Category: History - British
_These notes have been compiled, more or less in the form of a diary, with a view to placing on record the services of those who voluntarily came forward to serve their country in its hour of need._
_These notes have been compiled, more or less in the form of a diary, with a view to placing on record the services of those who voluntarily came forward to serve their country...
2. CHAPTER I.The outbreak of the Great War in the month of August of that year caused the Mobilization Scheme, over which for years past each succeeding Adjutant had, in his turn, burned muc...
3. CHAPTER II.We left England under the impression that our military training was complete. There was one item, however, of which we had learnt little, and that was bombing. It was now impres...
4. CHAPTER III.Our stay at Estaires was short, and at 9.45 a.m. on the 27th we marched via St. Venant to Berguettes (where we had detrained on our first arrival three months previously), twelv...
5. CHAPTER IV.All this time in France our Brigade had formed part of the 51st (Highland) Division. This apparent anomaly--a Lancashire brigade in a Highland division--arose through paucity of...
6. CHAPTER V.Kits were now reduced to the required minimum. Surplus kit was stacked and laid aside--with confidence this time that they would be available on the return of less hectic times....
7. CHAPTER VI.For the present we were not to be re-engaged upon the Somme, but, transported to Longpré, were moved into quarters for the night of October 1st at Bouchon. The following day we...
8. CHAPTER VII.From April 23rd to May 6th we remained in Moulle under perfect conditions. The time was given over principally to practising the attack and consolidation of trenches. Training b...
9. CHAPTER VIII.Time was passing, the enemy unconquered, and our pleasant stay in Reclinghem came to an end. Companies engaged in preparations for the Battalion move towards the Line. At 8.15 a...
10. CHAPTER IX.Little remains to be told. The great conflict was over, with overwhelming victory on our side. What followed might have been of importance and interest in the ordinary peace tim...