-03 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written and published when the heat of battle had barely cooled in 1941, this brief history of the 2nd Royal Fusiliers (City of London) regiment tells the story of a unit that was in the thick of the fighting during the BEF"s retreat to Dunkirk. This concise history contains a chart with the rolls of battalion officers & NCOs and a map showing the Battalion's field of operations.

Author : John Percy Groves
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
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Download or read book Historical Records of the 7th Or Royal Regiment of Fusiliers written by John Percy Groves and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Herbert Charles O'Neill
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Total Pages : 538 pages
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Download or read book The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War written by Herbert Charles O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : F. Clive Grimwade
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ISBN 13 : 9781843423638
Total Pages : 608 pages
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Download or read book War History of the 4th Battalion the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers). 1914-1919 written by F. Clive Grimwade and published by . This book was released on 2002-08 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the beginning of the war the 4th Londons were part of the 1st London Brigade, 1st London Division. The brigade s task on mobilization was guarding the railway between Waterloo and Southampton. However, within a month of the declaration of war the brigade was despatched to Malta to replace the regular battalions called back to the UK. In January 1915 the battalion left Malta for France where it joined the Ferozepore Brigade of the 3rd Indian (Lahore) Division with which it fought its first major action, at Neuve Chapelle in March. The Indian Corps left France in December 1915 and in February the following year the battalion joined 168th Brigade in the reformed 1st London Division (now numbered 56th) with which it remained, on the Western Front, for the rest of the war. In September 1914 the second line battalion, 2/4th, was formed (the original 4th Battalion now became 1/4th) and in December it went to Malta to relieve 1/4th which was going to France. After eight months the battalion sailed to Alexandria and from there it went to Gallipoli (October 1915) where it was attached to the RN Division. The battalion left Gallipoli in January 1916 and went back to Egypt for four months before moving to France (Rouen) where it was disbanded in June 1916. The third line battalion, 3/4th, had been formed in January 1915 and when 2/4th was disbanded, 3/4th was redesignated 2/4th and under that title landed in France in January 1917 with 173rd Brigade, 58th Division. The battalion fought with that division till September 1918 when it was broken up and personnel transferred to the 2/2nd Battalion. Finally there was a fourth line battalion, 4/4th, which remained in UK as a drafting unit for the overseas battalions. This is a good, solid history which describes very well the doings of the active service battalions with plenty of detaiI. It follows the progress of the war from mobilization to armistice with each chapter covering a specific period and a specific battalion, clearly indicated in the contents list. Thus Chapter IV is the 1/4th in the Second Battle of Ypres, Chapter VII is The 2/4th in Malta, Gallipoli and Egypt. and so on. There is no Roll of Honour though there is a list of Honours and Awards, including foreign decorations, as well as a list of officers and men of other regiments who won their awards serving with the 4th Londons..

Author : W. E. Grey
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Total Pages : 463 pages
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Download or read book The 2nd City of London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) in the Great War (1914-1919). written by W. E. Grey and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anon
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ISBN 13 : 9781843423621
Total Pages : 220 pages
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Download or read book History of the Old 2/4th (City of London) Battalion the London Regiment Royal Fusiliers written by Anon and published by . This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second line TF battalion was formed in September 1914 on the departure of the first line battalion, 1/4th, for Malta. In the last week of December 1914 the 2/4th battalion sailed for Malta where it relieved 1/4th which went to France. The battalion served on Malta till August 1915 when it moved to Alexandria, and shortly after (October 1915) headed for Mudros and then Gallipoli where it arrived in October 1915. In January 1916 it left Gallipoli and made its way to Rouen, via Alexandria, and there, in June 1916, the battalion was disbanded. At this point the third line battalion (3/4th), which had been raised in January 1915 and was still in England, was re-designated 2/4th, under which title it went to France in January 1917. In effect, then, the 2/4th lived on but to emphasize the fact that this history is concerned only with the original battalion the book title refers to the Old 2/4th. This history is narrated in diary form with entries for nearly every day from 23 September 1914 till disbandment at Rouen and every conceivable event affecting the battalion is included - social and military. Thus: September 14th 1915. The Regimental band played at the Greek Hospital at 4 p.m. Casualties, arrivals, departures, ration scales, extracts from orders, periods in the front line, contents of gift parcels, even observations of bird life on Gallipoli - all feature. There is no Roll of Honour nor list of Honours and Awards, all these are noted in the text and the last ninety pages contain the service records of every officer and man of the battalion where such information can be found, including details of any wounds received. This is a boon to medallists and genealogists. For some reason L/Cpl Stotter, wounded on Gallipoli, appears among the other ranks as a Lieut in the records of service, obviously a slip-up. And the unfortunate Pte Bonnett, wounded at the same time, does not feature in the record of service pages, at least not under that name.

Author : C. N. Barclay
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ISBN 13 : 9781843422310
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book The History of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War written by C. N. Barclay and published by . This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (RNF) became Royal in 1935 on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of George V. In 1937, in a reorganisation of the army the RNF was one of four regiments to be converted to a Machine-gun regiment, the other three were the Cheshire, Middlesex and Manchester Regiments. When war broke out the regiment consisted of the two Regular battalions and eight Territorial Army battalions in varying roles - the 4th to 9th and two tank battalions 43rd and 49th Royal Tank Regiment) formed from the 6th Battalion; two more battalions,10th and 70th, described as non-Field Force, were formed in October 1939 and September 1940. In contrast, in the Great War there were 51 battalions. The Roll of Honour lists 895 dead (16,000 in WWI), two VCs were awarded and 29 Battle Honours (5 and 67 in the previous war). Between them the battalions served in France (1939/40), N Africa, Singapore, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, NW Europe (1944/45), India and Greece. Although officially a machine-gun regiment during the period 1937 to 1945, some battalions of the RNF were given other roles, in some cases permanently, in others temporarily, e.g., the 5th became a Search Light regiment RA, the 8th Battalion a Reconnaissance battalion. All these changes are made clear as the narrative proceeds. Despite the title the book takes the history from the end of the Great War and describes the period between wars. In general it is set out in chronological order, although there is some departure from this in detail. This is due partly to campaigns and other events overlapping, and partly to the need to give some degree of continuity to the story of each battalion. In addition to the list of the dead of WWII and a summary of Honours and Awards in tabular form, there are also, in a separate appendix, details of the 1st Battalion casualties in Korea (69 dead, 319 wounded, missing and PoW), and the list of awards. Another appendix gives the names of all battalion commanding officers throughout the war. This is a very business like, well written and well laid out history, easy to follow.

Author : Various Contributors
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ISBN 13 : 9781843421511
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the London Rifle Brigade 1859-1919 written by Various Contributors and published by . This book was released on 2001-11-01 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The London Rifle Brigade (LRB) began life in 1859 as a Volunteer Rifle Corps with the title London Rifle Volunteer Brigade and the motto Primus in Urbe. It was a sore point that when the London Regiment was formed in 1908 as part of the new Territorial Force, the four Royal Fusilier Volunteer battalions (also London battalions) were given precedence relegating the LRB to fifth place, despite its motto; it became the 5th (City of London) Bn The London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade). The first 60 or so pages deal with the pre-war history; they sent five officers and 145 NCOs and men to S Africa and the names are given in an appendix. The rest of book is devoted to the Great War in which three battalions served, the 1st and 2nd Battalions on the Western Front, the 3rd was a training battalion. Each battalion is covered separately concluding, in the case of the active service battalions, with a detailed itinerary. On the outbreak of war the LRB was in the 2nd Brigade of the 1st London Division, which was effectively broken up in the early months to provide replacements for regular battalions coming home from abroad and reinforcements for the BEF. In September 1914 a second line battalion was formed and in November a third line giving 1/5th, 2/5th and 3/5th Battalions of the LRB. The 1st Battalion was soon in France where it arrived on 5 November 1914. During 1914/15 it was with 4th and 3rd Divisions and at GHQ; in February 1916 the 1st London Division was reformed in France and numbered 56th; the 1/5th LRB rejoined the division in 169th Brigade where it remained for the rest of the war. In all it suffered just under 4,200 casualties of whom 755 were dead. The 2nd Battalion arrived in France in January 1917 as part of 174th Brigade, 58th (2nd/1st London) Division. A year later, In the reorganisation of the BEF in which divisions were reduced from twelve to nine battalions the 2/5th LRB was broken up and the personnel distributed among other battalions. This is a very good history with many informative appendices including casualty lists by battalions, nominal roll of all officers who served between 1859 and 1919 with service, and in a number of cases biographical details (genealogists), honours and awards including mentions (medallists). The divisional report on the attack on Gommecourt on 1st July 1916, with casualty details is included as is the translation of the War Diary of the 55th Reserve Infantry Regiment which opposed them.

Author : Cyril Northcote Parkinson
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 368 pages
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Download or read book Always a Fusilier written by Cyril Northcote Parkinson and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : New York Public Library. Reference Department
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Total Pages : 724 pages
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Download or read book Subject Catalog of the World War I Collection written by New York Public Library. Reference Department and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: