History of the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, 1914-1919.Bales, P. G.
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History of the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, 1914-1919.
Bales, P. G.
Great Britain. Army. Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain
THE CADRE AT HALIFAX: JUNE 18TH, 1919 284
LIST OF MAPS.
YPRES, 1915 facing page 58
THIEPVAL WOOD, 1916 „ „ 80
SEPTEMBER 3RD, 1916 „ „ 96
RAID NEAR FICHEUX, FEBRUARY, 1917 page 117
ST. ELIE RIGHT SUB-SECTOR, 1917 facing page 144
LOMBARTZYDE SECTOR, 1917 „ „ 156
BELLE VUE SPUR, OCTOBER 9TH, 1917 „ „ 172
RAID NEAR REUTEL, MARCH, 1918 page 195
ERQUINGHEM AND NIEPPE, APRIL, 1918 facing page 214
BAILLEUL, APRIL, 1918 „ „ 220
KEMMEL, APRIL, 1918 „ „ 234
RAID NEAR ZILLEBEKE, JUNE, 1918 „ „ 246
OCTOBER 11TH, 1918 „ „ 264
CAMBRAI AND VALENCIENNES „ „ 274
FLANDERS at end of book
FIFTH AND THIRD ARMY AREAS, 1916–1917 „ „
CHAPTER I.
MOBILISATION AND TRAINING.
At the outbreak of war with Germany, early in August, 1914, the West
Riding Territorial Division consisted of the following battalions:--
1st. West Riding Infantry Brigade: 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Battalions
West Yorkshire Regiment.
2nd. West Riding Infantry Brigade: 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th Battalions
Duke of Wellington’s (W.R.) Regiment.
3rd. West Riding Infantry Brigade: 4th and 5th Battalions King’s
Own Yorkshire Light Infantry; 4th and 5th Battalions York and
Lancaster Regiment.
Major-General T. S. Baldock, C.B., was in command of the Division,
and Brigadier-General E. F. Brereton, D.S.O., of the 2nd West Riding
Infantry Brigade. No change of battalions took place in any of the
Infantry Brigades until the reorganisation of the British Expeditionary
Force at the beginning of 1918, when each was reduced to three
battalions; and even then no fresh battalion was added to the Division.
The 4th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (W.R.) Regt, was under the
command of Lieut.-Colonel H. S. Atkinson, T.D., of Cleckheaton, and
Major E. P. Chambers, of Brighouse, was second in command. Capt. H. A.
S. Stanton, of the Royal Scots Regt., was Adjutant. Though the regular
army had recently been reorganised on a four-company basis, a similar
change had not yet been made in the Territorial Force, so that the
Battalion consisted of eight companies as follows:--
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