History of the 1/4th Battalion Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, 1914-1919.
by P. G. Bales
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- THE HISTORY OF THE 1/4TH BATTALION DUKE OF WELLINGTON’S (west riding) REGIMENT, 1914–1919.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- LIST OF MAPS.
- CHAPTER I. MOBILISATION AND TRAINING.
- CHAPTER II. FLEURBAIX.
- CHAPTER III. YPRES, 1915.
- (a) July to October.
- (b) October 16th.
- (c) The Wet Months.
- (d) December 19th.
- CHAPTER IV. JANUARY TO JUNE, 1916.
- CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE Of THE SOMME.
- (a) July and August, 1916.
- (b) September 3rd, 1916.
- (c) The Leipsig Redoubt.
- CHAPTER VI. WITH THE THIRD ARMY.
- (a) Hannescamps.
- (b) Fonquevillers.
- (c) Halloy.
- (d) Berles.
- (e) Riviére.
- CHAPTER VII. WITH THE FIRST ARMY.
- (a) Ferme du Bois Sector.
- (b) The Cordonnerie Sector.
- (c) St. Elie Sector.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE COAST.
- (a) St. Pol and Ghyvelde.
- (b) The Lombartzyde Sector.
- (c) Coast Defence and Training.
- (d) En Route for Ypres.
- CHAPTER IX. THE BELLE VUE SPUR.
- (a) October 4th–8th.
- (b) October 9th.
- (c) Rest and Reorganisation.
- CHAPTER X. WINTER ON THE PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE.
- (a) Molenaarelsthoek and Keerselaarhoek.
- (b) Work and Training.
- (c) Reutel Sector.
- CHAPTER XI. THE ENEMY SPRING OFFENSIVE.
- (a) Erquinghem and Le Veau.
- (b) Nieppe.
- (c) Bailleul.
- (d) St. Jans Cappel.
- (e) Poperinghe.
- (f) Kemmel.[18]
- CHAPTER XII. THE LAST OF YPRES.
- (a) May, 1918.
- (b) Zillebeke Sector.
- (c) The Zillebeke Raid.
- (d) Quiet Days in the Ypres Salient.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE LAST STAGE.
- (a) Movements and Training.
- (b) October 11th and After.
- (c) Reorganisation.
- (d) November 1st–2nd.
- CHAPTER XIV. DEMOBILISATION.
- (a) Auby and Douai.
- (b) The Return of the Cadre.[23]
- APPENDIX I. ITINERARY OF THE BATTALION.
- APPENDIX II. NOMINAL ROLL OF OFFICERS WHO SERVED WITH THE BATTALION ABROAD.
- APPENDIX III. NOMINAL ROLL OF WARRANT OFFICERS AND COMPANY QUARTER MASTER SERGEANTS.
- APPENDIX IV. SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES.
- APPENDIX V. LIST OF HONOURS AND AWARDS.
- APPENDIX VI. THE BATTALION CANTEEN.
- FOOTNOTES:
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