The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1914Doyle, Arthur Conan
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The British Campaign in France and Flanders, 1914
Doyle, Arthur Conan
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front
84_th Brigade--General Winter._
2nd Northumberland Fusiliers.
1st Suffolks.
1st Welsh.
2nd Cheshires.
12th London Rangers (T.F.).
1st Monmouths (T.F.).
85_th Brigade--General Chapman._
2nd East Kent.
2nd East Surrey.
3rd Middlesex.
3rd Royal Fusiliers.
8th Middlesex (T.F.).
Besides this new Fifth Army Corps, there had been a constant dribble
of other territorial units to the front, where they were incorporated
with various regular brigades. The London Scottish, which had done
so well, was honoured by admission to the 1st Brigade of Guards. The
Artists' Rifles, 28th London, had the unique distinction of being set
aside as an officers' training corps, from which officers were
actually drawn at the rate of a hundred a month. The Honourable
Artillery Company, brigaded with the 7th Brigade, was among the first
to arrive. Conspicuous among the newcomers were the London Rifle
Brigade, the 4th Suffolk, the Liverpool Scottish, the 5th and 6th
Cheshires, the 1st Herts, the 2nd Monmouthshires, Queen Victoria
Rifles, and Queen's Westminsters. These were among the earlier
arrivals, though it seems invidious to mention names where the spirit
of all was equally good. Among the {322} yeomanry, many had already
seen considerable service--notably the North and South Irish Horse,
who had served from the beginning, the Northumberland Hussars, the
North Somersets, the Oxford Hussars, and the Essex Yeomanry. Most of
the troops named above shared the discomfort of the winter campaign
before the great arrival of the new armies from England in the
spring. There can be no better earned bar upon a medal than that
which stands for this great effort of endurance against nature and
man combined.
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