History of the Duke of Wellington's Regiment (1st & 2nd Battalions) 1881-1923The Medici, 1927 - 263 pagine |
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13th Brigade 1st Battalion 2nd 2nd Lieut 2nd Battalion 2nd Duke 2nd Lieut 33rd Regiment 5th Division 76th Regiment A. G. Horsfall advance Aisne Albert April Arras arrived Arthur artillery attack August Battle Honours billets Brig.-General British Army C. W. G. Ince canal Capt captured casualties Cateau Cavalry Charles Colonel command Company Corps dug-outs Duke of Wellington's Duke's east Edward enemy Ernest fighting fire flank France Fred Frederick front garrison George German Grand Morin guns Halifax Harry Headquarters Henry Herbert Hill 60 II Corps India Infantry Brigade James killed L/Cpl Le Cateau Lieut.-Colonel Major March Marne miles military moved night October officers orders platoon position ranks REGIMENTAL COLOUR retire rifle road round Royal September Sergt shelling Sir Charles Fergusson Sir John French soldiers Thomas took trenches troops Wellington's Regiment West Kents William Wood wounded yards YORK MINSTER Ypres
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Pagina 110 - In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields.
Pagina 184 - If I should die, think only this of me: That there's some corner of a foreign field That is for ever England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed; A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware, Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam, A body of England's, breathing English air, Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
Pagina 189 - Azure, the Crosses Saltire of St. Andrew and St. Patrick Quarterly, per Saltire counterchanged Argent and Gules: the latter fimbriated of the second, surmounted by the Cross of St. George of the third, fimbriated as the Saltire.
Pagina 6 - Plunder is stopped, the fires are all extinguished, and the inhabitants are returning to their houses fast. I am now employed in burying the dead, which I hope will be completed this day, particularly if you send me all the pioneers.
Pagina 189 - Colour to be the Colour of the facing of the Regiment with the Union...
Pagina 18 - The infantry of the line and militia will in future be organised in territorial regiments, each of four battalions for England, Scotland, and Wales, and of five battalions for Ireland ; the 1st and 2nd of these being line battalions, and the remainder militia. These regiments will bear a territorial designation corresponding to the localities with which they are connected ; and the words " regimental district " will in future be used in place of " sub-district
Pagina 86 - Smith-Dorrien's troops had done what was thought to be impossible. With both flanks more or less in the air, they had turned upon an enemy of at least twice their strength ; had struck him hard, and had withdrawn, except on the right front of the 5th Division, practically without interference, with neither flank enveloped, having suffered losses certainly severe,1 but considering the circumstances by no means extravagant.
Pagina 189 - Second Colour is to be the Red Cross of St. George in a White Field, and the Union in the upper Canton.
Pagina 11 - the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing-fields of Eton.
Pagina 18 - Militia will in future be organized in Territorial Regiments, each of four Battalions for England, Scotland, and Wales, and of five Battalions for Ireland, the first and second of these being Line Battalions, and the remainder Militia. These Regiments will bear a Territorial designation corresponding to the localities with which they are connected, and the words ' Regimental District ' will in future be used in place of ' SubDistrict