THE WAR HISTORY OF THE 4TH BATTALION THE LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS) 1914-1919 [Illustration: _Frontispiece_ _Ypres Cathedral_] THE WAR HISTORY OF THE 4TH BATTALION THE LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS) 1914-1919 BY CAPTAIN F. CLIVE GRIMWADE 4TH BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS) LONDON HEADQUARTERS OF THE 4TH LONDON REGIMENT 112 SHAFTESBURY STREET, N.1 1922 * * * * * _Printed in Great Britain by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh_ * * * * * THIS HISTORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF COLONEL E. T. RODNEY WILDE, V.D., WHO COMMANDED THE BATTALION FROM 23RD NOVEMBER 1890 TO 24TH JANUARY 1903 AND COMPILED ITS HISTORICAL RECORDS FROM 1643 TO 1908 FOREWORD It was considered by the past and present members of the 4th Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), that some permanent record of the part taken by the Regiment in the European War should be compiled, and a War History Committee was formed in February 1920 to consider the preparation of such a record. At the unanimous request of the Committee Captain F. Clive Grimwade undertook to write the Regiment's War History. The Committee desire to express their keen appreciation of the manner in which he has overcome the difficulties of compiling such a History and of his devotion in carrying out this long and arduous work. The Committee wish to express their thanks also to Lieut.-Col. Marchment, to Captains Boutall, Garratt, Croll and Hetley, and to other officers who have given Captain Grimwade valuable assistance; to the author's mother, Mrs Grimwade, for her assistance in arranging information as to officers' personal services and in correcting the drafts of the book; and to the Regiment's Honorary Colonel, Lord Marshall, for facilitating the publication of the book. THE WAR HISTORY COMMITTEE, 4TH BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS). LESLIE T. BURNETT, LIEUT.-COL. (_Chairman_). G. H. M. VINE, MAJOR (_retired_). H. J. DUNCAN-TEAPE, MAJOR. S. J. ELLIOTT, MAJOR. _February 1922_ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE