The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 1 of 3Ponsonby, Frederick
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The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 1 of 3
Ponsonby, Frederick
Great Britain. Army. Grenadier Guards; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain
The 2nd Batt. Royal Sussex Regiment.
The 1st Batt. North Lancashire Regiment.
The 1st Batt. Northamptonshire Regiment.
The 2nd Batt. King's Royal Rifles.
_3rd Brigade._ Brigadier-General LANDON.
The 1st Batt. West Surrey Regiment.
The 1st Batt. South Wales Borderers.
The 1st Batt. Gloucestershire Regiment.
The 2nd Batt. Welsh Regiment.
SECOND DIVISION. MAJOR-GENERAL MONRO
_4th Brigade._ Brigadier-General SCOTT-KERR.
The 2nd Batt. Grenadier Guards.
The 2nd Batt. Coldstream Guards.
The 3rd Batt. Coldstream Guards.
The 1st Batt. Irish Guards.
_5th Brigade._ Brigadier-General HAKING.
The 2nd Batt. Worcestershire Regiment.
The 2nd Batt. Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
The 2nd Batt. Highland Light Infantry.
The 2nd Batt. Connaught Rangers.
_6th Brigade._ Brigadier-General DAVIES.
The 1st Batt. Liverpool Regiment.
The 2nd Batt. South Staffordshire Regiment.
The 1st Batt. Berkshire Regiment.
The 1st Batt. King's Royal Rifles.
The Second Army Corps, under General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, consisted
of the Third Division, under Major-General Hamilton, and the Fifth
Division under Major-General Sir Charles Fergusson, Bart. (an old
Grenadier).
THE ROLL OF OFFICERS, 2ND BATTALION GRENADIER GUARDS, EMBARKED FOR
ACTIVE SERVICE ON THE 12TH OF AUGUST
_Headquarters_--
Lieut.-Colonel N. A. L. Corry, D.S.O., Commanding.
Brevet-Lieut.-Colonel Lord Loch, M.V.O., D.S.O., Senior Major.
Lieut. and Adjutant I. McDougall (Adjutant).
Lieut. Hon. W. A. Cecil (Machine-Gun Officer).
Hon. Lieut. and Quartermaster J. H. Skidmore (Quartermaster).
_Company Commanders_--
No. 2 Company. Major Lord B. C. Gordon-Lennox.
No. 1 Company. Major G. C. Hamilton.
No. 4 Company. Captain the Hon. E. M. Colston, M.V.O.
No. 3 Company. Captain D. C. L. Stephen.
_Captains_--
No. 2 Company. Captain E. G. H. Powell.
No. 4 Company. Captain E. J. L. Pike.
No. 3 Company. Captain A. B. R. R. Gosselin.
No. 1 Company. Captain C. Symes-Thompson.
_Lieutenants_--
Lieut. Hon. F. E. Needham.
Lieut. C. F. A. Walker.
Lieut. A. K. Mackenzie.
Lieut. R. W. G. Welby.
Lieut. F. W. Des Voeux.
Lieut. R. Wolrige Gordon.
Lieut. H.H. Prince Alexander of Battenberg, G.C.V.O.
Lieut. Hon. J. N. Manners.
Lieut. M. G. Stocks.
_2nd Lieutenants_--
2nd Lieut. F. W. J. M. Miller.
2nd Lieut. G. C. Fitz H. Harcourt Vernon.
2nd Lieut. G. G. B. Nugent.
2nd Lieut. J. R. Pickersgill Cunliffe.
2nd Lieut. R. H. M. Vereker.
2nd Lieut. A. K. S. Cunninghame.
2nd Lieut. G. E. Cecil.
Lord Loch was appointed to the Staff after the Battalion landed in
France, and Major Jeffreys took his place as senior Major on August 18.
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