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Author : John Stirling
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Territorial Divisions, 1914-1918 written by John Stirling and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Stirling
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ISBN 13 : 9789357976480
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (764 download)
Download or read book The Territorial Divisions, 1914-1918 written by John Stirling and published by . This book was released on 2023-12-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Territorial Divisions, 1914-1918, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and redesigned. These books are not made of scanned copies of their original work, and hence their text is clear and readable. This remarkable volume falls within the genres of History General and Eastern Hemisphere World War I (1914-1918)
Author : J. Stirling
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781333926946
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (269 download)
Download or read book The Territorial Divisions, 1914-1918 (Classic Reprint) written by J. Stirling and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Territorial Divisions, 1914-1918 Under the Territorial Act of 1907 fourteen infantry divisions were formed. Some of these sailed for the East in September and October, 1914, and all the fourteen had embarked for abroad before July 1915. If it had not been necessary to keep in View the question of armament and the possibility of invasion, several divisions might have been in France before the close of the first battle of Ypres. If that had been found practicable Lord French might have had fewer anxieties in November 1914. His Lordship, in his despatches and elsewhere, has borne testimony to the valuable services of the Territorial battalions which were under his command in 1914. It is doubtful if Britain ever quite realised what it owed to the Territorials who went abroad before the New Armies were ready. Apart from the four divisions which went to the East in the autumn of 1914, thus allowing the Indian Corps to be brought to France, the Territorial strength, in France alone, in April 1915, before the second great struggle at Ypres broke out, probably exceeded that of the British Army at Mons, and it is by no means certain that the ten Regular divisions plus two Indian divisions and one Canadian could have held the great gas attack. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : J Stirling
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ISBN 13 : 9781783316540
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (165 download)
Download or read book The Territorial Divisions 1914-1918 written by J Stirling and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very useful work by an gifted compiler, it gives the outline histories of every Terrirorial division, both first and second line with lists of the operations in which they took part. The Territorial Force was established on 1 April 1908 as a volunteer auxiliary to the British Army. It was formed by the amalgamation of the former auxiliary institutions of the Volunteer Force and the yeomanry. Designed primarily as a home defence force, its members could not be compelled to serve overseas unless they volunteered to do so. On the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, many did. The first units were deployed piecemeal in support of the regular army as it defended against the opening German offensive in Belgium and France in 1914. The first territorial divisions to be deployed were used to free up imperial garrisons overseas, but in 1915 they began to be deployed to the front lines on the Western Front and at Gallipoli. The pre-war territorial divisions were numbered in May 1915 in order of their deployment. As they were deployed, second-line divisions were raised to replace them at home, and in 1916 these began to be deployed to combat zones. By the end of the war in 1918, the Territorial Force had provided 28 divisions and 14 mounted brigades.
Author : J. Stirling
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)
Download or read book The Territorial Divisions, 1914-18 written by J. Stirling and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Featherstone Stirling
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ISBN 13 : 9781871167153
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (671 download)
Download or read book Territorial Divisions, 1914-18 written by John Featherstone Stirling and published by . This book was released on 1990-10-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Middlebrook
Publisher : Pen and Sword
ISBN 13 : 1473821002
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book Your Country Needs You written by Martin Middlebrook and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 1999-07-27 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking the politics of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener's appointment as War Minister as his starting point, the author describes in his lively and authoritative style the dramatic events and dynamic personalities key to the ever-deepening British commitment. The reader is skilfully guided through the early mobilisation, dispatch of the British Expedition Force, withdrawal of overseas garrisons and the response from the Territorial Army. At the same time, Kitchener's now legendary appeal to the civilian population produced 'The New Army'.
Author : C. H. Dudley Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781843421115
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (211 download)
Download or read book 56th Division (1st London Territorial Division) 1914-1918 written by C. H. Dudley Ward and published by . This book was released on 2001-08-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the history of a pre-war TF division, the 1st London Division. It had the unhappy experience of being broken up right at the beginning of the war to provide reinforcements elsewhere. By the beginning of 1915 the division had ceased to exist, but in January 1916 it was reconstituted in France and numbered 56th . Its first major engagement was the unsuccessful diversionary attack at Gommecourt on 1 July 1916 which resulted in 4,749 casualties. The division remained on the Somme till October and in the following year fought in the 1917 Arras offensive and again at Cambrai. In the German March 1918 offensive the 56th formed the right flank of First Army NE of Arras where, alongside 4th Division, it faced seven German divisions in the Mars offensive; the German advance here was checked. By the end of the war the division had suffered 34,809 casualties. This account is by an author with a reputation as a writer of regimental and divisional histories, and his experience as a regimental and staff officer in the war show clearly. There is an excellent appendix providing details on order of battle - commanders, staff and units - and the changes, with dates.
Author : United States. General Staff. Military Intelligence Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 768 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-one Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918) written by United States. General Staff. Military Intelligence Division and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 768 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. General Staff, G-2
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-one Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918) written by United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. General Staff, G-2 and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ray Westlake
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472804406
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book British Territorial Units 1914–18 written by Ray Westlake and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-06-20 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his Army Reforms of 1906/07 the Secretary of State for War, Richard Burdon Haldane, provided for an expeditionary force the Regular Army supplemented by the old Militia and a new organisation intended for home defence, the Territorial Force. This new 'Citizen's Army' was formed by the transfer of the Honourable Artillery Company, Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteer Force, all with many years of service and tradition. At the outbreak of war, the Territorial Force was organised as per the Regular Army, with infantry battalions, artillery, engineers, supply and medical formations. This title takes a highly detailed and illustrated look at the badges and uniforms and the changing organisation of the British Territorial units during the Great War. It also covers the combat experiences of the men who soon found themselves in service overseas, in the thick of the fighting.
Author : C. H. Dudley Ward
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847340511
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (45 download)
Download or read book 56th Division (1st London Territorial Division) 1914-1918 written by C. H. Dudley Ward and published by . This book was released on 2006-06-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : F. W. Bewsher
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ISBN 13 : 9781843421085
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (21 download)
Download or read book History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 written by F. W. Bewsher and published by . This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Highland Division was one of the pre-war Territorial divisions. Its HQ was in Perth with brigade HQs in Aberdeen, Inverness and Stirling. On mobilization the division moved down to its war station in Bedford where it remained, carrying out training till embarking for France in May 1915. During this period six of its battalions were sent to France, three in November 1914 and three in the following March, replaced by two Highland battalions and a brigade of four Lancashire battalions; it is not clear whether the latter were required to wear kilts. They were transferred to the 55th (West Lancashire) Division when that division reformed in France in January 1916 and were replaced, appropriately, by Scottish battalions. It was in May 1915, just as the division arrived in France, that it was designated 51st and the brigades 152nd, 153rd and 154th; by the end of the war the 51st (Highland) Division had become one of the best known divisions in the BEF. The division was quickly into action at Festubert (19-wed German assault on the Lys at Estaires and Hazebrouck. By the time it was withdrawn from the line on 13 April the division had suffered 7,480 casualties during the previous four weeks. All these major battles are described in detail in this well-written history, with clear maps to support the narrative. But the author has not overlooked the periods in between in his account, the more routine aspects of trench warfare. It is strange that the last two VCs awarded - Sergeant Meikle in July 1918 and Lieut Bissett in October - receive no mention in the history. Total casualties numbered close on 48,000.
Author : Alan H. Maude
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780331381726
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (817 download)
Download or read book The 47th (London) Division, 1914-1919 written by Alan H. Maude and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-25 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The 47th (London) Division, 1914-1919: By Some Who Served With It in the Great War It is to these men who foresaw and planned the British Territorial Force that the thanks of the victorious nations are largely due. The Territorial Force stood in 1915 between the dead Regular Army and the living Kitchener Armies that fought the Battle of the Somme and enabled the war to be ultimately won. A few of these same far-seeing men and their younger successors have here and now a clear vision of the future. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Frederick P. Gibbon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781843426424
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (264 download)
Download or read book 42nd East Lancs Division 1914-1918 written by Frederick P. Gibbon and published by . This book was released on 2003-07-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This history gives a comprehensive account of the division s exploits albeit with the occasional touch of heroics. The maps are disappointing in that while they show the areas of operations they lack tactical detail. There is, however, a good trench map of the divisional sector on Gallipoli. The photos are very much a bonus. Among the appendices is a thirty-one page Roll of Honour listing the dead and missing by battalions and units, though a footnote observes that complete casualty lists could not be obtained in all cases. The number of dead listed amount to 6,845, including two brigade commanders. Honours and Awards are also shown by units (five VCs in all). There is also a list showing the succession of HQ Staff and commanders down to battalion or equivalent level but without dates of appointment. Finally, and perhaps most annoying, there is no index. When, on 10th August 1914, Kitchener called for volunteers among the TF for service overseas (they had been intended for home service only) some ninety percent of the division accepted and a month later the division sailed for Egypt and thus had the distinction of being the first Territorial division to go overseas. In May 1915 it landed at Cape Helles, Gallipoli, and during the next few months it took part in the Second and Third Battles of Krithia, in the fighting for the Krithia Vineyard and the Achi Baba feature. Evacuation of the division began at the end of December 1915 and the last men were taken off on 9th January 1916. During the campaign it suffered 8,547 casualties - 395 officers and 8152 other ranks; two VCs were awarded. From Gallipoli it returned to Egypt and spent the rest of 1916 with the Canal Defences and in the Sinai Peninsula fighting the Turks. In March1917 it arrived on the Western front where it remained for the rest of the war, and when it ended the division had reached the outskirts of Maubeuge, a few miles south of Mons.
Author : A. F. Becke
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ISBN 13 : 9781847347398
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2a And 2b written by A. F. Becke and published by . This book was released on 2007-09-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part 2a of the official Order of Battle of the Divisions of the British Army in the Great War compiled by Major A. F. Becke lists the Territorial Mounted Divisions & 1st Line Territorial Force Divisions. 1st, 2nd, 2nd/2nd, 4th and Yeomanry Mounted Divs; 42nd - 56th Inf Divs. together with appendices on changes in the establishment and composition of Territorial divisions on the Western Front; the 2nd mounted division (Egypt); the 52nd (Lowland) division (Gallipoli); and the 53rd (Welsh) division (Palestine). Part 2b of Major A. F. Becke s official Order of Battle of the British Army in the Great War continues the listing of the Territorial Army divisions as well as the Home Service divisions: 2nd Line Territorial Force Divisions & Home Service Divisions. 57th - 69th Inf Divs; 71st - 73rd Home Service Divs: 74th (Yeomanry) Div, 75th Div. With appendices on the Central Force and its commanders; Graduated battalikons and the 90-mm field gun; the work of the Army Ordnance Dept; and the War Establishments of the 57th (2nd W. Lancs) division in France in 1918; the 58th (2nd/1st London) division in Palestine, 1918; the 73rd division in England, 1917; the 69th (2nd/E.Anglian) division in England, 1918; and the Cyclist DIvision, England, 1918.
Author : Ralph Reakes Thompson
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ISBN 13 : 9781843429937
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book The Fifty-Second (Lowland) Division, 1914-1918 written by Ralph Reakes Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2002* with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lowland Division was a pre-war Territorial division which, in May 1915, was numbered 52nd with brigades 155th, 156th and 157th. In the same month the division embarked for service in Gallipoli, a move that was marked by what is still the greatest rail disaster in Britain s history. The troop train carrying the HQ and two companies of 1/7th R Scots collided with a stationary train near Gretna, a few seconds later the London express ran full speed into the wreckage of the troop train resulting in the deaths of three officers and 207 other ranks with another five officers and 219 other ranks injured. The division landed on Gallipoli at Cape Helles in June and subsequently was in action at Gully Ravine, Achi Baba and Krithia Nullah till evacuated in January 1916, moving to Egypt. The fighting on Gallipoli is described in detail as is the evacuation, and from time to time tables of casualties are given . During the Gallipoli campaign the division lost by battle casualties at least seventy percent of its officers and over fifty percent of its other ranks. The second part of the book deals with the two and a half years the division spent in the Middle East, in Sinai and Palestine. In the summer of 1916 the advance into the Sinai desert began, to Romani to El Arish and from there into Palestine where, under Allenby, the division fought in all three battles of Gaza and in operations through to the end of 1917. In April 1918 the 52nd Division was transferred to the Western Front, taking over a sector of the front at Vimy. During the remaining months of the war the division was in action on the Somme, the Scarpe, the Drocourt-Queant line, the Canal du Nord, ending the war not far from Mons. This is a very full record of the 52nd Division s part in the Great War with plenty of general interest in addition to active operations, from small patrols to major attacks, acts of bravery and initiative. There is a comprehensive 25-page index but no roll of honour or list of honours and awards and although there are numerous casualty lists in the text there is no final total. Five VCs are claimed but I can account only for four: D.R Lauder 1/4th RSF; S.H.P Boughey 1/4thRSF (wrongly shown in the index with initials J.H; D.L McIntyre 1/6th HLI; and D.F Hunter 1/5th HLI.
