History of the 22nd (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
Author : Ray Westlake Military Books
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Page : 79 pages
File Size : 26,77 MB
Release : 1995-06-01
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ISBN : 9781871167290
Author : Ray Westlake Military Books
Publisher :
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 26,77 MB
Release : 1995-06-01
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ISBN : 9781871167290
Author : Christopher Stone
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Page : 80 pages
File Size : 31,65 MB
Release : 2001-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843421061
The battalion was raised by the Mayor and Borough of Kensington as a Service (Kitchener) battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (RF) on 11 Sep 1914 at the White City. In June 1915 it became part of 99th Brigade 33rd Division, along with 17th, 23rd and 24th Battalions RF. The battalion went to France in November 1915 with 33rd Division, but almost immediately on arrival the brigade was transferred to the 2nd Division, a regular division, where the battaion remained till it was disbanded in Feb 1918 when the BEF reduced the number of brigades in a battalion from four to three.The editor stresses this book was compiled for the surviving members of the battalion, some 410 died, a VC was won by L/Sgt F.W Palmer (also MM) near Courcelette in Feb 1917. There is a Roll of Honour in which the dates of death of the officers is given, but in the case of other ranks, they are grouped by companies for each year of the war without number, rank or date of death. There is also a list of recipients of honours and awards, headed by Palmer with his VC. In this list, which includes mentioned in despatches, names are grouped alphabetically for each medal, but no number, rank or date of award.
Author : Christopher Stone
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Page : 79 pages
File Size : 25,78 MB
Release : 2001
Category : World War, 1914-1918
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Author : G. D. Sheffield
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Page : 204 pages
File Size : 25,50 MB
Release : 1984
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Author : Fred W. Ward
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Page : 202 pages
File Size : 34,27 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Delville Wood, Battle of, 1916
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Author : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). 18th-21st Battalions (Universities and Public Schools Brigade)
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Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,82 MB
Release : 1917
Category : World War, 1914-1918
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Author : John Percy Groves
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Page : 568 pages
File Size : 42,8 MB
Release : 1903
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Publisher : London : Parker, Furnivall & Parker
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 21,34 MB
Release : 1847
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Author : Great Britain. - Army. - Infantry. - Royal Fusiliers
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Page : 312 pages
File Size : 42,82 MB
Release : 1875
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Author : Peter Simkins
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 28,43 MB
Release : 2007-08-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1844155854
Numbering over five million men, Britain's army in the First World War was the biggest in the country's history. Remarkably, nearly half those men who served in it were volunteers. 2,466,719 men enlisted between August 1914 and December 1915, many in response to the appeals of the Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener. How did Britain succeed in creating a mass army, almost from scratch, in the middle of a major war ? What compelled so many men to volunteer ' and what happened to them once they had taken the King's shilling ? Peter Simkins describes how Kitchener's New Armies were raised and reviews the main political, economic and social effects of the recruiting campaign. He examines the experiences and impressions of the officers and men who made up the New Armies. As well as analysing their motives for enlisting, he explores how they were fed, housed, equipped and trained before they set off for active service abroad. Drawing upon a wide variety of sources, ranging from government papers to the diaries and letters of individual soldiers, he questions long-held assumptions about the 'rush to the colours' and the nature of patriotism in 1914. The book will be of interest not only to those studying social, political and economic history, but also to general readers who wish to know more about the story of Britain's citizen soldiers in the Great War.