THE WEST RIDING TERRITORIALS IN THE GREAT WAR [Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL T. S. BALDOCK, C.B.] The West Riding Territorials in the Great War With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Haig, O.M., K.T., G.C.B., G.C.V.O. BY LAURIE MAGNUS _Fully Illustrated_ LONDON KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD., BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74, CARTER LANE, E.C. 1920 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BEN JOHNSON AND CO., LTD., YORK, ENGLAND. CONTENTS Page FOREWORD. BY F.M. EARL HAIG xi PREFACE xiii BOOK I—BEFORE WAR. CHAPTER I THE WEST RIDING ASSOCIATION 3 CHAPTER II THE WEST RIDING TROOPS 15 CHAPTER III MOBILIZATION 29 BOOK II—WAR. CHAPTER IV ‘MALBROUCK S’EN VA-T’EN GUERRE’ 43 CHAPTER V THE DAY’S WORK 57 CHAPTER VI SERVING IN RESERVE 69 CHAPTER VII I—PREPARATIONS ON THE SOMME 83 II—OPERATIONS ON THE SOMME 88 CHAPTER VIII I—OPERATIONS ON THE SOMME (_contd._) 99 II—WINTER, 1916-17 111 CHAPTER IX WITH THE 62ND IN FRANCE 126 CHAPTER X I—THE NORTHERN RIDGES 138 II—BETWEEN THE BATTLES 143 III—BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (1ST PHASE) 146 IV—BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (2ND PHASE) 156 BOOK III—WAR’S END. CHAPTER XI FATEFUL DAYS IN 1918 163 CHAPTER XII WITH THE 62ND AT BUCQUOY 172 CHAPTER XIII WITH THE 49TH IN THE VALLEY OF THE LYS 180 CHAPTER XIV THE YEOMANRY 195 CHAPTER XV THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS I—SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE 203 II—THE FINAL OFFENSIVE 211 APPENDIX I WEST RIDING COUNTY ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS: 1908-1920 222 APPENDIX II A—HONOURS AND AWARDS, 49TH DIVISION 227 B—HONOURS AND AWARDS, 62ND DIVISION 274 APPENDIX III HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY WEST RIDING TERRITORIAL TROOPS NOT SERVING WITH THE 49TH AND 62ND DIVISIONS 322 APPENDIX IV CASUALTIES 323 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS MAJOR-GENERAL T. S. BALDOCK, C.B. _Frontispiece_