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Author : Cyril Nelson Barclay
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Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)
Download or read book The History of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War written by Cyril Nelson Barclay and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : C. N. Barclay
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ISBN 13 : 9781843422310
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (223 download)
Download or read book The History of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War written by C. N. Barclay and published by . This book was released on 2002-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Northumberland Fusiliers (RNF) became Royal in 1935 on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of George V. In 1937, in a reorganisation of the army the RNF was one of four regiments to be converted to a Machine-gun regiment, the other three were the Cheshire, Middlesex and Manchester Regiments. When war broke out the regiment consisted of the two Regular battalions and eight Territorial Army battalions in varying roles - the 4th to 9th and two tank battalions 43rd and 49th Royal Tank Regiment) formed from the 6th Battalion; two more battalions,10th and 70th, described as non-Field Force, were formed in October 1939 and September 1940. In contrast, in the Great War there were 51 battalions. The Roll of Honour lists 895 dead (16,000 in WWI), two VCs were awarded and 29 Battle Honours (5 and 67 in the previous war). Between them the battalions served in France (1939/40), N Africa, Singapore, Italy, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, NW Europe (1944/45), India and Greece. Although officially a machine-gun regiment during the period 1937 to 1945, some battalions of the RNF were given other roles, in some cases permanently, in others temporarily, e.g., the 5th became a Search Light regiment RA, the 8th Battalion a Reconnaissance battalion. All these changes are made clear as the narrative proceeds. Despite the title the book takes the history from the end of the Great War and describes the period between wars. In general it is set out in chronological order, although there is some departure from this in detail. This is due partly to campaigns and other events overlapping, and partly to the need to give some degree of continuity to the story of each battalion. In addition to the list of the dead of WWII and a summary of Honours and Awards in tabular form, there are also, in a separate appendix, details of the 1st Battalion casualties in Korea (69 dead, 319 wounded, missing and PoW), and the list of awards. Another appendix gives the names of all battalion commanding officers throughout the war. This is a very business like, well written and well laid out history, easy to follow.
Author : C. N. Barclay (Brigadier)
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Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (493 download)
Download or read book The History of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War... written by C. N. Barclay (Brigadier) and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Author : Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
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Total Pages : 241 pages
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Download or read book The History of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers in the Second World War. By Brigadier C. N. Barclay, Etc. [With Plates and Maps.]. written by Great Britain. Army. Infantry. Regiments. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers and published by . This book was released on 1952 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harold Richard Sandilands
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Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Fifth in the Great War written by Harold Richard Sandilands and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Graham Stewart
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473819989
Total Pages : 772 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Tyneside Scottish written by Graham Stewart and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1998-01-12 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exploits of the twentieth, twenty-first, twenty-second, and twenty-third (Service) Battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers during the Great War—“Harder Than Hammers.” Although called the Tyneside Scottish, very few of the men who made up this Brigade were of Scottish descent. Many came from local villages or were from the Northumberland pits. They saw action at the Battle of the Somme and after it were allowed to put tartan behind their cap badges because of their bravery. “This remarkable product of much research includes lists of those who received gallantry awards and of officers and other ranks. It is an informative book which will be of great help to anyone researching the Tyneside Scottish during WWI and which will also act as a keepsake for those who have a particular interest in the regiments.” —Northumberland & Durham Family History Society
Author : F. Buckley
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Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book War History of the Seventh Northumberland Fusiliers written by F. Buckley and published by . This book was released on 192? with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Irish Heroes in the War written by and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miss H. M. Walker
Publisher : London : John Murray
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 582 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A History of the Northumberland Fusiliers, 1674-1902 written by Miss H. M. Walker and published by London : John Murray. This book was released on 1919 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anon
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ISBN 13 : 9781783310395
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Story of the 79th Armoured Division October 1942 - June 1945 written by Anon and published by . This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of the 79th Armoured Division from October 1942 to June 1945 - Hamburg: BAOR. 1945. Hobart's "funnies" (DD tanks, Crabs, Crocodiles, Kangeroos, Arks, Buffaloes &c., Normandy to Germany.
Author : Anthony Perrins
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ISBN 13 : 9780954719203
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (192 download)
Download or read book 'A Pretty Rough Do Altogether' written by Anthony Perrins and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ian S. Johnson
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
ISBN 13 : 1526735326
Total Pages : 1111 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)
Download or read book The Newcastle Commercials written by Ian S. Johnson and published by Pen and Sword Military. This book was released on 2021-12-08 with total page 1111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The planning for the raising of what was to become 16th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, started within two days of the outbreak of the war. The initial efforts took on a more professional look within a month, when the Newcastle Chambers of Commerce set about raising money and aiming to raise several battalions in response to Lord Kitchener's call for men. The outcome was a Pals battalion, the 1st Newcastle Commercials. Arriving in France at the end of 1915, the battalion, like so many others of its type, had its first experience of a major action on the Somme on 1st July 1916, in its case in the forlorn attempt to capture the German front line village of Thiepval. The outcome is well known; a disaster that ravaged the battalion's ranks. However, the battalion was reinforced, reorganized, and took its part in actions at Ovillers and along the Ancre as the battle grinder on over the next four and a half months. In 1917 it was involved in the advance on the Hindenburg Line and was then transferred to the North Sea coast, with the intention of taking part in the daring plan to launch a major amphibious landing behind the German lines in the summer. This was thwarted by a masterly pre-emptive German counter stroke. By the end of the year the battalion was engaged in operations in the northern part of the Salient after the Battle of Third Ypres (Passchendaele) had formally ended. In early February 1918 the battalion was disbanded as part of a general reorganization of the BEF, which saw divisions losing three of their twelve infantry battalions. In outline it is a common story; but, as for all the Pals battalions, its unusual origins and its very close connection to a local area, in this case Newcastle, provides an enduring fascination for today's generation. Ian Johnson has worked extraordinarily hard to gather documents from members of the battalion - letters, diaries, and recollections - as well as numerous photographs. He has prepared extensive appendices on its membership and its casualties. The outcome is a fitting tribute to these young men from Newcastle men of a century ago who, for whatever motive, answered their country's call, all too many of whom paid for it with their lives or their health.
Author : H. D. Chaplin
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ISBN 13 : 9781845741501
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (415 download)
Download or read book Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1920-1950 written by H. D. Chaplin and published by . This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the Queen s Own Royal West Kent Regiment from the aftermath of the Great War in 1920 down to the wake of the Second World War in 1950. The RWK did garrison duty in India and the occupied Rhineland in the early 1920s, and in policing the turbulent north and south of Ireland during the Irish independence struggle. The author calls 1923-32 the lean years when post-war cutbacks hit the RWK hard. After 1933, however, the growing prospect of war with Nazi Germany meant gradual rearmament and partial mechanisation. In 1938-39 the RWK s second battalion policed Palestine against Arab unrest. The final months before war saw hasty preparation and expansion; and after war broke out most battalions crossed to Franceand Belgium as part of the BEF. Here they found themselves on the old battlefields of the Great War and even at Oudenarde, scene of one of Marlborough; s victories. Swept up in the German Blitzkrieg of May 1940, the 6th and 7th battalions were overrun at Doullens and Albert; while the Queen s Own Brigade were embarked in the Dunkirk evacuation. From June 1940 new battalions were recruited; the 2nd Battalion defended Malta and the 4th and 5th battalions joined the Eighth Army in Egypt; fighting at the battles of Alam Halfa and Alamein and also seeing service in Iraq. The 1st and 6th battalions joined Operation Torch , the Anglo-American invasion of French Algeria in November 1942; and fought the Germans in the tough Tunisian campaign. The 6th battalion was present at the invasion of Sicily, fighting in the fooothills of Mount Etna and was joined by the 1st and 5th battalions in the Italian campaigns, fighting at Cassino and slogging up the Peninsula to Florence, the Gothic Line and finally entering Austria. Meanwhile the 1st battalion had been in Greece, where it was caught up in the politicial in-fighting in Athens in December 1944; and the 4th battalion had formed part of Slim s forgotten army in Burma. In the five years after the war the RWK underwent extensive re-organisation while serving in Egypt and occupied Germany and in Malaya. With a Roll of Honour, 30 maps and 42 photographs. The text is accompanied by six appendices listing honours and awards, officers in campaigns, Home Guard units, Colonels and CO s etc.
Author : Herbert Charles O'Neill
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Total Pages : 538 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War written by Herbert Charles O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book History of the Second Battalion, the Fifth, Or Northumberland Fusiliers written by and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Shakespear
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Historical Records of the 18th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Pioneers) written by John Shakespear and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Trevor Ternan
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Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Story of The Tyneside Scottish written by Trevor Ternan and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
