The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 3 of 3Ponsonby, Frederick
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The Grenadier Guards in the Great War of 1914-1918, Vol. 3 of 3
Ponsonby, Frederick
Great Britain. Army. Grenadier Guards; World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain
APPENDICES
I. THE CASUALTIES IN THE GUARDS DIVISION 229
II. THE TITLE "GRENADIERS" 230
III. OFFICERS KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS 234
IV. NOMINAL ROLL OF W.O.'S, N.C.O.'S, AND MEN WHO
HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ACTION, OR WHO HAVE DIED
OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE IN THE EUROPEAN WAR OF
1914-1918 243
V. OFFICERS WOUNDED 272
VI. REWARDS--OFFICERS 284
VII. REWARDS--WARRANT AND NON-COMMISSIONED
OFFICERS AND MEN 296
VIII. "MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES" 318
IX. "CERTIFICATES FOR GALLANTRY" 328
X. PROMOTIONS TO COMMISSIONED RANK 331
INDEX TO NAMES OF OFFICERS 335
ILLUSTRATIONS
Captain H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, K.G., M.C., etc. _Frontispiece_
FACING PAGE
Brigadier-General C. R. Champion de Crespigny, D.S.O. 50
Brigadier-General B. N. Sergison-Brooke, D.S.O. 100
Brigadier-General Lord Henry Seymour, D.S.O. 150
Brigadier-General A. F. A. N. Thorne, D.S.O. 200
MAPS
Fourth Battalion at La Couronne--Position on April 13, 1918 42
Attack on Premy Chapel, September 27, 1918 114
Operations, October 11-14, 1918 142
Operations, October 20, 1918 164
Operations, November 1-11, 1918 178
CHAPTER XXVIII
FEBRUARY, MARCH 1918 (4TH BATTALION)
[Sidenote: 4th Batt. Feb. 1918.]
On February 12 the 4th Battalion left the Guards Division, and was
played out by the drums of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions Grenadier
Guards, the pipers of the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, and the band of
the Irish Guards. Brigadier-General Lord Henry Seymour watched the
Battalion march by, and congratulated Lieut.-Colonel Pilcher on its
smart appearance.
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