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tenaciously and attempts to get further on were shot down as soon as the men rose to attack. F Company of the Scots Guards simply disappeared in the German positions. Accurate German artillery fire on the support and reserve lines broke the cohesion of the attack, though some of 2nd
Gordons managed to get up between the two leading battalions. The Grenadiers moved up to help the Scots Guards consolidate their position and repulse a counter-attack, but could not get further ahead. The Borders had been pushed back to the British line but the rest of 7th Division dug in on the old German positions, 20th Bde assisted by 55th Field Company, Royal Engineers. They could only be supported by already tired troops. However, the Germans pulled back during the night. Smaller attacks were made over succeeding days until the offensive was called off. Casualties in 7th Division had been around 40 per cent.
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what cover they could before even reaching the position of the leading brigades, having suffered about 500 casualties. A new attack was ordered for the afternoon but failed. The following morning (12 March) the Scots Guards and Border
Regiment were instructed to pass through the leading brigades. Although the attack was postponed, the runners carrying the recall orders were killed and the leading companies of both battalions advanced into
482:. Like several other senior officers who got out among their units to exercise personal command during this confused fighting, Ruggles-Brise was wounded, being carried back 'half dead of a dreadful wound on a stretcher' on 2 November. All the battalion commanders also having become casualties, the Brigade Major (Major A.B.E. Cator) took command as senior officer in the brigade.
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from the
Borders, machine guns from the Scots Guards and sappers from 55th Field Co, improved the line by taking a German strongpoint after a mine had been exploded beneath it. Next day they were driven back again by a German counter-attack when their supply of bombs ran out. The brigade had suffered
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The brigade remained in
Bethlehem until 15 July, bringing up supply convoys, then when most of the convoy escorts had rejoined it marched out to join the columns advancing into the basin. At this point Paget had the 1st Munsters, half the 2nd KOYLI, six companies of the Cameronians, four guns of 38th
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for carrying a message for reinforcements and then returning under fire. The Boers were driven off. On 2 July the mounted troops left
Lindley and cleared the country toward Leeuw Kop while the South Staffs made a demonstration against the ridge east of the town. Next day Lindley was evacuated and the
726:
As part of an Army-wide reorganisation, 20th MG Company left 20th Bde in Spring 1918 to join the 7th
Division Machine-Gun Battalion. A more fundamental reorganisation took place in September 1918: in preparation to move back to France 20th Bde was reduced to three battalions in line with the current
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and then advance to take Aubers village. Although the orders arrived late, the brigade moved off on time at 07.00 in column of platoons, but came under heavy shellfire and flanking machine gun fire and suffered severely. Most of the two leading battalions (1st
Grenadiers and 2nd Gordons) had to take
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By now the remaining Boers in Orange Free State had broken up into small parties, and
British forces spent many months pursuing them, especially the guerrillas led by Christiaan de Wet (in the 'Great de Wet Hunt'). For the rest of the war, formal divisional and brigade organisations dissolved into
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the brigade attacked at dawn on the second day, with the Scots Guards and Border
Regiment moving close up to the German line before the bombardment ended. The Borders on the left were halted by heavy enfilade fire, but the Scots Guards managed to get past the German front line. The Germans fought
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unit, the 1/6th (Banff and
Donside) Battalion Gordon Highlanders, which had been serving as GHQ troops since landing in France. 20th Brigade's last major action in 1914 was a failed attack on the Well Farm position at La Boutillerie by 2nd Scots Guards and 2nd Border on 18 December. The dead from
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Divisions. They found no sign of the troops they were supposed to contact, and were pulled back rather than remain under fire in an exposed position. On 17 June 2nd Gordons were also unable to link up with 51st (H) Division, suffering 150 casualties in the attempt. After that, British offensive
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leading the escape of some of the Boers, Commandant Prinsloo and some 4000 men surrendered to the British forces on 29 July. 20th Bde escorted the prisoners to Winburg on 9 August. From Winburg trainloads of prisoners were sent down to Cape Town, guarded by detachments of the 4th South Staffs.
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until they were pinned down by machine gun fire from a German position known as the Quadrilateral. When the delayed British bombardment came down, it was accurate and effective, completely demoralising the German defenders. The Scots Guards and Border Regiment crept forward under cover of the
723:. The division remained on the Piave front until 23 February 1918, when it was ordered to return to France. However, these orders were cancelled in March, and the division moved to the Asiago Plateau, taking part in the fighting there in June.
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establishment for the Western Front. 9th Devons was transferred to another division in France, but the divisional move was once again countermanded. The reduced brigade then took part in the final actions of the war on the Italian Front, the
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in February, after which 20th Bde reverted to the normal four-battalion formation. In line with a new organisation for infantry brigades, it formed a Machine-Gun Company and a Trench Mortar Battery in February 1916.
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on 9 May, 20th Bde was in readiness to follow up any success by the assaulting 8th Division, but the attack was a failure and the brigade was not employed. Next day it was moved southwards to trenches near
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badly, 6th Gordons alone losing 150 casualties. It was not in the front line when 7th Division attacked at Givenchy on 15 June, but the Grenadier Guards were sent next day to link up between 7th and
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The defences of Lindley were under constant sniping and shellfire by the Boers, while supply columns had to fight their way in. On 26 June there was sharp firing followed by a Boer attack on the
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in 1899 were organised into sequentially numbered brigades that were frequently reassigned between divisions. 20th Brigade was formed in South Africa in 1900 under the command of Major-General
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by a surprise night attack. Methuen's men earned the nickname of 'the Mobile Marvels' for their hard marching. At the end of May Methuen marched to relieve
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bombardment and rushed the Quadrilateral, taking 400 prisoners. However, the brigade was unable to push any further through the maze of trenches.
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infantry moved to carry the Boer position at Leeuw Kop with artillery support. Abandoning Lindley, the column then followed the Boers towards
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formations known by the name of their commander or numbered as an integral part of a division. However, units deployed to the
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two companies had served under Methuen at the Battles of Belmont and Graspan, the remainder under Lieutenant-General Gatacre
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397:. Both Guards battalions were largely composed of Reservists recalled to the Colours. A Guards officer, Brigadier-General
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373:(BEF) went to France. Although not officially designated a Guards brigade, it did contain two Guards battalions (1st
369:, a new 20th Brigade was organised, composed of the last three Regular infantry battalions left in Britain after the
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and successfully attacked the town. The demoralised Orange Free State Boers had now been driven into a trap in the
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was formed in August 1915, 20th Bde's two Guards battalions left to join it, being replaced by two '
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For the Battle of Loos, the composition of 20th Bde (with casualties in brackets) was as follows:
506:(10 March 1915), moving up to the front that night and only suffering a few casualties from stray
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478:. Thereafter 20th Brigade was engaged in heavy fighting at Langemarck and Gheluvelt during the
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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 1: The Regular British Divisions
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as part of the reinforcements rushed to assist the Italian Army after the defeat of
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339:, assisting in the capture of Slabbert's Nek. Although the trap was not complete,
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1582:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1925/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1995,
1536:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,
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operations on the Western Front were largely halted ended for several months.
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returned from Cairo to complete 20th Bde just before the division sailed from
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had served in 9th Brigade under Methuen's command at Graspan and Modder River
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and briefly served in France until being converted to an armoured formation.
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In the early part of 1917, 20th Bde was involved in the following actions:
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1616:, Vol II, London: Macmillan, 1928/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press.
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Lord Methuen and the British Army: Failure and Redemption in South Africa
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on 7 October 1914, intended to assist the Belgian Army in the defence of
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1639:, London:United Service Gazette, 1905/Ray Westlake Military Books, 1987.
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From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec 1899
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1915
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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1914
1529:, London: John Murray, 1927/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2006.
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In January 1916, 1/6th Gordons returned to GHQ troops in exchange for
556:. On the night of 3 June two companies from 6th Gordons, supported by
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in June that year. In 1941, it was converted to the armoured role as
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An Epitomized History of the Militia (The Constitutional Force)
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Lieutenant-Colonel L. B. Boyd-Moss, 26–29 October 1915 (acting)
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On 5 December, the badly-depleted brigade was reinforced by a
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1/6th (Banff and Donside) Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (297)
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The composition of 20th Bde in May–June 1900 was as follows:
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Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. Ingles, 24–26 October 1915 (acting)
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The following officers commanded 20th Bde during the war:
582:' battalions sent from England, the 8th and 9th Battalions
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The composition of 20th Bde on embarkation was as follows:
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held by the KOYLI, Cameronians and South Staffs. Private
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German retreat to the Hindenburg Line (14 March–5 April)
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where they were joined by the rest of the BEF after the
1623:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986,
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The Irish Guards in the Great War: The First Battalion
1516:
The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902
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In April 1940, the brigade number was reactivated for
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and was assigned to guard Roberts' left flank in the
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4th (Militia) Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1941
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1919
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1900
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Infantry brigades of the British Army in World War I
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Wylly, C. H.; Charrington; Bulwer, E. A. E. (1902).
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20th Brigade was in support on the first day of the
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British infantry brigades of the Second World War (
1663:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press.
656:, 20th Bde was involved in the following actions:
2964:Military units and formations established in 1940
2954:Military units and formations established in 1914
2934:Military units and formations established in 1900
1549:Most Unfavourable Ground: The Battle of Loos 1915
754:Major A. B. E. Cator, 2–14 November 1914 (acting)
569:
2925:
352:columns formed and reformed for specific tasks.
1518:, London: Sampson Low, Marston, 6 Vols 1900–09.
982:Amery, Vol IV, pp. 314, 317–24, 330–1, 339–42 .
715:On 17 November, 7th Division entrained for the
537:to prepare for a resumption of the attack (the
1684:, London, 1923/Staplehurst: Spellmount, 1997,
1185:
1183:
625:No 1 Mortar Battery – attached for this battle
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1661:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945
1601:/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2009,
1569:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914
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552:20th Brigade was soon back in the line, near
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195:British Army brigades had traditionally been
183:. The brigade was re-raised under during the
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768:, 16 August–24 October 1915 (died of wounds)
613:9th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
607:8th (Service) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
159:(20th Bde) was an infantry formation of the
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706:2nd Battle of Passchendaele (26–29 October)
586:. The new battalions were 'blooded' at the
146:The Hon J.F. Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
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815:, which fought in the brief expedition to
813:20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
803:20th Independent Infantry Brigade (Guards)
644:, but this battalion left the brigade for
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1460:Devonshire Regiment at Long, Long Trail.
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761:, 14 November 1914 – 16 August 1915
751:, 15 September–2 November 1914 (wounded)
401:, was appointed to command the brigade.
1449:Spring 1915 actions at Long Long Trail.
1190:Gordon Highlanders at Long, Long Trail.
679:Operations on the Ancre (January–March)
600:2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders (457)
423:
222:
219:battalions newly arrived from Britain:
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781:, 29 October 1915 – 7 August 1916
275:. Methuen's 1st Division assembled at
2939:Infantry brigades of the British Army
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1131:Grenadier Guards at Long, Long Trail.
1012:
666:Battle of Guillemont (3–7 September).
660:Battle of Bazentin Ridge (14–17 July)
1153:Border Regiment at Long, Long Trail.
766:J. F. Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis
697:Battle of Polygon Wood (1–3 October)
597:2nd Battalion, Border Regiment (234)
1722:
1297:Neuve Chapelle at Long, Long Trail.
1264:Christmas truce at Long, Long Trail
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792:
490:this action were buried during the
243:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
13:
1556:South Africa and the Transvaal War
703:Battle of Polecappelle (9 October)
629:XIV Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery
355:
190:
14:
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1374:Aubers Ridge at Long, Long Trail.
1142:Scots Guards at Long, Long Trail.
1120:7th Division at Long, Long Trail.
700:Battle of Broodseinde (4 October)
497:
710:
57:
40:
1619:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1612:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds,
1491:
1488:Atkinson, Appendix III, p. 502.
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365:Soon after the outbreak of the
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1527:The Seventh Division 1914–1918
1416:Festubert at Long, Long Trail.
908:
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570:Order of Battle September 1915
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207:as part of Lieutenant-General
90:Independent (Second World War)
1:
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1254:, Vol II, Appendix 4, p. 488.
663:Attack on High Wood (20 July)
253:Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
1699:, London: Frank Cass, 1999,
1384:Atkinson, pp. 167–74, 182–3.
923:Amery, Vol IV, pp. 266, 302.
171:, the brigade fought on the
7:
878:Miller, p. 186 & fn 94.
860:Amery, Vol IV, pp. 78, 209.
821:5th Guards Armoured Brigade
371:British Expeditionary Force
287:then 1st Division captured
10:
2985:
1779:list for 101-308 and named
739:Brigade Commanders 1914–18
642:1/6th Bn Cheshire Regiment
631:– attached for this battle
622:– attached for this battle
524:Aubers Ridge and Festubert
404:20th Brigade assembled at
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2703:
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1786:
1551:, Solihull: Helion, 2005.
964:Amery, Vol IV, pp. 300–9.
946:Miller, pp. 186–9, fn 94.
729:Battle of Vittorio Veneto
693:20th Bde was engaged at:
128:
123:
94:
76:
68:
53:
35:
23:
18:
1635:Col George Jackson Hay,
1571:, London: Methuen, 1938.
830:
825:Guards Armoured Division
504:Battle of Neuve Chapelle
333:City Imperial Volunteers
251:4th (Militia) Battalion
1659:Joslen, H. F. (2003) .
1479:Atkinson, pp. 205, 231.
1274:Atkinson, pp. 136, 143.
869:Amery, Appendix, p 507.
670:
635:
462:7th Division landed at
233:Royal Munster Fusiliers
163:first organised in the
1000:Amery, Vol IV, p. 412.
937:Hay, pp. 320–1, 351–2.
842:Amery, Vol II, p. 114.
733:Armistice with Austria
541:beginning on 15 May).
530:Battle of Aubers Ridge
271:' advance through the
265:lines of communication
1426:Atkinson, pp. 185–93.
1364:, Vol II, pp. 32, 40.
1329:Atkinson, pp. 145–52.
905:Creswicke pp. 93–108.
788:, from 7 August 1916.
691:Third Battle of Ypres
480:First Battle of Ypres
389:), together with 2nd
329:Royal Field Artillery
1736:The Long, Long Trail
1351:Atkinson, pp. 163–6.
1342:, Vol I, pp. 139–41.
1307:Atkinson, pp. 143–5.
1287:, Vol I, pp. 109–10.
887:Creswicke, pp. 92–3.
618:55th Field Company,
424:Order of Battle 1914
406:Lyndhurst, Hampshire
223:Order of Battle 1900
2853:117th Royal Marines
2848:116th Royal Marines
1695:Stephen M. Miller,
1470:Cherry, pp. 92, 97.
1439:, Vol II, pp. 93–7.
1338:Edmonds and Wynne,
1320:, Vol I, pp. 121–7.
1316:Edmonds and Wynne,
1283:Edmonds and Wynne,
1061:Becke, pt 1, p. 82.
1009:Miller, pp. 200–10.
654:Battle of the Somme
584:Devonshire Regiment
546:Battle of Festubert
539:Battle of Festubert
310:of the KOYLI won a
1644:2021-05-11 at the
1562:, Edinburgh, 1900
1406:Vol II, pp. 59–62.
1073:Atkinson, pp. 2–3.
784:Brigadier-General
777:Brigadier-General
764:Brigadier-General
757:Brigadier-General
747:Brigadier-General
452:Gordon Highlanders
414:Gordon Highlanders
408:, forming part of
399:H.G. Ruggles-Brise
331:, two guns of the
141:H.G. Ruggles-Brise
2921:
2920:
2832:24th (Gold Coast)
2756:27th (N Rhodesia)
1670:978-1-84342-474-1
1607:978-1-84574-718-3
1554:Louis Creswicke,
1393:Cherry, pp. 22–3.
896:Creswicke pp 160.
801:See main article
487:Territorial Force
341:Christiaan de Wet
337:Imperial Yeomanry
281:Orange Free State
151:
150:
88:(First World War)
83:(Second Boer War)
2976:
2726:7th (N Rhodesia)
2323:Territorial Army
1767:
1760:
1753:
1744:
1743:
1723:External sources
1718:
1674:
1576:James E. Edmonds
1567:John K. Dunlop,
1498:
1495:
1489:
1486:
1480:
1477:
1471:
1468:
1462:
1457:
1451:
1446:
1440:
1433:
1427:
1424:
1418:
1413:
1407:
1400:
1394:
1391:
1385:
1382:
1376:
1371:
1365:
1358:
1352:
1349:
1343:
1336:
1330:
1327:
1321:
1314:
1308:
1305:
1299:
1294:
1288:
1281:
1275:
1272:
1266:
1261:
1255:
1248:
1242:
1237:
1231:
1226:Farrar-Hockley,
1224:
1218:
1213:Farrar-Hockley,
1211:
1205:
1198:
1192:
1187:
1178:
1170:
1164:
1161:
1155:
1150:
1144:
1139:
1133:
1128:
1122:
1117:
1074:
1071:
1062:
1059:
1010:
1007:
1001:
998:
992:
991:Wylly, pp. 78–9.
989:
983:
980:
974:
973:Wylly, pp. 77–8.
971:
965:
962:
956:
955:Wylly, pp. 76–7.
953:
947:
944:
938:
935:
924:
921:
915:
912:
906:
903:
897:
894:
888:
885:
879:
876:
870:
867:
861:
858:
852:
849:
843:
840:
793:Second World War
749:H. Ruggles-Brise
434:Grenadier Guards
375:Grenadier Guards
321:Brandwater Basin
185:Second World War
118:Second World War
72:Infantry Brigade
61:
46:
44:
43:
16:
15:
2984:
2983:
2979:
2978:
2977:
2975:
2974:
2973:
2924:
2923:
2922:
2917:
2836:
2780:
2699:
2318:
1782:
1771:
1741:
1725:
1678:Rudyard Kipling
1671:
1646:Wayback Machine
1532:Maj A.F. Becke,
1506:
1501:
1497:Joslen, p. 262.
1496:
1492:
1487:
1483:
1478:
1474:
1469:
1465:
1458:
1454:
1447:
1443:
1434:
1430:
1425:
1421:
1414:
1410:
1401:
1397:
1392:
1388:
1383:
1379:
1372:
1368:
1359:
1355:
1350:
1346:
1337:
1333:
1328:
1324:
1315:
1311:
1306:
1302:
1295:
1291:
1282:
1278:
1273:
1269:
1262:
1258:
1249:
1245:
1238:
1234:
1225:
1221:
1212:
1208:
1199:
1195:
1188:
1181:
1171:
1167:
1163:Atkinson, p. 4.
1162:
1158:
1151:
1147:
1140:
1136:
1129:
1125:
1118:
1077:
1072:
1065:
1060:
1013:
1008:
1004:
999:
995:
990:
986:
981:
977:
972:
968:
963:
959:
954:
950:
945:
941:
936:
927:
922:
918:
913:
909:
904:
900:
895:
891:
886:
882:
877:
873:
868:
864:
859:
855:
850:
846:
841:
837:
833:
795:
741:
713:
673:
638:
620:Royal Engineers
576:Guards Division
572:
563:51st (Highland)
526:
500:
492:Christmas truce
476:Race to the Sea
460:
446:Border Regiment
426:
391:Border Regiment
387:Tower of London
379:Warley Barracks
367:First World War
363:
358:
356:First World War
225:
201:Second Boer War
193:
191:Second Boer War
169:First World War
165:Second Boer War
154:
143:
138:
130:
116:
111:
106:
103:First World War
101:
99:Second Boer War
89:
84:
41:
39:
30:
28:
12:
11:
5:
2982:
2972:
2971:
2966:
2961:
2956:
2951:
2946:
2941:
2936:
2919:
2918:
2916:
2915:
2910:
2905:
2900:
2895:
2890:
2885:
2880:
2875:
2870:
2865:
2860:
2855:
2850:
2844:
2842:
2838:
2837:
2835:
2834:
2829:
2827:23rd (Nigeria)
2824:
2819:
2814:
2809:
2804:
2799:
2794:
2788:
2786:
2782:
2781:
2779:
2778:
2773:
2768:
2763:
2758:
2753:
2748:
2743:
2738:
2733:
2728:
2723:
2718:
2713:
2707:
2705:
2701:
2700:
2698:
2697:
2692:
2687:
2682:
2677:
2672:
2667:
2662:
2657:
2655:169th (London)
2652:
2650:168th (London)
2647:
2645:167th (London)
2642:
2637:
2632:
2627:
2622:
2617:
2612:
2607:
2602:
2597:
2592:
2587:
2582:
2577:
2572:
2567:
2562:
2557:
2552:
2547:
2542:
2537:
2532:
2527:
2525:141st (London)
2522:
2520:140th (London)
2517:
2512:
2507:
2502:
2497:
2492:
2487:
2482:
2477:
2472:
2467:
2462:
2457:
2452:
2447:
2442:
2437:
2432:
2427:
2422:
2417:
2412:
2407:
2402:
2397:
2392:
2387:
2382:
2377:
2372:
2367:
2362:
2357:
2352:
2347:
2342:
2337:
2332:
2326:
2324:
2320:
2319:
2317:
2316:
2311:
2306:
2301:
2296:
2291:
2286:
2281:
2276:
2271:
2266:
2261:
2256:
2251:
2246:
2241:
2236:
2231:
2226:
2221:
2216:
2211:
2206:
2201:
2196:
2191:
2186:
2181:
2176:
2171:
2166:
2161:
2156:
2151:
2146:
2141:
2136:
2131:
2126:
2121:
2116:
2111:
2106:
2101:
2096:
2091:
2086:
2081:
2076:
2071:
2066:
2061:
2056:
2051:
2046:
2041:
2036:
2031:
2026:
2021:
2016:
2011:
2006:
2001:
1996:
1991:
1986:
1981:
1976:
1971:
1966:
1961:
1956:
1951:
1946:
1941:
1936:
1931:
1926:
1921:
1916:
1911:
1906:
1901:
1896:
1891:
1886:
1881:
1876:
1871:
1866:
1861:
1856:
1851:
1846:
1841:
1836:
1831:
1826:
1821:
1816:
1811:
1806:
1801:
1796:
1790:
1788:
1784:
1783:
1775:List for 1-100
1770:
1769:
1762:
1755:
1747:
1740:
1739:
1731:
1729:Anglo-Boer War
1724:
1721:
1720:
1719:
1708:
1693:
1675:
1669:
1656:
1632:
1617:
1610:
1591:
1572:
1565:
1552:
1547:Niall Cherry,
1545:
1530:
1520:
1507:
1505:
1502:
1500:
1499:
1490:
1481:
1472:
1463:
1452:
1441:
1428:
1419:
1408:
1395:
1386:
1377:
1366:
1353:
1344:
1331:
1322:
1309:
1300:
1289:
1276:
1267:
1256:
1243:
1232:
1219:
1206:
1193:
1179:
1176:9 October 1914
1174:London Gazette
1165:
1156:
1145:
1134:
1123:
1075:
1063:
1011:
1002:
993:
984:
975:
966:
957:
948:
939:
925:
916:
914:Dunlop, p. 90.
907:
898:
889:
880:
871:
862:
853:
844:
834:
832:
829:
809:
808:
807:
806:
794:
791:
790:
789:
786:H. C. R. Green
782:
779:C. J. Deverell
775:
772:
769:
762:
759:F. J. Heyworth
755:
752:
740:
737:
712:
709:
708:
707:
704:
701:
698:
687:
686:
683:
680:
672:
669:
668:
667:
664:
661:
637:
634:
633:
632:
626:
623:
616:
610:
604:
601:
598:
588:Battle of Loos
571:
568:
554:Givenchy Bluff
525:
522:
499:
498:Neuve Chapelle
496:
459:
456:
455:
454:
448:
442:
436:
425:
422:
362:
359:
357:
354:
312:Victoria Cross
261:
260:
255:
249:
241:2nd Battalion
239:
231:1st Battalion
224:
221:
192:
189:
152:
149:
148:
132:
126:
125:
121:
120:
96:
92:
91:
78:
74:
73:
70:
66:
65:
55:
51:
50:
48:United Kingdom
37:
33:
32:
25:
21:
20:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
2981:
2970:
2967:
2965:
2962:
2960:
2957:
2955:
2952:
2950:
2947:
2945:
2942:
2940:
2937:
2935:
2932:
2931:
2929:
2914:
2911:
2909:
2906:
2904:
2901:
2899:
2896:
2894:
2891:
2889:
2886:
2884:
2881:
2879:
2876:
2874:
2871:
2869:
2866:
2864:
2861:
2859:
2856:
2854:
2851:
2849:
2846:
2845:
2843:
2839:
2833:
2830:
2828:
2825:
2823:
2820:
2818:
2815:
2813:
2810:
2808:
2805:
2803:
2800:
2798:
2795:
2793:
2790:
2789:
2787:
2783:
2777:
2774:
2772:
2769:
2767:
2764:
2762:
2759:
2757:
2754:
2752:
2749:
2747:
2744:
2742:
2739:
2737:
2734:
2732:
2729:
2727:
2724:
2722:
2719:
2717:
2714:
2712:
2709:
2708:
2706:
2702:
2696:
2693:
2691:
2688:
2686:
2683:
2681:
2678:
2676:
2673:
2671:
2668:
2666:
2663:
2661:
2658:
2656:
2653:
2651:
2648:
2646:
2643:
2641:
2638:
2636:
2633:
2631:
2628:
2626:
2623:
2621:
2618:
2616:
2613:
2611:
2608:
2606:
2603:
2601:
2598:
2596:
2593:
2591:
2588:
2586:
2583:
2581:
2578:
2576:
2573:
2571:
2568:
2566:
2563:
2561:
2558:
2556:
2553:
2551:
2548:
2546:
2543:
2541:
2538:
2536:
2533:
2531:
2528:
2526:
2523:
2521:
2518:
2516:
2513:
2511:
2508:
2506:
2503:
2501:
2498:
2496:
2493:
2491:
2488:
2486:
2483:
2481:
2478:
2476:
2473:
2471:
2468:
2466:
2463:
2461:
2458:
2456:
2453:
2451:
2448:
2446:
2443:
2441:
2438:
2436:
2433:
2431:
2428:
2426:
2423:
2421:
2418:
2416:
2413:
2411:
2408:
2406:
2403:
2401:
2398:
2396:
2393:
2391:
2388:
2386:
2383:
2381:
2378:
2376:
2373:
2371:
2368:
2366:
2363:
2361:
2358:
2356:
2353:
2351:
2348:
2346:
2343:
2341:
2338:
2336:
2333:
2331:
2328:
2327:
2325:
2321:
2315:
2312:
2310:
2307:
2305:
2302:
2300:
2297:
2295:
2292:
2290:
2287:
2285:
2282:
2280:
2277:
2275:
2272:
2270:
2267:
2265:
2262:
2260:
2257:
2255:
2252:
2250:
2247:
2245:
2242:
2240:
2237:
2235:
2232:
2230:
2227:
2225:
2222:
2220:
2217:
2215:
2212:
2210:
2207:
2205:
2202:
2200:
2197:
2195:
2192:
2190:
2187:
2185:
2182:
2180:
2177:
2175:
2172:
2170:
2167:
2165:
2162:
2160:
2157:
2155:
2152:
2150:
2147:
2145:
2142:
2140:
2137:
2135:
2132:
2130:
2127:
2125:
2122:
2120:
2117:
2115:
2112:
2110:
2107:
2105:
2102:
2100:
2097:
2095:
2092:
2090:
2087:
2085:
2082:
2080:
2077:
2075:
2072:
2070:
2067:
2065:
2062:
2060:
2057:
2055:
2052:
2050:
2047:
2045:
2042:
2040:
2037:
2035:
2032:
2030:
2029:33rd (Guards)
2027:
2025:
2024:32nd (Guards)
2022:
2020:
2017:
2015:
2014:30th (Guards)
2012:
2010:
2007:
2005:
2002:
2000:
1997:
1995:
1992:
1990:
1987:
1985:
1984:24th (Guards)
1982:
1980:
1977:
1975:
1972:
1970:
1967:
1965:
1962:
1960:
1959:20th (Guards)
1957:
1955:
1952:
1950:
1947:
1945:
1942:
1940:
1937:
1935:
1932:
1930:
1927:
1925:
1922:
1920:
1917:
1915:
1912:
1910:
1907:
1905:
1902:
1900:
1897:
1895:
1892:
1890:
1887:
1885:
1882:
1880:
1877:
1875:
1872:
1870:
1867:
1865:
1862:
1860:
1857:
1855:
1852:
1850:
1847:
1845:
1842:
1840:
1837:
1835:
1832:
1830:
1827:
1825:
1822:
1820:
1819:2nd Gibraltar
1817:
1815:
1812:
1810:
1807:
1805:
1802:
1800:
1797:
1795:
1794:1st Gibraltar
1792:
1791:
1789:
1785:
1780:
1776:
1768:
1763:
1761:
1756:
1754:
1749:
1748:
1745:
1738:
1737:
1734:Chris Baker,
1732:
1730:
1727:
1726:
1717:. A.C. Lomax.
1716:
1715:
1709:
1706:
1705:0-7146-4460-9
1702:
1698:
1694:
1691:
1690:1-873376-72-3
1687:
1683:
1679:
1676:
1672:
1666:
1662:
1657:
1655:
1654:0-9508530-7-0
1651:
1647:
1643:
1640:
1638:
1633:
1630:
1629:0-946998-02-7
1626:
1622:
1618:
1615:
1611:
1608:
1604:
1600:
1599:1-870423-87-9
1596:
1592:
1589:
1588:1-870423-55-0
1585:
1581:
1577:
1574:Brig-Gen Sir
1573:
1570:
1566:
1564:
1561:
1557:
1553:
1550:
1546:
1543:
1542:1-84734-738-X
1539:
1535:
1531:
1528:
1524:
1523:C.T. Atkinson
1521:
1519:
1517:
1512:
1509:
1508:
1494:
1485:
1476:
1467:
1461:
1456:
1450:
1445:
1438:
1432:
1423:
1417:
1412:
1405:
1399:
1390:
1381:
1375:
1370:
1363:
1357:
1348:
1341:
1335:
1326:
1319:
1313:
1304:
1298:
1293:
1286:
1280:
1271:
1265:
1260:
1253:
1247:
1241:
1236:
1229:
1223:
1216:
1210:
1203:
1197:
1191:
1186:
1184:
1177:
1175:
1169:
1160:
1154:
1149:
1143:
1138:
1132:
1127:
1121:
1116:
1114:
1112:
1110:
1108:
1106:
1104:
1102:
1100:
1098:
1096:
1094:
1092:
1090:
1088:
1086:
1084:
1082:
1080:
1070:
1068:
1058:
1056:
1054:
1052:
1050:
1048:
1046:
1044:
1042:
1040:
1038:
1036:
1034:
1032:
1030:
1028:
1026:
1024:
1022:
1020:
1018:
1016:
1006:
997:
988:
979:
970:
961:
952:
943:
934:
932:
930:
920:
911:
902:
893:
884:
875:
866:
857:
851:Dunlop, p 74.
848:
839:
835:
828:
826:
822:
818:
814:
805:
804:
799:
798:
797:
796:
787:
783:
780:
776:
773:
770:
767:
763:
760:
756:
753:
750:
746:
745:
744:
736:
734:
730:
724:
722:
718:
717:Italian Front
711:Italian Front
705:
702:
699:
696:
695:
694:
692:
684:
681:
678:
677:
676:
665:
662:
659:
658:
657:
655:
650:
647:
646:39th Division
643:
630:
627:
624:
621:
617:
614:
611:
608:
605:
602:
599:
596:
595:
594:
591:
589:
585:
581:
577:
567:
564:
559:
555:
550:
547:
542:
540:
536:
531:
521:
518:
517:No Man's Land
513:
512:8th Divisions
509:
505:
495:
493:
488:
483:
481:
477:
473:
469:
465:
453:
449:
447:
443:
441:
437:
435:
431:
430:
429:
421:
419:
415:
411:
407:
402:
400:
396:
395:Pembroke Dock
393:stationed at
392:
388:
384:
380:
376:
372:
368:
353:
351:
345:
342:
338:
334:
330:
324:
322:
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