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1710:–Cassel–Hazebrouck road. Next day the German attack developed against 48th (SM) Division's widely spaced units. 5th Gloucesters held its positions for the whole day, though a German column penetrated for some distance between it and the 2nd Gloucesters in Cassel, and another was working round Wormhoudt. Next day the Germans continued to attack all the division's increasingly isolated strongpoints and the road became unusable. 144th Brigade was ordered to withdraw after nightfall, but 5th Gloucesters were surrounded in Ledringhem and did not receive the order for some time. They 'thinned out' their all-round defences, but the enemy had closed in such that bayonet charges were needed to dislodge German posts. The battalion was unable to disengage until midnight when the remaining 13 officers and 130 men made the way across country with their wounded CO and some prisoners to rejoin the brigade on the 1357:, behind which 2/5th Gloucesters held Holnon Wood 4,000 yards (3,700 m) back in the Battle Zone. After a heavy bombardment the thick morning mist allowed the attackers to close in and penetrate between the Forward Zone redoubts. The remains of 2/4th OBLI held out in Enghein Redoubt until about 16.00; very few managed to cut their way out. A few survivors and stragglers of the battalion attached themselves to 2/5th Gloucesters, which had been fighting since about 13.00. By then the mist had cleared and they had the advantage of a wide field of fire, allowing them to inflict severe losses on the advancing Germans – a vindication of the new defensive tactics. The Germans were unable to get closer than a few hundred yards and 2/5th Gloucesters held their positions all day. 1243: 1618: 1305: 824: 1493:, 2/5th Gloucesters were in the line further north. On the night of 10/11 August the battalion carried out a minor attack, attempting to cross the Plate Becque steam using portable bridges. The operation was a complete failure, resulting in numerous casualties, but one DCM and two MMs were awarded to a Section that established itself across the stream and maintained its position all day before skilfully withdrawing. In late August the battalion did another tour of duty at the Plate Becque, but on 31 August it began to advance, following the now-retreating Germans. 34: 199: 701:(WO) issued instructions to separate those men who had signed up for Home Service only, and form them into reserve units. On 31 August, the formation of a reserve or 2nd Line unit was authorised for each 1st Line unit where 60 per cent or more of the men had volunteered for Overseas Service. The titles of these 2nd Line units would be the same as the original, but distinguished by a '2/' prefix. In this way duplicate battalions, brigades and divisions were created from the recruits who were flooding in. For example, at a meeting at 1409:. C Company crossed the canal and was advancing in open order to take up a flank position when it was caught in enfilade by a machine gun and Germans appeared in large numbers. C Company was withdrawn and the battalion lined the canal bank and trenches in rear of the village. On 25 March the Germans put down an hour-long bombardment of the canal bank and village, and attempted to cross, but were driven back by rifle and machine-gun fire. An attempt to mass troops in dead ground for a second attack was broken up by 1512:), but was held up by a German counter-attack. 184th renewed the attack at 19.30 after several postponements, with 2/5th Gloucesters advancing under a barrage, but the battalion was checked by machine gun fire. Next morning the 2/5th Gloucesters and 2/4th OBLI led the advance of 61st (2nd SM) Division, pushing 1,000 yards (910 m) beyond the objective. The two battalions captured two tanks and 620 prisoners. The division was relieved that night, and was near Valenciennes when the Armistice came into force. 781: 58: 1288:, and then spent 10 days repairing damaged roads. As the slow pursuit continued, A Company attacked Bihecourt on 2 April with the support of a field artillery battery, catching the defenders by surprise and quickly overrunning the village. On 7 April B and C Companies made a further attack on the enemy's rearguards, a costly operation resulting in 15 other ranks killed and seven officers and 27 other ranks wounded. The division took up positions facing the Hindenburg Line in front of 75: 1501:. There was little time to prepare, but two companies of 2/5th Gloucesters formed the north-east arm of the attack with their own barrage. The brigade's attack was held up for 75 minutes by enemy shelling, but opposition was slight, and the north-west attack found the village unoccupied, with the two Gloucester companies (which had lost touch in the growing darkness) entering the north-east corner. Next day the brigade advanced again, with 2/5th Gloucesters in support. 869: 1145: 1009: 1321:(OBLI) failed to take the Pond Farm strongpoint, but two platoons of D Company, 2/5th Gloucesters, and then two platoons of C Company finally succeeded in killing or capturing the whole garrison, at heavy cost to themselves. A German counter-attack temporarily recaptured Pond Farm that night, but it was easily secured next morning. The battalion was relieved for refitting, and did not participate in the division's final attacks. 892:. The advance then met a heavy crossfire as the leading wave topped the rise of ground about 200 yards (180 m) east of the Steenbeck. Further attempts to advance only resulted in additional casualties. The battalion dug in and held on against determined counter-attacks. By the end of the action the 1/5th had lost 8 officers and 209 other ranks killed and wounded; only four frontline company officers survived Langemarck. 1175:. Its recruits included men from all walks of life. At first they lived at home, and little or nothing was available in terms of uniforms, arms or equipment (they wore a square of white silk with the battalion number on the lapel of their civilian jackets). Battalion drills were carried out at The Oxleaze, and the battalion sent its first draft to the 1/5th Bn in early January. It was not until the division concentrated at 1260:

heavy casualties, but 2/5th Bn in brigade reserve escaped the worst. Afterwards the battalion provided stretcher-bearers and burial parties. 61st (2nd SM) Division was only used for trench-holding for the rest of the year, but this did not preclude active raiding. For example, on the night of 27/28 July the Germans attacked Duck's Bill Crater, situated in

807:(1 July) the battalion was in reserve and did not participate in the division's actions, though suffering a few casualties from shellfire. An attack planned for the next day was cancelled. On 13 July the battalion attempted a raid, but was driven back; it was relieved on 16 July. On 19 July it went into the line north-east of 1333:, which had been fighting for eight days, then moved up the following night (2/3 December) to a position behind Welsh Ridge. D Company had just halted in a sunken lane when a German night-bomber hit a nearby ammunition dump: the company lost 16 killed and 53 wounded in the resulting explosion. At dawn a German attack drove 1657:

to the east, forcing the BEF to withdraw again across a series of river lines. From Glabais 5th Gloucesters marched back 30 miles in the day, twice taking up defensive positions and once opening fire on enemy tanks. At 22.00 the tired battalion was ordered to send two companies forward again to cover

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on 28 March. This was a disaster: beginning about 12.00, with A Company on the right, D Company on the left and C Company in support (B Company not yet having arrived) and with no covering artillery barrage, the battalion advanced across open rising ground until massed enemy machine guns opened fire.

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on 19 July 1916. In a diversionary action to relieve pressure on the Somme front, the attacking troops were committed to a short advance over flat, waterlogged country against strong defences including concrete machine gun emplacements. The attack was a disaster, the assaulting battalions taking very

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to discover this. Three days later it was in Peronne, fighting fires left by the retreating Germans and clearing the rubble-blocked streets. On 5 April 145th Brigade attacked Lempire and the battalion was through the village in little more than an hour and consolidating on the far side, though at the

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in B Company was hit and dropped his gun over the parapet just as the Germans reached the barbed wire. In full view of the enemy Sgt Adlam went out to retrieve it, bringing it back into action and stopping the attack. Meanwhile, the patrol came in while the fighting continued, identifying themselves

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cost of 56 casualties, 15 of them fatal. The battalion supported another attack on the night of 16/17 April in 'abominable' weather, occupying the ground captured and then sending out a fighting patrol early in the morning. The advance was now called off, having reached the main Hindenburg defences.

638:, (former and future MP for Cirencester), retired from the 4th (Royal North Gloucester Militia) Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment, was appointed Commanding Officer (CO) of the 5th Battalion with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. (His elder brother, the 7th Earl Bathurst, was appointed as honorary colonel.) 1543:

The remaining Home Service men had been separated from the 3rd Line battalions in May 1915 and formed into Provisional Battalions for home defence. The men of 5th Gloucesters joined with those from the rest of the South Midland Brigade (4th OBLI, Buckinghamshire Battalion, and 4th Royal Berkshires)

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2/5th Gloucesters were out of the line from 2 to 27 September, then began training for an operation near Estaires. During the night and morning of 29/30 September it carried out a battalion attack to secure Junction Post, the capture of which allowed the brigade to resume the advance. The battalion

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In January 1918 61st (SM) Division took over a sector from the French in front of St Quentin and began constructing the new system of defences mandated by General Headquarters. These were designed to economise on manpower because the BEF was suffering severe shortages. During February the 2/4th and

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into the crater, thereby avoiding the shelling and being in position to repel the attack; a bombing party took the attackers in the flank, and a second attack was also beaten off. The company received two MCs, two DCMs and six MMs. In August C Company carried out a successful raid, for which it had

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epidemic, and the 1/5th Bn was only about 490 strong; the brigadier had hesitated whether it should even take its place in the line. The attacking Austrians got through the weakly-held outposts in the woods and then outflanked the main defences to reach 1/5th Bn's HQ. The battalion HQ staff, cooks,

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described the Gloucesters' action at Ledringhem as 'worthy of a place among the great epics of British military valour in adversity'. The troops on the Yser continued to act as western flank guard for the shrinking Dunkirk pocket, fighting off determined attacks by German motorised formations. 5th

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2/5th Gloucesters spent the following weeks on railway repair and battlefield clearance. Demobilisation began in January 1919, but the battalion continued to do duty at the base ports. By the end of June many of the division's units had been reduced to equipment guards, while men with less service

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had lifted, 1/5th Gloucesters left its lines at 18.25, climbed the railway embankment west of Beaurevoir, and cleared away the machine gunners on the other side while they were still taking cover from the barrage. The two leading companies (A on the left, B on the right) then passed through to the

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made a stand, holding on until one of the companies came round the enemy flank, and were then rescued by the arrival of another brigade. The battalion's casualties amounted to 11 officers and 138 other ranks killed and missing, with nine officers and 64 other ranks wounded; its desperate stand was

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On 21 May 5th Gloucesters was heavily engaged in driving back attempts to cross the river, but the previous day the German breakthrough had reached the sea and the BEF was cut off. 48th (SM) Division was among the forces pulled out of the east-facing Escaut line to form a west-facing line along a

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that it was withdrawing, 2/5th Gloucesters slipped away before daylight on 23 March. The battalion's casualties over the two days are unrecorded but were heavy. Having remained in position all day on 22 March the battalion had acted as an inadvertent rearguard allowing the rest of the division to

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that rushed an undamaged bridge, closely followed by the Glosters, while the rest of the brigade was ferried across the canal on petrol-tin rafts. By 12.45 the Germans were in full retreat, leaving behind many prisoners and guns. The battalion's losses were 65, of which 14 were fatal. The pursuit

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went forward alone under heavy fire, located one of the machine guns, shot the gunner and put it out of action. Seeing another machine gun nearby he advanced again, shot the gunner and rushed the gun position, capturing the team of eight men. He then stood up and beckoned forward the rest of his

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standing on a hill giving complete command over exposed ground in front. The German positions were concealed among farm buildings, houses and the railway embankment and the first attacks failed. 75th Brigade was brought up to renew the attack on 5 October. Zero hour was 18.40, but even before the

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However, the 2nd Admin Battalion was disbanded by January 1864 and its remaining RVCs joined the 1st Admin Battalion. A new 14th (City of Gloucester Rifles) Gloucestershire RVC was formed in 1874–5 but was later absorbed into the others. When the RVCs were consolidated in 1880, the 1st Admin Bn

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and kept this when it became the 5th Battalion in 1908, even though the other volunteer battalions adopted the scarlet tunics and white facings then worn by the Glosters. The battalion retained the green uniform in full dress until 1925, when it finally adopted the scarlet tunic. The Glosters'

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A return of the mist next morning allowed German parties to infiltrate behind the battalion's support positions where they began to cause casualties among Battalion HQ and D Company. A bombardment began at 09.00 and several attacks on C Company's position were thrown back. After midday the

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railway. There were barely 150 men in the line, with nothing behind them, but the Germans had shot their bolt, and did not attack. The battalion remained in position under shellfire until relief arrived on 31 March. The battalion had lost 20 officers and 550 men in 10 days' fighting.

1597:(BEF), with 5th Gloucesters landing in France on 15 January 1940. It took its place in the 'Ligne de Contact' in March and gained experience of frontline patrolling. On the night of 3 March a patrol was out in No man's land when a serious attack was made on the battalion's front. A 1747: 1195:, as part of the outer London defences. The battalions formed their machine gun sections while at Chelmsford, but the strength of the battalions fluctuated widely as they were drawn upon for drafts for their 1st Line battalions. In August 1915 the division was numbered as the 1112:, 4 November). 75th Brigade led 25th Division's crossing – which the other brigades did not believe could be achieved – and there was a competition between the battalions as to which could get over first. 1/5th Gloucesters was in the lead, but it was a company of 1/8th 1497:

was then moved by rail to the Cambrai sector. On 24 October, during the Battle of the Selle, 61st (2nd SM) Division attacked behind a barrage with 184th Brigade in support. The brigade was then ordered to follow through at 16.00 and make a converging attack on

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village, meeting little opposition except from isolated machine guns and snipers, which were quickly dealt with by the 'moppers-up' of C Company. By nightfall the battalion occupied a line on the far side of the village. Its casualties were 54, of whom 11 died.

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61st (2nd SM) Division moved to Ypres in July, and was put in as a fresh formation at the end of the Battle of Langemarck on 22 August. With 2/5th Gloucesters in close support behind the leading battalions, 184th Brigade made slow progress against the concrete

903:, then next day it relieved a London battalion in the line and was heavily shelled, with 16 men killed. On 28 September the CO, Lt-Col Adam, was gassed and evacuated. After three days' rest the battalion re-entered the line for an attack on 4 October (the 1068:(17 October), but 75th Brigade was tasked with following up the next day's attack. 1/5th Gloucesters was one of the leading battalions, suffering from the German counter-bombardment during the approach march, then passing through the attacking group of 1097:, his citation stating that 'it was due to the courage, initiative and entire disregard of personal safety shown by this gallant soldier that the company was enabled to advance at a time when any delay would have jeopardised seriously the operation'. 1324:

While the Ypres fighting continued, 2/5th Gloucesters moved by train to the Arras sector, where C Company carried out a trench raid on 23 October. In late November 61st (2nd SM) Division moved south to relieve exhausted British formations after the

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the TA was rapidly doubled in size. The 5th Gloucesters created a duplicate unit by separating B and D Companies to form a new 7th Battalion, with its first officer commissioned on 1 June 1939. Both battalions were then recruited up to strength.

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White, who was awarded the DCM. On 23 April the battalion carried out a successful local attack to straighten the line near Bacquerolles Farm, though it lost 100 casualties during the German counter-bombardment. The CO, Lt-Col Lawson, won a

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the following morning after a hard march. After joining up with members of the battalion who had been separated, they waited on the beach until they were taken off by small boats and evacuated back to various ports in England on 31 May.

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The division was relieved at the end of July, but was back in action on Pozières Ridge on 14–15 August, fighting unsuccessfully to capture and hold 'Skyline Trench'. On 18 August the battalion supported a more successful attack by

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fire from a tall building in Buverchy. About 16.00 French troops on the right gave way and the enemy began crossing the canal and working round 2/5th Gloucesters' flank. The battalion put out a flank guard and retired to

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The battalion's battle honours during World War II are included in those of the Gloucestershire Regiment, which was awarded the following honours for the actions of 2nd and 5th Gloucesters during the Battle of France:

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to his DSO for this attack. The unit held the line until 24 June when it was relieved for an intensive rest; Lt-Col Lawson was killed on the last morning before relief, while carrying out a personal reconnaissance.

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Unlike the 48th (SM) Division, which had over a year of trench service before undertaking its first attack, the 61st had only a matter of weeks. After a short tour of duty for each battalion in the front line near

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75th Brigade attacked again on 23 October, although its strength was by now barely that of a battalion. It made the second phase attack about an hour after Zero. 1/5th Gloucesters captured Bazuel and advanced on

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parties. Two such raids went out under heavy fire on 20 July and the battalion lost 4 officers and 110 men. On 23 July the 1/5th Bn went 'over the top' into murderous machine gun fire during the main attack (the

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Cadet Corps was affiliated to the battalion from 1867 to 1889, and again from 1904. Gloucester County School at Hempstead contributed a cadet company from 1889 to 1891, and Cirencester School from 1896 to 1897.

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battalion's position became desperate: the Battle Zone to its left had been lost and it would soon be surrounded. The battalion did not know that the rest of the division had been ordered to retire to the

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The battalion was out of the line for over a month, during which it suffered badly during the Spanish flu outbreak. While the Allies launched their final Hundred Days Offensive on 8 August 1918 with the

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facings changed to Primrose yellow in 1929. After 1918 the contribution of the TF battalions during World War I was recognised when they were permitted to adopt the famous 'Back Badge' of the Glosters.

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continued until 75th Brigade's advance was checked at some high ground on 7 November, but advances elsewhere along the line soon outflanked the Germans and 25th Division established a line just beyond

855:). 1/5th Gloucesters raided La Maisonette next day and despite shellfire they quickly got into the German trenches and pushed patrols through the village, finding the Germans gone – the first unit in 310:

raised on 13 September 1859 became the 1st Gloucestershire RVC, and soon grew to be an independent battalion-sized unit. The remaining Gloucestershire RVCs were all company-sized or smaller units:

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The units evacuated from Dunkirk were slowly re-equipped from the scanty resources available and took their places in the anti-invasion defences. 5th Gloucesters reformed about 400 strong in

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5th Gloucesters were mobilised on 3 September 1939 under the command of Lt-Col G.A.H. Buxton. 48th (South Midland) Division was the first Territorial division to go to France to reinforce the

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machine gun fire. A party of Battalion HQ stayed in position to cover the withdrawal of the rest of HQ: almost all were killed or captured. The battalion got back to the Rear Zone trenches at

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907:). It was in reserve, and began its attack late in the afternoon, in heavy rain. Three companies attacked, each with a farm as its objective. Held up by the mud the attackers fell behind the 1516:

were drafted to Egypt and the Black Sea. The last battalions were reduced to cadres and went home before the end of July. The cadre of 2/5th Gloucesters was disbanded on 11 October 1919 at

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was launched on 21 March 1918, 61st (2nd SM) Division was manning its revised frontline positions. 2/4th OBLI held 184th Brigade's Forward Zone position ('Enghein Redoubt') overlooking

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had played in 1898–1904) immediately volunteered from the audience. Later the 2nd Line were mobilised for overseas service in their own right and a 3rd Line created to supply drafts.

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sector. The battalion was out of the line at Guillaucourt on 17 March when news arrived of the German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, and instead of resting it was sent forward to

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On the outbreak of war in August 1914 the units of the South Midland Division had just set out for annual training. The men of 5th Gloucesters had only spent one night in camp at

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6th (Stroud) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 7 September 1859 under Capt John Dutton Hunt, absorbed into 1st Gloucestershire Light Horse Volunteers and 5th Gloucestershire RVC in 1865

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Lying flat under murderous fire the men did what they could to dig themselves in. The division's doomed attack failed, and the battalion was withdrawn to a railway cutting at

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company, guiding them by signals to work around the rear of the position. The company captured 16 machine guns, one officer and 50 other ranks. Private Miles was awarded the

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When the TA was reconstituted on 1 January 1947 the 5th and 7th battalions reformed as an amalgamated 5th Bn, serving in the infantry role once more. It took its place in

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Private Frederick G. Neale, 13 Platoon, D Company, 1/5th Gloucesters. Reported missing in action during the Battle of Pozières, 16 August 1916, he is commemorated on the

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for training. It remained in 144th Bde until 21 May 1941. 5th Gloucesters became the reconnaissance battalion of 48th (SM) Division on 12 July 1941 and was redesignated

1156:, and former CO of the 5th Battalion, was asked to raise the 2nd Line battalion, and was assisted by a number of officers from the 1st line, including Major the Rt Hon 5198: 1824:. 61st Division trained hard for Operation Overlord, but in the end it was not actually used in North West Europe and in April 1944 it became a training organisation. 1649:) to make contact with the French Army on the right flank. Arriving at 04.00 on 17 May they found no sign of the French and were recalled two hours later. By now, the 5188: 1446:, having suffered 200 casualties. It was driven out of Marcelcave later in the day and dug in 1,000 yards (910 m) back at the airfield next to the Marcelcave– 360:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 6 December 1859 as a half company under Lieutenant James Primatt Sargeaunt, raised to a full company 7 November 1860, disbanded 1876–7 666:, when on 3 August they broke camp and returned to Gloucester. Mobilisation orders for TF units were issued next day. The battalion went to its war station on the 2449:

Modern research gives the fatal casualties of the 5th Gloucesters between 1914 and 1921 as follows: 1/5th, 543; 2/5th, 491; 3/5th, 2; battalion not specified: 90.

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By 1991, A Company had two platoons at Bristol, and in April 1995 they were separated to form B Company. Later that year the battalion became 2nd (Volunteer) Bn,

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respectively on 1 September. The battalion remained with this brigade until after the end of the war. It was placed in suspended animation on 1 February 1946 at

959:, and held the line until 16 March, with 1/5th Gloucesters engaging in active patrolling. On 1 April it moved westward into reserve for the middle sector of the 2977: 911:

and were caught by machine guns. After advancing about 300 yards (270 m) all the men could do was dig in; casualties were 131, of whom 25 died. During the

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888:(16–18 August), 1/5th Battalion took part in 145th Brigade's difficult attack on a German strongpoint built into the most northerly house in the village of 5193: 840:, which took 400 prisoners, and on 25 August 1/5th Gloucesters launched two companies against German trenches, which were captured after a fierce fight. 729:

The South Midland Division underwent progressive training in the area round Chelmsford until 13 March 1915 when it received orders to embark to join the

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On 23 March the remnants of 184th Brigade were pulled back into reserve. From then on, retreat was continuous: on 24 March 2/5th Gloucesters marched to

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back from La Vacquerie to the slopes of Welsh Ridge, where 2/5th Gloucesters stabilised the situation. The next few weeks were spent in consolidation.

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After the war 43rd Recce Regiment transferred back to the Glosters as the 5th Battalion once more and was placed in suspended animation in July 1946.

2468: 451:, Lt Shapland Swiny of the 9th RVC as a captain in the Royal Dublin City Militia, Capt Sir Martin Crawley-Boevey of the 12th RVC as a captain in the 4187: 1458:, near Arras, where the battalion rested and absorbed reinforcements, but this period was broken by the second phase of the German offensive (the 2038:, MP, (son of 6th Earl and younger brother of 7th Earl Bathurst; 4th (Militia) Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment, retired) commissioned 18 April 1908 1571:

By 1939 the battalion was at Drill Hall, Painswick Road, Gloucester, and had moved to 144th (Gloucester & Worcester) Brigade, replacing the

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on the Western Front. Thee battalions of 48th (SM) Division, including 1/5th Glosters, returned to the BEF on 11 September 1918 to reconstitute

1462:). On 12 April the battalion was brought up by train and went into the line, near St Venant. holding off a German attack next day (part of the 1318: 1292:. By now the battalion was very tired, and had been reduced to three companies of three platoons each. In May, 2/5th Gloucesters moved to the 1334: 705:, Maj John Collett (soon to be promoted to command 1/5th Bn) called for 25 men to enlist in the battalion, and as a result nine members of 527:

of 1872, Volunteers were grouped into county brigades with their local Regular and Militia battalions – Brigade No 37 (Gloucestershire) in

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strength, and 1/5th Gloucesters was disembodied on 5 July 1919. During the war 30 officers and 557 other ranks of the battalion had died.

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the following year), A Company formed part of 1st Battalion (Rifle Volunteers) and formed new detachments at Cheltenham, Bristol and

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early in the morning of 29 May. The rest of the wounded were left under the care of two medical orderlies to be taken prisoner. Sir

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of Central Force, but when the 1st South Midland Division went to France, the 2nd took its place at Chelmsford and became part of

2177: 1909:, based at Gloucester with platoons at Bristol and Cinderford. It maintained the tradition of wearing the Glosters 'Back Badge'. 1856: 1832: 1809: 1537: 916: 837: 770: 642: 2951: 1467: 2183: 1863: 754: 5114: 5100: 5085: 5049: 4982: 4966: 4859: 4807: 4792: 4683: 2784: 2189: 1760: 1329:. By the time it arrived the Germans had launched a heavy counter-offensive. 2/5th Gloucesters spent a day in support behind 794: 4743: 1437:

The battalion was taken by motor bus from Le Quesnel to take part in 61st (2nd SM) Division's projected counter-attack at

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in the closing weeks of the war. The 2nd Line battalion was involved in an epic rearguard action at Holnon Wood during the

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comments that starting in 1918 the white diamond "was painted on helmets ... with regimental badges superimposed" upon it.

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2/6th Gloucesters of 183rd Brigade were disbanded, many of their men being drafted to bring 2/5th Bn up to full strength.

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of 1881 took Cardwell's reforms further, and the Volunteers were formally affiliated to their local Regular regiment, the

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Dunkirk had been identified as the port for partial evacuation of the BEF, but by the evening of 26 May full evacuation (

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and usually guarded by a small sentry group. As soon as the German barrage came down, A Company promptly moved down the

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25th Division was gradually moved forward, and began to take over frontline positions on 3/4 October. It was facing the

1242: 1028:, though 1/5th Gloucesters only had enough men for three instead of four platoons per company. The division joined the 697:

Shortly after the declaration of war, TF units were invited to volunteer for Overseas Service. On 15 August 1914, the

5178: 5064: 5034: 5015: 5000: 4951: 4936: 4912: 4893: 4840: 4758: 4728: 4713: 4698: 1948: 1645:. 48th (SM) Division was in support of the divisions along the Dyle line, with 5th Gloucesters sent to Glabais (near 1561: 1200: 1196: 1172: 1168: 368: 283: 114: 82: 1930: 799:

1/5th Gloucesters served in the trenches for 16 months before it participated in its first major battle, during the

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and 6th Gloucesters, which had converted to a searchlight battalion and a tank battalion respectively. After the

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The 3rd Line battalions of the Gloucesters formed at their depots during 1915 (the 3/5th on 1 May) and moved to

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but then back to Languevoisin where it spent the night. Next day it was ordered to cover the crossings of the

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14th (Cheltenham) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 3 July 1860 under Capt Sir Alex Ramsay, disbanded September 1864

1875: 1509: 1021: 952: 766: 646: 452: 110: 1121:

that evening. The division was then relieved and withdrawn behind the Sambre. It was still resting when the

1069: 1029: 900: 1304: 353:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 20 September 1859 under Capt Robert Dwarris Gibney, disbanded September 1864 340:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 5 September 1859 under Capt Henry Daniel Cholmeley, disbanded by August 1861 4921:

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The British force in Italy was now called on to provide battalions to rebuild divisions shattered in the

993: 985: 885: 844: 625: 235: 163: 2844: 2833: 2811: 1466:). German troops continuously tried to infiltrate the position. On the night of 17/18 April (during the 374:

10th (Cotswold Rifles) Gloucestershire RVC at Cheltenham, raised 1 March 1860 under Capt Herbert W. Wood

4854:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1948/Uckfield: Imperial War Museum and Naval and Military Press, 2009, 1836: 1132:

started in January and gradually the units dwindled away. By 28 March 1919 the division was reduced to

927:

On 11 October the 48th (SM) Division was relieved from the Ypres sector and went to hold the line near

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At the beginning of November the division moved to the Somme sector, going into the line in front of

1157: 539:('Glosters') in the case of the Gloucestershire RVCs, and on 1 May 1883 the 2nd changed its title to 2822: 1638: 1498: 1255:, during which 2/5th Gloucesters carried out an unsuccessful raid, the division was thrown into the 298:, and Rifle Volunteer Corps (RVCs) began to be organised throughout Great Britain to supplement the 4918: 1951:, former CO of the 4th (Militia) Bn, Gloucestershire Regiment, appointed 22 September 1908, to 1933 1459: 1430:, which it reached at 11.00 on 26 March and then rested. Late in the day it took up positions near 1378: 1326: 1188: 1184: 1057: 536: 486: 443:, Capt Bathurst of the 9th RVC in the North Gloucestershire Militia, Capt Wood of the 9th RVC as a 398:– Cheltenham) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 23 March 1860 under Capt Edmund P, Morphy, disbanded 1874 303: 231: 4784:

History of the Second World War, United Kingdom Military Series: The Defence of the United Kingdom

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Service companies from the regiment's volunteer battalions served with the Regular 2nd Bn in the

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of Central Force, with a definite role in Home Defence. Much time was spent digging trenches at

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The division then participated in the pursuit across open country against weak opposition (the

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formed at Gloucester on 28 January 1861, left in 1867, were also attached to this battalion.).

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A number of the original officers of these RVCs had previous military experience, for example,

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The 2nd Volunteer Battalion wore a green uniform with scarlet facings, similar to that of the

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about 17.00, where D Company rejoined later. The Rear Zone trenches were shallow, with little

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fire and the guns captured. The brigade then pushed on to the crest of the ridge overlooking

967: 935:, and the move began on 21 November. By 30 November the units had finished detraining around 904: 702: 4603: 4589: 4575: 3612: 2880: 1180: 817: 811:

and began 'softening' the German strongpoints in front of the Pozières Ridge by sending out

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History of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 3a: New Army Divisions (9–26)

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on 9 October, 1/5th Gloucesters supplied carrying parties and stretcher-bearers to assist

367:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 13 February 1860 under Capt Allen Alexander Bathurst (later 8: 2472: 1990: 1790: 1382:

disengage. The tenacity and determination of D Company was singled out for praise by Sir

1256: 1167:

The 2/5th Gloucesters was formed on 7 September 1914 at Gloucester and took its place in

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Battalion HQ at The Barracks (also known as the Drill Hall) in Brunswick Road, Gloucester

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companies. However, on 1 July 1999 the battalion was reduced to a single company in the

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the withdrawal of other units. By the end of 19 May the whole force was back across the

1438: 543:. When a comprehensive mobilisation scheme for the Volunteers was established after the 33: 4815:

Cap of Honour: The Story of the Gloucestershire Regiment (The 28th/61st Foot) 1694–1950

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area for rest and training. Reinforcements permitted D Company to be reformed in July.

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of 1891, the 2nd VB of the Gloucesters was assigned to the Western Counties Brigade at

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25th Division's units were engaged in salvage work in the months after the Armistice.

343:

5th (Stroud) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 6 September 1859 under Capt J. Watts Haliwell

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The Cheltenham College Cadet Corps became a contingent of the junior division of the

587: 490: 227: 1470:) they took Bacquerolles Farm, but were thrown out by a platoon of A Company led by 1064:

was reached on 10 October. 25th Division was in reserve during the first day of the

464: 2437: 1906: 1813: 1671: 1630: 1532:. On 8 April 1916 they were redesignated Reserve Battalions, and on 1 September at 1261: 1133: 948: 908: 706: 670:

until relieved, when it joined the rest of South Midland Division concentrating at

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Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and Commonwealth – Regiments.org (archive site)

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made what proved to be its last attack, known to the British participants as the

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The Kaiser's Battle, 21 March 1918: The First Day of the German Spring Offensive

4923:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1954/Uckfield, Naval & Military Press, 2004. 1781:. It served with 43rd (Wessex) Division until the end of the war, including the 474:

These independent RVCs were grouped into two administrative battalions in 1860:

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London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007,

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where by 3 April the whole division had concentrated. After final training in

497:, was commissioned as the battalion's commanding officer (CO) on 3 March 1860. 5172: 5133: 4765: 1728: 1715: 1576: 1402: 1374: 1280:, and then in February 48th (SM) Division relieved a French formation in the 1192: 956: 877: 780: 667: 567: 448: 428: 777:

sector from the French Army on 20 July, and remained there until July 1916.

4678:, Gloucester: Crypt House Press 1930/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2003, 1940:, appointed 16 June 1868 and held the position until the creation of the TF 1675: 1642: 1354: 889: 812: 742: 299: 259: 219: 171: 74: 774: 5029:, London: Macmillan, 1938/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1992, 4786:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1957/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2004 2202: 2195: 1969: 1844: 1817: 1419: 1362: 1317:

and machine-gun nests hidden in the farm buildings on their front. 2/4th

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to begin final training for overseas service. Here they were issued with

1176: 1061: 975: 750: 395: 364: 333:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 21 October 1859 under Capt Thomas de Winton 243: 139: 5123: 2458:'Langemarck 1917' was the first battle honour gained by 2/5th Battalion. 1206:

In February and March 1916 the units of 61st (2nd SM) Division moved to

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Titles and Designations of Formations and Units of the Territorial Army

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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1916

2198:, poet and composer, served in the 2/5th Bn and was wounded and gassed. 1913: 1887: 1883: 1720: 1699: 1679: 1568:, Stroud; The Rich School; Crypt Grammar School; Dursley Church School 1443: 1431: 1105: 1085: 1044: 895:

As the offensive continued, 1/5th Gloucesters took a small part in the

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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 1918

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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918

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History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1917

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Lt-Col William Adam returned by end November 1917; wounded 2 June 1918

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and Capt Morphy of the 13th RVC in the Monaghan Militia. The Honorary

2116:

Lt-Col Gilbert Collett (from 1/5th Bn) from 8 June to 15 October 1917

2107:

Maj George Vivian acting from 28 December, invalided 29 December 1916

2018: 1719:

Gloucesters was ordered into Dunkirk at midnight on 30 May, reaching

1707: 1476: 1410: 1219: 1215: 1073: 675: 432: 246:. Its 1st Line battalion fought a last-ditch defensive action at the 1775:

43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment (The Gloucestershire Regiment)

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A Gallant County: The Regiments of Gloucestershire in the Great War

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The Story of the 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment 1914–1918

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Maj Leslie Parkinson acting from 16 December 1916 to 2 January 1917

1732: 1654: 1598: 1471: 1406: 1390: 1277: 1252: 1227: 741:, 5th Gloucesters landing on 29 March. The battalion entrained for 738: 456: 92: 2131:

Lt-Col Richard Huntington from 15 September 1918 to demobilisation

2128:

Lt-Col Geoffrey Christie-Miller from 24 June to 15 September 1918

2110:

Capt Charles Beloe acting from 29 December 1916 to 12 January 1917

1666:, 5th Gloucesters had marched 95 miles (153 km) in 83 hours. 1246:

A German concrete strongpoint in the Fromelles salient, July 1916.

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After forcing the Selle, Fourth Army continued its advance to the

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Lt-Col Arthur Lawson from 17 March, killed in action 24 June 1918

1878:. When the Wessex Volunteers were expanded in 1971 (becoming the 1683: 1663: 1659: 1646: 1622: 1560:

The TF was reconstituted on 7 February 1920 (reorganising as the

1265: 936: 671: 381:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 9 March 1860 under Capt John Vizard 378: 4869:, London: HM Stationery Office, 1949/Imperial War Museum, 1992, 4736:

Riflemen Form: A Study of the Rifle Volunteer Movement 1859–1908

2122:

Lt-Col Gilbert Collett returned 1 February 1918 to 17 March 1918

2119:

Maj Charles Beloe acting from 15 October 1917 to 1 February 1918

2104:

Lt-Col Percy Balfour from 9 March 1916, wounded 28 December 1916

1104:, where it paused for 10 days to prepare an assault crossing at 899:(26 September), supplying two companies to support an attack by 847:, and then on 16 March 1917 the Germans began to retreat to the 820:) and was driven back with the loss of 13 officers and 125 men. 523:

Under the 'Localisation of the Forces' scheme introduced by the

2475:. It served through World War I until it was disbanded in 1919. 2076:

Lt-Col William Adam from 23 June 1917, gassed 28 September 1917

1423: 1077: 974:. The 48th (SM) Division had been particularly hard-hit by the 960: 687: 337: 5095:, London: Methuen, 1931/Uckfield: Naval & Military, 2003, 4899:

Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop,

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Lt-Col John Collett returned 14 June, invalided 24 August 1916

2031:

Lt-Col Lindsey D. Winterbotham, commissioned 14 September 1905

1746: 1276:. Much of January 1917 was spent out of the line, training at 951:

by the end of the year. On 1 March 1918 the division relieved

2054:

Maj John Scott-Tucker acting from 21 February to 1 April 1916

1808:

The 7th Gloucesters formed part of 183rd Infantry Brigade in

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with the dates 1944–45 and 'North West Europe' on a scroll.

2101:

Lt-Col Hon Benjamin Bathurst, from formation to 8 March 1916

1508:), 61st (2nd SM) Division attacked again on 1 November (the 931:. On 10 November 1917 it received orders to transfer to the 1816:. It returned to the mainland in February 1943, serving in 1711: 928: 876:

After a period of training 48th (SM) Division moved to the

614:

E & F Companies at Drill Hall, North Street, Cheltenham

2173:, MP and Welsh Rugby international, served in the 2/5th Bn 2067:

Maj Henry Court acting from 1 November to 16 December 1916

4993:

Battle Honours of the British and Indian Armies 1695–1914

4865:

Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Maj-Gen H.R. Davies,

1520:. During the war over 548 men of the battalion had died. 5042:

Retreat and Rearguard Somme 1918: The Fifth Army Retreat

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Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 125, 127, 379–80, 389.

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and advanced into Belgium to take up defences along the

733:(BEF) in France. The South Midland Brigade crossed from 4835:, Vol I, London: Macmillan,1932/Woking: Shearer, 1986, 2113:

Lt-Col Percy Balfour returned 12 January to 8 June 1917

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Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment

1866:(TAVR) in 1967, when the battalion was split to become 753:('Plugstreet') on 7 April, attached to the experienced 388:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 21 April 1860 under Capt 2091:

Lt-Col Dudley Lewis from 9 July 1918 to demobilisation

2073:

Lt-Col Alexander Skinner from 2 January to 6 June 1917

1230:

on 25 May. By 28 May the division was concentrated at

761:

in the trenches while 9 and 10 Platoons were with the

294:

An invasion scare in 1859 led to the emergence of the

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Army Council Instructions, January 1916, Appendix 18.

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On 20 November 1941 the battalion was transferred to

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the battalion distinguished itself at the defence of

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in 1989), though it lost its 'Gloucester' subtitle.

431:

Theodore Preston of the 2nd RVC was formerly in the

411:

16th (North Cotswold Rifles) Gloucestershire RVC at

318:) Gloucestershire RVC, raised 21 October 1859 under 4977:. Uckfield, East Sussex: Naval and Military Press. 4227:

Southern Command 3 September 1939 at Patriot Files.

1912:In 2007 the Rifle Volunteers became 6th Battalion, 1698:) was ordered. On 26 May 5th Gloucesters dug in at 2793: 2159:Lt-Col G.A.H. Buxton, commissioned 17 January 1938 2144:Lt-Col John Tarrant from 7 March to 31 August 1916 2088:Maj Philip Hall acting from 23 June to 8 July 1918 1032:Reserve at the end of the month during the Allied 5199:Military units and formations established in 1859 5093:The Gloucestershire Regiment in the War 1914–1918 2469:7th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 2243:bore as an honorary distinction the badge of the 1916:, (6 RIFLES) with A Company based at Gloucester. 1397:, where they were fed. The battalion moved on to 1218:per battalion in place of dummy guns and antique 1179:on 1 February 1915 that the men were issued with 611:D Company at Drill Hall, Back of Avon, Tewkesbury 541:2nd Volunteer Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 531:for the 1st Gloucestershire Admin Battalion. The 23:2nd Volunteer Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 5189:Military units and formations in Gloucestershire 5170: 4886:The German March Offensive and its Preliminaries 2141:Maj Evan Jeune from 3 April 1915 to 7 March 1916 1633:began on 10 May with the German invasion of the 1610:) songs. Subsequently, Adlam received the first 955:in the front line of the Montello sector on the 226:from 1859. After becoming a Volunteer and later 4946:, Vol II, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, 4549: 4547: 4440: 4438: 2255:The 5th Gloucesters were awarded the following 2211:, won a VC with the 1/5th Bn on 23 October 1918 2041:Lt-Col Samuel Marling, commissioned 10 May 1913 4931:, Vol I, Wakefield, Microform Academic, 1984, 4428: 4426: 4405: 4403: 4236: 4234: 1827:On 3 August 1944 the battalion transferred to 1552:. This later became the 10th Battalion, OBLI. 1319:Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1183:with which to train. Here they formed part of 617:G Company at Drill Hall, Boulton Lane, Dursley 503:, HQ at Cheltenham: 7th, 10th, 13th, 14th RVCs 4975:Orders of Battle: Second World War, 1939–1945 4944:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 4929:Lineage Book of British Land Forces 1660–1978 4822:The Development of the British Army 1899–1914 4753:, London: Frederick Muller, 1968/Star, 1981, 4628: 4626: 4616: 4614: 4470: 4468: 4213: 4211: 4209: 4207: 4114:Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, pp. 456–7, 460. 3797: 3795: 3224: 3222: 3220: 3218: 3216: 3214: 3212: 3210: 3065:Gilbert Collett at Gloucester Rugby Heritage. 2724: 2722: 2178:Sir James Campbell, 5th Baronet, of Aberuchil 1148:61st (2nd South Midland) Divisional insignia. 282:. It returned to the Glosters in the postwar 4544: 4435: 3993: 3991: 3785: 3783: 3608: 3606: 2973: 2971: 2969: 2967: 2965: 2963: 2961: 2959: 2876: 2874: 2553: 2551: 2549: 2547: 2545: 2543: 2541: 2511: 2509: 1750:Cap badge of the Reconnaissance Corps, 1941. 1335:183rd (2nd Gloucester and Worcester) Brigade 749:the 5th Gloucesters went into the line near 608:C Company at Drill Hall, Bath Street, Stroud 483:1st Gloucestershire Engineer Volunteer Corps 286:until amalgamated with other units in 1967. 5194:Military units and formations in Gloucester 4423: 4400: 4231: 3625: 3623: 3573:, Vol V, pp. 465–6, 471–3, 494–5, 508, 520. 3454: 3452: 3450: 3448: 2947: 2945: 2915: 2913: 2911: 2539: 2537: 2535: 2533: 2531: 2529: 2527: 2525: 2523: 2521: 2015:Sir Thomas Hyde Crawley–Boevey, 5th Baronet 1793:, and the advance across Germany after the 1621:A column of British infantry retreating to 1214:in place of the Japanese weapons, and four 390:Sir Martin Hyde Crawley–Boevey, 4th Baronet 5010:, London: Allen Lane, 1978/Penguin, 1983, 4776:Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 4623: 4611: 4465: 4204: 3792: 3673: 3671: 3669: 3667: 3665: 3663: 3653: 3651: 3649: 3647: 3645: 3643: 3641: 3639: 3637: 3635: 3416: 3414: 3412: 3207: 3007: 3005: 3003: 2943: 2941: 2939: 2937: 2935: 2933: 2931: 2929: 2927: 2925: 2909: 2907: 2905: 2903: 2901: 2899: 2897: 2895: 2893: 2891: 2719: 2579: 2577: 2575: 2573: 2571: 2569: 2567: 2565: 2563: 2163: 2051:Lt-Col John Collett from 10 September 1914 1769:, and on 7 January 1942 it was renamed as 1308:Captured German pillbox or 'Mebu' at Ypres 1237: 917:144th (Gloucester & Worcester) Brigade 620:H Company at The Armoury, Chipping Campden 5184:Rifle Volunteer Corps of the British Army 4183: 4181: 4179: 4177: 4175: 4173: 4171: 4169: 4167: 3988: 3780: 3603: 3511:, Vol V, pp. 215–6, 236–7, 299, 320, 323. 3034: 3032: 3030: 3028: 3026: 2956: 2871: 2780: 2778: 2736: 2734: 2671: 2669: 2506: 2085:Lt-Col Noel Waller from 2 to 23 June 1918 2010:, retired), commissioned 22 February 1870 1938:Henry Reynolds-Moreton, 3rd Earl of Ducie 784:Map of the Glosters' actions at Ovillers. 725:48th (South Midland) Divisional insignia. 415:, raised 23 November 1860 under Capt Sir 38:Cap badge of the Gloucestershire Regiment 4852:Messines and Third Ypres (Passchendaele) 4526: 4524: 4522: 4292: 3620: 3445: 2518: 2226: 2079:Maj Lloyd-Baker acting from 28 September 1745: 1689: 1686:, where the division arrived on 25 May. 1616: 1303: 1241: 1143: 1007: 867: 822: 779: 720: 3660: 3632: 3409: 3000: 2922: 2888: 2650: 2648: 2646: 2644: 2642: 2629: 2627: 2625: 2623: 2621: 2619: 2617: 2615: 2613: 2611: 2609: 2560: 596:5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 439:, Capt de Winton of the 3rd RVC in the 435:, Capt Sir William Vernon Guise in the 417:John Maxwell Steele-Graves, 4th Baronet 27:A (Gloucester) Company, Wessex Regiment 25:5th Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment 5171: 5134:Infantry Battalion COs of World War I. 5073:, London: War Office, 7 November 1927. 4972: 4531:Glosters at British Army 1945 onwards. 4164: 3909:Middlebrook, pp. 177–8, 246, 263, 269. 3023: 2775: 2731: 2666: 2607: 2605: 2603: 2601: 2599: 2597: 2595: 2593: 2591: 2589: 2184:Charles Noel, 2nd Earl of Gainsborough 1976: 1864:Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve 1454:On 4 April 2/5th Gloucesters moved to 943:and 1/5th Gloucesters was billeted at 843:The battalion spent the winter on the 678:. In mid-August the division moved to 459:of the 11th (Dursley) RVC was the Rev 129:Drill Hall, Painswick Road, Gloucester 4519: 2190:Arthur Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough 1761:43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment 1755:43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Regiment 1614:awarded to a Territorial in the war. 1418:. At midnight it was ordered back to 795:Gloucestershire Regiment on the Somme 605:A & B Companies at Brunswick Road 3040:"Glosters at Infantry Battalion COs" 2639: 2391: 2269: 2239:After World War II, the battalion's 1993:, retired) commissioned 3 March 1860 1924: 1771:43rd Battalion, Reconnaissance Corps 1637:. The BEF followed the pre-arranged 1523: 1299: 1139: 716: 577: 212:2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers 21:2nd Gloucestershire Rifle Volunteers 5108: 5044:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2014, 4961:, Barnsley: Pen & Sword, 2018, 3777:, Vol II, pp. 107–8, 203, 208, 244. 3678:61 (2nd SM) Div at Long, Long Trail 2586: 2471:had been formed in 1914 as part of 2061:acting from 1 April to 11 June 1916 1972:, VC, DSO, appointed 28 August 1956 1945:Seymour Bathurst, 7th Earl Bathurst 1344: 598:, with the following organisation: 234:(the 'Glosters'), it fought on the 13: 4738:, Aldershot: Ogilby Trusts, 1982, 3246:Wyrall, pp. 179–84, 187–91, 210–3. 2021:, retired) commissioned 8 May 1886 1803: 1588: 1504:After the pause before the Selle ( 1152:Lt-Col the Hon Benjamin Bathurst, 594:of 1908, the battalion became the 289: 270:. It then served as a unit of the 14: 5210: 5151:Orders of Battle at Patriot Files 5080:, Barnsley: Pen and Sword, 2010, 2845:Cheltenham at Drill Hall Project. 2834:Tewkesbury at Drill Hall Project. 2812:Gloucester at Drill Hall Project. 2250: 1483: 1201:184th (2nd South Midland) Brigade 1197:61st (2nd South Midland) Division 641:The battalion formed part of the 115:61st (2nd South Midland) Division 4653: 4644: 4635: 4597: 4583: 4569: 4558: 4535: 4504: 4495: 4486: 4477: 4456: 4447: 4412: 4391: 4380: 4369: 4358: 4349: 4338: 4327: 4316: 4307: 4283: 4272: 4261: 4252: 4243: 4220: 4192: 4153: 4144: 4135: 4126: 4117: 4108: 4099: 4090: 4081: 4072: 4063: 4054: 4045: 4036: 4027: 4018: 4009: 4000: 3985:Blaxland, pp. 92, 95–6, 98, 103. 3979: 3970: 3961: 3952: 3943: 3930: 3921: 3912: 3903: 3894: 3885: 3876: 3867: 3858: 3849: 3840: 3831: 3822: 3813: 3804: 3767: 3758: 3749: 3740: 2978:Gloucesters at Long, Long Trail. 2461: 2452: 1919: 1841:47th Infantry (Reserve) Division 1682:area covering the approaches to 1538:4th (City of Bristol) Reserve Bn 1125:came into force on 11 November. 872:The battlefield of Poelcappelle. 197: 73: 56: 32: 5124:British Army units from 1945 on 4880:Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds, 4846:Brig-Gen Sir James E. 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It moved to take over the 709:(for which his brother Capt 501:2nd Administrative Battalion 479:1st Administrative Battalion 322:William Vernon Guise (later 250:and one of its number won a 7: 4033:Grist, pp. 263, 266–7, 271. 3520:Wyrall, pp. 298–301, 304–5. 3489:, Vol V, pp. 169–70, 175–7. 2337:France and Flanders 1916–18 2280:France and Flanders 1915–16 2156:, commissioned 1 April 1922 2000:, commissioned 15 July 1865 1868:A Company (Gloucestershire) 1604:Where be that blackbird be? 1602:by singing the Regimental ( 1595:British Expeditionary Force 1555: 1386:in his history of the war. 1199:and the brigade became the 1169:2/1st South Midland Brigade 757:. A Company joined the 1st 731:British Expeditionary Force 586:were subsumed into the new 47:21 October 1859–1 July 1999 10: 5215: 5059:, London: Longmans, 1980, 4660:Glosters at Regiments.org. 4444:Collier, Maps 17 & 20. 1850: 1758: 1546:83rd Provisional Battalion 1173:2nd South Midland Division 792: 449:4th Madras Native Infantry 5163:The Territorial Army 1947 4199:Titles & Designations 4160:OBLI at Long, Long Trail. 4150:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 107–10. 4015:Barnes, pp. 112–8, 122–3. 3420:Becke, Pt 3a, pp. 135–42. 2222:of the 11th (Dursley) RVC 1835:. These were reformed as 1060:), until the line of the 193: 188: 133: 120: 106: 98: 88: 69: 51: 43: 31: 20: 5179:Gloucestershire Regiment 4824:, London: Methuen, 1938. 4802:, London: Osprey, 1986, 4778:100th Edn, London, 1953. 4772:, London: Collins, 1957. 4501:Joslen, pp. 41, 91, 376. 2919:Becke, Pt 2a, pp. 77–83. 2482: 2152:Lt-Col N.H. 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(2003) . 4817:, London: Harrap, 1951. 3846:Blaxland, pp. 27–8, 31. 3657:Becke, Pt 2b, pp. 33–9. 3317:Wyrall, pp. 226–8, 233. 3268:Wyrall, pp. 213, 221–2. 2233:Kings Royal Rifle Corps 2164:Other prominent members 1787:Operation Market Garden 1706:, covering the Bergues– 1653:had broken through the 1550:8th Provisional Brigade 1422:and then down the Roye– 1351:German spring offensive 1269:trained for two weeks. 1238:Fromelles and the Somme 1119:Saint-Hilaire-sur-Helpe 1114:Worcestershire Regiment 1018:German spring offensive 945:San Gregorio nelle Alpi 769:and the brigade became 759:Somerset Light Infantry 686:, with 5th Gloucesters 664:Marlow, Buckinghamshire 510:2nd Gloucestershire RVC 258:. 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Dunlop, 4387:Ellis, Chapter XIII. 4334:Ellis, Chapter VIII. 3616:, 29 September 1914. 3339:Grist, pp. 213, 222. 3259:, Vol II, pp. 107–8. 3228:Daniell, pp. 229–31. 3011:Daniell, Appendix I. 2663:Beckett, Appendix X. 2245:Reconnaissance Corps 2006:Col James Collier, ( 1779:Royal Armoured Corps 1741:Reconnaissance Corps 1464:Battle of Hazebrouck 1110:Battle of the Sambre 886:Battle of Langemarck 763:London Rifle Brigade 463:, son of Lt-Gen Sir 272:Reconnaissance Corps 164:Battle of the Sambre 156:Battle of the Asiago 4607:, 25 February 1870. 4419:Ellis, Chapter XIV. 4376:Ellis, Chapter XII. 4355:Daniell, pp. 261–5. 4289:Daniell, pp. 250–1. 4279:Ellis, Chapter III/ 4258:Daniell, pp. 245–6. 4240:Daniell, pp. 248–9. 4060:Barnes, pp. 133–40. 4042:Barnes, pp. 124–32. 4006:Murland, pp. 194–5. 3940:, Vol I, pp. 278–9. 3918:Murland, pp. 67–72. 3873:Murland, pp. 15–22. 3542:, Vol V, pp. 357–8. 3397:Wyrall, pp. 336–42. 3173:Wyrall, pp. 159–62. 3142:Daniell, pp. 224–5. 3115:, Vol I, pp. 426–7. 2997:Becke, Pt 2b, p. 6. 2802:Daniell, pp. 204–5. 2758:Spiers, Chapter 10. 2749:Dunlop, Chapter 14. 2707:Dunlop, Appendix A. 2698:Daniell, pp. 191–2. 2583:Westlake, pp. 97–9. 2024:Lt-Col M. 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