The First Buckinghamshire Battalion 1914–1919

About this eBook

Author

Wright, P. L. (Philip Lowndes), 1892-1976

Title

The First Buckinghamshire Battalion 1914-1919

Original Publication

London: Hazell, Watson & Viney Ltd, 1920.

Credits

Richard Tonsing, Brian Coe, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

Great Britain. Army. Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, 1st Buckinghamshire Battalion

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79090

Release Date

July 13, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The First Buckinghamshire Battalion 1914–1919
2. 2.FOREWORD
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.IMPORTANT NOTE
6. 6.CHAPTER I FROM MOBILISATION TO PLOEGSTEERT August 1914 to June 1915
7. 7.CHAPTER II HÉBUTERNE June 1915 to June 1916
8. 8.CHAPTER III THE SOMME July 1916
9. 9.CHAPTER IV THE SOMME August 1916
10. 10.CHAPTER V LE SARS—CAPPY September 1916 to March 1917
11. 11.CHAPTER VI THE GERMAN RETIREMENT March to July 1917
12. 12.CHAPTER VII THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES August 1917 Reference Map No. 3.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES—VIMY September to Mid-November 1917
14. 14.CHAPTER IX ITALY Mid-November 1917 to April 1918
15. 15.CHAPTER X THE AUSTRIAN ATTACK OF JUNE 15 May and June 1918 Reference map No. 4
16. 16.CHAPTER XI RAIDS July to October 1918 Reference Map No. 4
17. 17.CHAPTER XII THE AUSTRIAN DÉBÂCLE November 1 to 4, 1918 Reference Map No. 4
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII AFTER THE ARMISTICE—THE END November 1918 to March 1919
19. 19.APPENDIX I OPERATION ORDERS — D ATTACK OF NOVEMBER 1, 1918
20. 20.APPENDIX II ROLLS OF OFFICERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE MAIN ACTIONS OF 1916–1917–1918 — Roll of Officers Who took Part in the Attack on the German Trenches between Ovillers and Pozières, on the Night July 20/21, 1916. — Battalion Headquarters — A Company (attacking Company) — B Company (attacking Company) — C Company (attacking Company) — D Company (Company in reserve) — Roll of Officers Who took Part in the Attack on the German Trenches at 6.30 a.m. on July 23, 1916. — Battalion Headquarters — A Company (Company in support) — B Company (attacking Company) — C Company (Company in reserve) — D Company (attacking Company) — Roll of Officers Who took Part in the Attack on Skyline Trench on August 14 and 15, 1916 — Battalion Headquarters — A Company — B Company — C Company — Roll of Officers Who took Part in the Attack on the German Trenches between Ovillers and Pozières on August 23, 1916. — Battalion Headquarters — A Company (attacking Company) — B Company — C Company (attacking Company) — D Company — Roll of Officers Who took Part in the Operation of Tombois Farm on Night April 16/17, 1917. — Battalion Headquarters — A Company — B Company — C Company — D Company — Roll of Officers Who took Part in the Attack on German Positions N.W. of St. Julien, on August 16, 1917. — Battalion Headquarters — A Company — B Company — C Company — D Company — Roll of Officers Present with the Battalion in the Line during the Austrian Attack on Our Trenches on the Asiago Plateau, on June 15, 1918. — Battalion Headquarters — A Company — B Company — C Company — D Company — Roll of Officers Who took Part in the Raid on the Austrian Trenches on the Asiago Plateau on August 26, 1918. — Battalion Headquarters — A Company — B Company — C Company — D Company — Roll of Officers Who took Part in the Attack on the Austrian Positions on the Asiago Plateau, on November 1, 1918, and the Subsequent Advance into the Trentino. — Battalion Headquarters — A Company — B Company — C Company — D Company
21. 21.APPENDIX III HONOURS AND DECORATIONS GAINED BY OFFICERS OF THE 1ST BUCKS BATTALION — C.M.G. — Bar to D.S.O. — D.S.O. — Bar to Military Cross — Military Cross — Order of the British Empire — Mentioned in Dispatches — FOREIGN DECORATIONS — French Croix de Guerre avec Palme — Italian Silver Medal for Valour — Italian Bronze Medal for Valour — Italian Croce di Guerra
22. 22.APPENDIX IV HONOURS AND DECORATIONS GAINED BY WARRANT OFFICERS, N.C.O.’s, AND MEN OF THE 1ST BUCKS BATTALION WHILE SERVING WITH THE BATTALION
23. 23.APPENDIX V ROLL OF OFFICERS WHO SERVED WITH THE 1ST BUCKS BATTALION DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 1915–DECEMBER 1918
24. 24.APPENDIX VI NOMINAL ROLL OF WARRANT OFFICERS, N.C.O.’S AND MEN WHO SERVED WITH THE BATTALION DURING THE PERIOD MARCH 1915–DECEMBER 1918
25. 25.APPENDIX VII — (A) COPY OF WAR OFFICE LETTER — (B) TRANSLATION OF THE ITALIAN DIPLOMA

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