The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's). Fred W. Ward

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066194123

Table of Contents

       FOREWORDS

       THE SPORTSMEN ToC

       FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G. ToC

       FROM MAJOR-GENERAL R.O. KELLETT, C.B., C.M.G. ToC

       FORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED, AND ITS RECORD IN BRIEF

       FORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED, AND ITS RECORD IN BRIEF ToC

       A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER—THE COSMOPOLITAN COMPOSITION OF THE BATTALION

       A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER—THE COSMOPOLITAN COMPOSITION OF THE BATTALION ToC

       TRAINING AT HOME—HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED FROM THE ROUGH MATERIAL

       TRAINING AT HOME—HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED FROM THE ROUGH MATERIAL ToC

       SERVICE OVERSEAS—HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE FRONT, AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY.

       SERVICE OVERSEAS—HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE FRONT, AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY. ToC

       GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED—HOLDING UP A GERMAN ADVANCE—SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK—AND SOME OTHER THINGS

       GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED—HOLDING UP A GERMAN ADVANCE—SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK—AND SOME OTHER THINGS ToC

       PRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR—MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN THE BATTALION

       PRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR—MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN THE BATTALION ToC

       "GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"—BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E. McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE 23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION)

       "GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"—BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E. McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE 23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION) ToC

       THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD—AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS—A PERSONAL NARRATIVE

       THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD—AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS—A PERSONAL NARRATIVE ToC

       EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR—EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"

       EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR—EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER" ToC

       THE HONOURS' LIST

       NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN AWARDED DECORATIONS AND MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES

       THE HONOURS' LIST ToC

       OFFICERS

       N.C.O.'S AND MEN

       THE ROLL OF HONOUR

       OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS WHO DIED THAT ENGLAND MIGHT LIVE

       THE ROLL OF HONOUR ToC

       OFFICERS

       N.C.O.'s AND MEN

       THE NOMINAL ROLL

       NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION WHO JOINED EITHER AT THE HOTEL CECIL, LONDON, OR AT HORNCHURCH, ESSEX

       THE NOMINAL ROLL ToC

       EDITOR'S NOTE. ToC