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Book Synopsis The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division by : Valentine Erskine Inglefield
Download or read book The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division written by Valentine Erskine Inglefield and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division by : Valentine Erskine Inglefield
Download or read book The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division written by Valentine Erskine Inglefield and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division... by : V. E. Inglefield (Capt)
Download or read book The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division... written by V. E. Inglefield (Capt) and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of the Twentieth (Light) Division by : V. Inglefield
Download or read book History of the Twentieth (Light) Division written by V. Inglefield and published by . This book was released on 2002-10 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The last of Kitchener s Second New Army divisions the 20th was, apart from the 36th Ulster and 38th Welsh, also the last division to have a title. It was formed in September 1914 and , as its title suggests, it was composed of battalions of Rifle and Light Infantry regiments, its brigades were numbered 59th, 60th and 61st. In January 1915 one of the battalions, 11th DLI, became the divisional pioneer battalion and its place in 61st Brigade was taken by 12th King s (Liverpool), an army troops battalion attached to the division. The first GOC was Sir E.O.F Hamilton, a sixty year old who had retired in April 1914 and whose last appointment had been commanding troops in Jersey and Guernsey. He was replaced within a month and does not rate a mention in the book, his successor was a New Zealand officer R.H Davies; in all the division was to have six GOCs. The division moved to France in July 1915 and in the two weeks prior to embarkation all three brigade commanders were replaced, probably on grounds of age - the youngest was 58. Its first major action was a subsidiary attack in support of the Loos offensive, an action that brought the first of its six VCs to Lieut G.A. Maling RAMC of 61st Field Ambulance. During the first half of 1916 the division was in the Ypres salient where it played a supporting role during the German attack on the Canadians at Mount Sorrel; at the end of July it moved down to the Somme where it remained till March 1917, taking part in several of the battles, particularly Guillemont where the divisional memorial can be seen. It then moved back north for the Third Ypres offensive in which it suffered 4,600 casualties, distinguishing itself in the capture of Langemark where another divisional memorial located. It was at Cambrai and during the German offensive of 1918 it fought a rearguard action, continuously in action for twelve days. That it was a good division is testified by the fact that the Earl of Cavan specifically asked for it as GOC the newly formed XIV Corps, and after the Somme he made a point of asking the Army commander and C in C for not to transfer the division if they can help it. In his introduction to this history he says: The 20th Division never failed me, and never failed its neighbours during the time I had the honour to of commanding the XIVth Corps. The total casualty list numbered 35,470. This history is a straightforward account, devoid of heroics or emotive descriptions. Operations are adequately described, including minor and individual actions, and changes in senior commanders and staff are noted. There are useful maps to support the narrative, a good index but no appendices giving such relevant reference material as honours and awards, casualty summaries and staff lists.
Book Synopsis The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division. By Captain V.E. Inglefield, Etc. [With Plates and Maps.]. by : Great Britain. Army. Division, 20th
Download or read book The History of the Twentieth (Light) Division. By Captain V.E. Inglefield, Etc. [With Plates and Maps.]. written by Great Britain. Army. Division, 20th and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of the Twentieth Light Division ; Inglefield, V. E., Cpt. ; Introd. by the Earl of Cavan by : V. E. Inglefield
Download or read book The History of the Twentieth Light Division ; Inglefield, V. E., Cpt. ; Introd. by the Earl of Cavan written by V. E. Inglefield and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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