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
[Sidenote: May 10-11.]
A second attack was made by the Eighth Division east of Festubert on the
10th, preceded by a long artillery bombardment, the Seventh Division
remaining in reserve. During the interval between the attacks of the 9th
and 15th, the Seventh Division was brought up on the right of the First
Corps, the Canadian Division being in support, while the Indian Corps
still remained on the left.
On the night of the 10th the 1st Battalion marched to Bethune, where it
was billeted in a tobacco factory, and on the 11th moved to Hinges. The
roll of officers of the Battalion was as follows:
Lieut.-Colonel C. E. Corkran, C.M.G., Commanding Officer.
Major G. F. Trotter, M.V.O., D.S.O., Second in Command.
Lieut. C. Mitchell, Adjutant.
2nd Lieut. E. H. J. Duberly, Machine-gun Officer.
Lieut. J. Teece, Quartermaster.
Capt. M. E. Makgill-Crichton-Maitland, King's Company.
Capt. W. S. Pilcher, King's Company.
Lieut. F. C. St. Aubyn, King's Company.
Lieut. Lord Dalkeith, King's Company.
2nd Lieut. C. G. Goschen, King's Company.
Capt. F. L. V. Swaine, No. 2 Company.
Lieut. Lord Stanley, No. 2 Company.
Lieut. R. P. de P. Trench, No. 2 Company.
2nd Lieut. C. Dudley Smith, No. 2 Company.
Capt. J. S. Hughes (attached from 2nd Batt.), No. 3 Company.
Lieut. O. Wakeman, No. 3 Company.
2nd Lieut. P. K. Stephenson, No. 3 Company.
2nd Lieut. L. E. Parker, No. 3 Company.
Capt. G. C. G. Moss, No. 4 Company.
2nd Lieut, the Hon. C. Hope Morley, No. 4 Company.
2nd Lieut. A. B. Lawford, No. 4 Company.
2nd Lieut. E. O. R. Wakeman, No. 4 Company.
Capt. W. E. Nicol, Grenade Company.
Capt. C. H. Greville, Grenade Company.
Capt. G. Petit, R.A.M.C.
_Attached_--Lieut. F. M. Dickinson.
[Illustration: Festubert. Position on the evening of May 17th.]
[Sidenote: May 15.]
On the 15th the Seventh Division moved up to the trenches north of
Festubert, and the 1st Battalion Grenadiers marched to the assembly
trenches in and around Dead Cow Farm. The attack was opened by the 20th
Brigade. On the right was the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, supported by
the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, and on the left the 2nd Battalion
Border Regiment, supported by the 1st Battalion Grenadiers, while the
6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders was in reserve. On the right of the
20th Brigade was the 22nd Brigade, and on the left the Second Division.
[Sidenote: May 16.]
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