Battles
and Engagements
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France
and Flanders
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Battle of Loos. 25 Sep-8 Oct 1915.
Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt. 13-19 Oct 1915.
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Battle of Albert. 1-13 Jul 1916, including
the capture of Montauban, Mametz, Fricourt, Contalmaison and
La Boisselle.
Battle of Pozieres. 23 Jul 1916, including the fighting for
Mouquet Farm.
Battle of Le Transloy. 1-18 Oct 1916, including the capture
of Eaucourt l’Abbaye, Le Sars and the attacks on Butte de Warlencourt.
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First Battle of the Scarpe. 9-14 Apr 1917,
including the capture Monchy le Preux and the Wancourt Ridge.
Battle of Arleux. 28-29 Apr 1917.
Third Battle of the Scarpe. 3-4 May 1917, including the capture
of Fresnoy.
Capture of Roeux. 13-14 May 1917.
The tank attack. 20-21 Nov 1917.
Capture of Bourlon Wood. 23-28 Nov 1917.
German counter attacks. 30 Nov-3 Dec 1917.
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First Battle of Bapaume. 24-25 Mar 1918.
First Battle of Arras. 28 Mar 1918.
Battle of the Ancre. 5 Apr 1918.
Battle of Amiens. 8-11 Aug 1918.
Battle of Albert. 21-23 Aug 1918, including the capture of Chuignes.
Battle of Epehy. 18 Sep 1918.
Battle of the St. Quentin Canal. 29 Sep-2 Oct 1918, including
the passage at Bellenglise and the capture of the Bellicourt
tunnel defences.
The final advance to Artois. 2 Oct-11 Nov 1918, including the
capture of Douai.
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Infantry
Units
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35th
Brigade.
7th Bn Norfolk Regt. Aug 1914
- 11 Nov 1918.
7th Bn Suffolk Regt. 20 Aug 1914 - 24 May 1918. Reduced to Cadre
19 May 1918. Surplus personnel (11 officers, 408 men) to the
1/1st Bn Cambridgeshire Regt.
9th Bn Essex Regt. Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
5th Bn Royal Berkshire Regt. 25 Aug 1914 - 06 Feb 1918. To the
36th Brigade.
1/1st Bn Cambridgeshire Regt. 10
May 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
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36th
Brigade.
8th Bn Royal Fusiliers. 21 Aug
1914 - 06 Feb 1918. Disbanded.
9th Bn Royal Fusiliers. 21 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
7th Bn Royal Sussex Regt. 12 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
5th Bn Royal Berkshire Regt. 06 Feb 1918 - 11 Nov 1918.
11th Bn Middlesex Regt. Aug 1914 - 27 Feb 1918. Disbanded.
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37th
Brigade.
6th Bn Queen’s. Aug 1914 - 11
Nov 1918.
6th Bn Buffs. Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
7th Bn East Surrey Regt. Aug 1914 - 05 Feb 1918. Disbanded.
6th Bn Queen’s Own. Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918.
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Pioneers.
5th Bn Northamptonshire Regt.
Jan 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
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Attached
Troops.
3/4th Bn Queen’s. 25 - 30 Jun
1917. To the 21st Division.
5th Bn Northamptonshire Regt. Aug 1914 - Jan 1915. Became the
Pioneer Bn.
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Artillery
Units
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Royal
Field Artillery
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LXII
Brigade.
196th Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915.
Became A Bty.
197th Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915. Became B Bty.
198th Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915. Became C Bty.
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LXII
Brigade. When the Brigade was reorganised a fourth Battery
was formed.
A Bty. Feb 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
B Bty. Feb 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
C Bty. Feb 1915 - 30 Aug 1916. Broken up and divided between
A and B Btys.
C Bty. 30 Aug 1916 - 11Nov 1918.
D Bty. Feb 1915 - 25 May 1916. Went to LXV
Brigade where it became A Bty.
D (Howitzer) Bty. 25 May 1916 - 11 Nov 1918.
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LXIII
Brigade.
199th Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915.
Became A Bty.
200th Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915. Became B Bty.
201st Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915. Became C Bty.
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LXIII
Brigade. When the Brigade was reorganised a fourth Battery
was formed.
A Bty. Feb 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
B Bty. Feb 1915 - 11Nov 1918.
C Bty. Feb 1915 - 11 Nov 1918.
D Bty. Feb 1915 - 25 May 1916. Went to LXV
Brigade where it became B Bty.
D (Howitzer) Bty. 25 May 1916 - 30 Aug 1916. Went to LXIV
Brigade as D (Howitzer) Bty.
D (Howitzer) Bty. 30 Aug 1916 - 11 Nov 1918.
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LXIV
Brigade.
202nd Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915.
Became A Bty.
203rd Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915. Became B Bty.
204th Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915. Became C Bty.
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LXIV
Brigade. When the Brigade was reorganised a fourth Battery
was formed. On 06 Jan 1917 the Brigade left the Division and
became an Army Field Artillery Brigade.
A Bty. Feb 1915 - 06 Jan 1917.
With the Brigade to the Army Field Artillery.
B Bty. Feb 1915 - 06 Jan 1917. With the Brigade to the Army
Field Artillery.
C Bty. Feb 1915 - 30 Aug 1916. Broken up and divided between
A and B Btys.
C (Howitzer) Bty. 07 Dec 1916 - 06 Jan 1917. Broken up and divided
between D (Howitzer) Bty, LXII
Brigade and D (Howitzer) Bty, LXIII
Brigade.
D Bty. Feb 1915 - 25 May 1916. Went to the LXV
Brigade where it became C Bty.
D (Howitzer) Bty. 30 Aug 1916 - 06 Jan 1917. With the Brigade
to the Army Field Artillery.
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LXV
(Howitzer) Brigade.
205th (Howitzer) Bty. Aug 1914 -
Feb 1915. Became A (Howitzer) Bty.
206th (Howitzer) Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915. Became B (Howitzer)
Bty.
207th (Howitzer) Bty. Aug 1914 - Feb 1915. Became C (Howitzer)
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LXV
(Howitzer) Brigade. When the Brigade was reorganised a
fourth Battery was formed. Further reorganisation took place in
May 1916 when the Brigade lost its Howitzer designation.
A (Howitzer) Bty. Feb 1915 - 25
May 1916. To the LXII
Brigade where it became D (Howitzer) Bty.
B (Howitzer) Bty. Feb 1915 - 25 May 1916. To the LXIII
Brigade where it became D (Howitizer) Bty.
C (Howitizer) Bty. Feb 1915 - 18 Jun 1915. To the CXXIX
Brigade, 27th Division where it became C (Howitzer) Bty on
06 Sep 1915.
D (Howitzer) Bty. Feb 1915 - 25 May 1916. Remained with the Brigade.
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LXV
Brigade. The Brigade was broken up 30 Aug 1916.
A Bty. 25 May 1916 - 30 Aug 1916.
Broken up and divided between C Bty, LXV
Brigade and A Bty LXIII Brigade.
B Bty. 25 May 1916 - 30 Aug 1916. Broken up and B and C Btys,
LXIII
Brigade.
C Bty. 25 May 1916 - 30 Aug 1916. To the LXII
Brigade as C Bty.
D (Howitzer) Bty. 25 May 1916 - 30 Aug 1916. To the LXIII
Brigade as D (Howitzer) Bty.
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