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The Fifth Leicestershire: A Record of the 1/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During the War, 1914-1919. — John Shaqi

The Fifth Leicestershire: A Record of the 1/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During the War, 1914-1919.Hills, John David

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The Fifth Leicestershire: A Record of the 1/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During the War, 1914-1919.

Name: The Fifth Leicestershire: A Record of the 1/5th Battalion the Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During the War, 1914-1919.
Author: Hills, John David

Hills, John David

Great Britain. Army. Leicestershire Regiment. Battalion, 1/5th; World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain

The following narrative is based mainly on the Regimental War Diary. For
the rest, my thanks are due to Lt.-Colonels C.H. Jones, C.M.G., T.D.,
and J. Ll. Griffiths, D.S.O., Major C. Bland, T.D., Captains D.B. Petch,
M.C., J.R. Brooke, M.C., and A.D. Pierrepont, and R.Q.M.S. R. Gorse,
M.S.M., for sending me notes and anecdotes; to Captains G.E. Banwell,
M.C., and C.S. Allen, Corpl. J. Lincoln, and L/Corpl. A.B. Law, for
taking me round the battlefields and explaining the Lens fighting of
1917; to 2nd Lieut. G.H. Griffiths, for supplying me with many of the
battle-field photographs; to all officers, N.C.O.'s and men of the
Battalion who have always been ready to answer my questions and to give
me information; to Major D. Hill, M.C., Brigade Major, for the loan of
his Brigade documents; and lastly to Mr. Deakin of Loughborough, for
undertaking the publication of this book and for giving to it so much
time and personal care.

  J.D. HILLS.

  16, SOMERSET ST.,
  LONDON, W.1.

  _Sept., 1919._

  CONTENTS.

  CHAPTER                                   PAGE.

  1.  ENGLAND                                 1

  2.  EARLY EXPERIENCES                      16

  3.  THE SALIENT                            39

  4.  HOHENZOLLERN                           70

  5.  FLANDERS MUD TO THE MEDITERRANEAN      90

  6.  THE VIMY RIDGE                        106

  7.  GOMMECOURT                            127

  8.  MONCHY AU BOIS                        145

  9.  GOMMECOURT AGAIN                      163

  10. LENS                                  179

  11. HILL 65                               196

  12. ST. ELIE LEFT                         206

  13. CAMBRIN RIGHT                         227

  14. GORRE AND ESSARS AT PEACE             253

  15. GORRE AND ESSARS AT WAR               267

  16. PONTRUET                              279

  17. CROSSING THE CANAL                    298

  18. FRESNOY AND RIQUERVAL WOODS           325

  19. THE LAST FIGHT                        352

  20. HOME AGAIN                            372

  APPENDIX.

    I. OFFICERS, FEB., 1915                 376

   II. HONOURS                              377

  III. THE CADRE, 1919                      379

  ILLUSTRATIONS.

                                            PAGE.

  1.  OFFICERS, 1914                   (Frontispiece).

  2.  R.S.M.S SMALL AND LOVETT,
      R.Q.M.S. GORSE                          34

  3.  YPRES                                   35

  4.  HOHENZOLLERN MEMORIAL                   50

  5.  VERMELLES WATER TOWER                   51

  6.  LENS FROM THE AIR                      130

  7.  OFFICERS AT MARQUEFFLES                131

  8.  RED MILL AND RIAUMONT HILL             146

  9.  HOHENZOLLERN CRATERS, 1917             147

  10. COMPANY HEADQUARTERS, LOISNE, AND
      GORRE CANAL                            322

  11. PONTRUET                               323

  12. LIEUT. J.C. BARRETT, V.C.              338

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