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-The Project Gutenberg eBook of The West Riding Territorials in the
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-Title: The West Riding Territorials in the Great War
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-Author: Laurie Magnus
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-
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-*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WEST RIDING TERRITORIALS
-IN THE GREAT WAR ***
-
-
-
-
-
-
-THE WEST RIDING TERRITORIALS IN THE GREAT WAR
-
-
-
-
-[Illustration: MAJOR-GENERAL T. S. BALDOCK, C.B.]
-
-
-
-
-                       The West Riding Territorials
-                             in the Great War
-
-               With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Haig,
-                       O.M., K.T., G.C.B., G.C.V.O.
-
-                                    BY
-                              LAURIE MAGNUS
-
-                           _Fully Illustrated_
-
-                                  LONDON
-                 KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER & CO., LTD.,
-                 BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74, CARTER LANE, E.C.
-                                   1920
-
-                       PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY
-                BEN JOHNSON AND CO., LTD., YORK, ENGLAND.
-
-
-
-
-CONTENTS
-
-
-                                                   Page
-
-  FOREWORD. BY F.M. EARL HAIG                        xi
-
-  PREFACE                                          xiii
-
-  BOOK I—BEFORE WAR.
-
-  CHAPTER I
-    THE WEST RIDING ASSOCIATION                       3
-
-  CHAPTER II
-    THE WEST RIDING TROOPS                           15
-
-  CHAPTER III
-    MOBILIZATION                                     29
-
-  BOOK II—WAR.
-
-  CHAPTER IV
-    ‘MALBROUCK S’EN VA-T’EN GUERRE’                  43
-
-  CHAPTER V
-    THE DAY’S WORK                                   57
-
-  CHAPTER VI
-    SERVING IN RESERVE                               69
-
-  CHAPTER VII
-    I—PREPARATIONS ON THE SOMME                      83
-    II—OPERATIONS ON THE SOMME                       88
-
-  CHAPTER VIII
-    I—OPERATIONS ON THE SOMME (_contd._)             99
-    II—WINTER, 1916-17                              111
-
-  CHAPTER IX
-    WITH THE 62ND IN FRANCE                         126
-
-  CHAPTER X
-    I—THE NORTHERN RIDGES                           138
-    II—BETWEEN THE BATTLES                          143
-    III—BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (1ST PHASE)               146
-    IV—BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (2ND PHASE)                156
-
-  BOOK III—WAR’S END.
-
-  CHAPTER XI
-    FATEFUL DAYS IN 1918                            163
-
-  CHAPTER XII
-    WITH THE 62ND AT BUCQUOY                        172
-
-  CHAPTER XIII
-    WITH THE 49TH IN THE VALLEY OF THE LYS          180
-
-  CHAPTER XIV
-    THE YEOMANRY                                    195
-
-  CHAPTER XV
-    THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS
-    I—SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE                    203
-    II—THE FINAL OFFENSIVE                          211
-
-  APPENDIX I
-    WEST RIDING COUNTY ASSOCIATION MEMBERS AND
-      OFFICIALS: 1908-1920                          222
-
-  APPENDIX II
-    A—HONOURS AND AWARDS, 49TH DIVISION             227
-    B—HONOURS AND AWARDS, 62ND DIVISION             274
-
-  APPENDIX III
-    HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY WEST RIDING
-      TERRITORIAL TROOPS NOT SERVING WITH THE
-      49TH AND 62ND DIVISIONS                       322
-
-  APPENDIX IV
-    CASUALTIES                                      323
-
-
-
-
-LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
-
-
-  MAJOR-GENERAL T. S. BALDOCK, C.B.       _Frontispiece_
-
-  MERVILLE CHURCH                          _Face page 4_
-
-  CASUALTY CLEARING STATION               _Face page 34_
-
-  MAP: COLOGNE TO CALAIS                       _Page 47_
-
-  MAP: ABOUT YPRES                             _Page 47_
-
-  MAP: LILLE-LENS-DOUAI                        _Page 49_
-
-  PLAN: RUINED BUILDINGS                       _Page 52_
-
-  ‘MODERN WOODEN HORSE’                   _Face page 54_
-
-  PLAN: AWKWARD ANGLE                          _Page 58_
-
-  LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR W. P. BRAITHWAITE, K.C.B.
-  MAJOR-GENERAL SIR R. D. WHIGHAM, K.C.B.
-  MAJOR-GENERAL SIR J. K. TROTTER, K.C.B.
-  MAJOR-GENERAL E. M. PERCEVAL, C.B.
-  MAJOR-GENERAL N. J. G. CAMERON, C.B.    _Face page 64_
-
-  TOWER OF CLOTH HALL, YPRES              _Face page 68_
-
-  PELICAN WITH FOOT RAISED                     _Page 76_
-
-  MAP: DOUAI-ARRAS-BAPAUME                     _Page 90_
-
-  MAP: SOMME FRONT                             _Page 92_
-
-  MAP: THIEPVAL DEFENCES                 _Face page 104_
-
-  MAP: AMIENS-CAMBRAI-DOUAI-DOULLENS          _Page 116_
-
-  ‘GOOD-NIGHT, TOMMY’                         _Page 118_
-
-  MAP: LENS-DOUAI-ARRAS-BAPAUME               _Page 124_
-
-  MAP: DROCOURT-QUÉANT SWITCH-LINE            _Page 133_
-
-  HENDECOURT FROM THE AIR                _Face page 134_
-
-  COLISEUM (GERMAN CRATER)               _Face page 136_
-
-  HAVRINCOURT—
-    CANAL DU NORD BRIDGE
-    IN THE PARK                          _Face page 150_
-
-  CHRISTMAS CARD, 1917                        _Page 159_
-
-  MAP: MARCH 21ST, 1918                       _Page 168_
-
-  BUCQUOY CHURCH                         _Face page 174_
-
-  BUCQUOY
-    A STREET
-    MARKET PLACE                         _Face page 178_
-
-  YPRES: IN THE RAMPARTS                 _Face page 182_
-
-  MAP: APRIL 11TH, 1918                       _Page 183_
-
-  METEREN AND BAILLEUL                   _Face page 188_
-
-  MAP: APRIL 25TH, 1918                       _Page 190_
-
-  MAP: JULY 20TH, 1918                        _Page 205_
-
-  MAP: HINDENBURG LINE                        _Page 214_
-
-  RHONELLE: RIVER CROSSING               _Face page 218_
-
-  DOUAI: THE BELFRY                      _Face page 220_
-
-  MAP: WAR’S END                              _Page 220_
-
-  PELICAN WITH FOOT DOWN                     _Tailpiece_
-
-
-
-
-FOREWORD
-
-
-When all Divisions, Regular, Territorial and New Army, from whatever
-part of Great Britain or quarter of the Empire they were drawn, have
-rendered such splendid service, it is difficult to refer particularly to
-individual units or formations.
-
-The pages of this book, however, furnish in detail an account of the
-exploits of two gallant Territorial Divisions, to one of which, the
-62nd, it fell to carry out an operation of outstanding brilliance on the
-occasion of the Cambrai attack on the 20th November, 1917.
-
-Moreover, the history of both Divisions helps to emphasize the greatness
-of the debt due to the Territorial Force as a whole. The value to the
-State of the Territorial Force organisation at the outbreak of the war
-was immense. By volunteering freely for overseas service, the pre-war
-Territorials enabled the necessary reinforcements for the Army in
-the field to be maintained while the New Army was in the making. The
-gallantry of their subsequent performances should not be allowed to
-obscure the service they then rendered.
-
-                                                          HAIG,
-                                                          _Field-Marshal_.
-
-
-
-
-PREFACE
-
-
-While this book has been at press, the Territorial Force has passed into
-the Territorial Army, thus closing another chapter in the history of the
-British citizen-soldier. That closed chapter has still to be written, as
-a complete history of the Territorial Force, called into being by Mr.
-(Lord) Haldane, when Secretary of State for War, in 1907, struggling
-against adverse circumstances for existence and recognition from 1908 to
-1914, and approving itself from 1914 to 1919, by the testimony of Mr.
-Secretary Churchill and Field-Marshals Earl Haig and Viscount French, as
-a saviour of the Empire in the Great War.
-
-The present volume may supply material for one chapter of that history.
-In Book I, I try to trace the early annals of the Force within the
-confines of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and in Books II and III, I
-follow the Troops which were raised in that Riding to their war-stations
-overseas. As far as possible, I have observed the limits set by the scope
-of my narrative. General history before the war has been subordinated to
-the experience of the West Riding Territorial Force Association, and the
-history of the war has been told in relation to the part of the 49th and
-62nd (West Riding) Infantry Divisions, which went to France in 1915 and
-1917.
-
-Principally, then, this book is concerned with the work of the Infantry.
-A brief account of the experience of the Yeomanry is given in Chapter
-XIV, and one or two other units (notably, a Company of the R.E., which
-served with the 29th in the Dardanelles, and a Casualty Clearing Station
-in France) are included in the main narrative. Another volume might well
-be filled with the doings of West Riding Territorials attached to other
-units during the war, but these records seem to belong to the units
-concerned more appropriately than to the present narrative. The story of
-the 2nd and 3rd Northern General Hospitals is likely to be fully told
-in the Medical History of the war, and will be found to reflect the
-utmost credit on the responsible authorities. These Hospitals were freely
-used by wounded men of all units from the front, and became the radiant
-centres of a large number of War Hospitals in the county. From the
-parent institutions in Leeds and Sheffield, Auxiliary Hospitals sprang
-up throughout the West Riding of Yorkshire, as many as 6,500 beds being
-affiliated to the 2nd Northern General Hospital alone. From August, 1914,
-till late in 1919, this splendid work, of which the foundations were laid
-in peace-time, was in full swing, and should form an important chapter in
-a complete history of the Territorial Force.
-
-Special mention is also due to the uniformly brilliant record of the
-West Riding Divisional Artillery, which was employed throughout the war
-in all parts of the field. It has not proved possible in this volume to
-select its Brigades and Batteries for special treatment: the effect would
-have been too much disjointed; but, wherever they covered the Infantry,
-their work always won the highest praise, and their skill under arduous
-conditions is one of the marvels of the war. Something, too, should be
-said about Mechanical Transport, re-organized, like so much else, at
-the hour of trial in March, 1918, and of other Arms of the Service,
-subordinate to the Infantry Divisions. I must be content, however, with
-this passing reference to their exploits, and with such tributes to them
-as occur in the course of the main narrative.
-
-My own connection with my subject is very slender. It happened that,
-in 1917, I was lent to the War Office by the Royal Defence Corps in
-order to do some special work in a branch then known as T.V.I. (in the
-Territorial and Volunteer Forces Directorate). The Director-General,
-Major-General the Earl of Scarbrough, had been Chairman from the start
-of the Territorial Force Association of the West Riding; and it happened
-again, in 1919, when the History Committee of his Association had
-been disappointed of the services of Professor G. S. Gordon, of Leeds
-University, a Captain in the 6th West Yorkshire Regiment, 62nd Division,
-and now Official Military Historian of the war, that Lord Scarbrough
-recommended me to write this local history in his stead. In the earlier
-chapters of the book, I had the advantage of Professor Gordon’s
-assistance, and I gladly take this opportunity of thanking him for his
-valuable help. My work is also much indebted to the care of several of
-the General Officers Commanding the two Divisions; particularly, of
-Major-General Sir James Trotter in connection with Chapter VI, and of
-Lieut.-General Sir Walter Braithwaite, in connection with the important
-period of his Command of the 62nd in France. Lord Scarbrough’s personal
-interest in all that concerns his Association has been extended, with
-great benefit, to this book in all its stages, and I have also to thank
-Brig.-General Mends, Secretary of the Association, and Captain Mildren,
-his assistant, for their unremitting trouble. The list of Officers from
-the Riding, who have placed at my disposal diaries, photographs, letters,
-notes, and valuable advice, is too long to enumerate. I should like
-specially to thank Major E. P. Chambers, Captains Tom Goodall, R. M.
-Robinson and J. C. Scott; but I will ask all, comprehensively, to accept
-the expression of my gratitude, and of my hope that I have not altogether
-failed to do justice to the praises which they have united in bestowing
-on the men whom they led.
-
-For this, when all is said and done, is the beginning and the end of
-any instalment of a history of the Territorial Force. ‘This wonderful
-force,’ as Lord French has called it in his book, _1914_, was founded on
-the ‘patriotic spirit which has always been the soul of the Volunteers.
-It was reserved for Lord Haldane,’ adds the Field-Marshal, ‘to devise
-the scheme which was to make the fullest use of the Volunteers and bring
-them to the zenith of their reputation.’ How high in military ardour and
-achievement that zenith proved during the Great War, may be judged, I
-hope, from this record, however incomplete and at second-hand, of the
-Territorial Troops from the West Riding, which it has been my privilege
-to compile.
-
-                                                                      L.M.
-
-LONDON, _March 23rd, 1920_.
-
-
-
-
-BOOK I
-
-BEFORE WAR
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER I
-
-THE WEST RIDING ASSOCIATION
-
-
-At half-past five in the afternoon, on Monday, April 12th, 1915, the
-first detachment of troops in the West Riding (1st Line) Territorial
-Division left England for France. Their going, like all English goings
-and most English home-comings, was quiet and unobserved: the War Diary
-of the Division merely states that thus ‘the move to France commenced’;
-further, that Divisional Headquarters left Doncaster the next day,
-embarked at Folkestone on the _Invicta_, and reached Boulogne 9-50 p.m.;
-that the General Officer Commanding the Division, accompanied by five
-Staff Officers, travelled by motor-car on April 14th through St. Omer and
-Hazebroucke to Merville, where Divisional Headquarters were established
-in the Mayor’s house, 40 rue des Capucines; and that a telegram was
-received by the General from H.M. the King, and a loyal reply was
-despatched. So, the time of preparation was over, the time of action had
-begun.
-
-The new adventure, which was to prove so searching, was founded securely
-in the past, and this latent sense of tradition explains, or helps
-to explain, why over 30,000 recruits were taken by the West Riding
-Territorial Force Association between the date of the outbreak of war
-and April 14th, 1915; why the strength of the County units had reached
-three-quarters of the pre-war establishment[1] fully as early as that
-date, and why the expedition to France proceeded in the ordinary course
-of duty. For the spirit of adventure was not new, though overlaid by many
-years of ease. Deep in the consciousness of Yorkshiremen, as of men ‘from
-every shire’s end of England’, were echoes of long-ago wars in defence of
-their country on foreign soil, under Wellington, under Marlborough, under
-the Houses of York and Lancaster, and away back to the Plantagenet kings,
-when the first ‘verray parfit gentil knight,’ with his squire, ‘as fresh
-as in the month of May’, led his troops to fight for the right,
-
-    ‘In Flaundres, in Artoyes and Picardye.’
-
-Thus Lord Haldane wrote correctly, in December, 1908: ‘The organization
-of the Territorial Force, ... novel as in material respects it is, ... is
-the outcome of a process of development, the beginnings of which lie far
-back in the past.’[2]
-
-Some account of that ‘organization’ in the West Riding, remembering
-its roots in the past, is necessary in advance of a history of what
-the troops wrought in the field. They did not spring fully armed from
-the head of Mars. On the contrary, their martial equipment was a
-long and complicated affair, mixed up with questions of finance and
-administration, which were left, in the worst years of military ardour,
-to the public spirit of a few local men. The menace of foreign aggression
-in the consulship of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman and Mr. Asquith was
-not a popular subject, and the Haldane Act, 1907, ‘to provide for the
-reorganization of His Majesty’s military forces, and for that purpose to
-authorize the establishment of County Associations, and the raising and
-maintenance of a Territorial Force,’ was let loose on the counties of
-the United Kingdom at a time when, twice in one year, a general election
-was to be held on domestic issues unconnected with peace and war. There
-was worse than public apathy to contend with. Public apathy might retard
-enlistment under Section IX. of the Act, but a part of the opposition to
-the new measure was founded on more positive grounds. Speakers who went
-up and down the Riding to explain and recommend the scheme had to lay the
-spectre of ‘compulsion’: in those days of tumbling privileges the one
-unanswerable argument before which even duty was dumb. Thus, there is a
-report of a speech at Malton by Mr. (the late Colonel Sir) Mark Sykes on
-May 4th, 1908, in which,
-
-    ‘Surveying the present conditions of England in case of an
-    attack, he said they had nothing to fall back upon but members
-    of Rifle Clubs and Cadets. Should this Army scheme fail, they
-    would have to look to conscription.’
-
-There was a meeting at York on the same day, at which the elders of the
-Council discussed a recommendation of the Finance Committee ‘to encourage
-corporation employees to join the Territorial Army.’ On that occasion one
-councillor was of opinion, that
-
-    ‘there appeared to be a movement on foot throughout the country
-    to induce large companies to close down their works and simply
-    compel men to enlist in the Territorial Force, or be idle and
-    have no wages at all.’
-
-Another councillor considered that ‘this was an attempt to establish
-municipal conscription.’ Another gravely pointed out that ‘to encourage’
-did not necessarily mean ‘to force,’ but might be stretched as much as to
-mean ‘persuade.’
-
-[Illustration: Merville Church
-
-49TH DIVISION, APRIL, 1915.]
-
-We shall not attach names to these dead controversies. They have buried
-their dead to-day, and the graves of Flanders and Gallipoli bear mute
-but eloquent witness to the sudden glory of patriotism which dissolved
-‘encouragement,’ ‘force,’ ‘persuasion,’ ‘compulsion,’ and ‘conscription’
-in the single light of national defence. But this perception was not yet,
-and the passive and active resistance which sections of opinion in the
-country, not excluding the West Riding, presented to Lord Haldane’s Act
-was recognized by its author himself. Speaking at Leicester in the same
-week as the elders of York met in council, the Secretary for War declared—
-
-    ‘We are not militarists.... All we want is to feel secure in
-    our hearths and homes, and to have the feeling that labour
-    and commerce are alike adequately protected.... He was against
-    conscription and compulsion.... He wanted to make the Army a
-    people’s Army’;
-
-and when a man at the back of the hall shouted that the scheme would lead
-to compulsory service, ‘he was caught hold of by half a dozen police,
-and flung out’—to join the suffragettes. We cannot neglect these facts,
-old echoes though they be to-day. Nor shall we pause to ask if a bolder
-policy might not have been more successful, and if the appeal should have
-been directed to the real menace of German aggression. The whole tendency
-of the times was against emphasizing that aspect, and the pacific
-instinct of the nation was fostered rather than rebuked by the voices of
-responsible authority. It was not a healthy atmosphere for the New Act,
-and the Roman author of the maxim, _si vis pacem, para bellum_, never
-explained how to do it if a Government cried peace, and the Government
-was the people.
-
-Still, the Act was launched, and the counties had to make the
-preparations.
-
-There were two difficulties inherent from the start, and it is probably
-correct to associate them with the public apathy towards the scheme.
-For one thing, the burden of preparation fell a little obviously on
-a class, which, in the years before the war, lay under a cloud of
-misrepresentation. That it was a simulated and a temporary cloud, at
-least in its chief manifestations, the war itself was to prove; but it
-was spread fast enough and thick enough at the time to darken initiative
-and counsel. Not the best Government imaginable could contrive to have
-things both ways. If they chose to load certain classes in the community
-with the reproach of obstructing the ‘people’s will,’ it was unseemly to
-rely on individuals from those classes to popularize a branch of their
-legislation. Thus, the recommendation of a ‘people’s budget’ by abusive
-ridicule of landowners, and the promotion of a reform of the Second
-Chamber as the cause of ‘people _versus_ peers,’ however expedient as
-a means of affixing a stigma for abuses, would prove impolitic, to say
-the least of it, when members of those orders were invited to take a
-leading part in recruiting for a ‘people’s army.’ The same ‘people’ might
-not see the point of leading and following at the same time. Yet the
-Territorial and Reserve Forces Act constituted ‘the Lieutenant of the
-County.. . president of the Association,’ and the Lieutenant, thus placed
-in power, was, almost without exception, either a peer or a landowner or
-both. Next, it assigned to the Association the duty of ‘recruiting for
-the Territorial Force both in peace and in war,’ and we have seen that
-this duty was liable to be misconstrued as legalized conscription. The
-risk of such misconstruction was certainly not diminished by the obloquy
-which was poured, for other purposes of the legislature, on the order
-to which the presidents and some other of the more leisured members
-of the recruiting Associations belonged. Secondly, these political
-conditions reacted on the Government to some extent. For good or ill,
-the success of their plans for social betterment and domestic reform
-was a little obscurely involved with the maintenance of the open door
-to foreign imports, the rejection of commercial preference within the
-Empire, and, as a necessary corollary, with the doctrine that ‘free
-trade’ would keep the peace. This avoidance, on the highest principles,
-of any action likely to seem provocative abroad, so firmly upheld at the
-Foreign Office till the sixtieth minute of the eleventh hour, made us
-rig Dreadnoughts with apologies and raise recruits with muffled drums.
-It followed from all these causes-the preoccupation of Ministers, the
-social status of county leaders, the talking peace to ensure peace—that,
-once the Territorial Act was launched, no member of the Government except
-Lord Haldane appeared openly anxious to make it go. The early annals of
-Territorial Force Associations, as they came into being under the Act,
-are plaintively and miserably punctuated by what Sir William Clegg, in
-the West Riding, used to call the ‘pin-pricks of the Army Council,’
-and a large part of their work of initiation, which is always the most
-difficult part, was achieved by personal effort against alternate or
-simultaneous doses of public indifference and official neglect.
-
-Still, the Territorial Force grew. Its foundations were well and truly
-laid on that old inexpugnable spirit which, as we saw above, was already
-alive in Chaucer’s England, and which, when the new summons came, flared
-up through disappointment to success. The six and a half years’ record
-of the West Riding Territorial Force Association, from its inaugural
-meeting on January 17th, 1908, till the outbreak of war in 1914 is
-typical of the experience of other counties, alike in the obstacles which
-were encountered and in the resolution which partially overcame them. It
-derives special interest from the fact that the population of the West
-Riding is much more than twice as large as that of any county outside
-London, except only Lancashire; but the chief interest of the record lies
-in the after-history of the Association. The achievement of its units
-in the field is a final, triumphant vindication of the confidence of
-those who helped to raise them, a complete reward for the courage they
-displayed, and a proof, if proof were wanted, that the nation’s need is
-the measure of the nation’s power. Hence, if we dwell more particularly
-on some of the difficulties which confronted that Association during the
-epoch of preparation, the true merits of the Territorial Army scheme,
-when tried by the supreme test of action, will be more abundantly
-manifest.
-
-First, as to _personnel_, H.M. Lieutenant for the Riding since 1904 had
-been Colonel the Earl of Harewood, A.D.C., of the Yorkshire Hussars,
-and formerly of the Grenadier Guards, who, accordingly, became first
-president of the Association. With him were united as chairman and
-vice-chairman, respectively, Colonel the Earl of Scarbrough, A.D.C.,
-commanding the Yorkshire Mounted Brigade, and formerly of the 7th
-Hussars, and Sir William Clegg, J.P., sometime Lord Mayor of Sheffield.
-These formed a powerful triumvirate, and ‘had done their best,’ as Lord
-Harewood remarked on January 17th, 1908, ‘to set matters on a preliminary
-footing.’ The president and chairman were still in office in 1920, but
-in February, 1917, Lord Scarbrough had received the appointment of
-Director-General of the Territorial and Volunteer Forces at the War
-Office, with the temporary rank of Major-General, and was thereafter
-compelled to interrupt his closer supervision at the Association. ‘Our
-loss,’ the president said at the next quarterly meeting, ‘is a great
-gain to the country,’ and the compliment paid to Lord Scarbrough by this
-appointment was appreciated by the Association as a whole. Sir William
-Clegg continued in office till the end of 1915, when, to his colleagues’
-great regret, his election as chairman of the Appeal Committee under Lord
-Derby’s scheme and the pressure of other duties caused his necessary
-resignation. He was succeeded as vice-chairman of the Association by
-Brig.-General (Sir) R. C. A. B. Bewicke-Copley, (K.B.E.), C.B., in April,
-1916.
-
-It will be no derogation from the importance of the military members
-of the Association appointed by the Army Council, of the representative
-members similarly appointed on the recommendation of the West Riding
-County Council, the County boroughs of Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield,
-Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield and York, and the Universities of Leeds and
-Sheffield, and of the members co-opted by the Association to complete
-its statutory establishment,[3] if we turn next to the person of the
-secretary. The right choice of a candidate for this post was properly
-regarded as an essential condition of success, and at the inaugural
-meeting of the Association (January 17th, 1908), no other name was
-proposed but that of Brig.-General Horatio Mends, C.B., formerly of the
-60th Rifles, at that time Brigadier General-in-charge of Administration,
-Northern Command. To the immense benefit of the Association, General
-Mends’ term of office as secretary, except for a short interruption due
-to ill-health in 1909, continued right through the twelve years under
-review, and, alike in peace and in war, he has amply and fully sustained
-the confident belief expressed at the time of his appointment, that ‘he
-combined every requisite which Mr. Haldane had laid down as essential for
-the secretary of an Association.’ His assistants came and went according
-to the claims of other duties. They have included Captain J. U. M.
-Ingilby, Captain M. L. Porter, Major A. B. Boyd-Carpenter (later, Deputy
-Assistant-Director under Lord Scarbrough at the War Office, and, since
-December, 1918, M.P. for East Bradford), Major H. C. E. Smithett and
-Captain W. Mildren, M.B.E., of the T.F. Reserve, formerly Staff Q.M.S. in
-the Army Pay Corps, York, who was appointed superintending clerk at the
-beginning, and who has rendered admirable service.
-
-Second only in importance to a secretary was a place of meeting for the
-Association. It would need the powers of an epic poet to invoke the muse
-to sing the rival claims of Leeds and Sheffield as headquarters of the
-West Riding, and the historian who is not a Yorkshireman must be content
-to set the fact on record that York was finally selected for reasons
-which seemed sufficient to the high contracting parties. Once in York,
-there was no hesitation in approving premises at 9, St. Leonard’s as a
-permanent local habitation.
-
-We need not set out in detail the obvious necessary business of the
-appointment of committees, the distribution of duties, the drafting of
-regulations, and so forth. It was new work, and not very easy work, but
-the Association commanded the services of men of experience and affairs,
-and some spade work had been done in advance. One point particularly
-occurs to a reader of the Association archives: the concentration on the
-magical word, _Mobilization_. This event governed the deliberations of
-all concerned: not as a shadowy abstraction, which superior authority set
-them to work at in the dark, still less as a haunting terror, created by
-a jingoistic press, but as a real, present and an urgent duty, and as the
-test of validity for all their acts. This idea so constantly before them
-lent actuality to their proceedings. They spent no time in discussing
-if and when a state of war might arise. Their practical function was to
-assume the war and to prepare for it.
-
-Apart from the recruiting problem proper, the provision, that is
-to say, of the full number of officers and other ranks required to
-complete the establishment of the units to be raised in the West Riding,
-there was an immense amount of work to be done, military as well as
-administrative, before the Association could say to the War Office: press
-the button, and the troops will march out. The Haldane Act had created
-the machinery, and the Association had been formed to make it work; and,
-since, at any moment from that date, the crisis of 1914 might have been
-precipitated, the new local authorities were well advised in aiming
-at instant readiness. But if we project ourselves back into the chaos
-of 1908, out of which Lord Harewood and his colleagues were entrusted
-with the task of evoking order, if we sympathize with their sense of
-responsibility, and recognize how gravely it was increased by lack of
-knowing when the crisis would occur; in other words, if we look at the
-problem through the spectacles of the West Riding Association, we must
-be equally just to other aspects. The Haldane Act set up ninety-four
-Associations: ninety-four engines wanting fuel, ninety-four skeleton
-organisms awaiting breath and articulation, ninety-four committees hard
-at work as if each was solely responsible for building the Territorial
-Force. Translate this conception into the terms familiar to official
-routine in the placid years before the war. Imagine the accumulation of
-papers, the multiplication of minutes, and the comparative unexpectedness
-of the call to decide a series of questions which lengthened with the
-life of the Associations. True, a Central Council of Associations was
-formed at an early date,[4] which served as a kind of clearing-house
-between the counties and Whitehall, and which, while it did not preclude
-the independent access of Associations, submitted as many as thirty-two
-recommendations from November, 1908, to July, 1909. A few of these
-topics are worth recalling. On November 9th, 1908, the Central Council
-recommended ‘that travelling grants be given to individuals coming to
-Section, Company and Battalion drills over a distance of two miles.’ A
-deputation waited on the Secretary of State on the following February
-27th. In May, an intimation was sent that a circular Memorandum might be
-issued on the subject. In July, the matter was raised again, and another
-deputation was received on the 23rd of that month. On August 7th, the
-War Office decided not to make any grant for the payment of men in towns
-coming to drill. ‘In rural corps, in which the companies, etc., are
-recruited over a scattered area, the War Office will consider an extra
-grant based on the cost of bringing in men of outlying sections for
-Company drill two or three times a year, and will shortly issue a letter
-asking for the necessary information on which a grant should be based.’
-That letter was issued on September 9th. On the 13th of the next month,
-the Central Council expressed the opinion that, ‘if the Territorial Force
-is to be made of real value, ... this can only be done ... by giving
-financial assistance to men to enable them to come into drill.’ On March
-16th, 1910, a War Office letter was issued, granting a small allowance
-towards the cost of bringing in outlying sections to enable them to carry
-out squadron, battery or company training, but refusing to authorize as a
-charge on Association public funds, any expenses incurred by individual
-officers or men in travelling from their homes to their local troop or
-section headquarters to carry out their ordinary drills. A wise decision,
-no doubt; certainly, a carefully considered one; but, perhaps, a little
-disheartening in its extreme regard for the public purse and in the
-consumption of sixteen months during which voluntary recruits were not
-told what their patriotism would cost them. Sometimes the decisions came
-more quickly, but then they were usually in the negative. A proposal in
-February, 1909, ‘that boots other than lace-up be supplied for wear by
-mounted men with overalls when walking out’ was refused in the following
-May. A recommendation during that May ‘that a special grant of 6d. a head
-be allowed to Associations for provision of refreshments to men who are
-detained on parade, or on actual military duty, for not less than four
-consecutive hours,’ was turned down on August 7th.
-
-The general tendency should be clear from these examples. At the one
-end, in Yorkshire and elsewhere, throughout the ninety-four headquarters,
-were brand-new Associations, eager to sweep clean and to sweep swiftly.
-At the other end, in Whitehall, were the War Office and the Treasury,
-fast bound by the traditions of their code, and tied particularly by a
-Government committed to retrenchment on Army estimates. We hardly know
-which to pity more, the Minister responsible to the House of Commons or
-the Territorial Force Associations which his Act had called into being.
-
-Meanwhile, for historical purposes, it is essential to remember that,
-during this period of preparation, the Territorial Force was the
-Associations. It depended on them for recruits, premises, ranges,
-arms, equipment, clothing (even to ‘boots other than lace-up for wear
-by mounted men with overalls when walking out’), everything that
-makes an Army; and they depended in turn, far more closely than they
-had anticipated, on the decisions of a harassed Army Council and the
-resources of a depleted Treasury. Happily, this period was protracted by
-the repeated postponement of war. In 1908 and, again, in 1911, the threat
-of war was averted, as we are now aware. Time was given, accordingly, if
-not for the complete fulfilment, at least for the partial satisfaction of
-the means devised for the fulfilment of the chief object of the Haldane
-Act. This was, as we saw,
-
-    ‘To provide for the reorganization of His Majesty’s military
-    forces, and for that purpose to authorize the establishment
-    of County Associations, and the raising and maintenance of a
-    Territorial Force.’
-
-No time limit was laid down for the period of incubation in the
-Associations, and it is difficult to estimate what would have been our
-degree of unpreparedness if the accidents of European politics had
-allowed less than the six and a half years from 1908 to 1914.
-
-A rough estimate can be formed, and it is worth computing in the present
-context, and in the security of peace after war, by reference to an open
-letter, dated February 26th, 1913, which was addressed by the Committee
-of the National Defence Association to Mr. Asquith, as President of the
-Committee of Imperial Defence.[5] The signatories included the Duke of
-Bedford, Lord Fortescue, Lord Glenconner, Lord Scarbrough and Sir Richard
-Temple (who were all connected with County Associations), Lord Lovat,
-Mr. Walter Long, Lord Methuen, Lord Peel, Sir Samuel Scott and other men
-of weight. While drawing attention to their consistent support of the
-Territorial Force scheme, they felt bound to point out ‘that neither
-the Territorial Associations, nor the Territorial Force have yet taken
-sufficiently deep root as national institutions.’ They stated ‘with the
-utmost emphasis’ that ‘no remedy involving extra financial assistance to
-the Territorial Force at the expense of the Navy or Regular Army would
-receive their support,’ but they did not conceal their conviction that,
-‘if such a situation as existed in the autumn of 1911 recurred’, ‘the
-present training, equipment and numbers of the Territorial Force are
-inadequate for the task that would only too probably be laid upon it.’
-‘It has come to the knowledge of this Association,’ they remarked in
-another paragraph of the letter, ‘that a large proportion of Officers
-responsible for the training and administration of the Force now hold the
-view that it is incapable under present conditions of carrying out the
-duties allotted to it in any sudden emergency. We desire most strongly to
-support and emphasize this opinion.’
-
-The warning was too grave to be ignored. The Territorial Act had been on
-trial for five years, and the war, which actually arrived in the summer
-of the following year, might break out at any moment.
-
-Urgent action was taken, accordingly, by the Council of Territorial
-Associations, and it is particularly interesting to the present record
-to note that the basis of their action was a scheme submitted by the
-Earl of Scarbrough on behalf of the West Riding Association. After
-passing a strong resolution in April, 1913, pointing out the ‘continued
-inefficiency’ in the establishment of Territorial units, and even stating
-that the success of the Force on a voluntary basis could be achieved
-‘only by a considerable improvement in the terms and conditions of
-service,’ they lost no time in circulating the West Riding scheme through
-other Associations. So, at the October meeting of the Central Council,
-when replies and comments had come in, they were ready to ask the Prime
-Minister to receive a deputation, with a view to considering the whole
-matter.
-
-This important interview took place on November 26th, 1913. On the one
-side were Mr. Asquith and General Seely, then Secretary of State for
-War; on the other were Lord Dartmouth (Chairman), Lord Fortescue and
-Sir Hugh Shaw-Stewart, Bt. (Vice-Chairmen), and the following Members
-of the Council of the County Territorial Associations: Lord Scarbrough,
-Sir Richard Temple, Bt., Sir Hugh Bell, Bt., Lord Cheylesmore, Sir
-Edward Elles, Sir Arthur Anstice, Mr. Tonman Mosley, Lord Glenconner,
-Mr. Dalgleish, Mr. Adeane, Colonel Colvin, Colonel Lambert White,
-General Tyler, Lord Denbigh, General Mends, and the Secretary of the
-Council, Major Godman. The deputation represented eighty-one out of the
-ninety-four Associations, and was recognized by the Prime Minister as
-‘authoritative.’
-
-It is well to recall at this point the essential dates in the situation.
-The Territorial and Reserve Forces Act ‘for the reorganization of His
-Majesty’s military forces’ became law in 1907. Early in 1908 the West
-Riding Territorial Force Association was brought into being under the
-Act, and set to work in a practical way to raise, clothe, train and
-otherwise prepare its troops for the day of mobilization. They had worked
-hard for six years, with the shadow of coming war across their path. Yet
-at the end of 1913, when the substance behind the shadow was apparent
-to all who knew, the chairman of the West Riding Association, one of
-the most populous County areas, administered by men of public spirit,
-and possessing in General Mends an untiring and a highly efficient
-secretary, came to the Prime Minister to say: Our proper establishment
-of troops is little more than 18,000; we fall short by 52 officers and
-2,724 other ranks; and ‘that is roughly typical of the general shortage,
-which, with a few exceptions, exists throughout the Counties.’ The
-failure was deplorable: ‘It is the fact that the strength to-day is less
-than it was in the last year under the old Volunteer system.’ But even
-more deplorable was the danger: ‘In spite of all the efforts which have
-been made in these six years, it would appear that the high-water mark
-of voluntary effort in normal years and under present conditions falls
-greatly below the minimum laid down by the General Staff as necessary for
-National Defence’.
-
-November 26th, 1913: This was the date of the interview, and it was too
-late then to remedy the scheme. The total shortage of 1,400 officers and
-66,000 other ranks; the 40,000 members of the Force under nineteen years
-of age and ‘only fit to be in a Cadet corps’; the absence from the annual
-camp of 1,362 officers and 33,350 other ranks, including 37 officers and
-6,019 men ‘absent without leave’: these facts and figures might be cured
-by personal allowances to officers, efficiency bounties to other ranks,
-income-tax relief to employers for each qualified Territorial officer
-or soldier in their employ, grants to Associations for social purposes
-and for the provision of boots, shirts and socks, and by the rest of the
-moderate, wise and carefully devised recommendations which the Council
-of County Associations felt bound to propose to the Government, as ‘the
-minimum improvement in the terms and conditions of service that we think
-would be effective in attracting the right class of men in sufficient
-numbers.’ Public apathy, official discouragement, and the burden of
-other calls on the Exchequer might be purged of their worst effects by
-thorough changes of this kind. Even the evils pointed out by Sir H.
-Shaw-Stewart, that, ‘owing to the exigencies of political combat, these
-same classes that I speak of (_i.e._, landowners and employers) are just
-now being held up to the public as parasites, oppressors and robbers of
-the poor,’ and that, ‘except for Lord Haldane and his successor at the
-War Office, not one Cabinet Minister has ever had a good word to say for
-the work we are doing or, indeed, for the system we are endeavouring
-to carry out,’ might at last prove capable of adjustment. But time was
-essential for such experiments, and the sands of time were running out.
-Mr. Asquith, indeed, in his reply to the deputation, affected to believe
-it all remediable. There were the proper compliments to ‘the value of the
-work that has been and is being done.’ There were other aspects of the
-numbers and the training, and certain ‘encouraging features’ to be dwelt
-upon. There was a general undertaking that the Council’s recommendations
-‘will be not only considered, and not lightly dismissed, but considered
-in a thoroughly sympathetic spirit.’ There was the final valediction, as
-suave as it was impenetrable: ‘We shall endeavour to produce as great
-an impression as we can on the Chancellor of the Exchequer consistently
-with his other requirements to meet your legitimate demands.’[6] And the
-Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated, June 28th, 1914.
-
-These, briefly, are the facts on which an estimate may be formed of
-the degree of preparedness reached by the Territorial Force more than
-six years after it came into being. Very happily, as we said above,
-this period was thus protracted. The defects were serious enough, but,
-had the crisis come earlier, Associations would have missed what the
-evidence of results proved to be valuable, that varied experience of
-organization, that knowledge of their own weak points, that sense of
-contact with officers and men, as well in their civilian relations as
-in their military capacity, and, generally, that power, essential to
-the satisfactory working of ‘a highly complex structure o’ various an’
-conflictin’ strains,’ which Mr. Kipling has illustrated in his story of
-_The Ship that Found Herself_. The consolation administered by the Prime
-Minister to the deputation of November, 1913, though a commonplace, or
-because it was a commonplace, was justified in the succeeding years of
-war:
-
-    ‘While we do not say that the present organization is in all
-    respects satisfactory, we do believe that it is based on sound
-    lines, and, so long as the same spirit which has existed from
-    the beginning continues to animate officers and men, that the
-    Force will increase every year in efficiency and capacity for
-    the special functions which are assigned to it in our scheme of
-    defence.’
-
-The vista of years was contracted to less than one, our ‘scheme of
-defence’ was unrecognizably extended, but the animating spirit did not
-fail.
-
-How fortunate for the country it was that time was given to Associations
-to find themselves may be judged from the growing tension between the
-West Riding Association and the War Office. Sir William Clegg, speaking
-from the Chair on February 7th, 1910, complained of ‘a kind of attempt on
-the part of the Army Council to treat the Association as a mere adjunct
-of the Army Council, and not as a free and independent body. If their
-deliberations and resolutions were to be treated in such a high-handed
-manner, he for one was not prepared to devote his time to the duties
-of the Association.’ A few months later, on the motion of Alderman F.
-M. Lupton, of Leeds, seconded by Mr. A. J. Hobson, of Sheffield, a
-resolution was passed urging His Majesty’s Government ‘to give further
-effect to their own policy of placing the Territorial army under the
-control of the County Associations, and to permit these Associations,
-without undue interference, to perform their duty of providing a properly
-equipped Force on the grants allotted to them.’ Relations became a little
-less strained after a personal interview between Lord Harewood and the
-Secretary of State, when a conciliatory reply was sent to the Association
-by the War Office. But in 1912 the situation had grown acute again, and
-Lord Harewood did not hesitate to describe it as a ‘tension which had
-existed for a long time between the Army Council and that Association,
-especially the Finance Committee of the Association.’ Sir William Clegg
-repeated his former protest, which was supported by Colonel Hughes
-and other members, while Lord Scarbrough referred to the case of the
-Association against the Army Council as, in fact, ‘unassailable.’ We
-shall not further recall the features of this dispute, which turned on a
-question of accountancy. It was not the details but the principle which
-mattered, and the principle which governed the deliberations of members
-of the West Riding Association was amply vindicated in their resolution,
-carried on July 1st, 1912:
-
-    ‘That the Association welcomes the reply of the Secretary of
-    State, as indicating complete satisfaction with the financial
-    position of the Association, and notes with pleasure that, as a
-    result of the protest made, there is now every reason to hope
-    that the relations between the Army Council and the Association
-    will be cordial and harmonious in future.’
-
-So, the Association ‘found itself’ at last. But the reconciliation
-came too late to make a prosperous new beginning. If war had still been
-postponed, opportunity might have been given to build up the Territorial
-Force on more generous and sympathetic lines, as suggested in the scheme
-of the West Riding, and to repair the disappointment of Associations.
-But, though Sir William Clegg spoke of ‘a clean slate,’ and Lord
-Scarbrough wrote more hopefully to General Bethune,[7] there was no time
-to take advantage of the change. The long threatened war was upon them,
-and, meanwhile, they had to encounter what Mr. Asquith, in November,
-1913, called ‘the abstraction, whatever Government is in power, who has
-the public purse under his immediate control.’ This ‘abstraction’ proved
-a very real obstruction.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER II
-
-THE WEST RIDING TROOPS
-
-
-The civilian effort before the war to create a ‘people’s army’ under the
-provisions of the Territorial Force Act, was a fine national exploit,
-whether in the West Riding or elsewhere. Equally fine, if not finer,
-though no basis of comparison can be fixed, was the response of the men,
-including officers and other ranks, to whom the appeal was made.
-
-It is essential to see this clearly. Parliament might pass the best
-Act which ever adorned the legislature. The Secretary of State for War
-and His Majesty’s other Ministers might use all the eloquence at their
-command to popularize the Act in the country. The Territorial Force
-Associations, which were called into being under the Act, might attract
-the best brains in every county to crown the scheme with success.
-Throughout the complex organization, avoidable mistakes might be avoided,
-unavoidable obstacles might be overcome, and a kind of conspiracy of good
-luck might have surrounded the enterprise from its initiation. And yet,
-in the ultimate resort, one first condition must be satisfied: the men
-must be willing to come forward. For the Act spoke, as we have seen, of a
-‘reorganization of His Majesty’s military forces’; and no power on earth,
-certainly no political power in England, could organize a voluntary force
-which was unwilling. If the troops out of whom the Territorial army was
-to be made were not willing to enrol in that army, and to bring to it
-the loyalty and devotion which had characterized voluntary service in
-the past, legislation would prove a dead letter. With or without the
-conditions which we have enumerated above (and some were lacking, as we
-are aware) the primary factor was the personal one; conversely, if the
-heart of the nation was sound, no weakness in the Army Council or at the
-Treasury could wreck the scheme beyond repair.
-
-Accordingly, it is useful at this point to look at events before the
-war from a different angle of vision. Men in high places, ‘dressed
-in a little, brief authority,’ have always this consolation, when
-they contemplate their shortcomings, whether within or without their
-own control, that the near view is fuller than the distant. If every
-Territorial soldier in the West Riding had been privy to Lord Harewood’s
-difficulties, if every unit awaiting a headquarters had been admitted to
-the heart-breaking negotiations which preceded each grant of an eighth
-of an acre of ground, if every recruit grumbling at his boots had known
-how many pairs of boots were included in General Mends’ requisitions, no
-progress at all would have been made with the raising of the Force or its
-equipment. But the men who were raised and equipped were spared these
-disappointments and dubieties. They took their troubles in single spies,
-not battalions; and the single troubles which they encountered—too much
-rain, too few blankets, insufficient transport, and so forth—were counted
-as part of a day’s work, not as items in a quarterly return. They did not
-multiply their grievances by the calculus familiar to an Association;
-and it is precisely this restricted point of view which is valuable as
-a contrast and a corrective to Associational experience. For the final
-triumph of the Territorial scheme, as proved in the searching test of
-war, was a triumph achieved by individuals within the limits of their
-personal capacity.
-
-It is well to recapture the spirit in which this triumph was achieved;
-and, fortunately for that purpose, we can refer to a West Riding unit,
-whose records go back from its War Diary of 1914 to the date of its
-original inception in 1859. A happy feature of this possession, unique
-and valuable in itself, is that the unit in question became in the
-fulness of time the same 4th Battalion of the West Riding Regiment,
-whose transport left England for France first of the 49th Division[8];
-and, with the added interest of that coincidence, its faded pages may be
-searched for evidence to the men’s point of view. It was Lord Haldane who
-wrote (December, 1908), in a passage referred to above[9]:
-
-    ‘The abstract and dry language of Statutes and Army Orders may
-    command our rational assent, but what Cardinal Newman was fond
-    of speaking of as real assent it will never command unless it
-    is interpreted in the light which the historical method throws
-    on it.’
-
-Such a light is thrown by this record on the history of the previous
-half-century.
-
-It began on May 25th, 1859, when Major-General Jonathan Peel, a brother
-of the great Sir Robert, and a predecessor of Lord Haldane’s at the
-War Office, issued a circular to authorize the formation of Volunteer
-corps. Two days later, a requisition was addressed to the Worshipful
-the Mayor of Halifax by a hundred and twenty-five inhabitants of the
-borough and its neighbourhood, praying him to convene a public meeting
-in order to consider ‘the propriety of forming a Volunteer Rifle Corps
-for this district.’ The propriety was duly considered on the following
-Friday, June 3rd, in the Town Hall at Halifax, when and where a hundred
-and twenty good citizens, with Mr. Edward Akroyd[10] at their head,
-professed themselves willing to enrol as members of a Volunteer Rifle
-Corps for this Town and District, ‘provided the cost of uniform, arms
-and accoutrements does not exceed £9 per annum.’ The crest selected was
-the Borough Arms; the head-dress, familiar in caricature, was ‘shako
-and plume’; the uniform a dark-green tunic; the arms, a short Enfield
-muzzle-loader, and bayonet; and the title of the corps was the 4th West
-Yorks Rifle Volunteers. Seldom have small beginnings been more amply
-fulfilled by noble ends.
-
-The Rifle Corps grew and prospered. Colours, with crest and title, were
-worked by the ladies of Halifax and presented in September, 1860,[11] and
-Captain Akroyd had the satisfaction in that month of parading 455 men at
-a Review in York, and of publishing in Orders the next day, that ‘the
-4th West Yorks Rifle Volunteers, by their soldier-like bearing, their
-excellent discipline, and the steadiness of their movements, have earned
-for the Corps a high reputation among the Riding and County Battalions.’
-On March 10th, 1863, they paraded at the marriage of the Prince of Wales.
-They furnished a Guard of Honour, and guards and sentinel for the night,
-when His Royal Highness, on the following August 3rd, visited Halifax to
-open the Town Hall. In the same year, a capitation grant of 20/- for each
-efficient man was authorized for issue by the Government, thus relieving
-all ranks of a part of their voluntary expenditure; and it is observed in
-the same context, though its precise bearing escapes us to-day, that the
-Government ‘also repeated the gracious permission accorded by George II.
-of wearing hair-powder untaxed.’ A drill-hall, designed by an assistant
-to Sir Gilbert Scott, and intended to serve both as the head quarters of
-the corps and as a public hall and concert-room, was started in 1868 and
-available in 1870. In 1874, the busby head-dress was adopted; the tunic
-was altered to scarlet with dark-blue facings, and the long Enfield was
-substituted for the short. At the same time, the maximum establishment
-was fixed at 600 all ranks. The next year saw the first Camp, in tents
-on Castle Hill, Scarborough. In 1880, the Battalion was armed with the
-Snider breech-loader and bayonet, and the common helmet replaced the
-busby. In July, 1881, the Battalion, 480 strong, represented the county
-of Yorkshire at a Royal Review of Volunteers in Windsor Great Park.
-In 1883, a step forward was taken in the direction completed by the
-Territorial Act of 1907: the 4th, 6th and 9th West Riding of Yorkshire
-Volunteer Corps were renamed the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Volunteer Battalions of
-the West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington’s); the old Arms of Halifax
-were replaced by the badges of the West Riding Regiments; and in 1887 the
-Battalion was re-clothed in a manner similar to the Line Battalions with
-which it had been affiliated, but with silver lace, buttons and badges.
-Ten years later, in 1897, a detachment of the Battalion was bivouacked in
-the ditch of the Tower of London, and did duty on London Bridge, on the
-occasion of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. A more serious call was to
-follow. On December 19th, 1899, after the so-called ‘black week’ in the
-Transvaal, it was announced that ‘Her Majesty’s Government have decided
-to accept offers of service in South Africa from the Volunteers.... The
-terms of enlistment for officers and men will be for one year, or for not
-less than the period of the War.’ Three days later, on December 22nd,
-Major W. H. Land, commanding the 1st Volunteer Battalion, West Riding
-Regiment (our old friend, the 4th Rifle Volunteers), was prepared to
-place the Battalion at the disposal of the Government, and an Active
-Service Company of Volunteers, with Lieut. H. S. Atkinson at their head,
-was complete for embarkation early in 1900, when they were entertained at
-a farewell banquet in Halifax. The occasion, historically so inspiring,
-has several features of present interest. Colonel (later, Sir) E. Hildred
-Carlile, remarked on the sense of ‘promotion,’ and the ‘feeling that
-more would be required,’ in the call to Volunteers to take a place side
-by side with Regulars in Line Battalions. Colonel Le Mottee discussed
-the ‘spirit of militarism,’ drawing a clear distinction between its fair
-and evil aspects; and other speakers who followed referred with gravity
-and emphasis to the future needs of national defence. The draft sailed
-on February 17th, reaching Table Bay on March 14th, and, exactly a year
-later (March 16th, 1901), the Relief Company of the Battalion left
-Halifax for the same destination. Needless to say, their fighting record
-in South Africa was worthy of their regiment and Riding. They contributed
-to the final victory of British arms; and, when the first members of
-the first Service Company returned to Halifax in the following May,
-they received the welcome which they deserved. A presentation of medals
-took place later in 1901, and inspired a prophetic speech by Colonel Le
-Mottee, which is well worth recalling to-day:
-
-    ‘The Volunteer movement,’ he said, ‘never stood higher in the
-    estimation of the military authorities than it did now. The
-    behaviour of the Volunteers showed that the spirit of the
-    nation was as high as it ever was, and the question was how to
-    utilize this fine material to the best advantage. Conscription
-    was out of the question at present, and the only alternative
-    was the extension of the Volunteer movement for the securing of
-    efficiency for all who joined.’
-
-This perception carries us a long way from 1859 and the Halifax Rifle
-Corps. We reach in the new century and the new reign, and in the brief
-peace after the South African War, the problem, or series of problems,
-which were honestly attacked, if not, as we have seen, fully solved, by
-the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act of 1907. But note the continuity
-of the history, and the secure foundation of that Act on material already
-existing. The Territorial scheme, like the British Constitution, grew up
-and developed by its own strength; it was never imposed from without.
-Herein lay the secret of such measure of success as it achieved. The war
-in South Africa had revealed grave defects in military resources and in
-the means of national defence. ‘Conscription was out of the question at
-present,’ but the war of 1914 found the counties of Great Britain at
-least organized for an emergency which surpassed in its demands and its
-extent the most serious anticipations of the most foresightful. And the
-organization (this is the important point) was based on a tradition which
-could not fail. Everywhere in England, not in Halifax alone, had been
-men of public spirit, like Edward Akroyd, to petition their worshipful
-mayor on behalf of the Volunteer movement. Everywhere in England, for
-fifty years, the Volunteers had drilled and camped, had exchanged their
-shakoes for busbies, and their muzzle-loaders for breech-loaders,
-and had converted public ridicule into tolerance, and tolerance into
-appreciation, and appreciation at last into heartfelt gratitude to the
-‘people’s army’ which sprang from English soil. We turn the old pages
-of _Punch_, and smile at John Leech’s pictures of ‘The Brook-Green
-Volunteers’ and others; but behind our laughter is the sense that these
-long-ago, long-whiskered men were the true makers and only begetters of
-the Territorial Army in the Great War, and that Edward Akroyd and the
-hundred and nineteen who signed the resolution of enrolment at the public
-meeting in Halifax Town Hall on June 3rd, 1859, showed the way to the
-fighting men of the West Riding who helped Marshal Foch and Earl Haig to
-turn the tide of German advance in the summer of 1918.
-
-This historic sense deepens as we approach the period immediately before
-the war. In May, 1902, the honorary rank of Lieutenant in the Army was
-granted to Captain H. S. Atkinson, with an award of the Queen’s Medal
-with three clasps, in recognition of his services in South Africa.
-So, the Volunteer and the Regular had coalesced. In the following
-December, Lord Savile accepted the honorary Colonelcy of the Battalion,
-in succession, after a long interval, to its virtual founder, Colonel
-Akroyd, and testimony was borne to the fact that the troops were ‘working
-on lines which lead to real efficiency of mobilization for home defence.’
-In 1905, the writing on the wall was conspicuous for all to read. Colonel
-Land observed, at the annual prize-giving, that the choice for the future
-now lay between ‘the more effective training of the Volunteer forces,
-or compulsion. It rested entirely with the authorities and employers
-of labour to decide which alternative to adopt. One or the other was
-inevitable.’ In 1907, the inevitable occurred, and early in 1908, when
-the Territorial Act was on the Statute-book, the Secretary of State for
-War addressed a stirring appeal to the male youth of Great Britain:
-
-    ‘The foundation of a Territorial Force or Army for home
-    defence,’ he wrote, ‘is no light matter. The appeal which I am
-    making to the nation is that its manhood should recognize the
-    duty of taking part, in an organized form, in providing for
-    the defence of the United Kingdom. The science of war is, like
-    other sciences, making rapid strides, and if we would not be
-    left behind and placed in jeopardy, we must advance. That is
-    why it was necessary that the old Volunteer and Yeomanry forces
-    should pass, by a process of evolution, into the organization
-    of the new Territorial or Home Defence Army.’
-
-Our survey of the progress of a single unit from 1859 to 1908 should
-enable us better to understand the precise bearing of Lord Haldane’s
-language. What is true of a unit is true of the whole; and we shall see,
-in the further annals of this corps of old Rifle Volunteers, who now bore
-‘South Africa’ upon their Colours, and counted a Regular officer among
-their Captains, how gallantly the Yeomanry and Volunteers responded to
-the call of tradition, and how fully ‘a process of evolution’ describes
-the action which they took.
-
-For they ‘passed into’ the Territorial Army. As Colonel Land said to his
-men on a day in 1908: ‘The word “conscription” appears to be repulsive
-to the vast majority of Englishmen.’ He did not share that repulsion,
-but for those who shared it ‘What was the alternative? Mr. Haldane
-thought the alternative was to enlarge and make effective use of the
-present auxiliary forces by reorganization.’ So be it. A ‘voluntary
-Territorial force stood between the country and conscription.’ But in
-certain districts of England the Volunteer law was current among men, as
-the Scout law is, or should be, among boys: ‘The Army Council was only
-asking all Volunteers to do what they in Halifax had done for years’;
-and, when only two alternatives were presented for selection, either to
-attest under the new Act, or to retire from the auxiliary forces and
-unwrite a chapter of local history which had been opened in 1859, ‘they
-in Halifax’ were never in doubt. The 4th West Yorks Rifle Volunteers had
-changed their name in 1883, when they became the 1st Volunteer Battalion
-of the West Riding (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment. On April 1st, 1908,
-they consented to change their name again. The 1st West Riding Volunteers
-became now the 4th Battalion of the West Riding Regiment, with their
-uniform similar to the Line Battalion’s, and scarlet facings for white
-and gold lace, gilt ornaments for silver and white, and the letter ‘T’
-to indicate Territorial. _Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose_; the
-‘process of evolution’ was complete.
-
-We come back from the part to the whole, from Halifax to the West Riding.
-Our choice of Halifax has not been due to any exceptional conditions
-in that borough. In some respects, indeed, it lagged behind. Its city
-fathers contained at least their full proportion of anti-‘militarists’
-and anti-‘conscriptionists,’ and its recruiting record was never the
-best in the Riding. It has been clearer and more convenient, however, to
-illustrate the movement from start to finish, or, at least, from 1859 to
-1908, by means of a concrete example, than to deal vaguely with the mass.
-
-When the mass-problem was approached by Lord Harewood, as Lieutenant
-of the Riding, and his colleagues in the County Association, they found
-that the old Volunteer and Yeomanry forces were required to ‘pass into’
-the new Territorial Army to the number of about 18,300 of all ranks.
-On March 31st, 1908, the actual strength of those old forces was 414
-officers and 9,683 other ranks; so that, roughly, 8,000 in all had to
-be found additionally in the West Riding: eight more for every ten on
-the strength. The quota allotted to the Riding were a whole Division, a
-Mounted Brigade, and Army Troops.
-
-We have already viewed this problem through the eyes of the West Riding
-Association, when we saw that the full numbers were never reached, and
-that a big new scheme was devised, and brought to the notice of the
-Prime Minister, in order to render the terms of service more attractive.
-We propose to look at the problem here through the eyes of the men
-themselves: not of those who did not enrol, but of the personnel which
-actually joined up. It is important to emphasize this aspect. A sermon
-preached at absent congregants always hits the regular church-goers; and
-the repinings of Associations at a deficiency in establishment are apt to
-distract attention from the merits of the men on the strength. Thus, the
-keen inheritors of the tradition of the 4th West Yorks Rifle Volunteers
-were not less but, rather, more praiseworthy because their strength as a
-Territorial unit, after April, 1908, was always below establishment. Take
-the three last returns before the war:—
-
-  4th BATTALION, WEST RIDING REGIMENT, HALIFAX.
-
-  -----------+--------------------+--------------------+-------------------
-             |   Establishment.   |  Total Strength.   |    Deficiency.
-     Date.   +-----------+--------+-----------+--------+-----------+-------
-             | Officers. | Other  | Officers. | Other  | Officers. | Other
-             |           | Ranks. |           | Ranks. |           | Ranks.
-  -----------+-----------+--------+-----------+--------+-----------+-------
-  31-12-1912 |    29     |  985   |    20     |  747   |     9     |  238
-  31-12-1913 |    28     |  978   |    21     |  596   |     7     |  382
-  31-5-1914  |    28     |  978   |    20     |  613   |     8     |  365
-  -----------+-----------+--------+-----------+--------+-----------+-------
-
-This was the kind of disheartenment which General Wright,[12] Commanding
-the Division, had to face at the outset of his task; and, since it was
-the function of the Association to rebuke the absent 37 per cent., let us
-praise the present sixty-three. When three or four men in ten abstain,
-the virtue of the assentients is more conspicuous.
-
-Certainly, it was easier not to join. We are not referring now to what
-we may call the permanent handicap: the passive resistance of some
-employers, the active dislike of others: the wave of pacific sentiment,
-fanned by hot blasts from Labour circles, and the acute suspicion of
-the hidden hand of compulsion. Nor are we referring now to merely local
-conditions, such as points of precedence and procedure, and minor
-grievances and jealousies, almost inevitable at the start of a novel and
-complex organization in an area as wide as the West Riding. These things
-loom large in the beginning, but the incidents of the quarrels disappear
-when the decisions shine in their results, and the wisest course is to
-believe that every honest conflict of interests is inspired by generous
-emulation. This, at least, is how we shall recall the discussion in 1908
-whether the West Riding Horse Artillery, which was to form part of the
-Yorkshire Mounted Brigade, should be raised by the borough of Sheffield
-or by Earl Fitzwilliam, with its headquarters at Wentworth Woodhouse,
-and the ultimate acceptance of the latter offer in the public spirit in
-which it was made. No: the task set to General Wright and his colleagues,
-the purely military task, that is to say, was formidable enough, without
-attempting to weigh the imponderable. His record of service shows that
-he was least of all likely to be satisfied with a hollow or an illusory
-success. On July 7th, 1908, for instance, on the occasion of a visit to
-Leeds by their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra, Regular and
-Territorial Troops were paraded to line the streets and to furnish Guards
-of Honour; and the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command,
-in publishing the King’s gracious message, expressed his personal
-
-    ‘gratification, that, on this the first occasion on which
-    a portion of the recently-formed Territorial Troops of the
-    Northern Command has paraded before the Sovereign, they should
-    have merited the Royal approbation.’
-
-The fact was gratifying, no doubt, but the responsible military
-authorities were probably much more concerned with the further facts
-that, at the same date, no equipment had been received for the Horse
-Artillery, only part equipment for the Royal Field Artillery and the
-Royal Engineers, and that the Infantry equipment had to be reported as
-‘generally bad, of obsolete pattern, and useless for active service.’ It
-was not to earn Royal compliments on parade, but to have the Troops ready
-for mobilization, that these authorities were primarily concerned.
-
-We are constrained to dwell upon this feature, because of its obvious
-connection with future deficiencies in numbers. Take the first Annual
-Training in Camp of the West Riding Division in the summer of 1908.
-Over 97 per cent. of other Ranks attended, of whom 72 per cent. were in
-attendance for the fifteen days: a very commendable record. The results
-on the whole were good. The Redcar Urban District Council expressed ‘high
-appreciation of the gentlemanly conduct’ of the Troops, and hoped to
-welcome them again. There was not a single case tried for drunkenness,
-and discipline and bearing were notably improved. But, when we turn to
-the Report of the Divisional Commander, what do we gather as to his
-views, and what can we read between the lines?
-
-    ‘As regards the equipment necessary,’ he wrote, ‘this is very
-    far from being complete, and I hope, before many months pass,
-    steps will be taken to remedy this great and dangerous defect.
-    The Artillery were deficient of guns and wagons, and the
-    harness is unsuitable for issue to Territorial Troops.... The
-    Engineers were deficient in necessary equipment, consequently
-    all ranks suffered as regards instruction and training.’
-
-Danger and suffering are strong words, which General Wright would not
-have used without good cause. In the previous chapter we attempted to
-translate these grievances into the language of War Office routine, and
-after multiplying them by the ninety-four Associations, we were able to
-find some excuse for official hesitation in removing them. Here it is
-appropriate to translate them into the language of the rank and file,
-and to imagine, by no great effort, how, when the Camp was broken up,
-drivers of teams ‘unsuitably’ harnessed and victims of even worse defects
-would deter, unconsciously, it might be, their brothers and friends from
-joining up.
-
-It may be urged that 1908 was the first summer in the life of the Force.
-Let us turn to the following year. At the Divisional Camp in 1909, the
-attendance of all ranks below officers reached 94 per cent., of whom 71
-per cent. attended for fifteen days. But the Chairman’s October report
-stated, with reference to an Army Council Order as to the purchase of
-boots: ‘Under present conditions, should the Force be mobilized, it
-would be found to be incapable of marching.’ Moreover, there were sundry
-deficiencies of guns, limbers, wagons, etc., and it is significantly
-observed:
-
-    ‘The Officer Commanding 2nd West Riding Brigade, R.F.A., has
-    had a set of harness (six horses) converted from neck-collar
-    to breast, at a cost of £9 10s. 5d. The Army Council has been
-    asked to sanction and provide funds for the conversion of the
-    remainder.’
-
-Here, perhaps, we may interpolate a note, that in January, 1910,
-instructions were issued from the War Office,[13] authorizing County
-Associations, ‘in view of the great influence and local knowledge’
-at their disposal, to add to their existing heavy duties by making
-arrangements for the provision of the vehicles and animals required on
-mobilization for the Regular Army as well as for the Territorial Force.
-The West Riding Association, acknowledging this letter, remarked drily,
-that, while it was not aware that the provision of horses for the Regular
-Army on mobilization formed any part of its statutory duties, ‘it is
-quite willing to undertake the work, subject to a clear understanding
-that adequate funds will be provided, sufficient, in its judgment, to
-carry out the work effectively.’ And, if any reader is inclined to cavil
-at the tautology in the last phrase, he may be recommended to study the
-experience of the West Riding Association as to the Army Council’s view
-of the meaning of ‘adequate funds.’
-
-General Bullock[14] succeeded General Wright as Officer Commanding the
-Division in January, 1910. His first Camp was held partly in the Isle
-of Man, where, unfortunately, the weather was very bad. The attendance
-was 93 per cent. of other ranks, of whom 69 per cent. trained for
-fifteen days. ‘No change’ was reported in the condition of the supply
-of guns, wagons, and saddlery; most of the units were still deficient
-of binoculars; ‘the supply of horses was, on the whole, satisfactory,’
-and the provision of machine-guns in all units was complete. His second
-Camp (1911) showed a further fall in the percentages: 89 per cent. of
-other Ranks attended, of whom 58 per cent. trained for fifteen days.
-The Troops were encamped in various places, including Salisbury Plain,
-Ripon, Scarborough, Marske, Skegness and Aldershot. A Review of the
-Ripon Camp was witnessed by Major-General (Sir) John Cowans, afterwards
-Quartermaster-General, and at that time Director-General of the
-Territorial Force.
-
-Sir George Bullock’s command of the Division coincided with the pressure
-of three problems: the provision of horses on mobilization, to which
-reference was made above; the formation of the Territorial and Veteran
-Reserves, with which progress proved very slow; and the formation
-of Voluntary Aid Detachments, which it was decided to raise in the
-West Riding in accordance with the scheme of the St. John’s Ambulance
-Association under the provisional name of County Companies (men’s and
-women’s). The first work of getting these companies afoot devolved
-upon General Mends, who, with customary zeal, doubled the duties of
-Association Secretary with those of County Director. In the Autumn of
-1912, the designation of County Company was changed to Voluntary Aid
-Detachment, and shortly afterwards, when General Mends resigned the
-direction to Major G. D. Symonds,[15] he was able to hand over to his
-successor as many as fifty Voluntary Aid Detachments (16 men’s, 34
-women’s), and at the same time to state his confident belief that the
-initial stages were safely passed and the movement was firmly established.
-
-But these, after all, were side-shows, and, whatever success they
-achieved, or whatever labour they involved, they must not deflect
-attention from the main military business, which was always present
-to the minds of the Commanding Officers, and of non-Commissioned
-officers as well. It was their business to train for mobilization the
-Territorial troops of the Riding. The more keen and conscientious they
-were, the more they were haunted in their dreams by the shadow which
-took substantial shape on August 4th, 1914, and which grew so rapidly to
-dimensions undreamed of even by Lord Roberts. Yet this urgent business
-was performed, like the tasks of the Israelites in Egypt, without the
-necessary materials. Mr. Churchill, Secretary of State for War, at a
-meeting of representatives of Associations held in London on April 1st,
-1919, in announcing his preliminary plans for the reconstitution of the
-Territorial Force, was moved to speak as follows:—
-
-    ‘I hope we shall always look forward rather than look back,
-    so far as difficulties are concerned. The grievances of the
-    Territorial Force in the years immediately preceding the war
-    ... are well known to most of those who are gathered here
-    to-day; and we should bear them in mind for the purpose of
-    making sure that, so far as possible, a repetition of these
-    hardships is avoided in the future.’
-
-And the Minister went on to point out that—
-
-    ‘We have two great advantages which we have never enjoyed
-    before.... The days are past when the Territorial Force will
-    have to put up with second- and third-rate weapons, and when
-    every item of equipment and supply which it needed had to be
-    obtained on painfully limited Army Estimates.... But, still
-    more important than this, we have at the present time enormous
-    numbers of war-trained veteran soldiers fresh from victorious
-    fields,’
-
-on whom to draw for the reconstituted Force. A happy state of things
-indeed: ‘immense supplies, even immense surplus supplies of the very
-finest equipment in the world,’ and numberless recruits ‘versed in
-every aspect of war, who have the records of their achievements and
-of their experience vividly in their minds.’ How many members of
-Associations, remembering the days that were past, must have listened
-to Mr. Churchill’s words with more sorrow than anger in their hearts.
-The anger had faded and died in the fiercer emotions of the war, in
-part-preparation for which an earlier Secretary of State, just eleven
-years before, had reconstituted the old Yeomanry and Volunteers into
-the new Territorial Force. Now the new Territorial Force (after all,
-it was only eleven years of age) was to be reconstituted in another
-peace-time out of its own ‘war-trained veteran soldiers’. It had sent,
-as Mr. Churchill stated, 1,045,000 men to fight against the best troops
-of Germany and Turkey. Six thousand five hundred of its officers and a
-hundred and five thousand other ranks had laid down their lives in that
-fight, out of a total casualty list of nearly 600,000 throughout the
-Force. Twenty-nine of its officers and forty-two of its men in other
-ranks had won the supreme honour of the Victoria Cross; and there might
-well be sorrow in the hearts of many present at that meeting, not only
-for the dead, the missing, and the maimed, but for the ‘painfully limited
-Army Estimates’ from 1908 to 1914; for the ‘second- and third-rate
-weapons,’ or no weapons at all, with which Territorial troops had been
-armed; for the standing order to train for mobilization and the recurring
-refusal to provide the means, for all the unrecognized sacrifices of
-officers, N.C.O.’s and men, badly clothed, badly housed, badly equipped,
-and for the contrast between the generous recognition of what the
-Territorial Force had done and the ungenerous treatment meted out to it
-in its years of preparation for the doing. If Mr. Churchill’s audience
-that day agreed with him not to look back upon past grievances, at least
-they might welcome his praise of
-
-    ‘The vital part which the Territorial Force played at the
-    beginning of the war.... Had its organization been used to
-    build up the War Army,’ he remarked, ‘as was originally
-    intended and conceived by Lord Haldane, to whom we owe a great
-    debt, we should have avoided many of the difficulties that
-    confronted us at the outset, and we should have put a larger
-    efficient force in the field at an earlier stage.’
-
-Our account of the West Riding Troops in the period before the war were
-best concluded on this note. Up to the measure of their achievement,
-they are entitled to their share of the praise, and no useful purpose
-would be served by recounting in terms of drill-hall and barrack-room
-accommodation the same tale of official procrastination and delay, some
-features of which we have noted in relation to equipment and arms.
-
-In September, 1911, General Baldock[16] succeeded Sir George Bullock
-as General Officer Commanding the Division, and his term of service
-extended into the war epoch. His summer camp in 1912 trained partly on
-Salisbury Plain (where the Mounted Brigade encamped for the first time
-outside Yorkshire), partly at Ad Fines, Buddon, Skegness, and other
-places, with the 2nd and 3rd General Hospitals at Netley. The weather
-was uniformly bad, so much so that a letter was addressed by the Army
-Council to Northern Command, expressing ‘their appreciation, and that
-of the Secretary of State for War, for the excellent spirit which was
-shown by the Territorial Troops in Camp this year. The weather has been
-most inclement, and the soldierly spirit in which the Troops bore their
-discomfort was most praiseworthy.’ The attendance of ranks below officers
-reached 85 per cent. of strength, of whom 60 per cent. trained for
-fifteen days. The corresponding percentages for 1913, when the weather
-was remarkably fine, rose to 88 and 66 respectively. Full arrangements
-were made for an Annual Camp in 1914, at dates between May 21st and
-August 16th, and many units, as we shall see, were in training when the
-summons came to mobilize.
-
-We may note, for historical completeness, some of the activities of
-the Command which were interrupted by that sudden summons. The whole
-machine was working steadily and regularly, but with slightly diminished
-velocity, and a certain sense, which is developed in fine machinery, of
-insufficient encouragement from above. Probably, from the point of view
-of the rank and file, the call seemed likely never to arrive. Even the
-keener officers and more intelligent N.C.O.’s might not unreasonably
-have begun to believe that the leisurely methods of the War Office still
-corresponded, as politicians certified, to a clear sky in Europe and a
-firm friendship with all foreign Powers, so that they, too, might pick
-their way slowly. Such pressure as was exerted, at any rate, came from
-within, not from without. As late as April, 1914, the new Headquarters
-at Halifax for the 2nd West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, and
-at Ripon for the Detachment of the West Riding Regiment, still awaited
-inspection by the Army Council. These were the last of a long series of
-premises, the acquisition and building of which had given endless trouble
-to the Association, not without serious detriment to the efficiency
-of the Troops. At the end of May, 68 Voluntary Aid Detachments (19
-men’s, 49 women’s) had been recognized by the War Office, covering the
-following districts: Settle (1), Skipton (1), Ripon (1), Harrogate (12),
-York (5), Otley (7), Leeds (4), Aberfordia (9), Halifax (1), Wakefield
-(9), Osgoldcross (9), Huddersfield (3), Doncaster (2), Sheffield (2),
-Rotherham (2). The number of National Reservists had reached a total of
-10,853, including 2,404 not classified in respect to their service-value.
-But of all the statistics available, the most interesting, finally,
-are numbers. On May 31st, 1914, the Establishment of the West Riding
-Territorial Force was 574 officers and 17,680 other ranks, 18,254 in all.
-Its total strength on that date was 537 officers and 14,699 other ranks,
-showing a shortage of 37 officers and 2,981 other ranks. In real numbers,
-the shortage amounted to 58 and 3,082 respectively, the discrepancy in
-figures being due to occasional surpluses in certain units.
-
-Finally, we reproduce below a tabulated statement of the designations
-and peace-stations of the Corps which formed the Territorial Force of the
-West Riding shortly after the outbreak of war, and in the third column
-of that table we add the names of their then Commanding Officers. This,
-in fine, was the outcome of the six and a half years’ work of the Lord
-Lieutenant and his colleagues in the Association. These Corps of gallant
-officers and other ranks were the open and visible sign of the response
-of the West Riding to the appeal of 1908. The Association might not have
-succeeded in discharging fully the duties numbered from (_a_) to (_l_)
-in Section II., Sub-section (2) of the Territorial and Reserve Forces
-Act. They might not have provided all the necessary buildings, nor have
-arranged with all employers of labour as to holidays for training, nor
-have supplied all the requisites on mobilization, nor have done half a
-dozen more things which they tried to do in the face of obstruction,
-and would have liked to do if they had been allowed. Their shortcomings
-were their misfortune, not their fault, and they have served since as a
-warning to the Army Council to prevent their repetition in the future.
-But in the spirit of the officers and men who were on the strength of the
-units in 1914, the West Riding had given overrunning measure. ‘Any part
-of the Territorial Force,’ it is written in Section XIII. (1) of the Act,
-‘shall be liable to serve in any part of the United Kingdom, but no part
-of the Territorial Force shall be carried or ordered to go out of the
-United Kingdom.’ The Act of Parliament limited the liability; we shall
-see how the action of West Yorkshiremen broke those limits, when the day
-came.
-
-  WEST RIDING TERRITORIAL FORCE AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR.
-
-  -----------------------------+----------------+--------------------------
-              Unit.            | Peace Station. |    Commanding Officer.
-  -----------------------------+----------------+--------------------------
-  YORKSHIRE MOUNTED BRIGADE.   |                |
-    Yorkshire Hussars (less    |York            |L.-Col. E. W. Stanyforth,
-      1 North Riding Squad.)   |                |  D.L., T.D.
-    Yorkshire Dragoons         |Doncaster       |Lt.-Col. W. Mackenzie
-                               |                |  Smith, T.D.
-    W.R. Roy. Horse Artillery  |Wentworth       |Capt. H. Walker.
-                               |  Woodhouse,    |
-                               |  Rotherham     |
-  MOUNTED BRIGADE.             |                |
-    T. and S. Column           |York            |Capt. J. Brown, I.S.O.
-    Field Ambulance            |Wakefield       |Lt.-Col. W. K. Clayton.
-                               |                |
-  DIVISIONAL AND ARMY TROOPS.  |                |
-    1st W.R. Brigade, R.F.A.   |Leeds           |Lt.-Col. E. A. Hirst.
-    2nd         ”              |Bradford        |Lt.-Col. E. N. Whitley.
-    3rd         ”              |Sheffield       |Lt.-Col. C. Clifford,
-                               |                |  V.D.
-    4th         ”              |Otley (Howitzer)|Lt.-Col. W. S. Dawson,
-                               |                |  T.D.
-    W.R. Div. R.G.A.           |York (Heavy     |Major W. Graham.
-                               |  Battery)      |
-    W.R. Div. R.E. and         |Sheffield       |Lt.-Col. A. E. Bingham,
-      Telegraph Cos.           |                |  V.D.
-    5th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.    |York            |Lt.-Col. C. E. Wood, V.D.
-    6th     ”       ”          |Bradford        |Lt.-Col. H. O. Wade.
-    7th }                      |              { |Lt.-Col. A. E. Kirk, V.D.
-    8th } (Leeds Rifles)       |Leeds         { |Lt.-Col. E. Kitson Clark,
-        }                      |              { |  T.D.
-    4th Bn. W.R. Regt.         |Halifax         |Lt.-Col. H. S. Atkinson,
-                               |                |  T.D.
-    5th       ”                |Huddersfield    |Lt.-Col. W. Cooper. V.D.
-    6th       ”                |Skipton         |Lt.-Col. J. Birkbeck.
-    7th       ”                |Milnsbridge     |Col. G. W. Treble, C.M.G.
-    4th Bn. K.O. Yorks. L.I.   |Wakefield       |Lt.-Col. H. J. Haslegrave,
-                               |                |  T.D.
-    5th       ”                |Doncaster       |Lt.-Col. C. C. Moxon, T.D.
-    4th Bn. York & Lancs. Regt.|Sheffield       |Lt.-Col. B. Firth, V.D.
-    5th       ”                |Rotherham       |Lt.-Col. C. Fox, T.D.
-    R.A.M.C., 1st F.A.         |Leeds           |Major A. D. Sharp.
-        ”     2nd              |Leeds           |Lt.-Col. W. Macgregor
-                               |                |  Young, M.D.
-        ”     3rd              |Sheffield       |Lt.-Col. J. W. Stokes.
-    Div. T. and S. Column      |Leeds           |Lt.-Col. J. C. Chambers,
-                               |                |  V.D.
-    Northern Signal Cos.       |Leeds           |Lt.-Col. J. W. H. Brown,
-                               |                |  T.D.
-    2nd Northern Gen. Hospital |Leeds           |Major J. F. Dobson, M.B.,
-                               |                |  F.R.C.S.
-    3rd           ”            |Sheffield       |Lt.-Col. A. M. Connell,
-                               |                |  F.R.C.S.
-    W.R. Div. Clearing Hospital|Leeds           |Lt.-Col. A. E. L. Wear.
-  -----------------------------+----------------+--------------------------
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER III
-
-MOBILIZATION
-
-
-No one in the present generation is likely to forget Tuesday, August 4th,
-1914. A greater complexity of emotions was crowded into the twenty-four
-hours which ended at 11 p.m. (midnight by mid-European time) that day
-than was known before or has been known since. We moved from war to
-peace in 1918-19 through a gradual series of experiences: relief from
-fear, even from anxiety, growing hope, moral certainty, real conviction,
-the armistice, the surrender of ships, the peace conference, civil
-unrest, the return of troops, and so forth. We moved from peace to war
-in the space of a single night’s experience. Who slept in the night of
-August 4th awoke the next morning to war. The more sanguine might hug
-the dream of a quick walk-over for the Allied Armies; of France, with
-England’s assistance, fighting victoriously on the West, while Russia,
-the ‘steam-roller’ as they called her, crushed the soil of the enemy on
-his Eastern frontier. But not even the most credulous was immune from
-that sense of something new and unexpected which all the circumstances
-of the hour conspired to create. The extended holiday, the swollen
-bank-rate, the moratorium, the sessions of the Cabinet, the balance of
-responsibility which made Sir Edward Grey’s least utterance an oracle;
-the contrast between the dead tissue of domestic politics—Ireland,
-the House of Lords, the Welsh Church—and the living body of Belgium,
-already shaking at the thunder of German guns; the quickened interest in
-foreign history, foreign policy, foreign naval and military resources;
-the strange names of Treitschke, Nietzsche, and the vision of Professor
-Cramb; above all, the sudden, overwhelming rush on respectable,
-commonplace minds of new, strange facts and ideas, and the haunting
-fancies which they evoked, in the midst of that August procession of
-harvest, foliage and heat, combined to produce an effect of change which
-no effort of ‘reconstruction’ can unmake.
-
-It fell least heavily on the Royal Navy and the Regular Army, which
-proceeded to or were found at their appointed stations, in calm reliance
-on the traditions behind them and without fear of the ordeal in front;
-and next only to the service-men, who turned from peace to war as from
-one day’s work to another, and changed their habits of life as quickly
-as a man might change his clothes, were the citizen-soldiers of the
-Territorial Force: landowners and tillers of the soil, doctors, lawyers
-and business-men, clerks, warehousemen and factory-hands, all the
-components of a great country’s complex mechanism, united by the Haldane
-scheme to serve side by side in a ‘people’s army.’
-
-The evidence may be sought from many quarters, but it is the source not
-the stream which varies. Take, summarily, General Bethune’s tribute to
-the Force which he directed from 1912 to 1917[17];
-
-    ‘A few days after mobilization, the Territorial Force were
-    asked by telegraph the number that would volunteer for foreign
-    service. Ninety-two per cent. responded within a few weeks, and
-    the complete total, I think, rose to ninety-six per cent....
-    Before the end of September, we had doubled the Territorial
-    Force, and were proceeding to form 3rd Lines.... Recruits from
-    August 4th, 1914, to January 19th, 1916, amounted in round
-    numbers to 732,000.... The Territorial Force Associations,
-    composed, as they are, of representatives of every class in
-    a County, were eminently adapted for the work which they
-    undertook and carried out so well.... They relieved the War
-    Office of an enormous amount of work which would not have been
-    done in any other way.’
-
-We shall have occasion to return to this official document.
-
-Take, summarily, again, Lord French’s tribute to the Territorial Force,
-based on his experience in Command at the front, in his book, _1914_
-(pages 293-94):—
-
-    ‘It is true that by the terms of their engagement, Territorial
-    Soldiers were only available for Home Defence;... The response
-    to the call which was subsequently made upon them shows quite
-    clearly that, had they been asked at first, they would have
-    come forward almost to a man.
-
-    ‘However, as it turned out, they were ignored.... Officers
-    and men alike naturally made up their minds that they were
-    not wanted and would never be used for any other purpose than
-    that for which they had originally taken service, namely, the
-    defence of the United Kingdom.
-
-    ‘But the time for the employment of troops other than the
-    Regulars of the Old Army arrived with drastic and unexpected
-    speed.... It was then that the Country in her need turned to
-    the despised Territorials.
-
-    ‘The call came upon them like a bolt from the blue. No warning
-    had been given. Fathers and sons, husbands and brothers left
-    their families, homes, the work and business of their lives,
-    almost at an hour’s notice to go on Active Service abroad.
-
-    ‘It seems to me we have never realized what it was these men
-    were asked to do. They were quite different to professional
-    soldiers, who are kept and paid through years of peace for this
-    particular purpose of war; who spend their lives practising
-    their profession and gaining promotion and distinction; and
-    who, on being confronted with the enemy, fulfil the great
-    ambition of their lives.
-
-    ‘Equally distinct were the Territorials also from what has been
-    called the New Army, whose Officers and men had ample time
-    to prepare themselves for what they were required to do. I
-    wonder sometimes if the eyes of the country will ever be opened
-    to what these Territorial soldiers of ours have done. I say
-    without the slightest hesitation that, without the assistance
-    which the Territorials afforded between October, 1914, and
-    June, 1915, it would have been impossible to have held the line
-    in France and Belgium, or to have prevented the enemy from
-    reaching his goal, the Channel seaboard.’
-
-Take, in detail, the War Diaries of Officers Commanding Territorial
-Force units in the West Riding; and first, for the sake of completing
-the record followed in the last chapter, that of the 4th Battalion, Duke
-of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. On July 26th, we read, they left
-Halifax for their Annual Training at Marske-by-the-Sea:
-
-    ‘The times were very unsettled, there were rumours of war, and
-    it was thought that at any moment the order for mobilization
-    would come. The training proceeded amidst intense excitement,
-    and finally word came that Germany and Austria had declared war
-    on England, France and Russia. The Special Service Section of
-    the Battalion, consisting of two officers, Captain R. E. Sugden
-    and Lieut. H. N. Waller, and 100 men were at once despatched to
-    Grimsby. On August 3rd, the Battalion was ordered to return to
-    Halifax, and at 7 p.m. on August 4th the order to mobilize was
-    received.... At about 1-30 p.m. on August 5th, the Battalion
-    marched down Horton Street to the station, and took train to
-    Hull, their allotted station, where the men were billeted.’
-
-Among the officers who left Halifax with the Battalion were Lieut.-Col.
-H. Atkinson (the Lieutenant Atkinson of South Africa days[18]) and Major
-E. P. Chambers.[19] A few days were spent in making ready, and
-
-    ‘On August 13th, the Battalion marched to Great Coates, where
-    the men were billeted in the village. The training was now
-    commenced, and the days were spent in route-marching, Company
-    and Battalion training, special attention being paid to
-    musketry. The weather during the whole stay at Great Coates was
-    absolutely perfect, glorious sunshine day after day.’
-
-So the news reached Headquarters at Halifax.
-
-Take the evidence of the 6th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment.
-On August 5th, at 6 p.m., there were present at Headquarters in Bradford
-575 members out of a total strength of 589. Before the close of that day
-215 men had re-engaged and re-enlisted. On August 8th the Commanding
-Officer was in a position to telegraph to York that his Battalion was up
-to War Establishment; 29 officers, 979 other ranks, 57 horses and the
-necessary transport: not bad going in August, 1914, for a unit of the
-Force, which, through its administrative council, had waited on the Prime
-Minister as recently as November, 1913, to discuss grave deficiencies in
-its numbers.
-
-It is worth while to piece together this Unit’s record, which may fairly
-be taken to typify that of the Territorial Force as a whole, within the
-West Riding or beyond, in these early weeks of the Great War. There is
-the detail of the horses, for example, insignificant, of course, in the
-perspective of a history of the Great War, but significant as an item of
-preparation in the sum of the country’s enormous effort. The 57 horses
-were all purchased locally, 10 for officers, 16 pack, and 31 draught;
-‘the latter being a good, heavy stamp from carters’ wagons.’ There is
-evidence of foresight in that touch. On August 11th the Battalion went
-by rail to its war-station at Selby, where Captain Anderton, billeting
-officer, had been making arrangements since the 9th. Ten men were
-discharged as undesirable, and it is observed that the enlisting was
-done at such high speed during mobilization, ‘that it was impossible to
-inquire into the characters of many of the men.’ About a hundred National
-Reservists, Class II, had been enlisted into the Battalion on August
-8th, who proved ‘a boon to the Battalion,’ and repaid the hard work of
-General Mends and his assistants in this department. As old soldiers they
-served, despite their age, to steady the recruits. Recruit-training had
-to be started at once, in view of the many enlistments, and a special
-staff was organized for this purpose in order that the main business
-of training might be interrupted as little as possible. A welcome move
-from billets to camp (near Selby) was made on August 19th, and on the
-24th they moved by rail and road to the Knavesmire Common, York, where
-Brigade Orders were received that the Battalion had been selected as the
-Service Battalion of the 1st West Riding Infantry Brigade: on the whole,
-a cheerful account of twenty days’ experience of war conditions.
-
-The newly selected Service Battalion was formed into complete Companies,
-which consisted entirely of personnel volunteering for service overseas,
-and in which the men from each Company were kept as far as practicable
-together. The remaining Companies were made up from Units, kept together
-in the same way, provided by the 5th, 7th and 8th Battalions of the West
-Yorkshire Regiment. After some practice in night-entraining and other
-exercises, the Battalion moved on August 31st, and marched with 1st
-Line Transport to take its place in the Brigade: ‘a great change for
-the better,’ it is added. Next day, the Brigadier-General addressed the
-Territorial troops of the Brigade on the subject of voluntary active
-service abroad, and by September 15th the Battalion mustered 800 strong
-for overseas. Some strenuous weeks of training followed. On November
-3rd, when the men were back in York, sounds of heavy firing in the North
-Sea raised a temporary alarm of German Dreadnoughts and Cruisers working
-North. ‘In two hours,’ we are told, ‘the Battalion was ready to move off
-with transport loaded’; so, down South, we might sleep o’ nights. At this
-date, too, we read of an ‘enormous improvement in the general behaviour
-of the N.C.O.’s and men. Conduct excellent in the town.’
-
-We come to November 22nd, 1914. Half the Battalion moved to Redcar,
-complete with transport, ammunition and tools, on trench-digging duty.
-Their place was taken by five Home Service Companies, who arrived, it
-is observed, without greatcoats or equipment. On December 2nd, the
-Machine-Guns with their detachments were ordered to Redcar, and proceeded
-under Captain R. G. Fell. On the 10th, an exchange was effected between
-the four Reserve Companies and the half-battalion at Redcar, which
-returned accordingly to York. A new programme of training was arranged,
-which lasted through January, 1915, and on February 1st came a welcome
-leave for twenty per cent. of officers and other ranks. At the end
-of February, the Battalion moved to Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire,
-to relieve the 4th Battalion K.O.Y.L.I., and were billeted on the
-inhabitants, four men in each dwellinghouse, ‘a change for the better’,
-remarks the diarist, ‘after being a platoon in a hired empty house at
-York’. The Battalion remained at Gainsborough till April 15th, when they
-proceeded in two trains to Folkestone, reaching Boulogne at 10-45 that
-night. Their transport and machine-guns, which had left Gainsborough the
-day before, and which travelled via Southampton and Havre, joined them
-at Boulogne. There for the present we may leave them to spend the night
-of the 15th in a Rest Camp, eight months and ten days after the order to
-mobilize had been received at Bradford.
-
-Take the evidence of a unit in a different arm. Colonel A. E. L.
-Wear,[20] C.M.G., of the Army Medical Service, was in camp at Scarborough
-on August 4th, 1914, with the cadre of the 1/1st West Riding Casualty
-Clearing Station, later the 7th C.C. Station. The unit returned at once
-to its Headquarters at Leeds, where mobilization to war strength was
-completed, with the exception of the full complement of officers. Great
-care was taken to select men for the sake of their skill in special
-trades: joiners, tailors, boot-repairers, First-Aid experts, and so
-forth; and the wisdom of this foresight was fully justified by events.
-Intensive training was started forthwith, in the French language, the
-duties of cooks and orderlies, field work by means of week-end bivouacs,
-and other practical departments, with the result that Colonel Wear was
-able to inform the War Office as early as October that his unit was
-ready for overseas. Orders were received to proceed to France, and the
-officers scheduled on a waiting-list were enrolled, clothed and equipped.
-On November 1st, the passage was made to Boulogne, and on the 6th a
-detachment was employed in dealing at Poperinghe with the wounded from
-the first Battle of Ypres.
-
-As this Medical unit from the West Riding preceded the Divisions to
-France, it will be convenient in this place to follow its fortunes a
-little further. Towards the end of November, 1914, it took over the
-Monastery of St. Joseph, which is situated just North of Merville, and
-which had been used in turn by German, French, English and Indian troops.
-A Casualty Clearing Station needs quiet and cleanliness, among the major
-virtues, and a perfect economy of minor details in order to ensure them.
-Colonel Wear proved equal to these demands. He apportioned the building
-into wards, stores, operating-theatre, dispensary, offices, etc.,
-cleaned it all up and made it ready, and, after a little discussion with
-the Church authorities, turned the roomy main chapel of the Monastery
-into a serious case ward. Members of the unit (observe here the C.O.’s
-foresight in his selection of personnel) installed the heating-stoves,
-and concreted the paths, and built a large destructor to hold a
-400-gallon iron tank, which supplied hot water to a bath-hut. They also
-did the washing for some time, but, later, arrangements were made for
-French female labour, and a regular laundry was fitted up. This feature
-was novel and successful. The work, seldom light, came in rushes, when
-day and night shifts (at times, even four-hour shifts) were organized,
-so as to carry on with the minimum of fatigue by means of a limited
-personnel. The unit numbered at full strength eight Medical Officers, a
-Quartermaster, a Dentist, two Chaplains, seven Nurses, eighty-four rank
-and file, nine A.S.C. and seventeen P.B. men. Perhaps its own simple
-statement gives its record in the most effective language: ‘No man
-ever left the station without having his wound examined and dressed,
-and receiving a meal and a smoke.’ From frost-bite, La Bassée, Neuve
-Chapelle, Aubers and Festubert, came the first streams of clients to this
-station.
-
-[Illustration: A CASUALTY CLEARING STATION.]
-
-We return to the centre of war activity at the Territorial Headquarters
-in York.
-
-In a little book, written chiefly for America and published early in
-1918, Major Basil Williams, later employed under Colonel Lord Gorell
-on educational Staff Duties, described in adequate terms the _Raising
-and Training the New Armies_[21]. We are not immediately concerned with
-the decision which called those Armies into being. Lord Kitchener was
-Secretary of State for War, and on August 8th, 1914, he called for that
-‘first hundred thousand’ whose spirit was so brilliantly conveyed in
-Mr. Ian Hay’s volume of that name. He got them over and over again, and
-it is no part of our purpose to discuss the Parliamentary Recruiting
-Committee’s output of speeches, posters and ‘literature,’ by which,
-partly, under the grace of England’s effort, the result was obtained.
-Nor shall we examine the evidence on which Mr. Churchill, as Secretary
-of State for War, based his expression of opinion, already quoted above,
-that, had the Territorial Force organization ‘been used to build up
-the War Army, as originally intended and conceived by Lord Haldane, we
-should have avoided many of the difficulties that confronted us at the
-outset, and we should have put a larger efficient force in the field
-at an earlier stage.’ What Lord Haldane intended in 1908 and what Lord
-Kitchener demanded in 1914 might well be corrected in the light of
-what Mr. Churchill knew in 1919. But even without the wisdom which is
-garnered after the event, we are entitled to quote one sentence from
-Major Williams’ account of the New Armies. Towards the close of his
-review of ‘the great awakening of the nation by the recruiting campaign,’
-1914-1915, he wrote:
-
-    ‘All this time the Territorial Force, the original home defence
-    force, nearly the whole of which had originally volunteered
-    for service overseas, had been quietly raising recruits for
-    itself, supplementary to the recruits raised by these different
-    methods’.
-
-‘All this time’ and ‘quietly’ are the _mots justes_. The ‘time’ as we
-have observed, dated back through the Volunteer movement of 1859 to the
-immemorial tradition of shire-loyalty; the ‘quiet’ was that of boroughs
-and countryside, of mayors’ parlours and manorial halls, of town-marts
-and village-greens in England—
-
-    ‘Grave mother of majestic works,
-      From her isle-altar gazing down,
-    Who, God-like, grasps the triple forks,
-      And, King-like, wears the crown.’
-
-Her possession of the trident was first definitely challenged[22] since
-Trafalgar on August 4th, 1914, and in the West Riding of Yorkshire, as
-elsewhere, the means of defence were swiftly organized.
-
-Swift forethought in County areas, it should be noted, did not
-invariably lead to sound action at the executive centre. A trivial
-example will suffice. Three weeks after the outbreak of war, a letter was
-written to the Army Council suggesting that the West Riding Association
-should make provision for cardigan jackets, warm drawers, and other
-articles of clothing, which the troops would require in the winter
-months. The Army Council sent a dignified reply, thanking the Association
-for their offer, but stating that these articles would be provided by the
-Army Council itself. Later, on October 9th, the Army Council intimated
-its inability to supply cardigan jackets, warm drawers, and other
-articles of winter clothing for the Troops, and requested the Association
-to make provision. So far the experience was merely funny, but the
-sequel had a Gilbertian touch. When the Association made inquiry at the
-contractors, they were informed that all manufacturers of the articles
-in question had been forbidden by the Army Council to supply anyone else
-than the War Office. ‘These facts are brought before the Association’,
-remarked the Chairman in his quarterly report, ‘in order that members may
-know that everything possible was done to anticipate the requirements of
-the Troops, and that any failure in this respect is due to causes beyond
-its control.’ It was well and temperately said.
-
-The heavy increase of work in the secretariat was fairly met by the
-voluntary help of the Hon. G. N. de Yarburgh-Bateson, Mr. Talbot Rice,
-Mr. Peter Green, some eighteen or twenty volunteers from the close of
-their day’s work till late at night, two clerks from the North Eastern
-Railway Company, a clerk from the York Probate Office, twenty-six
-additional full-time clerks, Boy Scouts and other useful helpers. The
-County Director was assisted by Col. Sir Thomas Pilkington, Bt.,[23]
-and Lieut.-Col. Husband, whom the G.O.C. had appointed as officers
-superintending the Lines of Communication and the arrangements for the
-care of the sick and wounded. Advisory Boards were formed for the 2nd
-and 3rd Northern General Hospitals at Leeds (Training College, Beckett’s
-Park) and Sheffield (Collegiate Hall) respectively, which as early as the
-end of August had already many patients from France and Belgium. These
-Boards, consisting, at Leeds, of the Lord Mayor, Alderman F. Kinder,
-Lt.-Col. Shann and the Matron of the Infirmary; and, at Sheffield, of
-the Lord Mayor, Lord Wharncliffe, Col. Hughes, Lt.-Col. Sinclair White
-and the Matron of the Infirmary, were intended to relieve the Commanding
-Officers of the Hospitals of some portion of their administrative
-functions, leaving them freer for professional work and discipline.
-
-We omit the long figures and many Army Forms with which General
-Mends and his Staff had to wrestle. The 5,000 blankets and 2,000 sets
-of saddlery, the 32,887 complete suits of service-dress, the 16,803
-water-bottles and 4,242 bandoliers; these requisitions and the rest
-of them are as tiresome and uninteresting in retrospect as they were
-absorbing and urgent at the time. There is one feature of their work,
-however, familiar by the mystic letters S/A, which cannot be passed over
-without notice, for it imposed a very severe strain on the Association’s
-capacity for expansion. S/A stands for separation allowance, and the
-regular issue of this grant to the wives and dependents of serving
-soldiers had been assigned by the Act of Parliament as part of an
-Association’s duty. It was by no means an easy task. Allowance has to be
-made for an inconvenient distribution of functions. A soldier, whether
-Regular or Territorial, drew his pay from his Commanding Officer out of
-the monies supplied on vouchers presented to the Regimental Paymaster. In
-the Regular Army the same Paymaster kept the soldier’s domestic account
-with his wife and children or other dependents; and, though errors
-inevitably occurred even when the accounts were thus linked, they could
-be checked and more readily adjusted, inasmuch as all the information
-was available in the same office. For the domestic account, it should
-be observed, was extremely sensitive to variations in the soldier’s
-rate of pay, and was affected by the soldier’s ‘casualties,’ whether
-major ones of death or desertion, or minor ones of leave, punishment
-and so forth. In the Territorial Force, however, the soldier’s domestic
-account was kept by his County Association, presumably owing to the
-fact that they were more likely to be in touch with the personnel of
-the units which they administered. In peace-time this worked very well.
-When a Territorial soldier went into camp for a week or fortnight in the
-summer, it was comparatively a simple matter for the local Territorial
-Force Association to pay the corresponding days’ allowances to those
-whom he left at home. But the immense expansion of the Force in 1914,
-and the extraordinarily complicated system of accountancy, added to
-the distribution of pay-duties between the Regimental Paymaster for
-the man and the County Association for his dependent, overtook these
-heavily burdened bodies at a time when they were least well qualified
-to discharge the work effectively. They did not understand it. It was
-difficult to engage clerks. The Army Pay Department of the War Office
-could not spare sufficient trained instructors; and, generally, the
-urgent problems of the mobilization, equipment and (as we shall see) the
-duplication of the Force, tended to postpone attention to what seemed
-less pressing domestic matters. The early war annals of the West Riding
-Association are full of evidence to these conditions:
-
-    ‘The duty devolving on the Association of paying Separation
-    Allowances and Allotments of Pay to the wives and families
-    of the Territorial Troops entails very heavy work and
-    responsibility.... The first payment was due to be made on the
-    9th August, and consisted of Separation Allowance only up to
-    the 31st of the month. The September payment was duly made on
-    the 31st August. The number of Money Orders sent out up to and
-    for that date was 13,328, and on 3rd September, orders were
-    received to also pay a compulsory Allotment of Pay for each
-    married soldier.’
-
-Though they split an infinitive in doing so, this payment, too, was duly
-made on September 11th; but it involved a further 5,430 Money Orders with
-the corresponding, inevitable Army Forms.
-
-It is no part of our present purpose to enquire into the possibilities
-of simplifying Army Pay; least of all, to suggest the simplest method of
-a flat rate like the wage of a civilian. But it is within our province
-to point out the almost infinite possibilities of mistakes (even of the
-fraud which is so elaborately excluded) in the family register for each
-soldier of the number, sex and age of his children, in the paraphernalia
-of coupons, Postal Draft-books and Money-Orders, in the calculation and
-readjustment of rates owing to information advised from the soldier’s
-unit or to domestic changes reported or detected, in the grading of
-‘unofficial wives’ and other official relationships, and, summarily,
-in the invention of a system which seems expressly designed to squeeze
-out of the officers administering it the last drop of the milk of human
-kindness without any compensating gain in the civil virtues of economy
-and efficiency.
-
-In January, 1915, nearly 15,000 books of Postal Drafts, representing
-approximately £210,000, were issued to Postmasters by a directing
-staff at York, which consisted entirely of voluntary workers. In the
-following April, steps were taken to regularize the position of these
-gentlemen, in anticipation of the approval of the Army Council, in which
-connection notice was drawn to the ‘unjustifiable system of differential
-treatment as between the clerical staff in Regular and Territorial Pay
-Offices,’ clerks in the former being engaged at 35s. a week and in the
-latter being offered only 23s. In June, the number of cases in pay and
-in action for payment amounted to 36,538, while the Pay Department was
-working with 41 per cent. below the equivalent establishment of the
-Regimental Paymaster’s Office. At last, on August 18th, 1915, more than
-a year after the outbreak of war, the War Office appointed an expert
-Paymaster to take charge of this heroic band of amateurs, a Government
-audit was instituted, and the Association was thankful to report that the
-department ‘is now working in as satisfactory a manner as the complicated
-and constantly changing regulations will permit.’ We shall leave the
-present branch of our subject on this note of moderate transport. That
-the Association had carried on so well is a proof of the continuity of
-function which won through to quicker results in other branches of its
-manifold activity.
-
-We followed one or two units from the sudden hour of mobilization to
-the sea-ports of France and beyond. We may now look at this achievement,
-‘quietly’ performed, as we are aware, in the midst of the recruiting for
-the New Army, through the spectacles of the County Association. Thus,
-the Chairman’s Progress Report, dated August 14th, 1914, referred to
-the confusion which was caused by the Division being in Camp when the
-fateful hour struck, but added that the task of mobilization ‘may be
-considered as satisfactorily carried out.’ A month later, he reported,
-in view of ‘the present grave emergency,’ that every West Riding unit in
-the Mounted Brigade, the Division and the Army Troops had qualified as
-a ‘General Service’ unit, which meant service overseas. Consequently,
-the Association became responsible—this gives us a glimpse through
-its spectacles—for raising Reserve units in each case, which meant a
-duplication of the Force, or, roughly, another 18,000 of all ranks.
-Note here the ‘which meant’ in each context. The plain meaning of the
-situation within a few weeks of the outbreak of hostilities, was that
-the pre-war units would be sent to France at full Establishment, and
-that the West Riding would have to supply equivalent units in their
-home-stations. The rapid march of events soon caused names to be given
-to these facts. In January, 1915, the Chairman stated in his Report that
-‘the first Reserve units are about to be organized as a Division,’ and
-that ‘as soon as the Imperial Service Division leaves for abroad, the
-first Reserve Division will take its place and a second Reserve Division
-will be raised. Orders have now been received to commence recruiting for
-the latter up to 30 per cent. of its Establishment.’ Meanwhile, more than
-7,000 National Reservists had rejoined the Colours in the West Riding, of
-whom about 2,000 had been mobilized for duty on Lines of Communication
-and in Prisoners of War Camps. This force was organized by Colonel G. E.
-Wilkinson, D.S.O., and ‘the clothing and equipment,’ it is added, ‘have
-been provided by the Association.’ In other directions, too, the energies
-of the Association were fully engaged. The 2nd Northern General Hospital
-at Leeds and the 3rd at Sheffield had treated over 4,000 and 3,000 cases
-respectively; twenty-eight Auxiliary Hospitals had been approved, of
-which seventeen had been mobilized up to date, the whole of the staffs,
-except professional Trained Nurses, being provided free by the Voluntary
-Aid Detachments, whose beginnings we read of in the last chapter.
-Further, the West Riding Branch of Queen Mary’s Needlework Guild had sent
-91,866 articles for the use of the Troops abroad and at home.
-
-And still the war went on. We are to imagine this machine, invented
-in an epoch of peace to raise 18,000 men for mobilized service at
-home, stretched now to more than twice its capacity and creaking under
-unexpected burdens, operated by a shifting personnel of recalled
-officers, part-time clerks, and inexperienced, however enthusiastic,
-voluntary workers, overwhelmed with Army Forms and Returns and the
-necessary business of accountancy, storing trousers by tens of thousands
-in a space provided for a quarter of the supply, yet vexed that ‘certain
-articles, such as greatcoats, still come in very slowly, and boots,
-puttees, and gloves are extremely difficult to get,’ and always overtaken
-by the demands of the inexorable German advance, which did not wait upon
-decisions by the Army Council. The essential letter was issued by the War
-Office, from the Adjutant-General’s branch, on February 24th, 1915. It
-was numbered 9/Gen. No./4747, and it directed that the Imperial Service,
-first Reserve and second Reserve Units of the Territorial Force should
-be designated respectively, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Line. The organization of
-the West Riding Territorial Troops was altered, accordingly, to the West
-Riding Division, 1st Line; the West Riding Division, 2nd Line; and a 3rd
-Line on a Depot basis, with a strength temporarily limited to two-thirds
-of War Establishment. The Yorkshire Mounted Brigade was similarly
-re-organized. The 3rd Line was eventually to furnish drafts for the 1st
-and 2nd Lines, and until it should be in a position to do so the 2nd Line
-was to provide drafts for the 1st, which went overseas, April, 1915.
-
-So, we reach along another route the same point to which we followed
-certain units through their months of training at home. Many details
-have necessarily been omitted: that the Association’s extra expenditure
-‘due entirely to the war’ between August 4th, 1914, and April 17th,
-1915, amounted to £349,902; that 551 men of the 2nd Line Units responded
-to an appeal for volunteers to transfer to the Reserve of the Regular
-Battalions of the West Yorkshire, West Riding, K.O. Yorkshire L.I., and
-York and Lancaster Regiments; that a Sanitary Section was added as a new
-unit to each 1st and 2nd Line; that Territorial Depots were henceforth
-to be known as Administrative Centres, and to be manned by Home Service
-members of the Territorial Force[24]; that up to March 31st, 1915, nearly
-2,000 patients had been admitted to the Auxiliary Hospitals in the West
-Riding; and so on, and so forth. For the local machine had many wheels,
-and every wheel was kept moving all the time. It revolved as smoothly as
-it might, but the motive force was not in York, nor in London, but, in
-the German Headquarters on the Western Front, and in the hate, which,
-reversing Dante’s cosmogony, seemed, through those fateful months, ‘to
-move the sun and other stars.’
-
-Only one more change need be recorded before we follow General Baldock
-abroad. In May, 1915, his Division was re-entitled the 49th (West Riding)
-Division. At the same time its Infantry Brigades (the 1/1st, 1/2nd
-and 1/3rd) were re-named the 146th, 147th and 148th Infantry Brigades
-respectively.[25] A few months later, the 2nd Line Division, which was
-still in training at home, and to some features in whose early history
-we shall come back, was re-entitled the 62nd (West Riding) Division.[26]
-Under these names they won renown in the Great War.
-
-
-
-
-BOOK II
-
-WAR
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER IV
-
-‘MALBROUCK S’EN VA-T’EN GUERRE’
-
-
-Once more the point of view changes. We have seen the 49th Division
-nursed by its ministering Association into the semblance of a military
-force. We have noted its cheerful submission to the discipline of drill
-and camp, and its fine-strung spirit of renouncement when the vague
-thought of active service at a remote date broke on the urgent call
-of the country’s immediate need. Either aspect has been encouraging.
-Whether viewed individually or in the mass, this Territorial Division,
-one of many, which took the Imperial Service obligation and joined the
-Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1915, fills the spectator of so much
-courage and the narrator of so much effort with high hope for the Force
-as a whole.
-
-Henceforth, we are to see the Division under a new aspect. Certain
-units from the West Riding were already in the field. We have visited a
-Casualty Clearing Station near Merville, and presently we shall come to
-the fine record of the 1st Field Company, West Riding Royal Engineers,
-which served in Gallipoli with the ‘incomparable’ 29th Division. But,
-except for these isolated units, the war so far had passed it by. In
-its organic, military capacity, it had merely guessed at the course of
-the war from signs and tokens vouchsafed by the Army Council, from the
-duplication and triplication of its units, from the extreme difficulties
-of equipment, and from a general sense of haste without method. From this
-time forward, for four years and more, it was to learn warfare at first
-hand. It was to forget its separate existence as the sheltered nursling
-of a County Association, and to become a part, however small a part, of
-the British Expeditionary Force.
-
-The B.E.F., France, at this date (April, 1915), needed all the
-reinforcements it could muster, and Sir John French[27] had already borne
-witness in his Fifth Despatch (February 2nd, 1915), to his hopes from the
-Territorial Force:
-
-    ‘The Lords Lieutenant of the Counties and the Associations
-    which worked under them bestowed a vast amount of labour and
-    energy on the organization of the Territorial Force; and I
-    trust it may be some recompense to them to know that I, and
-    the principal Commanders serving under me, consider that the
-    Territorial Force has far more than justified the most sanguine
-    hopes that any of us ventured to entertain of their value and
-    use in the field. Army Corps Commanders are loud in their
-    praise of the Territorial Battalions which form part of nearly
-    all the brigades at the front in the first line.’
-
-And he had written again, as recently as April 5th:
-
-    ‘Up till lately, the troops of the Territorial Forces in this
-    country were only employed by Battalions, but for some weeks
-    past I have seen formed Divisions working together, and I have
-    every hope that their employment in the larger units will prove
-    as successful as in the smaller.’
-
-Territorial soldiers had made good, and Major-General Baldock, Commanding
-the Division, as a complete unit from the West Riding, found his
-confident welcome assured.
-
-He arrived at a critical time. It was the spring of 1915. At home, public
-opinion was to be convinced of the thoroughness of German methods by the
-sinking of the ‘Lusitania’ on May 7th. A reconstruction of the Cabinet by
-Coalition was announced on May 19th, and a Ministry of Munitions, with
-Mr. Lloyd George at its head, took shape on June 16th. This innovation
-was due to several causes, the ultimate origin of which is to be sought
-at a date a long way back from the outbreak of war. Accordingly, we may
-be absolved from any attempt to adjudicate between a Prime Minister, a
-Field Marshal, and a Secretary of State for War, as to the responsibility
-for the shortage of munitions which was revealed after war broke out.
-They did fall short of requirements, and high explosive shells had been
-postponed to shrapnel; and, as far as public opinion could judge, the
-decision to repair these deficiencies (the political decision, that is to
-say) was expedited to some extent by the immediate effect of one sentence
-in a speech by Mr. Asquith, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on April 20th. He was
-speaking, as he has since stated, to British workmen, with the object
-of speeding-up their output, but not without a proper regard to the
-cocked ears of the German Military Command; and, partly in reliance on
-the expert information which he had sought, he said in the course of his
-speech:
-
-    ‘I saw a statement the other day that the operations, not only
-    of our own Army, but of our Allies, were being crippled, or
-    at any rate hampered, by our failure to provide the necessary
-    ammunition. There is no truth in that statement.’
-
-The assurance seemed to contradict the experience of gunners at the
-front. In his Seventh Despatch of June 15th, 1915, Sir John French
-affirmed quite clearly that,
-
-    ‘Throughout the whole period since the first break of the line
-    on the night of April 22nd, all the troops in this area had
-    been constantly subjected to violent artillery bombardment from
-    a large mass of guns with an unlimited supply of ammunition.
-    It proved impossible, whilst under so vastly superior a fire
-    of artillery, to dig efficient trenches, or properly to
-    re-organize the line.’
-
-Indeed, on the very night when Mr. Asquith was speaking at Newcastle,
-a Territorial Force Officer (2/Lieutenant Geoffrey Woolley, of the 9th
-London Regiment) was earning his Victoria Cross for defending a position
-on Hill 60 against overwhelming enemy cannonade.
-
-Hill 60, which was not a hill at all, but merely a hummock of railway
-earthwork, was in any case not visible from the Tyne, but the general
-disquietude at home at the time of the formation of the Coalition
-Cabinet reflected accurately enough the conditions which marked the
-place and time of General Baldock’s arrival in France, with which we are
-immediately concerned. One word more will complete this impression:
-
-    ‘I much regret,’ wrote Sir John French in the same Despatch,
-    ‘that during the period under report the fighting has been
-    characterized on the enemy’s side by a cynical and barbarous
-    disregard of the well-known usages of civilized war and a
-    flagrant defiance of the Hague Convention. All the scientific
-    resources of Germany have, apparently, been brought into play
-    to produce a gas of so virulent and poisonous a nature that any
-    human being brought into contact with it is first paralysed and
-    then meets with a lingering and agonizing death.’
-
-The first such gas attack was launched at Ypres, on Thursday, April 22nd.
-On the previous Thursday night (the 15th), we left a West Yorkshire
-Battalion spending its first night in France at a Rest Camp, near
-Boulogne.
-
-So the 49th went to the war on the eve of the Second Battle of Ypres, at
-a time of an outrage of gas and a shortage of shells.
-
-They went in eighty-four trains and on five days between April 12th and
-16th, embarking at Southampton Docks, Avonmouth and Folkestone for Havre,
-Rouen and Boulogne respectively, and they joined the 4th Corps of the 1st
-Army, commanded by Lieut.-General Sir Henry Rawlinson. Corps Headquarters
-were posted at Merville, and there the Divisional Commander reported with
-five of his Staff Officers, and established, as we saw[28], Divisional
-Headquarters in the mayor’s house, 40 rue des Capucines. On April 18th,
-the following message was received from His Majesty the King:
-
-    ‘I much regret not to have been able to inspect the Division
-    under your Command before its departure to the Front. Please
-    convey to all ranks my best wishes for success, and tell them
-    that I shall follow with pride the progress of the West Riding
-    Division.’
-
-A loyal reply was dispatched by General Baldock, and on the same day
-parties of Officers and N.C.O.’s, followed on the 19th by complete
-platoons, from the Battalions of the 2nd and 3rd West Riding (147th and
-148th) Infantry Brigades were attached to units of the 23rd and 25th
-Brigades, 8th Division, for instructional duty in the trenches. On the
-22nd, the 1st (146th) Brigade moved from Merville to Estaires, and was
-attached to the 7th Division, and placed under their orders. Sir Douglas
-Haig visited units of the Division on the following day. Divisional
-Headquarters were moved on the 27th to two houses and a farm in Bac St.
-Maur, and at 6 a.m. on the 28th, the Division took over a front of its
-own at Fleurbaix, covering sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the IV Corps sector.
-
-We may fill in a few details in this outline. After all, it was a
-wonderful fortnight in the experience of the men from the West Riding.
-A war on the Western front had been waged for more than eight months,
-but it was all strange to new arrivals. Take, for instance, the 1/6th
-Battalion of the West Riding (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment, which slept
-at S. Martin’s Rest Camp, about three miles out of Boulogne, on the night
-of April 14th. The next day, which was fine and warm, they marched nine
-miles to Hesdigneul, and waited two hours at the railway station before
-entraining for Merville. The entraining of a thousand and fifteen men
-presented no difficulty to troops which had long since become expert in
-such drill. It was carried out in batches of eight-and-forty, with a
-frontage of six men, eight deep. At a given signal three men entered the
-truck; the centre man took the rifles of the rest, whom the two flank
-men helped in. Merville was reached at 10-45 p.m. and the Battalion,
-preceded by its Billeting party in a motor-car, marched four miles to
-their billets at Neuf Berquin, turning in after 3 a.m.: a long and tiring
-day’s work. The 16th and 17th were spent quietly. On the 18th there was
-Church Parade, and in the afternoon motor-’buses were provided for a
-party of fifty officers and N.C.O.’s to proceed to Fleurbaix, where they
-were attached to the 13th Kensingtons for twenty-four hours’ instruction
-in the trenches. Even instruction had its perils, and this trench-party
-returned one casualty; Sgt. T. Richardson, ‘slightly wounded.’ On the
-20th, the motor-’bus came again for a party of twenty-six in all,
-and next day a platoon from each Company in the Battalion studied
-trench-warfare as pupils of the 25th Brigade. This instruction, which
-included bomb-throwing, was continued till April 26th, when the Battalion
-paraded at 4-45 p.m. and marched to new billets at Fleurbaix, reaching
-Rue de Quesne at 8 o’clock. The next night at 11 p.m. Pte. J. Walsh was
-killed by rifle fire, and on Thursday, April 29th, Fleurbaix was shelled
-by heavy guns, which found the billets occupied by this Battalion. A
-single shell killed two privates and wounded a third: ‘the dead were
-buried where the shell fell, owing to Pte. Pickles being so mutilated. No
-service: Chaplain not available.’
-
-This unhouselled grave may be taken as the initiation of the Division
-into war, rumours of which, set flying in the Second Battle of Ypres,
-reached units of the Division in their billets.[29] Their turn was to
-come a little later, but the fighting throughout April and May was so
-much of one piece and with one object that we may start, as the battle
-started, on April 17th.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-A straight line, 260 miles long, drawn from a point on the Rhine midway
-between Cologne and Bonn, and terminating at the French coast about six
-miles north of Boulogne, will pass through Brussels and Ypres. That
-heroic town, in other words, the ‘great nerve-ganglion,’ as it has been
-called,[30] was not merely the symbol and shrine of Belgium’s resistance
-to the invader; it was also a necessary stage in the German attempt at
-the Channel ports. They battered the line up and down, in the hope of
-breaking a way through, but their worst and heaviest blows were levelled
-at Ypres itself, which they wrecked but they did not capture. The second
-of these desperate assaults opened as we saw, at Hill 60, two and a
-half miles to the south-east of Ypres, where it flared into the horror
-of poison-gas on April 22nd. A week of heroism and endurance brought
-this episode to a close by the withdrawal of the defence to a depth of
-about two miles on a semi-circular front of nearly eight. An intensified
-fierceness of attack marked the renewal of the battle in May. The hottest
-days were the 13th and 24th, between which there was a kind of lull; and
-thereafter the centre of fighting sagged away a few miles to the south,
-where the 49th Division was in waiting. The assault on Ypres had failed.
-Exhaustion-point had been reached on either side, but the defenders
-had paid an awful price. Their casualties numbered tens of thousands,
-and thousands had died in choking agony. The salient or semi-circle of
-troops, Belgian, French, Indian, Canadian and English, which had never
-stretched more than five miles out from its diameter on the Yser Canal,
-was flattened in even at the furthest to as little as two or three.
-Langemarck, the pivot of the first episode, which had lain on the rim of
-the salient, now lay more than two miles outside it; Bellewaarde Lake,
-the pivot of the second, which had lain two miles inside the rim, was now
-on the edge of it or without. If the last stronghold of Belgium was to be
-saved, and the gate to the Channel ports kept locked, at least an equal
-power of resistance was required from the defenders in the next phase.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-Moreover, we must look at a bigger map. Behind the actual fighting line
-lay Lille and Douai, railway-junctions of cardinal importance for the
-communication and supplies of the German armies. To strike at these towns
-through Lens, at the south-west corner of the triangle of which Lille
-formed the apex and Douai the heel, was an object desirable on its own
-account and full of promise for the succour of Ypres. If these plans,
-concerted with high hopes between General Foch and Sir John French,
-succeeded in threatening the railway-system behind, they were bound to
-react unfavourably on the German occupation of Belgium. And even if these
-larger plans failed, partly in consequence of the indentation of the
-semi-circle of troops guarding Ypres, there might still be a sufficient
-gain of ground and a sufficient slaughter of the enemy to affect his
-distribution of forces between the Western and the Eastern fronts. For
-the situation in Russia was already causing anxiety to her Allies.
-
-Hostilities were opened on May 9th by an intense attack of French
-artillery to the south-west of Lens on the road from Arras to Béthune,
-between La Targette and Carency. ‘That bombardment,’ says a graphic
-writer,[31] ‘was the most wonderful yet seen in Western Europe. It
-simply ate up the countryside for miles.’ Unfortunately, the mileage
-was not wide enough to open the way to Lens, and day by day the French
-advance was held up, pressed forward and held again, in a series of
-almost Homeric combats, which were measured by yards, even by feet, and
-in which the conspicuous names were White Works, Notre Dame de Lorette,
-Ablain, the Sugar Refinery, Souchez, the cemetery at Neuville St. Vaast,
-and a terrible labyrinth of underground fortifications. The whole area,
-working up from the River Scarpe, was on a frontage of about seven miles,
-with Lens about six miles to the north-east. Each obstacle had to be
-surmounted not once only, but in many instances several times, and when,
-at the end of May, the German salient from the Lille-Douai road was
-flattened back at its southern extremity to the outskirts of Lens, which
-did not fall, the French success in the three weeks’ fighting seemed
-hardly commensurate with the cost. We shall be in a position to estimate
-it more precisely when we have taken into account the results which were
-attained further north.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-The French advance towards Lens from the south-west was supported by
-a British attack on a front facing east-south-east and aimed through
-Festubert and Aubers towards La Bassée and Lille. We noted just now the
-triangle which is formed with Lille at the apex, Douai at the eastern
-and Lens at the western foot. On the Lille-Lens line of that triangle,
-another and smaller triangle will be found, of which La Bassée forms
-the westernmost angle. The French, we are aware, came up on a front
-converging on Lens from Arras and the valley of the Scarpe. The British
-advanced from the north-west with a view to investing La Bassée, and
-if Lens and La Bassée had both fallen, as the issue of these heroic
-endeavours, the double triangle, or kite, would have been rolled up to
-its apex at Lille.
-
-The British assault, like the French, opened on Sunday, May 9th. The
-task of the IV Corps in the battle was assigned to the 7th and 8th
-Divisions, while the 49th Division took over the greater part of the
-trench-line held by the Corps. Their first object was to gain Fromelles,
-but their main and ultimate objective was the Aubers Ridge. The general
-scope of the attack was disclosed confidentially to the troops about
-to be engaged. It was ‘not a local effort for the capture merely of
-Fromelles and Aubers villages,’ but was ‘part of a much larger operation
-designed to break the enemy’s line on a wide front.’ The importance of
-the forces employed was also emphasized. ‘Not only is the offensive being
-undertaken by the First Army’, we read, but a force of ‘the best French
-troops, amounting to 300,000 or 400,000 men, is likewise advancing to the
-attack north of Arras.’ The disposition of the British troops made their
-objective quite clear. They faced the Lille-La Bassée road, curving round
-La Bassée at the extreme right. Their line was extended on the left to
-cover about half the road to Lille. The furthest point of that line from
-Le Bridoux to Cordonnerie Farm was held by the 49th (West Riding[32])
-Division, and two of its Infantry Brigades, the 147th and 148th, were
-detailed to occupy the German trenches which the 8th Division, followed
-by the 7th, and thus supported by the 49th, was to compel the enemy to
-vacate[33]. Unfortunately, the whole plan miscarried. The first artillery
-attack could not be sustained in sufficient strength to wipe out the
-barbed-wire entanglements and free the way for the Infantry. It followed
-that the 8th Division could not press its heroic advance home, and the
-West Riding Infantry Brigades were never called upon to discharge their
-allotted task. The first day’s programme was thrown out from the start.
-Its features on the British front bore a tragic and curious resemblance
-to those of the later days further south, when the advantage won by
-the French bombardment had been neutralized by German local fire. The
-advance was broken, that is to say, into little pockets and blood-spots
-of fighting, which sank into the soil where they occurred. If the courage
-displayed in these encounters had been combined for the united effort
-which was intended, no troops born of woman could have withstood it. The
-record of every fighting unit tells the same tale of desperate valour;
-of a few exhausted and staggering survivors hardly able to remember
-their own exploits, of endurance strained to the limit of capacity, and
-of unwilling admiration extorted even from a grudging foe. But the net
-result on May 9th was failure; it was necessary to retire and to repair,
-and the part of the West Riding units, to their own deep disappointment,
-was confined to occasional supporting fire, to relief-duty in the
-trenches, marked by little more than its normal dangers, and, on the
-whole, to a comparatively quiet day.
-
-This battle of Fromelles, or of Aubers Ridge, which had the indirect
-success of engaging sufficient German forces to assist the French advance
-to Carency, was renewed a week later at Festubert, and was not broken off
-till May 26th. ‘I had now reason,’ wrote Sir John French in his Seventh
-Dispatch, ‘to consider that the battle, which was commenced by the First
-Army on the 9th May and renewed on the 16th, having attained for the
-moment the immediate object I had in view, should not be further actively
-proceeded with; and I gave orders to Sir Douglas Haig to curtail his
-artillery attack and to strengthen and consolidate the ground he had won
-... on a front of four miles to an average depth of 600 yards.’ We may
-add that, if Lille was not taken, Ypres, too, with its narrower front,
-still stood with its back to the wall; and behind that wall lay the
-Channel ports. Moreover, the southern approach had been partially blocked
-by the reduction of the German salient from Lens, and the fighting
-quality of our troops was such as to deter the enemy from attempting a
-break-through on one line without adequate resources on the rest. In
-other words, a see-saw movement was the chief obvious conclusion from the
-six weeks’ spurts of battle-fury to the east and south-east of Ypres. A
-new direct frontal attack would mean a new risk to Lens and on to Lille;
-a new attempt to throw out the Lens salient would mean a protrusion of
-the British salient from the Yser Canal. The third or middle course was
-to accept stalemate; and to the limited but useful extent of forcing this
-decision on the enemy, the heroes of the Second Battle of Ypres, of the
-French pocket-battles in the Artois, and of the British struggles round
-Aubers and Festubert are entitled to the full measure of their renown.
-Moreover, taking a wider survey, the stalemate suited the combatants
-on other accounts besides exhaustion. Germany was waging war on two
-fronts. Having pushed her western pieces into positions, in which, save
-for minor attacks, they might be left undisturbed for a time, she was
-anxious to concentrate on the east. England, too, had another foe, whom
-it might be too late to overtake unless she set about the work at once.
-It became known as shortage of shells, and Mr. Lloyd George, as we saw,
-was appointed in June to devise rapid measures for its defeat.
-
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-
-Turning back to the 49th Division, we note that on May 16th it
-occupied, again with the 8th Division, the extreme left of the British
-line. On the 22nd, orders were received for the 148th Brigade (the 4th
-and 5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the 4th and 5th York
-and Lancasters) to throw forward the line to two ruined houses on the
-Bois Grenier-Le Bridoux road. (A panorama sketch of the site is given
-opposite). This meant the laying-out and preparation of a new front-line
-trench astride the road, and the necessary tools, sandbags, stakes,
-barbed-wire, and other paraphernalia were collected during the day of
-the 22nd and the early part of that night. Work was started about 11
-p.m., when two Companies of the K.O.Y.L.I. under Major P. T. Chadwick
-and Captain Critchley, traced out and began digging the new trench. The
-two ruined houses, situated about half way between the British and the
-German lines, were found to be occupied by the enemy, who brought heavy
-rifle fire into play and considerably worried the working parties. In
-this encounter, Lieut. R. T. S. Gwynne was wounded, and died the next
-day. On the 23rd the same Companies went out again in order to strengthen
-the work commenced on the previous night. Heavy fire was drawn from the
-ruined buildings, but the enemy was forced to retire. Work was continued
-till daylight with satisfactory results, the cover being much improved
-and the communication-trench up to the new line being practically
-completed. By this means, certain operations which had been ordered by
-the Corps Commander on May 20th were enabled to be carried out. On the
-24th these were opened by a bombardment from the ninety-six guns in the
-line at short intervals between 8 and 9 p.m. At 8-50 two Companies of
-the same 4th K.O.Y.L.I., under Captain A. C. Chadwick and Captain L.
-M. Taylor crossed the parapet of No. 6 trench and advanced up to the
-new trench prepared on the preceding nights: a journey of about seventy
-yards. The German machine-gun and rifle fire was exactly one second too
-late to find this party. The Companies quickly took position, and dug
-themselves in, and the ruined houses were put in a state of defence by
-a section working under Captain Creswick. Next morning, two Companies
-from the 5th K.O.Y.L.I. relieved their comrades of the 4th, and continued
-operations. From the 26th of May onwards for some days the Germans left
-them no peace, and a number of casualties ensued. But the operation had
-been carried out, and Sir Henry Rawlinson, Commanding the IVth Army
-Corps, desired that his high appreciation should be conveyed to the
-officers and other ranks of the 4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
-for the ‘gallantry and precision’ which had been displayed.
-
-Further compliments followed. On June 12th, a message was received from
-the Adjutant-General at General Headquarters:
-
-    ‘The Commander-in-Chief notices with gratification the record
-    of the 49th (West Riding) Division for the month of May, which
-    shows that no single conviction by Court-Martial has occurred,
-    a condition which does not obtain in any other Division of the
-    Armies. He desires that his appreciation of this fact be duly
-    conveyed to the 49th Division.’
-
-And Major-General Baldock, commanding the Division, was informed by the
-General Officer Commanding the First Army, to which the Division had been
-transferred at the end of May:
-
-    ‘Sir Douglas Haig wishes to add an expression of his great
-    satisfaction at the state of discipline in the 49th (W.R.)
-    Division, and also desires to congratulate the Division on its
-    soldier-like bearing and efficiency.’
-
-A month later, the Division was re-transferred from the First Army,
-Indian Corps, to the Second Army, VIth Corps, commanded by Major-General
-Sir John Keir, when it moved to Proven, north-west of Poperinghe, and the
-surrounding villages in Belgium. The weather after May 23rd had become
-very hot, and there was one case of sun-stroke in the trenches.
-
-We shall return to the fortunes of the Division in the alternating
-periods of trench-life and billets which succeeded the intenser fighting
-of May. The whole Western front settled down to what seems like a phase
-of inactivity, but what was really a broken succession of diverse
-minor experiences, the monotony of which, like the sea’s, was always
-movement, more apparent at close quarters than afar. Meanwhile, it will
-be appropriate to pick up the record of that isolated unit of West Riding
-Divisional Engineers, which, as we mentioned above, preceded the Division
-overseas. They, too, reached the scene of war in April, 1915. They fought
-in a different field, and were even more heavily engaged, but they earned
-by conspicuous gallantry not less honour than their comrades in France.
-
-This unit, the 1/1st Field Company of West Riding Royal Engineers, under
-the command of Major Dodworth, formed one of three Companies which served
-under Lt.-Col. G. B. Hingston, C.R.E., in the 29th Division. Their
-original destination was France, but in February, 1915, it was decided to
-ship the Division with all possible speed to the Dardanelles, and, had
-this decision been carried out, the fate of British arms in the Peninsula
-might have been brought to a different conclusion. As a fact, owing to
-causes which have been made public, its departure was postponed till
-March, and, after a troublesome delay at Alexandria, the Field Company,
-with a strength of 6 officers, 201 other ranks, 62 horses and mules, and
-12 vehicles, reached Tenedos on April 24th. At midnight on the same day
-they were selected, much to their delight, to sail with the covering
-force on the ‘River Clyde’ to the South Point of the Peninsula, and
-there, below Sedd-el-Bahr, the modern model of the Trojan wooden horse
-was beached at 7 a.m. on April 25th.
-
-The events of that day of death and glory have been sung, and painted,
-and told, and require but brief reference here. ‘No army in history,’
-says the poet who wrote a prose-epic called _Gallipoli_[34], ‘has been
-set such a task. No other troops in the world would have made good those
-beaches,’ and it is heartening to recall that troops from the West Riding
-of Yorkshire were included in this unique band.
-
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-
-For five months, from April till September, our Field Company of
-Royal Engineers remained on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The roads, the
-water-supply, the trenches, the night-wiring, the bridges, the jetties:
-every kind of engineering job came their way. They even manufactured
-hand-grenades, and gave practical lessons in the use of them, and they
-took their bellyful of fighting and of experience of Turkish shells.
-In June, for example, two of their sappers, A. Jennett and G. Packard,
-were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for their gallant rescue
-of Captain Todd, of the Argyll Mountain Battery, who was lying with
-a leg blown off under heavy fire on the other side of a barbed-wire
-entanglement; and the same decoration was bestowed on Lance-Corporal
-W. B. Owen, who snatched another wounded Officer out of a trench in
-actual enemy occupation, and carried him to a dressing-station two
-miles off, for the most part under fire. On September 22nd came a
-welcome fortnight’s rest. They were back again early in October, and
-had a terrible spell of work after the great gale of November 26th,
-which helped to confirm the decision for evacuation. For the end of the
-adventure was approaching, and our Engineers remained till the end. After
-helping to clear Suvla and Anzac, they moved in January, 1916, to Helles,
-where they cut steps down the cliff to W. Beach. Thence they sailed at
-last in two parties reaching Suez, January 16th.
-
-The rest of their story belongs to the Division in which they became
-absorbed. But the praise of their famous work in Gallipoli, to which
-they went straight from home, redounds to the credit of the West Riding,
-and may be added to the praises which we have quoted from Sir Henry
-Rawlinson, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir John French:
-
-    ‘The 1/1st West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers, which
-    forms part of the “incomparable” 29th Division,’ wrote
-    Lieut.-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston, Commanding that
-    Division, ‘did grand service on the Gallipoli Peninsula....
-    Engineers have always the post of honour in war, having to
-    make entanglements, to mine, to sap and to carry out many
-    dangerous jobs in the very forefront of the fray. Of all this
-    work the 1/1st West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers had
-    its full and more than its full share, and right well did all
-    ranks rise to the occasion.... The casualties among them have
-    been heavy ... but the results achieved by them have more
-    than counterbalanced the loss incurred. They have covered
-    themselves, their Unit, and the rest of the West Riding
-    Divisional Royal Engineers with glory.’
-
-This passage occurs in a letter written by Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston on
-September 9th, 1915, and published with the next Quarterly Report of the
-West Riding County Association. In that Report, Lord Scarbrough included
-an account of a visit paid to Flanders by himself, as Chairman of the
-Association, and by Brig.-General Mends, the Secretary. Their ‘object
-was to ascertain in what ways the Association might best provide for
-the needs and comfort of the troops, and to study the conditions under
-which they have to work’; and it will not be out of place to examine Lord
-Scarbrough’s conclusions in those respects in anticipation of what we
-shall find in the ensuing chapter.
-
-He recalled to the memory of local patriots that the 49th Division was
-composed of Field and Heavy Artillery raised from Leeds, Bradford,
-Sheffield, Otley and York; of Engineers from Sheffield; of three Infantry
-Brigades from the West Yorkshire, West Riding, Yorkshire Light Infantry,
-and York and Lancaster Regimental Districts; of Army Service Corps from
-Leeds and York; and Field Ambulances from Leeds and Sheffield. They had
-left for France in April, and had been ‘continuously in the fighting line
-ever since.’ It would stimulate local patriotism to know that a Staff
-Officer wrote of the Division:
-
-    ‘I am very proud to have been connected with it. They are a
-    real good lot, and I don’t think there is a better Division in
-    the country.’
-
-To the ‘amenities of war,’ as likewise to the ‘other side of the
-picture’, we shall presently come back: such facts may be recovered from
-written evidence; but what Lord Scarbrough and General Mends saw in the
-‘smiling faces’, the ‘spirit of cheerfulness’ and the ‘sense of mastery
-over the enemy,’ is contained in no formal War Diary, and is the more
-valuable and vivid on that account. It brought comfort and encouragement
-to the West Riding in the dark days of the autumn of 1915; not merely to
-members of the Association, struggling, as we know, against the flood,
-but also to many wives and mothers, realizing that, ‘in a campaign like
-this,’ as the Report stated, ‘casualties come fast,’ and, lastly, to
-the various committees, Parliamentary Recruiting, Trades Union, and
-so on, which based their appeal for fresh efforts, in the last stages
-of voluntary enlistment, on the valorous record of the ‘boys’ who had
-already gone to the front. Alike in Flanders and in Gallipoli, that
-record was worthy of the West Riding.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER V
-
-THE DAY’S WORK
-
-
-During January, 1916, the 49th Division was ‘in rest’: the first period
-of complete rest which the Division as a whole had enjoyed since the
-previous April, when it first entered the field.
-
-Even before this complete rest the Division could look back on some
-months of comparative military inactivity. It had not been called upon to
-take part in the severe fighting at Loos in September, 1915; and no other
-big operations, on the scale of the warfare in May and June, had occurred
-since the Battle of Festubert. Yet there had been fighting every day.
-Every day of the intervening weeks and months between the close of the
-spring campaign and the order to rest in January had brought difficulties
-and dangers here and there, up and down the line of trenches in the
-neighbourhood of Ypres and the Canal, in which the 49th was engaged, and
-which it was essential to maintain as a barrier between the invader and
-the sea.
-
-It is not easy to write the history of those days, when the Division
-was neither ‘in rest’ nor in action. We might review them in numerical
-sequence, long day after long day, when according to the Battalion
-chroniclers, ‘nothing of importance happened,’ or one unit relieved
-another, or there was an inspection by the Corps or Army Commander,
-or there was a ‘bombardment of the whole line, varying in severity
-throughout the day and night.’ These entries, and entries like these
-recur again and again in the Diary of every unit in the Division. Or,
-again, when autumn arrived, the weather compelled attention. ‘Rained.
-Trenches very bad; practically no work could be done. Heavy bombardment
-all day from 4 a.m.,’ is a typical entry in October; and we are left to
-read between the lines the accumulated miseries of that day’s work, in
-which the worst hardship of all was that ‘practically no work could be
-done,’ in evil trenches sodden with rain and shaken by continuous fire.
-Minor miseries, perhaps, and less epical in retrospect than the Homeric
-combats of the spring, or the campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula; yet
-real and serious enough in their hourly call on a man’s endurance to
-warrant an attempt at narration.
-
-We are told, for instance, that Sir Herbert Plumer was pleased if the
-Second Army casualties did not exceed two hundred a day in ordinary
-trench work, and a division of this figure into the Army total will
-yield a quotient from which we may deduce the average chance of danger
-in a quiet time. Or we may observe that the British first line trenches
-were distant from the line of German trenches by about 80 to 150 yards,
-but that where the line bent back on the north to the bank of the Yser
-Canal the distance from the German line was only 30 yards, with a very
-nasty corner at the bend. We may note, too, the lack of rest at night:
-the constant flare of Very Lights across the trenches, and the incessant
-contest of wit (and luck) between the men repairing trenches or bringing
-up rations or ammunition and the snipers watching their opportunity.
-
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-
-Certain days at any rate may be selected for somewhat more detailed
-description, not because they differed essentially from the days that
-went before and that came after, but because, in the cycle of days, as in
-a cycle of numbers at a gaming-table, they are marked with adventitious
-interest.
-
-Take, for instance, July 29th (we are writing of 1915 throughout) in
-the story of the 7th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment. They
-were in dug-outs on the Canal, having completed a turn in the trenches
-just before midnight on the 25th. On the 26th, 27th and 28th, nothing
-of importance happened. On the 29th from half-past eight till noon,
-there was a heavy shelling of the dam at the rate of two shells every
-five minutes; this rate was reduced by a half from noon till an hour
-after midnight, when the shelling ceased. The dam was untouched, but the
-adjoining bridge was damaged in three places. One officer was killed and
-ten men were wounded. Even so, the story is not exceptional, despite
-the 230 odd shells falling in sixteen hours. But there is a sequel to
-the story, which is told in the following words: The Military Cross was
-awarded to 2nd Lieut. A. R. Glazebrook ‘for conspicuous and gallant
-conduct, on the 29th July, in helping to dig out, at great personal risk,
-an officer and ten men whose dug-outs had been blown in, thus saving nine
-lives,’ and Riflemen J. Bentley and H. Garrity received the Distinguished
-Conduct Medal ‘for working with Lieut. Glazebrook.’
-
-Take July 16th. On the 15th the Germans had shelled the Canal bank, and
-had fired three salvoes of shells into Divisional Headquarters at the
-Château des Trois Tours. Advanced Headquarters remained there, including
-the G.O.C. himself, the General Staff Officers, 1st and 2nd Grade, the
-Brigade Major of the Royal Artillery, and the Signal Company. The rest
-moved back to St. Sixte. On the 16th, at 4-30 p.m., the grounds of the
-Château were shelled again, and the grave difference between this day
-and that, otherwise so alike in experience, was the inclusion of the
-General’s name in the casualty list. He was just crossing a bridge which
-connected the Château with the mainland when he heard the shell coming,
-and, though he doubled back to cover, he did not reach it in time, and
-suffered a severe wound in the head. It was the only casualty at the
-time, though the house was riddled with shrapnel, and as soon as the
-shelling had ceased, the gallant Officer was taken to Poperinghe, where
-Sir Thomas Bowlby attended him. Advanced Headquarters were withdrawn to
-Hospital Farm. The retirement was completed on July 18th, on which day
-the grounds of the Château were once more heavily shelled soon after the
-General Staff had left.
-
-The loss of Major-General Baldock’s services was deeply regretted by
-the Division, which he had commanded since September, 1911. He had
-accompanied it from peace to war and commanded with conspicuous success
-during the heavy fighting of May and June, and ‘the whole Division loved
-him’, it has been written. Happily, he recovered from his wound, though
-he was not able to resume command, and on July 17th, 1915, Major-General
-E. M. Perceval[35], C.B., was appointed in his place.
-
-Take the events of July 15th, in the new line of trenches occupied by
-the 146th Infantry Brigade. The 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment,
-had relieved the 7th at midnight on the 13th, and came in for some
-desultory shelling the next day. On the 15th, the usual patrol went on
-tour in front of the trenches. It was composed of Lieut. E. F. Wilkinson,
-and two Riflemen, Mudd and Clough. By bad luck, Mudd was shot through
-the chest, and his cries of pain attracted the German fire. It was a
-very ordinary little scene, but it is appropriate to imagine the sudden
-call on two lonely men’s courage and resourcefulness. They carried the
-wounded man back from in front of the German parapet under the heavy
-fire, and were pulled up by their own barbed-wire mesh. Clough went in
-to find cutters, and Lieut. Wilkinson stayed out with Mudd. The tool was
-brought, the wire was cut, and the patrol came back with two candidates
-for decoration. Lieutenant Wilkinson was awarded the Military Cross
-and Rifleman Clough the Distinguished Conduct Medal for their cool and
-gallant action in this exploit. Next day, as war’s tricky fortune had it,
-Lieut. C. Hartnell, of the same Battalion was killed by a shell in the
-front-line trench: the first officer casualty in that unit.
-
-Take a few incidents in the trench life of the 4th and 5th Battalions
-of the York and Lancaster Regiment. On July 11th, the 4th relieved the
-5th in an advanced trench on the East side of the Yser Canal, where the
-German and English lines met at an angle, with the French on the other
-side of the Canal, and were separated, as we saw, by a distance of only
-30 yards. It was a recent capture from the enemy, and the trenches, we
-read, were ‘in an awful state with both English and German dead. No work
-could be done on them because of shell fire.’ Again, quite an ordinary
-experience, as trench life went in those days, but full of horror to its
-participants, and exacting to endure. On July 13th, the day was ‘much
-quieter’—plainly a comparative term—till in the evening about half-past
-seven a heavy bombardment was opened all along the line, punctuated by
-explosions of gas shells, and followed by rapid rifle-fire. There was
-just a breath of wind blowing, but not enough to disperse the poisonous
-fumes, and for some hours the corner was unhealthy. The total casualties
-for the two days were 13 officers wounded, 17 other ranks killed and 55
-wounded, and at 10 o’clock next night the 5th Battalion again relieved
-the 4th. Meanwhile, Sergt. W. Hutchinson and Ptes. J. W. Biggin and J.
-Cowlishaw were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal,
-
-    ‘for holding the flank of an advanced trench, which was
-    partially demolished for 24 hours on the 13th July, in an
-    isolated position, extricating themselves and the gun after
-    they had been buried, and keeping the gun in action.’
-
-Eighty-five casualties and three D.C.M.’s for two days’ turn in the
-trenches: the period of standstill had its chances.
-
-Take the worse experience of the 5th Battalion on July 10th, when they
-first took over these newly captured trenches. All day long the incessant
-German batteries poured their hail and thunder on the line, and not a
-single quiet hour was given for cleaning, clearing or repairing. The
-casualties mounted fast. Twenty-seven men were killed, and the list of
-wounded and missing included one Officer and 129 other ranks. Next day
-the following telegram was received: ‘Army Commander desires to commend
-prompt action of troops 49th Division when attacked last night’; and the
-severity of the ordeal may be judged from the records of Lance-Corporals
-J. Yates and A. Calvert and of Pte. A. Gwynette, who were all awarded the
-D.C.M.: Yates,
-
-    ‘for attending with great gallantry, on the 10th July, under
-    heavy fire and in full view of the German lines, to two wounded
-    men who were cut off from the rest of the Platoon’;
-
-Calvert,
-
-    ‘for assisting the Platoon Commander in steadying the men and
-    keeping up their spirits, on the 10th July, when many other
-    N.C.O.’s had been killed or wounded’;
-
-and Gwynette,
-
-    ‘for attending to about twenty wounded men on the 10th July,
-    during the heaviest part of the bombardment, and for keeping up
-    the spirits of the men by his general bearing and conduct under
-    heavy fire.’
-
-These, surely, are the tests that tell. In these typical examples,
-selected almost at random from the day’s work, we see in the making,
-as it were, that ‘sense of mastery over the enemy,’ which the Chairman
-and Secretary of the Association had observed on their visit to the
-front, and which was ultimately to dictate the terms of the Peace of
-Paris. On the East bank of the Yser Canal in the Summer of 1915, in
-stinking trenches filled with human wreckage, and exposed to a pitiless
-bombardment, the prospect of ‘ease after war’ might well seem too
-remote for realization. It might seem, too, an idle thing, and below
-the fever-point of warfare, to respond in such dismal surroundings and
-with so dull a hope of martial glory to the constant, recurrent calls
-on a courage screwed to the sticking-place or a sense of duty as its
-own reward. Yet, somehow, in justice to the heroic dead, and to those
-who earned as well as to those who received decorations, the perception
-must be aroused that the war was won in the last resort by the private
-soldier, whether Regular, Territorial or New Army. In our Military
-Headquarters calculus he is not _Kanonenfutter_, food for guns: he
-is always, potentially, the wearer of a medal for the distinguished
-conduct, which he always seizes an opportunity to display; and a period
-of comparative inactivity may provide more memorable opportunities of
-this kind than the stress and press of a big battle, precisely because
-the velocity of effort is measured by the daily round of marching from
-billets to trenches or of carrying out a normal patrol.
-
-The word ‘always,’ though a big word, is appropriate, because this
-display of distinguished conduct is found to become a man’s second nature
-and not to depend on a sudden impulse. Take the records, for example, of
-Drummer F. Thickett, of the 4th York and Lancasters, and Lance-Cpl. T.
-Best, of the 4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. On that night of
-the 13th-14th July, when the new trench was so heavily attacked, Thickett
-succeeded in wading through the Canal in order to carry a message from
-the firing-line to Headquarters, although the bridges had been broken and
-the telephone wires had been cut[36]. _He did it again_ on the night of
-8th-9th August. Under heavy shell and rifle fire, and when all mechanical
-communication had broken down, he crossed the Canal on a single plank,
-and took the necessary message to its destination. Best’s record is in
-the same kind. On July 20th and _again_ on August 5th, a part of the
-trench where he was posted was blown in by enemy fire. On each occasion
-he kept his men in hand, and started digging-out and rebuilding at once,
-with the utmost pluck and coolness, and without regard to German rifles
-and trench-mortars. Best and Thickett were both awarded the D.C.M., which
-it will be agreed that they thoroughly deserved; and we see in this habit
-of duty, acquired in daily experience and when no big forward movement
-set the pace, the ultimate secret of the success of British arms.
-
-One more sample from these records may be selected.
-
-On November 15th, the 6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment, relieved
-the 8th Battalion in a line of trenches about two miles north-north-east
-of Ypres. The weather was frosty, and the evil condition of the trenches
-was not improved by the fall of about a hundred ‘whiz-bangs’[37] and
-thirty ‘heavies’ between 9-0 a.m. and 3-30 p.m. on the 16th. On the
-17th, the shelling continued, with a regular reply by our Howitzers, and
-there was the ‘usual sniping’. On the 18th, as on the 17th. On the 19th,
-the chronicler says: ‘One of our Companies heavily shelled by enemy,
-six being killed and seven wounded.... Battalion relieved by 1/5th West
-Yorks. Regt., and went into Divisional Reserve near Poperinghe.’ So far,
-the day’s work was not exceptional, but there was to be a notable sequel
-to the day’s story. ‘For most conspicuous bravery near the Yser Canal,
-on November 19th, 1915,’ the supreme decoration of the Victoria Cross
-was awarded to Corporal Samuel Meekosha, of the 6th Battalion, in the
-following circumstances:
-
-    ‘He was with a Platoon of about twenty Non-commissioned
-    Officers and men who were holding an isolated trench. During
-    a very heavy bombardment by the enemy six of the Platoon were
-    killed and seven wounded, while all the remainder were more or
-    less buried. When the senior N.C.O.’s had been either killed
-    or wounded, Cpl. Meekosha at once took command, sent a runner
-    for assistance, and, in spite of no less than ten more big
-    shells falling within twenty yards of him, continued to dig
-    out the wounded and buried men in full view of the enemy and
-    at close range from the German trenches. By his promptness and
-    magnificent courage and determination he saved at least four
-    lives’.
-
-It was the first V.C. in the 49th Division, and Captain Meekosha, who
-rose to Commissioned rank, reflected credit on the Riding which had
-raised it.
-
-Three hundred and seventy-six Honours in all, including 178 Mentions in
-Despatches, fell to the share of the Division during its first year’s
-service in the field. Of these, the Victoria Cross, 16 Military Crosses
-and 71 Distinguished Conduct Medals were Immediate Awards for specific
-acts of gallantry. A few of those gallant acts have been brought back
-to memory here, not because they differed in kind from others for which
-awards were made (or, indeed, from many others for which, from lack of
-evidence or other causes, no recommendation was forthcoming), but rather
-to illustrate a catalogue which might prove wearisome _in extenso_. Thus
-on one day, December 19th, as many as ten M.C.’s and twenty-nine D.C.M.’s
-were won by Officers and Other Ranks, as the reward of valorous deeds
-on the occasion of a sudden gas-attack, which opened at 5-15 a.m. and
-continued for forty or fifty minutes. The fumes, reaching the support
-trenches, found many men still asleep, and these were gassed before they
-could be roused. The gas-attack preceded intense shelling, which went
-on, with a slacker daylight interval, until three o’clock the following
-morning. ‘It was the most awful yet magnificent sight that I have ever
-seen,’ writes a R.F.A. Officer: ‘The whole country shaking with the
-explosion of shells, mostly big; and a church near my Headquarters
-was hit with a 17-in. shell and blown to bits. The sky was one great
-glow like a vast electric light, and the atmosphere was laden with a
-choking and sickly heaviness. Our men are splendid,’ he added. The total
-casualties of the day mounted up to:
-
-                  OFFICERS.  OTHER RANKS.
-  Killed             4[38]       46
-  Wounded            2          106
-  Gassed             8          191
-                    --          ---
-                    14          343
-                    --          ---
-
-The decorations were presented by General Sir Herbert Plumer, Commanding
-the Second Army, on the following January 23rd; and a week later the same
-Army Commander once more paraded the Division, in order to present awards
-for good service brought to notice in Dispatches. On the latter occasion
-he told the Division:
-
-    ‘This is a very pleasant ceremony to me, and I hope to you,
-    with which to finish, for the time being, my connection, and
-    that of the Second Army, with this Division. I have had the
-    pleasure on two occasions lately; one some weeks ago when
-    you came out of the Line, and one the other day, when I gave
-    ribbons representing decorations to Officers, N.C.O.’s and men
-    of the Division after the recent gas-attack; and on those two
-    occasions I expressed briefly, but I hope quite distinctly, my
-    appreciation of the way in which the 49th Division has carried
-    out the duties entrusted to it during the last few months.
-    But now that it is settled for the time being that the 49th
-    Division is to leave the Second Army, and go into another area,
-    while I have nothing to add as regards appreciation of the
-    work you have done, I should like to say to you how sorry I am
-    that you are leaving the Second Army.... I cannot expect you
-    to share my regret. No one so far as I know, has felt any deep
-    regret at quitting the Ypres salient; but, while you will not
-    regret your change of scene, when you look back at the time
-    you have spent up here, notwithstanding the arduous time you
-    have gone through, notwithstanding the losses of your comrades,
-    whom we all deplore, you will, ... I know, have some pleasant
-    memories to carry away with you of your comrades of the Second
-    Army. We, I can assure you, will follow your doings with the
-    deepest interest, ... and shall always feel a kind of reflected
-    glory when we hear of the gallant deeds which I am quite sure
-    you are going to accomplish both individually and as a Unit.’—
-
-Stirring words, and a fine farewell, after what Major-General Perceval
-has described as ‘nearly six months’ continuous duty in the worst
-trenches of the Allied lines. During the whole of this period, runs
-the statement of the Divisional Commander, the men ‘had unflinchingly
-sustained an unrelaxing bombardment,’ and had borne ‘with unfailing
-cheerfulness the most trying conditions of weather in permanently flooded
-trenches.’
-
-So much for this aspect of siege warfare.
-
-Before following the 49th Division from its well-earned period in Rest
-Billets to its next area of activity, we shall pick up some threads in
-the history of the 62nd Division (the West Riding 2nd Line, it will be
-remembered) from February, 1915, when Major-General Sir James Trotter
-assumed Command. But, first, in order to complete the present picture,
-brief reference is due to what Lord Scarbrough, after his visit to the
-front, described as ‘the amenities of warfare.’ For these, too, were a
-part of the day’s work, just as the hours of recreation are a part of a
-schoolboy’s day.
-
-The following are the relevant dates and facts:
-
-    July 28th. Divisional Baths opened at Steenje.
-
-    Aug. 5th. Divisional Armourer’s Shop opened at Steenje.
-
-    Aug. 22nd. ‘The Tykes’ Entertainment Troupe gave their opening
-    performance at Peselhœk, near Poperinghe.
-
-    Aug. 23rd. Divisional Technical School of Instruction opened
-    near Hospital Farm.
-
-    Sept. 10th. Divisional Farrier’s Shop opened.
-
-    Sept. 15th. Divisional Band’s first performance.
-
-    Oct. 11th. Divisional Horse Show held.
-
-    Oct. 15th. Divisional Grocery, Canteen and Coffee Bar opened.
-
-    Nov. 9th. Divisional Shop for repair of Gum Boots opened.
-
-    Dec. 6th. Divisional Tailor’s Shop opened.
-
-There was also the Divisional Dump, where 6,000 rifles, for example, were
-salvaged in four months; and, more definitely among amenities, there was
-the _Buzzer_, published as the organ of the Divisional Signal Company,
-which enjoyed a wide circulation and scattered enjoyment as it circulated.
-
-The gracious visit of His Majesty the King on October 27th, when
-all Arms of the 49th Division were represented at an inspection of
-contingents from the Second Army, belongs to a different category, but it
-is gratifying to recall His Majesty’s comment to General Perceval on the
-appearance and bearing of his men.
-
-[Illustration: LT.-GEN. SIR W. P. BRAITHWAITE, K.C.B.
-
-MAJ.-GEN. E. M. PERCEVAL, C.B.
-
-MAJ.-GEN. SIR R. D. WHIGHAM, K.C.B.
-
-MAJ.-GEN. N. J. G. CAMERON, C.B., C.M.G.
-
-MAJ.-GEN. SIR J. K. TROTTER, K.C.B., C.M.G.]
-
-Plainly, the items in the above list owe their invention and inclusion to
-a common aim at recreation. This aim might be simple and direct, as in
-the construction of a Dump for restoring derelict war material; it might
-be a little less direct, as in the foundation of the Baths[39], which
-served partly for refreshment, and partly, taken in connection with their
-laundry, drying-sheds, etc., for the prevention of ‘trench feet’ and
-kindred ills; it might be purely recreative, again, as in the programmes
-of the _Buzzer_ and ‘The Tykes’; or it might be recreative-utilitarian,
-in the Gladstonian sense of a change of occupation, as in the
-establishment of workshops and schools; and, in referring to any of these
-aspects, we should always keep clearly in mind the sharp contrast which
-they presented to the constant experience in the trenches, to and from
-which the men went and came.
-
-Consider, first, this question of ‘trench-feet.’ It was the fate of the
-49th Division to occupy during this winter the most water-logged trenches
-of the line. They were ‘permanently flooded,’ as General Perceval said.
-Yet he had the satisfaction of reporting that the number of cases of
-‘trench-feet’ was among the lowest in any Division. The total number
-was 760; the average number was six a day. We have to add this feature
-to the day’s work, but, with it, we add the measures that were taken
-to counteract the evil. Not merely the three or four pairs of socks
-which each man took with him into the trenches, the arrangements for
-washing and drying them, and the provision of anti-frostbite grease and
-oil; but also the care of the inner man; soup-kitchens, hot cocoa and
-chocolate, supplies of Oxo and pea-soup, and the stress laid by the
-Divisional Commander on the importance of keeping the men’s vitality
-high. Nor should the gifts of the Association at home be forgotten in
-this context; they sent the portable bath-house with oil-pumping engine
-and piping complete; they sent 5,000 tins of ‘Tinned Heat’ (which sounds
-like an import straight from Hades); 10,000 small tins for anti-frostbite
-grease, 15,000 small cans for whale-oil, 4,885 short gum-boots, 722 thigh
-gum-boots, 7,000 mittens, 9,300 socks, oilskin-jackets, oilskins and
-sou’-westers, besides other contributions in kind. There were still six
-cases every day, but the day’s work was mollified by these means.
-
-Another gift which reached the Division from the West Riding Association
-was the furniture and accessories for the theatre of ‘The Tykes.’
-This capable troupe of entertainers had begun in a very modest way
-on improvised platforms in the open air. Perhaps they did not know,
-or were indifferent to the fact, that European drama, consummated in
-Shakespeare, had precisely similar beginnings. Though ‘The Tykes’ did
-not produce a Shakespeare, they hardly fell short of his success in the
-pleasure which they afforded to their own audiences. Historically, they
-were fourth on the list of Divisional Concert Parties, and it was on
-Christmas Day, 1915, that they definitely started on their career as
-a theatrical company. In January, 1916, and again in the December of
-that year, they went home to the West Riding, where they played at the
-Empire Palace, Leeds, the Opera House, Harrogate, and the Empire Palace,
-Sheffield, exhibiting to enthusiastic houses the simple joys of the men
-at the front. They performed in all in about fifty places, in improvised
-barns or converted stables, or very rarely in genuine halls, and they had
-the honour to be the first company to appear on the boards at Arras and
-Cambrai after their capture in 1918. Even more impressive and gratifying
-is the fact that over 80,000 francs was handed by ‘The Tykes’ to the
-Institutes’ of the Division between 1916 and 1919, for the provision of
-additional comforts, sports, etc., to its units. The original ‘Tyke’
-was Lieut. J. P. Barker, A.S.C., who was evacuated sick to England in
-September, 1918. He really started and made them, and, if other names may
-be mentioned, we would refer to Lance-Cpl. A. Coates, of the Army Service
-Corps, and Pte. H. Marsden, formerly R.E., of the 243rd Employment
-Company, who were members of the troupe right through from August 22nd,
-1915, to February 2nd, 1919. A Divisional cinema, we may add, was
-established in March, 1917, and, after narrowly escaping destruction in
-the German advance at Berthen, April 9th, 1918, it survived to hand over
-a profit of 27,900 francs for the worthy objects of the Institutes’ Fund.
-
-Turning next to the facilities for education which were gradually
-developed in this period, we note the technical character of the
-instruction provided. Thus, a Drainage Section was organized in the
-Ypres Salient, which laid down nearly 9,000 yards of main and subsidiary
-drains, with valuable results in the trenches. Mining Sections were
-also formed to help Tunnelling Companies, and did excellent work while
-they lasted. A Divisional Gas School gave lessons in the use and
-care of anti-gas appliances, and doubtless contributed to keep down
-the list of casualties on December 19th. There were always Ambulance
-courses, and local opportunities for instruction in Sniping, Scouting,
-Signalling, Bombing and other special branches. The Divisional Technical
-School taught the use of Trench Warfare appliances, keeping parties of
-newly-arrived troops for twenty-four hours in mimic trenches, with the
-enemy trenches opposite also faithfully reproduced; and a Divisional
-Training School was established to give both practical and theoretical
-instruction to junior Officers and N.C.O.’s of Infantry.
-
-The workshops of the Royal Engineers turned out a quantity of stuff which
-was really remarkable in the circumstances. All the made-up material for
-use in the trenches was prepared there, as well as the work in connection
-with the accommodation of men in the Rest Area. When we read of one and
-three-quarter million sandbags, or of fifteen miles of road maintained
-and drained by civilian labour under the supervision of the R.E., or of
-seventeen bridges kept up and seven constructed by this Arm, or of four
-thousand tons of bricks drawn from ruined houses for horse-standings, or
-of thirty miles of trench-gridding[40] laid and fifteen miles of trenches
-maintained, we are able to form some idea of the unremitting toil and
-admirable skill displayed by the Divisional Engineers.
-
-Reference, too, should be made to the fact that the grave defects in
-Field Artillery, which that Arm of the Division was so well aware of,
-and which it so particularly and gallantly endured, were to some extent
-corrected by the issue on October 29th of 18-pounder Quick-Firer Field
-Guns, instead of the existing 15-pounders, and on January 30th in the
-next year of 4.5-inch Howitzers instead of the 5-inch Howitzers in
-possession.
-
-One more item of statistics may be mentioned. In a year’s constant
-journeys on bad roads for long distances, amounting in all to a total
-mileage of 900,000 miles, no lorry had to be replaced: an extremely
-creditable record for the Divisional Supply Column.
-
-But these details are carrying us too far. Our purpose in the present
-chapter has been to preserve an impression of the daily experience of the
-49th Division from the end of June to the end of December, 1915. The same
-things happened every day, though they might happen with a difference.
-The day was fine, or the day was wet; the patrol got back, or the patrol
-was wounded; a shell exploded, or a shell fell ‘dud’; distinguished
-conduct found a grave, or distinguished conduct won a medal: but always
-it was relieving or being relieved, throughout this long tour of duty
-under the exhausting conditions of the Ypres Salient. We have sought to
-illustrate the life by selecting certain days for description, and we
-have sought, too, to set off that description by an account, however
-inadequate, of the other side of the picture: of the means provided from
-home or improvised on the spot, and alike approved by the Divisional
-Commander, to bring touches of warmth and colour into the chilling
-monotony of trench-warfare. How far such aim has been accomplished,
-even how far it is capable of accomplishment at this distance from 1915
-and the bank of the Yser Canal, where the general gloom of the outlook
-was almost as difficult to banish as the mud on the physical horizon,
-cannot be predicated with any certainty. What is clear to the present
-writer, however, and what he should have made clear to his readers, is
-that no opportunity was let go of doing a full day’s work every day.
-They all pulled together all the time. The result was that, though the
-long strain told on the physique of the Division, it did not tell on
-their spirits or their resolution, and, inasmuch as their appointed day’s
-work was essential to the conduct of the war, and to the maintenance
-of equilibrium on the Western front, the 49th (West Riding) Division
-deserved well of their King and country in the last six months of the
-year 1915.
-
-[Illustration: Tower of the Cloth Hall Ypres]
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER VI
-
-SERVING IN RESERVE
-
-
-The intensive training of a 2nd Line Division, which was to take a
-conspicuous part in the battles of 1917 and 1918, is the subject of the
-present chapter.
-
-The military confusion at home during the period prior to the passing
-of the first National Service Act, and prolonged to some extent through
-1916, though it never affected the keenness and enthusiasm of the
-2nd Line troops themselves, has yet to be taken into account in any
-impression which may be given of the conditions under which training was
-carried out. Reference to this factor will be found in the Memorandum
-on the Territorial Force written by General Bethune at the War Office,
-of which mention has been made before.[41] The then Director-General
-remarked: ‘Great difficulty was experienced in training, as, with so
-many new Armies to be formed, the majority of capable instructors went
-to them, and our 2nd Line Territorial Force had to train themselves as
-best they could. The result,’ he added, ‘was extraordinarily good and
-surprised anyone who had anything to do with it.’ We shall reach the
-element of surprise in due course. Here, for the moment, we are concerned
-with the ‘great difficulty’ which was encountered, and more particularly
-with those aspects of the difficulty which lay outside the cognizance of
-the Territorial Force personnel, or, at any rate, outside their control.
-
-Let us go back to first principles. The idea of a voluntary Army,
-despite the wastage of war and the unequal distribution of patriotic
-sentiment, or of the capacity to respond to it, was still, late in
-1914, a sacred article of British faith. Another accepted article, if
-not of faith, at least of British practice, was the enlistment of that
-voluntary Army on a County basis. This procedure, which was laid down in
-Section IX. (I.) (a) of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, followed
-a similar provision in the Militia Act of 1882, and, tracing it back
-to that source, we discover that its primary cause was ‘to estimate
-the extent of the County’s liability in the event of the ballot being
-enforced.’[42] The tradition survived the ballot, and the rule of County
-enlistment was incorporated, as we have seen, in the organization of the
-Territorial Force. This rule worked well enough in peace-time, and might
-conceivably have continued to work well if it had been the only rule to
-be applied when war broke out on a scale not dreamed of by the authors of
-the Act of 1907.[43] But, historically speaking, and without attempting
-to judge the issue, it was decided very early in the war to vary that
-rule, and to raise recruits for the new Armies on a system which crossed
-the method handed down to the Territorial Force by the old Militia and
-Volunteers. The Counties were reaped of their best men by a Secretary of
-State who knew not Lord Haldane. The first hundred thousand disappeared
-into the vast abyss of war from every town and village in the country.
-Members of Parliament came down to recruit for Kitchener’s Army, and
-forgot, or were not reminded by the Mayor, of the claims of Haldane’s
-Force. Bonds of brotherhood in arms, by trades, professions, even by
-height or religion (_e.g._, ‘Bantams,’ ‘Jewish’ Regiment, etc.) drove
-their wedges through the County bond; and under these new and distracting
-conditions, the old rule of enlistment by Counties became to a large
-extent a pious memory of peace, and enlistment by hook and crook, by
-picture-posters, white feathers, and worse devices, became the feverish
-rule of war.
-
-This was the 2nd Line problem viewed through the spectacles of
-Territorial Force County Associations. The men themselves did not see it
-from the same angle. Their great desire, with insignificant exceptions,
-was to prepare themselves for service overseas with the utmost possible
-expedition. In their camps or billets or drill-halls, they were probably
-as unconscious of as they were indifferent to the serious administrative
-difficulties created for their County chiefs by the constant changes of
-policy on the part of the Army Council. Nor is the Army Council unduly
-to be blamed. The pace of the war itself was quicker than anyone had
-anticipated, and social and industrial conditions at home did not readily
-adapt themselves to its imperious needs. If we refer to these forgotten
-problems, out of which the successive National Service Acts were forged,
-as a partial solution, we shall be understood to refer to them solely in
-explanation of the ‘great difficulty’ which was experienced, and not in
-the least in derogation of the great zeal with which that difficulty was
-surmounted to the ‘surprise’ of everyone concerned.
-
-We have further authority as to the difficulties. In a Memorandum kindly
-prepared by Major-General Sir James K. Trotter, K.C.B., who was appointed
-to command the West Riding 2nd Line Division[44] in February, 1915, he
-writes as follows of the early days of his Command:
-
-    ‘The difficulties affecting training were at this stage very
-    serious. The troops were not all provided with uniform. They
-    were without equipment; the Infantry had no arms, except a
-    few d.p. rifles; the Artillery no guns; the Mounted Troops,
-    Artillery and Engineers no horses, and the Transport nothing
-    but a few hired carts. But the want most sorely felt was
-    that of the young, active, trained N.C.O. to instruct and to
-    give life to the movements of the young soldiers. Competent
-    instructors were not to be had. Every available N.C.O. was
-    taken up by the 1st Line Territorials and the New Service
-    Army units, and this Division was at this time left to its
-    own very limited resources. The Regimental Officers were in
-    the main new and untrained, and though the Command Schools of
-    Instruction gave short courses to as many as possible, it was
-    very remarkable to observe the time necessary to convert the
-    raw recruit into a trained soldier under these conditions....
-    What was lacking was the atmosphere. Nevertheless, some real
-    progress in elementary training was made in the early Spring
-    (1915), and some young officers displayed considerable energy
-    and initiative.’
-
-Lack of atmosphere is the burden of this complaint, and a brief map of
-the conflicting winds which were blown across the path of Territorial
-Force organization may account, in part, at least, for these disturbed
-atmospheric conditions. Summarily, the war policy of the Army Council
-in regard to the Territorial Force may be marked by the following five
-steps: (1) They decided to raise Reserve or 2nd Line units behind the
-Imperial Service Units of the original or 1st Line. The practical
-distinction between the two was based on their state of preparedness
-to fulfil the overseas obligation. Thus, the distinction was always
-fluid. It varied, that is to say, according to the degree of training
-reached by the individual personnel, and there were always frequent
-exchanges between the 2nd and 1st Lines. The only constant element in
-the Reserve units were the men, who, owing to age or health or other
-conditions, would never be fit for Imperial Service. Divisional and
-other military organization was the same in both Lines, but the 1st was
-composed of Officers and other Ranks ready for service abroad, the 2nd
-was composed partly of surplus Imperial Service personnel, partly of
-troops prepared, so far, only up to Home Service, which still formed
-the statutory function of the Territorial Force. (2) The next stage
-occurred when the 1st Line units went overseas. Then a 3rd Line, or
-2nd Reserve, was authorized for formation, behind the Home Service
-units composed partly, as we have seen, of men ready, in a military
-sense, to go overseas, and this 3rd Line was presently constituted into
-a series of (3) Draft-producing Depots, with establishments varying
-from time to time according as their corresponding 1st Line units were
-stationed at home, or on garrison duty abroad, or with an Expeditionary
-Force. A little later (4) steps were taken to weed out the Home Service
-personnel still remaining with the 2nd Line units and to distribute
-them into newly-constituted Home Service units, and finally (5) the
-National Reservists were formed into Supernumerary Territorial Force
-Companies, with a fixed establishment of about 120 all Ranks, for the
-protection of Lines of Communication and Vulnerable Points at home.
-To complete a brief account of a long process which was not worked
-out with a very clever perception of its intention from the start, we
-may add that these Supernumerary Companies were transformed by Royal
-Warrant, in 1916, into the Royal Defence Corps, when they passed out
-of the County administration. But all through 1915 the position was
-extraordinarily complex from an administrative point of view. Territorial
-Force Associations were responsible for maintaining their 1st Line units
-overseas, their 2nd Line units at home, their 3rd Line Draft-producing
-Depots, their Provisional Home Service units and their Supernumerary
-Territorial Force Companies.
-
-In justice to the West Riding Association, which was hard put to it
-to keep an even keel in this welter of conflicting currents, we may
-examine the policy which they pursued, in somewhat more detail. From
-the first they declined to be hustled. As early as October, 1914, the
-Chairman, Lord Scarbrough, remarked in his Quarterly Report to members
-of the Association, that ‘In consequence of the great difficulty of
-obtaining supplies of clothing, boots, necessaries, etc., and the lack of
-Officers and qualified Instructors, it was considered best not to push
-recruiting for the Reserve units, but to endeavour to raise them very
-gradually as Instructors and clothing and equipment could be provided.
-By so doing,’ he pointed out, ‘the efficiency of these units is not
-likely to be retarded, and the waste of time and discouragement entailed
-by collecting large numbers of men without Officers, Instructors, arms,
-uniform, boots, or any provision for their well-being, has been to a
-large extent avoided.’ But his policy, however sound at the outset,
-could not be indefinitely maintained. The time came, and it came more
-quickly than some even of the shrewdest of observers had foreseen, when
-the Reserve, or 2nd Line, units had to be allowed to recruit up to
-full establishment, despite those deficiencies in equipment which so
-seriously embarrassed their Commanding Officers, in the urgent work of
-training them for service overseas. So the ‘large numbers’ continued
-to come forward, and might not be refused. As early as November, 1914,
-for example, the 2/6th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment had a
-strength of over 1,400, and this splendid record was not unique in the
-2nd Line Division. The real problem faced by General Trotter in the
-Spring of 1915 was not shortness of numbers, though this, too, became a
-source of some anxiety at County Headquarters, when the new Armies were
-competing with the Territorial Force; it was still less lack of keenness
-for foreign service, but it was always the old problem of Israel in
-Egypt—how to make bricks without straw. We quoted just now the General’s
-own account of the problems which he had to face in this regard. We may
-quote here his further account, by no means too rosy in certain aspects,
-of the progress in elementary training which was made in the early Spring
-of 1915. It will be remembered that the 1/1st West Riding (49th) Division
-went abroad in the middle of April. The 62nd Division was then appointed
-to take over its duties. The Infantry, it is reassuring to find, were
-now in possession of rifles, which had been obtained from Japan, and the
-Artillery, about the same time, received an armament of French guns,
-made in 1878, and ‘evidently discarded,’ writes General Trotter, ‘for
-many years. The tangent scales were graduated in metres, and the shells
-were provided with a graduated time-fuze. But no one could be found to
-connect the graduation with the range scales, and no book of instructions
-existed.... No ammunition was available for practice, and the whole time
-this weapon was in the hands of the Artillery, _i.e._, till December,
-1915, it was only used for training purposes, and then only to a limited
-extent, the breech action and sights being of obsolete pattern. If,’ adds
-the General, ‘the Artillery had, according to the plans in force, been
-called upon to take part in the defence of the coast, the casualties it
-would have caused would have been at the breech-end of the guns’. There
-were other interruptions to training, as seen from a Commanding Officer’s
-point of view. The competition in recruiting, to which so frequent
-reference is necessarily made at this period, produced, in places,
-almost humorous results. Thus, a Divisional Commander of the Territorial
-Force units would be pressed in some places by the local authorities to
-supply bands for recruiting-meetings held for the purpose of enlisting
-men in units of the New Armies. Again, industrial conditions created
-unforeseen anomalies. It often happened that the first men to enlist
-were the key-men in their respective factories, and these men, after
-having been put through a course of military training, and having become
-efficient soldiers in the comparatively shorter time corresponding to
-their superior capacity, had eventually to be returned to the works from
-which they came, or to other works engaged in producing war-materials.
-Another increasing source of embarrassment to the Divisional Commander
-and his subordinate Officers lay in the calls which were made on the
-62nd Division, during 1915, to supply drafts for service overseas. Even
-the extraction from 2nd Line units of the men fit only for Home Service
-upset the composition of those units, and interrupted the continuity
-of training and the growth of an _esprit de corps_. Take, merely as an
-example, the experience of the 2/8th Battalion of the West Yorkshire
-Regiment. On March 8th, 1915, ten of their men were drafted to the 1/8th.
-Sundry other exchanges of personnel between the 2/8th and 1/8th, before
-the latter went to France, in April, resulted in a numerical loss to the
-unit remaining at home. On May 17th, 4 Officers and 188 other Ranks were
-transferred to the 26th Provisional Battalion for coast defence, and were
-followed at subsequent dates by a further 17 men. On August 15th, 54 men
-went out to the 1/8th Battalion. On the 27th came the gratifying news
-that Lieut. E. F. Wilkinson, formerly of the 2/8th Battalion, had been
-awarded the Military Cross in France: _sic vos, non vobis_. In October,
-orders arrived that the Battalion was to be reduced to 600 all ranks,
-that unfit men were to be posted to the 26th Provisional Battalion, and
-the remaining surplus over the new establishment, to the 3/8th Battalion
-West Yorkshires. It is obvious that changes of this kind, which may
-be paralleled in any other unit, were no light drawback. The success
-of the training of the Division during the period, May to October,
-1915, when it was in camp in Sherwood Forest, might have been even
-more seriously affected except for the loyal co-operation of Officers,
-N.C.O.s and men in carrying out the programmes arranged for them. They
-were moved by an increasing resolve to prepare themselves for the call
-for embarkation, the hope of which, though renewed from time to time,
-seemed always so slow to materialize.[45] Meanwhile, work was carried
-on with this object always in view. Particular attention was devoted to
-the duties of the Platoon Officers and Company Commanders, and General
-Trotter bears witness that ‘during the summer and autumn months, the
-Division made remarkable progress in training, administrative work and
-discipline.’ In October, they left their encampments, and were stationed,
-at the end of November, in the Northern Command, with Headquarters at
-Newcastle-on-Tyne, where the Brigades were allotted to the Tyne defences,
-and the units were occupied in making and improving the trenches. About
-this time the Artillery at last had received a serviceable weapon;
-18-pounder, breech-loader guns were issued to three Brigades, and 5″
-Howitzers to the fourth. In December, news arrived that the Division had
-been selected as the first of the 2nd Line Territorials Divisions for
-service in France, and orders were issued to move to Salisbury Plain. Sir
-James Trotter, whose organizing ability had so well and truly laid the
-foundations of the military efficiency of the Division, was succeeded
-in its Command, on December 24th, by Major-General Walter Braithwaite,
-C.B.,[46] who took over the Division at Newcastle.
-
-It is interesting to dovetail the accounts of the retiring and
-succeeding Divisional Commanders. General Braithwaite notes that
-‘the Battalions were commanded mostly by Territorial Force Officers
-of a certain age and standing, with personal knowledge of the men in
-their units, and with experience, in many cases, of Territorial Force
-conditions as they existed before the war, but, naturally, with no
-experience of war as it was being waged. The material was excellent,
-and all that was lacking was to adapt it to the conditions obtaining at
-the Front.’ Accordingly, at Lark Hill Camp on Salisbury Plain, where
-the Division arrived in January, 1916, application was at once made
-to the War Office for men with fighting experience to fill posts on
-the Divisional Staff, and for the appointment of Brigade Majors of the
-Infantry Brigades in order to set to work to make the Division completely
-war-worthy. The response was prompt and satisfactory, and perhaps the
-most satisfactory feature from the Divisional Commander’s point of view
-was the loyal readiness of individual Officers who felt themselves and
-were too old for the strain of active service to make way for younger
-men, who had either been wounded or invalided from France. An ideal
-General Staff Officer, 1st Grade, was found in Lieut.-Colonel the Hon A.
-G. A. Hore-Ruthven, V.C. Lieut.-Colonel R. M. Foot, to the great benefit
-of the Division, was appointed Q.M.G.; Brig.-General A. T. Anderson
-arrived from France to take command of the Divisional Artillery, with
-Capt. W. J. Lindsell as his Brigade Major, and these Officers, with
-Lieut.-Colonel Gillam in command of the Royal Engineers, made, we are
-assured, ‘an excellent beginning.’ Mention is also due to the arrival
-at this date of the Rev. C. M. Chavasse as S.C.F., and we may add here
-that he served with the 62nd Division for the whole period of its active
-service, with the exception of a very short time when he was promoted
-to be Senior Chaplain of the Corps. The Brigadiers of the 185th, 186th
-and 187th Infantry Brigades, respectively, who were also appointed about
-this time, were Generals V. W. de Falbe, who had commanded a Battalion in
-France; F. F. Hill, who had been invalided from Gallipoli, and R. O’B.
-Taylor, who happened to be home from leave in Egypt, and who had also
-been in Gallipoli. These arrivals, as might be expected, added immensely
-to the strength of the Division. Its efficiency, from February onwards,
-increased by leaps and bounds, and the Division was fortunate, too, in
-receiving from time to time the latest ‘tips’ from Officers serving in or
-invalided home from France, and anxious to place their experience at the
-disposal of those about to proceed there.
-
-Still, it was not all smooth sailing. In May, 1916, after service
-rifles had been issued, and when training was in full swing, orders
-were suddenly received for the Division to find a draft of over 4,000
-men for France, and it looked as if the Division was to be turned into
-a mere draft-producing unit, and its fighting efficiency to be impaired
-accordingly. Happily, this order, like so many others, was cancelled. A
-further and more actual disappointment ensued a month or so later, when
-the Division was sent to the East Coast to be employed in reserve for the
-defences, with the intimation that it was likely to stay there. We are
-left to imagine the consternation of the troops, already straining at the
-leash, and the difficulty of the Divisional Commander and his subordinate
-Officers in accommodating their programmes and policy to these shifting
-counsels from above. Certainly, the East Coast was not as convenient
-for training, and did not provide the same facilities as were available
-on Salisbury Plain. The Brigades were separated by some distance: the
-Headquarters of one Brigade and the bulk of the Artillery being round
-about Bungay, another group being at Henham Hall (Lord Stradbroke), and
-a third at Somerleyton (Lord Somerleyton, formerly Sir Savile Crossley),
-near Lowestoft. But once more the prospects changed. Fresh orders
-presently arrived, stating that the Division was selected for service in
-France. On July 26th, the King came down to inspect the Division prior to
-embarkation, and His Majesty expressed himself extremely satisfied with
-all that he saw.
-
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-
-Time went on, however, and no embarkation orders came. Drafts for
-Service units abroad and for Service units definitely allotted to home
-duties continued to be called for throughout this Summer and Autumn, and
-still the Division was in doubt as to its ultimate use and destination.
-Still the Divisional Pelican waited to put his foot down on German
-soil. The men now enjoyed opportunities, of which they gladly availed
-themselves, of working on training instructions which had been received
-direct from the front. Trench-digging, air-raid duty, rifle-practice
-with Charger-Loading Lee Enfields, gas-drill, concentration-marches,
-musketry and Lewis-gun courses, assaults-at-arms, aquatic sports, and
-other martial exercises and recreations, were all included in the
-preparation for battle. The whole life of the soldier in France was,
-so far as was possible, copied as faithfully as it could be during
-this strenuous period. Officers on light duty in England, who had been
-wounded, were sent down in batches and distributed among the Battalions,
-which were eager, as we saw above, to take advantage of the benefit of
-their experience. Young Officers, with a war record behind them, were
-appointed to command Battalions, Batteries and Companies. Sketches of the
-latest types of trenches were received and re-produced in practice; and,
-briefly, except for the actual atmosphere of active service, the Division
-became during these months a living organism capable of assimilating
-all the lessons which experience could teach it, and likely, with its
-splendid material, to give a good account of itself at the Front.
-
-And, at last, the summons arrived. In October, 1916, orders were received
-to proceed to Bedford and Wellingborough in order to complete the
-Division with all necessary stores, and to hold itself in readiness to go
-overseas. The actual order for the move was still postponed till the last
-days of December, and the final scenes may be quoted from the War Diary
-of one of the West Riding Battalions:—
-
-    ‘January 4th, 1917.—Order of the Day issued by Major-General
-    Braithwaite, containing farewell message from His Majesty the
-    King to 62nd Division, on the eve of their departure overseas.
-
-    ‘January 4th, 1917, 9 a.m.—Farewell service of Holy Communion
-    at St. Paul’s Church, Bedford, before proceeding on Active
-    Service.
-
-    ‘January 11th, 1917.—Left Bedford for France. Right half
-    Battalion left the Ballast Pit Sidings, Bedford, at 3-25 a.m.
-    Left half Battalion left at 5 a.m.’
-
-‘I do not think,’ writes General Sir Walter Braithwaite, at the
-conclusion of the Notes with which he has been kind enough to supply
-the present writer, ‘a more happy and contented Division, or one better
-found and equipped, ever left the shores of England, and I think it was
-as well trained as a Division could be, thanks to all the help I received
-from the Staff and Commanding Officers, and to all the kind friends in
-France, who kept us supplied with the latest training instructions.[47]
-I cannot close this short sketch of our training period without alluding
-to the great help we received throughout the period from Lord Scarbrough
-and Brig.-General Mends. They were “father and mother” to the Division;
-made several visits to us; took endless trouble to help us, and, in fact,
-made all the rough places smooth. Also, I cannot but acknowledge the
-patriotism of those Commanding Officers who, feeling themselves too old
-for active service, made way for young up-to-date Commanders.’
-
-It will be interesting to conclude this account with a conspectus of the
-Order of Battle of the 62nd Division from February, 1917, when it first
-entered the field, during the 22 months of its brilliant fighting record,
-till February, 1919, when demobilization was in active course. The
-purpose of this information, which is arranged for convenience in tabular
-form, is to show, in the first column, the units which composed the
-Division when it first landed in France; in the second column, the units
-which joined the Division between that date and February, 1919; in the
-third column, remarks explanatory of the information in columns one and
-two; and in column four the names of the respective Commanding Officers
-at the time of the embarkation of the Division. It will be observed that
-certain Battalions of the 1st and 2nd Lines were amalgamated during 1918,
-and these tables should be referred to, accordingly, in cases where
-any consequent changes in nomenclature may puzzle the reader of later
-chapters.
-
-  ORDER OF BATTLE OF 62nd (WEST RIDING) DIVISION between February,
-  1917, and February, 1919.
-
-  ---------------------+---------------+--------------------+-------------
-  Landed with Division,|Joined Division|                    | Commanding
-     Jan.-Feb., 1917.  |between Feb.,  |      Remarks.      |  Officer
-                       | Feb., 1917    |                    |   (Jan.,
-                       |and Feb., 1919.|                    |   1917).
-  ---------------------+---------------+--------------------+-------------
-  DIVISIONAL F.A.      |               |                    |
-   310th Brigade,      |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. G.
-     R.F.A.            |               |                    | R. V.
-                       |               |                    | Kinsman,
-                       |               |                    | D.S.O., R.A.
-   311th Brigade,      |               |Became Army Brigade |Lt.-Col. A.
-     R.F.A.            |               |  early 1917.       | Gadie
-   312th Brigade,      |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. E.
-     R.F.A.            |               |                    | P. Bedwell,
-                       |               |                    | R.A.
-   62nd Div. Ammunition|               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. F.
-     Col.              |               |                    | Mitchell
-   62nd T.M. Batteries |               |Remained throughout.|
-                       |14th Bde.      |Joined November,    |
-                       |  R.H.A. &     |  1918.             |
-                       |  B.A.C.       |                    |
-                       |               |                    |
-  DIVISIONAL ENGINEERS.|               |                    |
-   457th Field Company,|               |Remained throughout.|Major W. A.
-     R.E.              |               |                    | Seaman
-   460th Field Company,|               |Remained throughout.|Major L. St.
-     R.E.              |               |                    | J. Colley
-   461st Field Company,|               |Remained throughout.|Major E. J.
-     R.E.              |               |                    | Walthew
-   Signal Company.     |               |Remained throughout.|Capt. R. V.
-                       |               |                    | Montgomery
-                       |               |                    | (Som. L.I.)
-                       |               |                    |
-  185TH INFANTRY       |               |                    |
-    BRIGADE.           |               |                    |
-   2/5th West Yorks.   |               |Amalgamated with 8th|Lt.-Col. J.
-     Regt.             |               |  W. Yorks., August,| Josselyn
-                       |               |  1918.             |
-   2/6th West Yorks.   |               |Amalgamated with 6th|Lt.-Col. J.
-     Regt.             |               |  W. Yorks, to 49th | H. Hastings
-                       |               |  Div., Feb., 1918. |
-   2/7th West Yorks.   |               |Disbanded June,     |Lt.-Col.
-     Regt.             |               |  1918.             | Hon. F. S.
-                       |               |                    | Jackson
-   2/8th West Yorks.   |               |Amalgamated with    |Lt.-Col. W.
-     Regt.             |               |  1/8th W. Yorks,   | Hepworth,
-                       |               |  Feb., 1918.       | V.D.
-   185th T.M. Battery. |               |Remained throughout.|
-                       |               |                    |
-                       |1/8th Bn. W.   |Amalgamated with    |
-                       |  Yorks, from  |  2/8th W. Yorks.,  |
-                       |  49th Div.    |  Feb., 1918.       |
-                       |1/5th Bn.      |Joined June, 1918,  |
-                       |  Devon Regt.  |  from Egypt.       |
-                       |2/20th Bn.     |Joined August, 1918,|
-                       |  London Regt. |  from Egypt.       |
-                       |               |                    |
-  186TH INFANTRY       |               |                    |
-    BRIGADE.           |               |                    |
-   2/4th Bn. West      |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. H.
-     Riding Regt.      |               |                    | E. P. Nash
-                       |               |                    | (R. Scots)
-   2/5th Bn. West      |               |Amalgamated with    |Lt.-Col. T.
-     Riding Regt.      |               |  1/5th Bn., Feb.,  | A. D. Best,
-                       |               |  1918.             | D.S.O., (R.
-                       |               |                    | Innis. Fus.)
-   2/6th Bn. West      |               |To 49th Div. for    |Lt.-Col. J.
-     Riding Regt.      |               |  amalgamation with | Mackillop
-                       |               | 1/6th, Feb., 1918. |
-   2/7th Bn. West      |               |Disbanded June,     |Lt.-Col.
-     Riding Regt.      |               |  1918.             | Clifford,
-                       |               |                    | D.S.O.
-                       |               |                    | (North.
-                       |               |                    | Fus.)
-   186th T.M. Battery  |               |Remained throughout.|
-                       |1/5th Bn. West |From 49th Div.      |
-                       |  Riding Regt. |  Amalgamated with  |
-                       |               |  2/5th, Feb., 1918.|
-                       |2/4th Hants.   |From Egypt, June,   |
-                       |  Regt.        |  1918.             |
-                       |               |                    |
-  187TH INFANTRY       |               |                    |
-    BRIGADE.           |               |                    |
-   2/4th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.|               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. E.
-                       |               |                    | Hind, V.D.
-   2/5th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.|               |Amalgamated with    |Lt.-Col. W.
-                       |               |  1/5th Bn., Feb.,  | Watson (Som.
-                       |               |  1918.             | L.I.)
-   2/4th Bn. Yorks. &  |               |                    |
-     Lancs. Regt.      |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. F.
-   2/5th Bn. Yorks. &  |               |                    | St. J.
-     Lancs. Regt.      |               |                    | Blacker
-                       |               |Disbanded Feb.,     |Lt.-Col. P.
-                       |               |  1918.             | Prince
-                       |               |                    | (Shrops.
-                       |               |                    | L.I.)
-   187th T.M. Battery  |               |Remained throughout.|
-                       |1/5th Bn.      |From 49th Div.      |
-                       |  K.O.Y.L.I.   |  Amalgamated with  |
-                       |               |  2/5th, Feb., 1918.|
-                       |               |                    |
-  PIONEER BATTALION    |9th Bn. Durham |From 50th Division, |
-                       |  Light Inf.   |  Feb., 1918.       |
-                       |               |                    |
-  DIVISIONAL TRAIN.    |               |                    |
-   62nd Divisional     |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col.
-     Train             |               |                    | H. H.
-                       |               |                    | Wilberforce
-   525 Company,        |               |Remained throughout.|Major A. P.
-     R.A.S.C.          |               |                    | Wright
-   526 Company,        |               |Remained throughout.|Lt. S. G.
-     R.A.S.C.          |               |                    | Shaw
-   527 Company,        |               |Remained throughout.|Lt. W. N.
-     R.A.S.C.          |               |                    | Roberts
-   528 Company,        |               |Remained throughout.|Capt. H. P.
-     R.A.S.C.          |               |                    | Peacock
-                       |               |                    |
-  DIVISIONAL R.A.M.C.  |               |                    |
-   2/1st (W.R.) Field  |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. W.
-     Ambulance         |               |                    | Lister
-   2/2nd (W.R.) Field  |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. C.
-     Ambulance         |               |                    | W. Eames
-   2/3rd (W.R.) Field  |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. W.
-     Ambulance         |               |                    | S. Keer
-   62nd Divl. Sanitary |               |Remained throughout.|Capt. Moss-
-     Section           |               |                    | Blundell,
-                       |               |                    | C.B.
-   2/1st Northn. Cas.  |               |Remained throughout.|Lt.-Col. W.
-     Clearing Stn.     |               |                    | A. Wetwan
-                       |33rd Sanitary  |Joined after        |
-                       |  Section      |  Armistice.        |
-                       |               |                    |
-  DIVISIONAL MACHINE   |               |                    |
-    GUN BN.            |               |                    |
-                       |201st M.G.     |Joined 1917}
-                       |  Company      |           }
-                       |208th M.G.     |Joined 1917} Formed into 62nd
-                       |  Company      |           } Bn. Machine-Gun
-                       |212th M.G.     |Joined 1917} Corps, Feb.,
-                       |  Company      |           } 1918
-                       |213th M.G.     |Joined 1917}
-                       |  Company      |                    |
-                       |               |                    |
-  DIVISIONAL M.T.      |               |                    |
-    COMPANY.           |               |                    |
-   62nd Div. M.T.      |               |Remained throughout.|Major H. J.
-     Company           |               |                    | C. Hawkins
-                       |               |                    |
-  MOBILE VETERINARY    |               |                    |
-    SECTION.           |               |                    |
-   2/1st (W.R.) Mob.   |               |                    |
-     Vet. Sect.        |               |Remained throughout.|Capt. P.
-                       |               |                    | Abson,
-                       |               |                    | A.V.C.
-                       |               |                    |
-  DIVISIONAL EMPLOYMENT|               |                    |
-    CO.                |               |                    |
-                       |252nd          |Joined June, 1917,  |
-                       |  Employment   |  and remained      |
-                       |  Co.          |  throughout.       |
-  ---------------------+---------------+--------------------+-------------
-
-The Staff Officers in January, 1917, were as follows:—
-
-    G.O.C.             Major-(Lieut.-) General (Sir) W. P. Braithwaite,
-                         (K.) C.B.
-    A.D.C.             Lieut. G. H. Roberts.
-    A.D.C.             Sec.-Lieut. J. C. Newman.
-    G.S.O. (I.)        Lieut.-Col. Hon. A. G. A. Hore-Ruthven, V.C.,
-                         D.S.O., Welsh Guards.
-    G.S.O. (II.)       Major W. G. Charles, Essex.
-    G.S.O. (III.)      Capt. J. A. Batten Pooll, 5th Lancers.
-    A.A. and Q.M.G.    Lieut.-Col. T. M. Foot, C.M.G., R.L., late R.
-                         Innis. Fus.
-    D.A.A. and Q.M.G.  Major H. F. Lea, R.L., late Yorks. Regt.
-    D.A.Q.M.G.         Capt. F. J. Langdon, R.L., late The King’s.
-    A.D.M.S.           Col. de B. Birch, C.B., R.A.M.C. (T).
-    D.A.D.M.S.         Major T. C. Lucas, R.A.M.C.
-    D.A.D.O.S.         Lieut. R. M. Holland.
-    A.D.V.S.           Major F. J. Taylor.
-    A.P.M.             Major G. D’Urban Rodwell.
-    C.R.A.             Brig.-Gen. A. T. Anderson, R.A.
-    A.D.C.             Lieut. Anderson, R.A.
-    Bde. Major         Capt. W. G. Lindsell, R.A.
-    S./Capt.           Capt. A. J. Elston.
-    C.R.E.             Lieut.-Col. F. Gillam, R.E.
-    Adjt.              Capt. G. D. Aspland.
-
-  185TH INF. BDE.
-    G.O.C.             Brig.-Gen. V. W. de Falbe, C.M.G., D.S.O.
-    Bde. Major         Major R. E. Power, The Buffs.
-    S./Capt.           Capt. W. A. C. Lloyd.
-
-  186TH INF. BDE.
-    G.O.C.             Brig.-Gen. F. F. Hill, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
-    Bde. Major         Major C. A. H. Palairet, The Fusileers.
-    S./Capt.           Capt. W. O. Wright.
-
-  187TH INF. BDE.
-    G.O.C.             Brig.-Gen. R. O’B. Taylor, C.I.E.
-    Bde. Major         Major R. B. Bergne, Leinster Regt.
-    S./Capt.           Capt. F. M. Lassetter.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER VII
-
-
-I.—PREPARATIONS ON THE SOMME
-
-We return from the 62nd Division in England to the 49th in France, in the
-same year, 1916. The battles of the Somme were fought mid the pleasant,
-folded hills of Picardy, where the Sussex Weald almost seems to have
-crossed the Channel into France, and Spring renews every year the glad
-tokens of that poets’ May, when the sons of Champagne and Picardy,
-between the valleys of the Marne and the Somme, made France splendid
-in history as the mother of fable and romance: classic soil, a French
-writer tells us, ‘entre Orléans, Rouen, Arras et Troyes, en pleine terre
-française, champenoise et picarde, dans toutes ces bonnes villes et
-villages.’[48]
-
-Classic, too, in another aspect, as the scene of repeated assaults, in
-the Hundred Years’ War, and before and after, by invaders envious of
-Paris. The last and heaviest of those assaults, since Paris fell in 1871,
-now occurred in 1916, between February and June, at the eastern gate
-guarded by Verdun. In 1914 and again in 1918 the invader pushed nearer
-to Paris; but neither in the first year nor in the last year of the War
-were his hammer-blows quite so destructive or his heart of hate quite so
-hot as in the middle year, 1916, when the Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia
-staked his army and his dynasty on the attempt. We are not directly
-concerned with all that Verdun means to France. Vaguely we read from
-the map that it is distant about a hundred and fifty miles from Paris,
-and dimly we perceive that its fall, like the surrender of Strasbourg
-and Metz, might well, if swiftly accomplished, have brought disaster on
-the capital. But what even an Englishman cannot realize, despite the
-_entente cordiale_ and the fellowship binding the _entente_, is the
-intense passion of the cry of General Petain’s troops on the Meuse:
-_Passeront-pas_, they shall not pass. The Crown Prince threw his brave
-soldiery (for their valour is the measure of French endurance), first,
-against the series of forts of which Verdun was the citadel, next against
-Verdun itself, which was no longer an objective but a symbol, and lastly,
-and vainly at the last, against a resolve not to yield the pass, even
-when the force of the resistance had robbed the passage of all profit.
-
-This, briefly, is the story of Verdun in the early months of 1916.
-It is French history from start to finish. The wider vision of fuller
-knowledge is aware that there was unity of purpose even before there
-was unity of command. Sir Douglas Haig’s great Second Despatch contains
-several references to this feature: ‘The various possible alternatives
-on the Western front had been studied and discussed by General Joffre
-and myself, and we were in complete agreement as to the front to be
-attacked.’ ‘It was eventually agreed between General Joffre and myself
-that the combined French and British offensive should not be postponed
-beyond the end of June.’ ‘To cope with such a situation unity of command
-is usually essential, but in this case the cordial good feeling between
-the Allied Armies, and the earnest desire of each to assist the other,
-proved equally effective.’ The French time-table at Verdun was partly
-regulated in conformity with these counsels. Partly, too, the situation
-at Verdun was affected by movements outside France: by Russia’s successes
-against Austria, and by the Battle of Jutland on May 31st, from which the
-Germans brought back so little except damaged ships and a broken moral
-to support their loud claims to victory. But the German tidal wave at
-Verdun, whatever considerations intervene, was repelled finally by French
-bayonets and by the spirit of France behind her steel:
-
-    ‘They lie like circle-strewn soaked Autumn-leaves
-    Which stain the forest scarlet, her fair sons!
-    And of their death her life is.’
-
-The place and the time, as we see—The Somme valley and the end of
-June—had been agreed between General Joffre and Sir Douglas Haig; and, in
-accordance with their decisions, the three-fold object of which was:
-
-    ‘(i.) To relieve the pressure on Verdun,
-
-    (ii.) To assist our Allies in the other theatres of war by
-    stopping any further transfer of German troops from the Western
-    front,
-
-    (iii.) To wear down the strength of the forces opposed to
-    us’[49],
-
-steps were taken betimes to make the necessary, elaborate preparations.
-It will be appropriate to follow those preparations in connection with
-one or more units of the 49th (West Riding) Division, which we left, it
-will be remembered, enjoying a welcome term of rest after their tour of
-duty on the east bank of the Yser Canal.
-
-Take, for instance, the 7th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment. We
-select it partly for the chance that Lt.-Col. Tetley, D.S.O., then Major,
-2nd in Command,[50] kept a separate diary of the Battalion, which we have
-had the advantage of perusing, partly because, as will appear, the second
-Victoria Cross in the Division was awarded to a non-commissioned officer
-of this unit for conspicuous gallantry on the first day of the Somme
-campaign.
-
-The first fortnight of 1916 was spent by the Brigade[51] at Wormhoudt,
-where, after Company training every forenoon, ‘the men had plenty of
-time to themselves.... The Tykes gave their entertainment every night.’
-On January 15th, this easeful life ended, and a march of eight miles to
-Merckeghem was followed on the 16th by a sixteen-mile march to Zutkerque,
-which the men ‘stood very well.’ On the 17th, another sixteen miles
-brought the Brigade as far as Calais, where they went into camp on a
-‘sandy common, which was very like Strensall Common’ in Yorkshire: there
-is a family likeness in gorse-bushes. The New Year Honours of that date
-brought Major H. D. Bousfield’s D.S.O. and Captain J. D. Redmayne’s
-Military Cross. From 8-30 p.m. on February 1st till 3 a.m. on the 2nd the
-Brigade travelled by rail from Calais to Longeau, just east of Amiens,
-with all transport and baggage on board: the relief of Verdun had begun.
-About a week was spent near Amiens, where the Yorkshiremen found the
-landscape a pleasant ‘contrast to that round Poperinghe,’ and ‘not unlike
-the Yorkshire wolds.’ From February 10th to 12th the march was resumed
-to Authuille, where the 5th and 7th Battalions were in support and the
-6th and 8th in the trenches. The 7th remained in support for eight days.
-On February 20th they went into the trenches on the north-east edge of
-Thiepval Wood. On the whole, the trenches were good and dry, but they ran
-down on the left to a marsh made by the River Ancre, and on the right
-they had been damaged by trench-mortar fire; still, it was a change for
-the better from the Yser. Snow was falling heavily at this time, and
-the trench-tours were kept down to four or five days. After three weeks
-of this experience, the Battalion was relieved on March 5th by the 9th
-Inniskilling Fusiliers, of the 36th (Ulster) Division, and went into
-billets at Harponville. It is observed that ‘during the three weeks
-the Brigade had been in the trenches, a great deal of work was done by
-the newly appointed Intelligence Officers, and practically everything
-possible was known about No Man’s Land.’ The Intelligence Officer in the
-7th West Yorkshires was 2/Lieut. Beale, but for old acquaintance’ sake,
-we select an example of such service, which provided valuable knowledge
-for future use, from the record of Lieut. E. F. Wilkinson, M.C., of
-the 8th Battalion of the same Regiment. At mid-day on February 28th he
-went out to certain cross-roads. Again, on the afternoon of March 2nd,
-he waded up the stream which flowed under a stone bridge just west of
-these cross-roads, and found a plank bridge twenty-five yards up-stream,
-which, judging by the marks on it, was regularly used by the Germans. The
-information which this officer obtained in his daylight prowlings helped
-to compose the map of No Man’s Land; and it is worth observing that a
-German War Diary (2nd Guard Reserve Division), to which we refer later
-on, acknowledges that British Officers ‘were provided with excellent
-maps, which showed every German trench systematically named, and gave
-every detail of our positions.’
-
-We are writing of the preparations for the Somme battles. ‘These
-preparations’, said Sir Douglas Haig,[52] ‘were necessarily very
-elaborate and took considerable time. Vast stocks of ammunition and
-stores of all kinds had to be accumulated beforehand within a convenient
-distance of our front. To deal with these, many miles of new railways,
-both standard and narrow gauge, and trench tramways were laid.’ In the
-Harponville period, we now read, all the Companies of the 7th West
-Yorkshires ‘were employed in working on a new railway, which was in
-course of construction from Daours to Contay.’ This work, assisted by
-good weather, ‘nearly every day being warm and sunny,’ was finished on
-March 26th. On the 30th, there was an inspection by Lord Kitchener, who
-expressed his approval of the appearance and turn-out of the men. The
-5th Battalion of the West Yorkshires, which was billeted in Harponville
-at the same time, shared in the work and the inspection. Day by day
-they were called upon for working-parties to construct new roads, new
-railways, or both; and ‘all this labour,’ Sir Douglas Haig reminds us,
-writing of the Army as a whole, ‘had to be carried out in addition to
-fighting, and to the everyday work of maintaining existing defences. It
-threw a very heavy strain on the troops, which was borne by them with
-a cheerfulness beyond all praise[53].’ Certainly no sign of lack of
-cheerfulness is revealed in the diary of any unit. ‘The men liked the
-change of work,’ we are told.
-
-Throughout April and May Battalions were busily engaged in various
-forms of training and fatigues. On May 29th, while in the billets
-at Vignacourt, orders were received by the 7th West Yorkshires to
-march to Aveluy Wood, just east of Martincourt, in order to provide
-working-parties to dig a buried-cable trench for the 36th (Ulster)
-Division. The move was accomplished in two days’ marches, and the 8th
-Battalion of the same Regiment joined them in Aveluy Wood on June 1st.
-The weather here was bad, the accommodation poor, and German shells were
-rained on the camp from an early hour in the morning on June 2nd. But the
-work of preparation went on apace, and the Battalion remained in Aveluy
-Wood till June 19th. Meanwhile, the King’s Birthday on June 3rd had
-brought further honours to the 49th Division. The Distinguished Conduct
-Medal awarded to a Company Sgt.-Major ‘for general good work and devotion
-to duty since the Battalion came to France in April, 1915,’ and the
-Military Medals awarded to a Sergeant, a Lance-Corporal and a Rifleman
-for devotion to duty on December 8th, 1915, when their Battalion, in
-front-line trenches on the Yser, was exposed to heavy shell fire, are
-typical of the record of the whole Division.
-
-The time of preparation was nearly over. The appointed hour of action
-was close at hand. ‘It was agreed’, we remember, between General Joffre
-and Sir Douglas Haig, ‘that the combined French and British offensive
-should not be postponed beyond the end of June.’ Before the curtain rises
-on that drama, opened punctually on July 1st, and on the part taken at
-the opening by the gallant Battalion which we have accompanied from
-Wormhoudt, we may glance more rapidly at the experience of other units in
-the Division which Major-General Perceval led to the Somme.
-
-Take the 5th Battalion, York and Lancasters. On February 3rd, they
-entrained for Longeau, marched four hours to Ailly, and reached Oissy
-by motor-’bus on the 4th. ‘Hilly country,’ they note again with
-satisfaction. Their machine-gunners were struck off strength to form a
-Machine-Gun Company under Captain Rideal. March was spent in railway
-work and training: ‘Regular hours and a fortnight’s rest have worked
-wonders with the Battalion,’ we read after a month’s manual labour. ‘The
-slackness due to nearly a year’s trench-life is no longer apparent, and
-an entirely new stock of N.C.O.’s are beginning to give promise for the
-future.’ And the future began to show more clearly. A whole week’s work
-at the end of April was ‘devoted to training,’ especially to an ‘attack
-on trenches south of Naours, which undoubtedly represent the German lines
-opposite the Authuille Section. The 49th Division in reserve attacks
-the German 3rd Line, the 1st and 2nd Lines already having been taken by
-other Divisions, probably of the Corps’ (we are quoting from an account
-of training-practice); and the Officer Commanding the Battalion, Lt.-Col.
-Shuttleworth Rendall, D.S.O., added with keen anticipation: ‘All training
-and the similarity of the ground seem to point to the fact that, at a
-date not far distant, the 49th Division will attack the actual 3rd Line
-of the German trenches in front of Authuille.’ It happened very much
-as Colonel Rendall foresaw; and, when we come presently to the actual
-fighting, we shall see that this gallant Officer was, unfortunately,
-severely wounded shortly after the ‘date not far distant’ from the
-rehearsal which he here reports. Meanwhile, on June 26th, Brigade
-Operation Orders were received at Battalion Headquarters: ‘the utmost
-secrecy still preserved. Day of attack, alluded to as Z day, not yet
-notified. On Z day at Zero hour, artillery bombardment will lift from
-German front line and attack will commence.’
-
-There were four X and Y days still to run. Bad weather accounted for a
-postponement from the 28th to the 30th June; and, while awaiting the
-summons to the Assembly-trenches in Aveluy Wood, we may follow the story
-of preparation in the log-book of yet another unit, the 4th West Riding
-(Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment, with which we first made acquaintance in
-Chapter II.
-
-On January 15th they marched from Houtkerke, where they had lived for
-a fortnight in farm-billets, to similar accommodation at Wormhoudt.
-The Battalion remained in rest: ‘Company-drill, bayonet-fighting,
-route-marching, bomb-throwing, etc., have been carried out, and the men
-appear to have greatly benefited by the change’. On February 2nd came the
-move to Longeau, and the march through Amiens to Ailly, which preceded,
-as with other units of the Division, the tours in the trenches north
-of Authuille and the working-parties of March to May. Lt.-Col. (later,
-Brig.-General) E. G. St. Aubyn, D.S.O., at that time in Command of the
-Battalion, was allotted special duties at Corps Headquarters at the end
-of June, when Major J. Walker took Command. (Major E. P. Chambers had
-been attached since early in April as Claims Officer to the Division).
-The Birthday Honours included a D.S.O. for Major R. E. Sugden, two
-Distinguished Conduct Medals and a Military Medal. At 2 p.m. on the last
-day of June, the Battalion moved to Senlis, ‘to take part in operations.’
-
-Every unit repeated the same experience: rest and recuperation in
-January from the severe strain of the trenches on the Yser; a move
-south-south-west early in February to the hilly country about Amiens;
-trench-work and trench-warfare in the valleys of the Somme and the
-Ancre; intensive training in offensive; elaborate, tireless fatigue-duty
-in all kinds of labour behind the line: railways, tramways, causeways,
-dressing stations, magazines, water-mains, communication-, assembly- and
-assault-trenches, mining operations, and so forth; often under enemy
-fire, with the weather ‘bad, on the whole,’ and ‘the local accommodation
-totally insufficient,[54]’ and, at last, at the end of June, on the
-agreed date, ‘to relieve the pressure on Verdun.’
-
-
-II.—OPERATIONS ON THE SOMME
-
-We are to remember in the first instance that the French and British
-objective was limited. In order to relieve the German pressure on Verdun,
-it was not necessary, however desirable it might be, to drive the enemy
-out of France and Belgium. Strictly speaking, he was never driven out;
-he begged an armistice for retirement; and, though his retreat became a
-rout, it falls into its place in the war-history, as Sir Douglas Haig
-indicated in his last Despatch, as the final stage of a gradual process,
-in which, compared with older battles, months and miles were consumed
-like hours and yards. A fairly clear perception of what was happening,
-albeit two years before the end, was present to the mind of the British
-Commander when he wrote his Second Despatch in December, 1916. There he
-represented the Battles of the Somme as a phase, or stage, in a longer
-battle, and the objects of the fighting on the Somme as subsidiary to the
-objects of the war. Accordingly, we are not to expect, as at home, and
-racked with acute anxiety, we were eager to expect at the time, that the
-German defeat on the Somme would be equivalent to an Allied victory in
-the war. Still less are we to repeat the practice, too common in 1916,
-of dividing the yards of Allied gains into the miles of territory in
-German occupation, in order to calculate a time-ratio from the quotient.
-Space and time were never measurable by one calculus. Even a surrender
-of space, as General Petain proved on the Meuse, and as Marshal Foch
-was to prove in 1918, might diminish instead of increasing the force
-of the enemy’s offensive. Always the war was greater than its battles,
-and always a chief object at every stage was to wear down the enemy’s
-resistance. Sir Douglas Haig, as we saw in the last chapter, was well
-aware that the Battles of the Somme had not broken the enemy’s strength,
-‘nor is it yet possible to form an estimate of the time the war may last
-before the objects for which the Allies are fighting have been attained.
-But the Somme battle,’ he declared with conviction, ‘has placed beyond
-doubt the ability of the Allies to gain those objects.’ This, after all,
-was all that mattered, and we do well to see the view from Olympus before
-descending into the valley of the Somme.
-
-It is the evening of June 30th, 1916. The diaries of units agree in their
-accounts of these crowded, fateful hours. The 1/7th West Yorkshires’
-record says:
-
-    ‘June 30th. Battalion marched to Aveluy Wood, _via_ Hedauville,
-    Englebelmer and Martinsart, after dark. All transport moved to
-    position south-east of Hedauville, between that village and
-    Bouzincourt.
-
-    ‘Not more than 25 Officers per Battalion were allowed to
-    go into action; the remainder, with a certain number of
-    Signallers, Lewis Gunners and Bombers went to Bouzincourt,
-    ready to be called upon when wanted.
-
-    ‘July 1st. Battalion received orders about 8 a.m. to move
-    to assembly-trenches in Thiepval Wood, and all had arrived
-    there by noon. There was a good deal of shelling of the
-    assembly-trenches while we were getting into them, and a good
-    many casualties were caused, especially among the Lewis gun
-    teams.’
-
-The 1/5th York and Lancasters state:
-
-    ‘June 30th. 11 p.m. Battalion clear of Warloy on road to
-    assembly-trenches.
-
-    ‘July 1st. 3-45 a.m. Whole Battalion in assembly-trenches,
-    Aveluy Wood.
-
-    —— 6-20 a.m. Intense bombardment commenced, and lasted for one
-    hour.’
-
-The 1/6th West Yorkshires write:
-
-    ‘June 30th. Battalion marched to assembly-trenches in Aveluy
-    Wood.
-
-    ‘July 1st. 6-30 a.m. Heavy bombardment by our artillery of
-    enemy trenches. Battalion moved across the River Ancre and took
-    up a position in Thiepval Wood.’
-
-The 1/4th West Ridings’ record runs:
-
-    ‘Battalion moved from Senlis at 11-7 p.m. (30-6-16), marching
-    to assembly-trenches in Aveluy Wood, arriving about 2 a.m.
-    (1-7-16) under heavy shell-fire.’
-
-We need not multiply this evidence. We should already be able to imagine
-the quick, dark scheme of concentration, so far as the 49th Division was
-concerned, in the first stage of the Allied programme for the relief of
-the pressure on Verdun.
-
-At this point we may look at the map (page 92).
-
-We spoke on a previous page[55] of the line drawn from Douai to Lens,
-working from east to west, on which a break-through by the French would
-have shaken the defences of Lille at the apex of a triangle formed with
-Lens and Douai at its bases. We are now to strike south of this line, and
-taking Douai as our apex to draw a second triangle with Arras and Bapaume
-at the lower angles (the further extension of this sketch is explained at
-page 124 below):
-
-[Illustration]
-
-For the great battle for Paris or the coast, the great German invasion
-of France, which was also an attack on British sea-power, has shifted its
-centre from Ypres; and, while the Crown Prince of Prussia is hammering
-at Verdun, as the eastern gate to Paris, the French and British Army
-Commanders in the north-west of France have resolved to try to advance
-(to push the Germans further back, that is to say), on, roughly, a
-north-easterly front, looking from Amiens through Albert to Bapaume.
-This, broadly, is the key to a situation, which we have been following in
-diminishing degrees from the big, strategic plans in high places to the
-disposition of units and individuals. We have watched the preparations
-for that advance: the movements of troops by rail and road; the eyes of
-the army in the air; the ears of the army underground; the elaborate
-collection of war-material; the construction of permanent ways, and
-so forth. We see now the relation in space of the campaign of 1916 to
-the campaign of 1915. The tidal wave has ebbed away from Ypres, and
-has surged more furiously against Verdun; we are to change our focus,
-accordingly, from the Yser Canal to the River Somme, and from the Channel
-ports to Paris; and in this sector, narrowing our survey, as the vast
-movement unfolds into details, we are most particularly concerned with
-the straight line, laid on a Roman road, which runs south-west from
-Bapaume to Albert. It is rather more westerly in direction, and about
-half the length of the road down to Bapaume from Douai. Travelling along
-its well-laid surface from north-east to south-west, we pass through Le
-Sars, Pozières and La Boisselle, the last a little to the left of the
-line. The nodal point, or meeting-place, or starting-place, is the town
-of Albert on the Ancre, ‘a small, straggling town built of red brick
-along a knot of cross-roads at a point where the swift chalk-river Ancre,
-hardly more than a brook, is bridged and so channelled that it can be
-used for power.’[56] Westward from Albert is Amiens; eastward we saw,
-Bapaume. Next, follow the chalk-stream of the Ancre, northward under
-Albert’s bridges, through its native banks and braes. For our range of
-vision is being contracted, and we are coming through Army Commanders’
-plans to the men appointed to carry them out in their destined stations
-along the line. About two miles north of Albert on the west bank of the
-Ancre are the first trees of Aveluy Wood, where our assembly-trenches
-lay. Martinsart lies behind this Wood, Mesnil and Hamel are beyond it,
-Bouzincourt just below it to the rear. Opposite, on the east bank of
-the Ancre, about three miles to the north of Albert, lies the village
-of Authuille, north of which again is Thiepval Wood, looking backwards
-at Hamel and Mesnil on the safe, west side of the little river, and
-facing ‘the German line opposite the Authuille section,’ just as Colonel
-Rendall (and, doubtless, many others) had imagined the situation in that
-dress-rehearsal by Naours which we attended at the end of April. Thiepval
-village is on the German side of our front line.
-
-[Illustration: THE SOMME FRONT. BRITISH.]
-
-So we reach by gradual delimitation, by a _diminuendo_ process, as it
-were, the task allotted to Major-General Perceval, Commanding the 49th
-Division, on July 1st, 1916.[57] ‘Z’ day has arrived at last. The vast
-plans for the relief of Verdun are now about to be set in motion. Home
-Governments have expressed their approval, and have sent the munitions
-and the men. Due weight has been given to outside considerations in this
-war on many fronts: to the needs of Italy and Russia, the disappointment
-of Germany at sea, the inclination of the United States of America. From
-the dunes of Calais to the Picardy hills, north-west France has become
-an armed camp, with the ceaseless movement of the immense accumulation
-of animate and inanimate material which nearly two years’ experience has
-proved to be essential for modern warfare. All the while, as Sir Douglas
-Haig reminds us in his great Second Despatch, ‘the rôle of the other
-armies holding our defensive line ... was neither light nor unimportant.
-While required to give precedence in all respects to the Somme battle,
-they were responsible for the security of the line held by them and for
-keeping the enemy on their front constantly on the alert.’ Verily, a huge
-organization to be stated in terms of unit action and of the prowess of
-individual men. It was a long way from Sir Douglas Haig to Aveluy Wood:
-the 49th was only one of five Divisions (the 12th, 25th, 32nd, 36th and
-49th), which composed the Xth Corps of the Fifth Army.
-
-Our business lies between Authuille and Thiepval. We have fined down the
-vaster issues to the operations east of Authuille, where the British line
-bulged towards the Ancre in an ugly angle known as the Leipsic Salient.
-The fighting to which we now come is all round and about that Salient,
-between the point where the British front line crossed the River Ancre at
-Hamel to the point where it met the Albert-Bapaume road. If we realize
-that the object of this fighting was to straighten and push back that
-bulge, and so to contribute to the advance of the long Allied line on the
-Somme battlefield, we may return to the men who fought there in the early
-days of July, 1916. It is one thing to show on a map, on however large a
-scale, the increasing depth of the British front line at various dates
-after July 1st; it is another thing to visualize that line in the actual
-mud, trees, slopes, which composed it, and to recount the conditions day
-by day, under which it swayed forward and back, in front and beyond and
-across the magnificently fortified German trenches.
-
-Take the 7th West Yorkshires, for example.
-
-We left them at noon on July 1st in their assembly-trenches in Thiepval
-Wood. While the sun was still high in the heaven, about half-past five in
-the afternoon, Brigade orders (146th Infantry) arrived for the attack.
-The 5th and 6th Battalions of the Regiment were to go over the top in an
-attempt to capture Thiepval village, the 8th was detailed for support,
-and the 7th for reserve. Some hot hours of confused fighting ensued. The
-7th Battalion was told off to man the original British front line trench,
-from the point where it touched the east bank of the Ancre to a point
-known as Hammerhead Gap, at the top of Thiepval Wood. This move was being
-completed with great difficulty, owing, mainly, to the congestion of the
-trenches by the wounded and stragglers of the 36th (Ulster) Division,
-when an Officer of that Division, Commanding the 9th Royal Irish Rifles,
-made an earnest request for help to reinforce his men in the German
-lines. Two Companies (C and D) of the 7th West Yorkshires made their way
-to these captured trenches, leaving A and B Companies to hold the British
-front and support lines. The fall of night brought no rest to this unit.
-The 36th Division became able to hold its own, and the half-Battalion
-from the 49th was ordered to withdraw. This order was not easy to carry
-out in the darkness, weariness and general _mêlée_, and about forty men
-of C Company found themselves stranded for the night (July 1st-2nd) in
-the disagreeable hospitality of the German line. They were well led by
-a non-commissioned Officer, Corporal (later, Sergeant) George Sanders,
-who was recommended for his valuable work and great personal bravery
-by the Officers of the Royal Irish Rifles. Later, Sanders received the
-supreme decoration of the Victoria Cross[58] for his gallant conduct in
-this action, and six of the brave men with him were awarded Military
-Medals. The whole Battalion was withdrawn to Aveluy Wood, and reached the
-assembly-trenches about 11 o’clock on the night of July 2nd; thirty-six
-hours, or a little less, after they had assembled on the 1st. They had
-lost 16 killed, 144 wounded and about 20 missing; they had gained a
-Victoria Cross, some experience, and—four days’ rest.
-
-Take another unit of the 49th Division: the 5th Battalion of the York
-and Lancaster Regiment, in the 148th Infantry Brigade. We left them
-proceeding to Aveluy Wood just before midnight on June 30th. The first
-instalment of their story in the present action is to last almost exactly
-a week: from 1-30 p.m. on July 1st, when the Battalion moved out of the
-assembly-trenches, till 8-30 p.m. on July 8th, when they were relieved by
-the 7th West Ridings, and went into huts in Martinsart Wood. The story
-makes sad but gallant reading. They sustained in those seven days and
-nights a total of 307 casualties. Their Commanding Officer was wounded
-and missing, their Officer 2nd in Command was killed, another Officer
-had died of wounds, thirteen more were wounded or missing. In other
-Ranks, 56 were killed and three had died of wounds; 204 were wounded and
-44 missing: a heavy toll to be extracted from one Battalion towards the
-relief of the pressure on Verdun.
-
-The price was paid without reckoning the cost, and we shall not follow
-in detail the experiences of this unit during that week. They moved first
-to where the British front line touched the left bank of the Ancre. Major
-Shaw took A and B Companies to the north side of that line; Lt.-Col.
-Rendall, with C and D Companies was posted on the south side. Captain G.
-A. G. Hewitt at this juncture retired to hospital suffering from shock.
-The fighting went on from hour to hour with very varying fortune: at one
-time, there seemed a possibility of a successful assault on St. Pierre
-Divion, the next village north of the line; at other times, the utmost
-efforts were required to extricate the wounded. On July 5th, Aveluy Wood
-was shelled practically for the first time. High explosive, shrapnel and
-lachrymatory shells were employed, and found all the assembly-trenches;
-captured maps and prisoners’ information were no doubt responsible for
-this disaster. Early in the morning of the 6th, seven officers and eighty
-other ranks went out in two bombing parties to capture a front-line
-trench; no Officer and twenty-two other Ranks returned. It was in this
-action that Lt.-Col. Rendall, D.S.O., Commanding the Battalion, had
-to be left wounded in a German dug-out, and that Major Shaw, 2nd in
-Command, was killed. The failure was due to the good German sniping,
-too heavy bombs for effective throwing, and a communication-trench not
-deep enough to pass them through. It was stubborn fighting, we see,
-and very difficult progress was made. But one Division in one Corps of
-one Army was not the whole fighting force which the Allies brought to
-the Somme, and some relief may be found by looking through German eyes
-at the results on July 1st in another sector. We have already referred
-to the War Diary for this period of the 55th Reserve Infantry Regiment
-(the 2nd Guard Reserve Division), which was holding the German line in
-front of Gommecourt six or seven miles north of Hamel. Their experience
-is no doubt typical of the enemy’s sufferings all along the line. Thus
-we read of an intense bombardment, ‘overwhelming all the trenches,
-and sweeping away the wire’; of the ‘thick charging waves of English
-infantry’; of every round from the English guns pitching into the trench,
-‘thus rendering its occupation even by detached posts impossible’;
-of telephonic communication destroyed by the bombardment, so that
-‘Regimental Headquarters were without news of the progress of events’; of
-the English ‘excellent maps,’ and the ‘most disturbing effect’ of English
-aeroplanes: and, so reading, we begin to perceive another side to the
-picture. Such records of failure and disappointment, of forlorn hopes and
-forfeited successes, as occur in the journals of our own units are seen
-in a truer perspective when the long line of battle is displayed. Even
-the rain in which some wet Yorkshiremen spent a miserable night (July
-7th) by the roadside fell impartially on the other side of the road, and
-was duly chronicled by dripping Germans; and, when we are told that C and
-D Companies of the 6th Battalion of the West Yorkshires, who ‘went over
-the parapet to the attack’ at 4 p.m. on July 1st, had to retire to their
-own trenches with their Signalling Officer (Lieut. Dodd) killed, their
-Commanding Officer (Lt.-Col. Wade) and two other Officers wounded, we
-take consolation from the entry which follows next in the same journal:
-‘Enemy reported to be massing opposite our front for a counter-attack,
-which, however, did not develop.’ ‘Enemy’ did not have it his own way all
-the time.
-
-Let us follow this unit a little further. During the first fortnight
-of July, step by step, and with many a step backward before two steps
-forward could be taken, German trenches in the Leipsic Salient had been
-occupied, and improved footholds had been won. Every effort was being
-made to consolidate and extend the new positions, and it happened on July
-14th, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, that this Battalion (the 6th West
-Yorkshires) took over that portion from the 7th. The 7th had had a rough
-experience. In the early morning of July 13th they had been attacked by
-German bombers, who, according to Colonel Tetley’s testimony, evinced
-‘great bravery and disregard of danger.’ At one time they rushed a
-British trench, ‘but were bombed out by 2/Lieut. F. J. Baldwin and men of
-A Company.... Practically all our bombers were casualties.’ The Battalion
-lost 15 killed and 92 wounded in this exploit, but Major-General Perceval
-assured them that their ‘stubborn fighting had materially assisted in the
-success of the larger operation on the British front,’ and Lieut. Baldwin
-was awarded the Military Cross and two N.C.O.’s the Distinguished Conduct
-Medal.
-
-The night of the 14th-15th was fairly quiet. Both sides were attending
-to their wounded. But early in the morning of July 15th, when the 6th
-Battalion had relieved the 7th, the Germans returned to the attack, and
-this attempt, very pluckily repulsed, is memorable for the use of a
-weapon, new in the experience of the defenders, and hardly less horrible
-in its first effect than the surprise of poison-gas at Ypres. We have the
-advantage of a graphic description of the three hours’ fighting on that
-morning from the pen of Lieut. Meekosha, V.C., who took part in it as a
-non-commissioned Officer.[59] He writes:
-
-    ‘About 3-30 a.m. the Germans launched their dastardly attack
-    with liquid fire, the only warning we received being the
-    terrifying shrieks of those unfortunate sentries who came into
-    contact with the flame. Then came a hail of hand grenades, a
-    few of the Boches coming as far as our own parapet, hoping
-    to find our men demoralized. For their pains they were each
-    presented with at least one well-aimed bullet. Our men then
-    lined the parapet with as much speed and ammunition as
-    possible, and let the Hun have it for all they were worth.
-    Another party of Boches, well stacked with bombs, had already
-    stormed one of our saps, which had been blocked about half way.
-    Our Battalion bombers were at once called out to deal with this
-    party, and, fighting their way foot by foot, cleared every
-    living Boche from the sap, a fact which reflected no little
-    credit on our men, being, as they were, at a disadvantage from
-    the very beginning. Our Stokes Mortar Battery was then set to
-    work on the German front line, and to see old Fritz jump on
-    to his own parapet, run a few yards as hard as he could go,
-    and then into his own trench again (provided that he did not
-    get a bullet in the attempt, our machine-guns and rifles being
-    on the look out for opportunities) was the best amusement I
-    had had for weeks. This went on for about three hours, during
-    which time the work of our Officers and N.C.O.’s was cut out in
-    stopping our men from rushing headlong into the Hun trenches in
-    their eagerness to kill as many Boches as possible in as little
-    time as possible. Unfortunately, a few of the good men lost
-    their lives during this fighting, but we had the satisfaction
-    of knowing that, for every one lost, the Hun lost at least four.
-
-    ‘Thus ended our first experience under liquid fire.
-
-    ‘After this, our boys set to and cooked for themselves the
-    breakfast they so richly deserved.’
-
-It was after this fashion that the pressure on Verdun was relieved.
-Sir Douglas Haig is quite clear on this point. He admitted that, ‘north
-of the valley of the Ancre, on the left flank of our attack, our initial
-successes were not sustained’; that ‘the enemy’s continued resistance
-at Thiepval and Beaumont Hamel (29th Division) made it impossible to
-forward reinforcements and ammunition, and, in spite of their gallant
-efforts, our troops were forced to withdraw’; and that ‘the subsidiary
-attack at Gommecourt also forced its way into the enemy’s positions;
-but there met with such vigorous opposition that ... our troops were
-withdrawn’[60]. These were the first day’s experiences. The succeeding
-days, as we have seen, brought certain adjustments for the better, even
-in the difficult region where General Perceval’s gallant troops had to
-fight their troublesome way up slopes of mud from the valley of the
-Ancre to the deeply fortified positions which the Germans held with
-machine-guns, rifles and liquid flame. But they did not bring conspicuous
-success. They were not expected to bring it, as a fact. As we have looked
-at the fighting at close quarters, so we are to look at the results
-through Command spectacles. The Battle of the Somme was not won, nor was
-it intended to be won, between Thiepval village and Authuille, where the
-Leipsic Salient bulged inwards. ‘The British main front of attack,’ we
-are told in the same Despatch, ‘extended from Maricourt on our right,
-round the Salient at Fricourt, to the Ancre in front of St. Pierre
-Divion’; that is, from the bank of the River Somme to the Albert-Bapaume
-road and north of it. But ‘to assist this main attack by holding the
-enemy’s reserves and occupying his Artillery’ (not, note, by capturing
-his defences), ‘the enemy’s trenches north of the Ancre, as far as Serre
-inclusive, were to be assaulted simultaneously’; and, further north,
-‘a subsidiary attack’ was to be made at Gommecourt. So clear did this
-distinction become in the early stages of the battle, and so plain was
-the dividing line between the holding and the pushing forces, that Sir
-Douglas Haig decided to separate the Commands: ‘In order that General
-Sir Henry Rawlinson might be left free to concentrate his attention
-on the portion of the front where the attack was to be pushed home, I
-also decided to place the operations against the front, La Boisselle to
-Serre, under the command of General Sir Hubert de la P. Gough.... My
-instructions to Sir Hubert Gough were that his Army was to maintain a
-steady pressure on the front from La Boisselle to the Serre Road, and
-to act as a pivot, on which our line could swing as our attacks on his
-right made progress towards the north.’ Moreover, ‘our attacks on his
-right’ (Sir Henry Rawlinson’s on Sir Hubert Gough’s) must be associated,
-in a larger survey, with the simultaneous French attacks under their
-own Command. Accordingly, it is wholly just to say that the containing
-action of the 49th Division, when the first impetus of the units had
-been checked, developed exactly according to plan, in a military phrase
-rendered famous by another Army. Up to July 7th, the enemy’s forces
-north of La Boisselle ‘were kept constantly engaged, and our holding in
-the Leipsic Salient was gradually increased’; and, after July 7th, as
-the Commander-in-Chief wrote, ‘the enemy in and about Ovillers had been
-pressed relentlessly, and gradually driven back by incessant bombing
-attacks and local assaults,[61]’ among which, one among many, may be
-mentioned a very gallant night attack by the 8th West Yorks. Thus, Sir
-Douglas Haig’s view from Olympus informs the Battalion records, and
-we shall see in the further course of the Somme battle how fully his
-instructions were observed till the time came to swing round on Sir
-Hubert Gough’s pivot.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER VIII
-
-
-I.—OPERATIONS ON THE SOMME—(_Continued_).
-
-It is not seemly to be too modest about the Somme, nor to insist
-over-much upon the limitation of the Allied objective. We know that it
-was not intended to drive the Germans out of France; at least, not in
-1916. As a fact, in the Spring of 1917 there was a big German retirement,
-which was only voluntary in the sense that the enemy bowed to necessity
-before necessity broke him, and again, in the Autumn of 1918, there was
-another big German retreat, which brought the war to an end. They take a
-short view who fail to see the direct and intimate connection between the
-campaign of 1916 and the decisive results in the following two years. The
-British Commander, while the future was still veiled, had no illusions on
-this point. Wielding, like the Castilian knight of old, ‘now the pen and
-now the sword,’ Sir Douglas Haig, when he indited his great Despatch on
-December 29th, 1916, stated without reserve, that:
-
-    ‘Verdun had been relieved; the main German forces had been held
-    on the Western front; and the enemy’s strength had been very
-    considerably worn down. Any one of these results is in itself
-    sufficient,’ he avowed, ‘to justify the Somme battle. The
-    attainment of all three of them affords ample compensation for
-    the splendid efforts of our troops and for the sacrifices made
-    by ourselves and our Allies. They have brought us a long step
-    forward towards the final victory of the Allied cause.[62]’
-
-‘A long step forward,’ not necessarily in the eyes of the old men and
-children who stuck pins in their wall-maps at home; and yet not a short
-step either, even when measured by this exacting standard. Let us look at
-the map once more and stick in some imaginary pins on our own account.
-First, take the straight, white road from Albert to Bapaume, and divide
-it into eleven equal parts, representing its length of, approximately,
-eleven miles. Just before the second milestone (or mile-pin) from Albert,
-mark the point where the Allied line crossed the road on July 1st, 1916,
-and just beyond the eight milestone mark the point where the Allied line
-crossed the road on December 31st. They had devoured (or ‘nibbled’ was
-the word) six miles in six months, including the villages of Pozières
-and Le Sars, and were less than three miles distant from Bapaume. Next,
-observe the effect of this protrusion on the reach, or embrace, of
-the Allied arms. Take the Ancre and the Somme as frontiers, and prick
-out from the point by the second milestone a line running northwards
-to the left of Thiepval and across the Ancre to Beaumont-Hamel, and
-southwards to the left of Fricourt and Mametz, then to the right of
-Maricourt, then left of Curlu to the Somme. This was the Allied line
-on July 1st. Take the same boundaries again, and prick out from the
-point by the eighth milestone a line running northwards to the left of
-Warlencourt and Grandcourt, then to the right of Thiepval, Beaucourt
-and Beaumont-Hamel, and southwards to the right of Flers, Lesbœufs,
-Sailly, Rancourt, Bouchavesnes and Clèry to the Somme. This, roughly,
-was the Allied line on December 31st. The pricked-in area, rhombic in
-shape, which means neither round nor square, encloses a large number
-of square miles re-captured from reluctant Germans. It did not include
-Bapaume itself, nor Péronne, nor St. Quentin, nor Brussels; the time for
-these had not arrived. But it took in many towns and hamlets which had
-known the foot of the invader, it broke huge masses of fortified works
-which had been designed to shoe the invader’s foot, and, consequently,
-it seriously shook the moral power of German resistance. We shall not
-measure the acres of French territory released, for we have no standard
-by which to calculate the effect of Verdun relieved on the German armies
-driven homewards between the Ancre and the Somme. Nor is a yard by yard
-advance properly expressed in terms of mileage. Take any one of the
-positions re-captured: Mametz, Trônes, Combles, Thiepval itself, and
-review it for a moment in the series of defences, artificial and natural
-and natural-artificial, which the tenacious attackers had to overcome.
-Thus, between Fricourt and Mametz Wood were Lonely Copse, the Crucifix,
-Shelter Wood, Railway Copse, Bottom Wood, the Quadrangle, etc.: every
-name a miniature Waterloo to the gallant men who fought and fell there.
-Nowhere in all that area could a sixteenth of a mile be gained without
-an elaborate battle-plan and a battle, or several battles, taxing to
-the utmost the endurance of troops dedicated to victory and resolute to
-death. So, ‘they brought us a long step forward towards the final victory
-of the Allied cause.’
-
-We are to contract our range once more to the scope of the 49th Division,
-and to consider that ‘step’ more particularly in the region north of
-Albert by the Ancre, where Sir Hubert Gough commanded the Fifth Army. It
-was not a sensational record. If we follow the Diary of that Army, say,
-from July 21st to the end of September, we receive, mainly, an impression
-of containing work excellently done, while the shock of battle broke
-afar. A few of these entries may be cited:
-
-    ‘July 21st. 49th Division in Leipsic Salient....
-
-    ‘July 23rd. Attack by 48th Division and 1st Australian
-    Division. Good progress. 49th Division front South of River
-    Ancre....
-
-    ‘July 29th. 49th Division left of 12th Division to River
-    Ancre....
-
-    ‘Aug. 27th. 49th Division relieved 25th Division....
-
-    ‘Sept. 3rd. South of Ancre 49th Division attacked....
-
-    ‘Sept. 24th. 18th Division relieved 49th Division....
-
-    ‘Sept. 27th. 11th Division captured Stuff Redoubt.
-
-    ‘Sept. 28th. 18th Division attacked Schwaben Redoubt.’
-
-Except on September 3rd, to which we shall come back, the work of the
-49th Division, seen from this angle of vision, appears more passive than
-active.
-
-Let us enlarge the angle considerably. Instead of Sir Hubert Gough’s,
-consult Major-General Perceval’s Diary, the Divisional instead of the
-Army Commander’s. We come nearer to action in that aspect.
-
-Between July 21st and the 27th there were ‘three encounters with the
-enemy in the Leipsic Salient.’ On the 21st, he made a bombing attack; on
-the 22nd, the 4th York and Lancasters ‘attempted to extend our position
-in the Salient to the east by surprise,’ but were foiled; on the 23rd,
-the 4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry made a similar attempt, ‘but
-consolidation was prevented by a heavy counter-attack from all sides, and
-our troops retired to their original line.’ From the Army Commander’s
-point of view, a single entry sufficed for these exploits; the Divisional
-Commander had to account for nearly five hundred casualties in the period.
-
-Take the 28th of July to the 4th of August. There were 279 casualties in
-the Division, due, partly, to ‘a considerable amount of trench-mortar
-fire on the Leipsic Salient and Authuille Wood’; and who shall say
-but that every wounded man made a definite contribution to the Somme
-advance? Yet Sir Hubert Gough was content to observe: ‘49th Division
-left of 12th.’ Or, August 26th to September 1st. General Perceval’s
-entry on the 27th merely repeats (or we should say, anticipates) Sir
-Hubert Gough’s at greater length: ‘Divisional Headquarters returned
-from Acheux to Hedauville, and at mid-day the Command of the line from
-Thiepval Avenue (exclusive) to River Ancre passed from 25th to 49th
-Division.’ There is a further entry in this Diary, which, being a record
-of work done in the ordinary course of duty, the Army Commander did not
-reproduce: ‘With a view to an attack on German trenches north of Thiepval
-Wood, the new saps and parallels to the north of the Wood have been
-completed, ammunition-trenches improved, and dumps formed and filled with
-ammunition, bombs, R.E. stores, etc.’
-
-So far the Divisional Commander, in expansion of Sir Hubert Gough. There
-are next the Battalion Commanders to be consulted; and, still omitting at
-present the Divisional record of the week including September 3rd, when
-‘49th Division attacked,’ we may once more enlarge the angle, and examine
-this preparation for attack from a Battalion Commander’s point of view.
-Thus, we read that:
-
-    ‘On August 26th, the Battalion[63] was sent up to the trenches
-    on the right of Thiepval Wood.... Captain R. Salter was killed
-    instantaneously by a shell as soon as he got to Battalion
-    Headquarters. We were in this line for only two days, but had
-    52 casualties as there was a good deal of shelling.... The
-    Battalion was relieved on August 28th by the 5th K.O.Y.L.I.,
-    and went into huts in Martinsart Wood; from here we had to find
-    large working parties in the front line for two or three days,
-    and then had a rest until the attack on September 3rd.’
-
-We are brought back, like Master Pathelin, _à nos moutons_. The ‘long
-step forward’ was achieved, the Battle of the Somme was won, by the
-Allied Armies working to the plans of Sir Douglas Haig and Marshal
-Joffre. Those plans included the provision of a separate Army on the
-Ancre, to hold the German forces in that area, and to make what progress
-they could. The Commander of that Fifth Army was Sir Hubert Gough, and
-Major-General Perceval’s West Riding (49th) Division was included as a
-unit of its Xth Corps. What happened, then, on September 3rd, when the
-new saps and parallels had been constructed, the communication-trenches
-improved, and the dumps filled with bombs and ammunition? How did the
-49th attack, and what have the Officers Commanding its Battalions to add
-to the bare record of Sir Hubert Gough or the more expansive Diary of the
-Divisional Commander?
-
-The units immediately concerned were the 4th and 5th Battalions, West
-Riding Regiment, and the 6th and 8th Battalions, West Yorks. The
-7th Battalion of each Regiment was stationed in reserve. The week’s
-casualties in the Division were high:
-
-                  OFFICERS.  OTHER RANKS.
-  Killed            14          196
-  Wounded           47          994
-  Missing           17          611
-                    --         ----
-                    78         1801
-                    --         ----
-            Total        1879
-
-and the bulk of them occurred on September 3rd. The large percentage of
-missing in all ranks (more than a third of the whole) seems to indicate a
-hasty retreat from untenable positions.
-
-The presumption is borne out by Battalion records. These agree that
-co-operation was interrupted by a bad block in communication, and that
-Battalions were not able to render one another all the support that was
-expected. Each unit tended to believe that its own advance was held up,
-or, rather, that its withdrawal was necessitated, by what had happened on
-its right or left; and, consequently, the exploits of individuals were
-more conspicuous than the conduct of the attack. Zero hour was 5-10 a.m.,
-and the Companies left the trenches punctually and went over in good
-order. But the half-light caused some confusion, and communication proved
-very difficult. In the instance of several Battalions no definite news
-was received for three hours or more. Runners failed to get through, and
-rumours were not satisfactory. At last, about 9 o’clock, tidings began
-to arrive of heavy losses incurred in trying to consolidate captured
-positions under a cross enfilade of machine-gun and rifle fire. Remnants
-of Companies, driven back after a long morning’s heavy fighting told of
-the exhaustion of their bombs, and of their messages lost in No Man’s
-Land. Stray parties cut off in the attack, found cover in shell-holes
-until nightfall. One Commanding Officer frankly wrote, ‘the whole attack
-failed.’ ‘The objectives were gained,’ he summed up, ‘but the first
-casualties in Officers and N.C.O.’s were heavy, and therefore the men
-with power of “leadership” were lost when most needed to hold on. The
-presence of the enemy in the Pope’s Nose (a machine-gun nest at an early
-point) upset all chances of reinforcements and supply except across
-the open’—an almost impossible condition. The runners, as we saw, did
-not get across, and the light was too bad for the observation posts to
-give effective help. On the other hand, the daylight was too strong
-to consolidate under fire the battered German trenches which had been
-captured. There was, unfortunately, a ‘but’ or an ‘if’ which qualified
-every record of success; and we may quote the following statement from a
-Battalion Diary, which gives a very fair impression of the whole episode:
-
-    ‘From the reports of the two Officers who returned to Battalion
-    Headquarters from the battle, it was ascertained that for
-    the most part a really good fight was put up. If Battalion
-    Headquarters had been able to get any information back, it is
-    practically certain that the position would not have been lost.
-    The men fought splendidly, and in many cases without N.C.O.’s
-    or Officers, and the losing of the captured position was a
-    piece of bad luck.’
-
-‘What remained of our assaulting troops,’ says General Perceval, ‘were
-back in our trenches,’ about 10 a.m., having ‘sustained heavy casualties
-and lost most of their Officers.’ A re-attack was planned for 6 p.m., but
-was countermanded during the afternoon, and the 146th Infantry Brigade
-was withdrawn to Forceville and the 147th to Hedauville. So, the 49th
-Division had attacked, and the whole attack had failed; but between these
-two bald statements lie detailed records of a courageous attempt, which
-we shall not pursue further, but which contributed in this hard-held
-sector to the ‘long step forward’ which was being taken on the Allied
-front at large. German records, so far as we have seen them, confirm
-the seriousness of the attack. We read there how ‘matters had meanwhile
-become still worse,’ and how Company was added to Company in order to
-meet the impending danger. ‘Lieut. Engel’s Company signalled “Please
-send support,”’ and his experience was repeated in other sectors; ‘our
-_Minenwerfer_ intervened at the most opportune moment’. On the whole, the
-enemy’s accounts increase admiration for the 49th Division.
-
-It is particularly interesting to record that, in the course of this
-summer and autumn, a Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry met their friends
-of the 49th Division in and about the defences of Thiepval. We shall
-come, in Chapter XIV below, to the experiences of the Mounted Troops
-who left the West Riding for France during 1915. There we shall see how
-they served as Divisional Cavalry for several months, and how, in May,
-1916, they were re-organized as Corps Cavalry, and were set to do various
-duties, not always appropriate to their Arm, which they discharged with
-a thoroughness and an efficiency worthy of the best traditions of the
-Service. The Yorkshire Dragoons were posted to the IInd Corps, which,
-on July 25th, 1916, took over that sector of the Fifth Army front which
-lay between Ovillers-la-Boisselle and Thiepval. The hopes of a Cavalry
-situation, unfortunately, never materialized, but the Dragoons did
-excellent work during the Battle of the Somme by maintaining Observation
-Posts in forward areas, thus short-circuiting the means of communication
-between Corps Headquarters and Battalion Commanders. ‘During operations,’
-we are told, ‘information received in this way and from other sources
-was embodied each day in maps and reports, which were sent up by
-despatch rider during the night, and reached front line units in time
-for the usual attack at dawn.... The observers were sometimes asked to
-undertake special work of great importance. Before several attacks they
-were required to reconnoitre and map the enemy’s wire. The slightest
-mistake might have lost hundreds of lives, but it was never made.’
-Among the names which we may mention _honoris causa_ in connection with
-this service are those of Captain, later Major, R. Brooke; Major, later
-Lieut.-Col., R. Thompson; Sergts. Storer and Tinker (Military Medals),
-and Corpl., later Sergt., Cranswick (Bar to M.M.).
-
-Let us consult the map once more.
-
-[Illustration: THIEPVAL DEFENCES.]
-
-In the extreme right-hand corner will be seen the village of Pozières
-on the straight road (Albert-Bapaume), which ran diagonally across the
-battlefield. In the extreme left-hand bottom corner are Martinsart
-and Martinsart Wood, on the safe side of the River Ancre, where spent
-Battalions of the 49th Division used to withdraw to lick their wounds.
-The course of the Ancre is clearly shown from just above Albert to
-Miraumont, winding its stream under Authuille and Hamel Bridges; and
-between Authuille and St. Pierre Divion lie Thiepval and Thiepval Wood,
-the possession of which was so hotly contested since the battle was first
-joined on July 1st. The more we look at this timbered countryside, with
-its chalk-pits, its farms and mills, the more unsuitable it seems to
-the red carnage of 1916. Yet the troops behaved magnificently, and Sir
-Douglas Haig sent several messages during these trying weeks to express
-his thanks and appreciation. To one Battalion he sent on August 30th by
-the hands of the Divisional Commander a sprig of white heather as an
-emblem of good luck. Hard though the going was, and bad though the luck
-seemed to be, making acclimatization tedious and difficult, it rarely
-happened, even among raw troops, that the conditions proved too exacting.
-Very typical of the spirit of the Division, in the midst of its harassing
-experiences, where the room designed by nature for smiles was too narrow
-almost to contain its special circles of man’s inferno, was the part
-borne in the third week of September by the 7th Battalion of the West
-Riding Regiment. They had been at Hedauville since September 4th, at
-two hours’ march from Martinsart Wood, whither, in order to go into the
-line, they moved on Friday, September 15th. There they had tea, and took
-rations for the next day, and were loaded with two bombs per man, and
-so proceeded from 7 p.m. to new trenches, south of Thiepval, which had
-been captured only the night before. The relief was delayed in execution
-partly by artillery barrage, partly by an attack of German bombers,
-partly by heavy rain, and partly by too few guides; there was only one
-guide to each Company, ‘and these were strange to the trenches and had
-difficulty in finding the way.’ It was completed by 4-20 in the morning
-(September 16th), and during ‘intermittent shelling’ all that Saturday
-arrangements were concerted for an attack on the German trenches in the
-evening of the 17th. This operation was most successful; on the left an
-objective was gained, and held, 350 feet in advance of schedule. The
-details are not uninteresting, and will repay closer study, not because
-the area of the attack was large in proportion to the whole battlefield,
-but because it was difficult _terrain_ and the obstacles were well
-overcome.
-
-Just north of the famous Leipsic Salient on the map, lay, first,
-the Hohenzollern Trench and, secondly, the Wonder Work: two strongly
-fortified positions. Eastward out of Thiepval, from the point where the
-road from the Cemetery meets the main road in a right angle, ran the
-Zollern Trench, terminating (for present purposes) at the Zollern Redoubt
-north of Mouquet Farm. Further along the road from the Cemetery, at a
-point about as far north of the Crucifix as the Cemetery is south of
-it, the Stuff Trench started to run eastwards, parallel to the Zollern
-Trench below. It was very elaborately fortified, and terminated in the
-Stuff Redoubt still further above Mouquet Farm. The Regina Trench ran
-further eastward, from about the point where the Stuff Trench terminated.
-Parallel with the road from the Cemetery and Crucifix, the Lucky Way ran
-up towards Grandcourt, and the Grandcourt Trench branched off eastward a
-little below the village, again in a parallel line with the Regina and
-Zollern Trenches. West of that Cemetery road and crossing the Divion
-Road about half-way between the Cemetery and St. Pierre Divion was the
-horrible Schwaben Redoubt; and, though these names do not exhaust the
-German defences of Thiepval, they recall sufficiently the opposition to
-the 7th West Ridings and their support on this third Sunday in September.
-The assault was made in four waves at intervals of fifteen, twenty and
-fifteen feet, the unit being a Platoon. A Bomb Squad, consisting of one
-N.C.O. and eleven other Ranks, accompanied each half-Company, and every
-man of the last two waves carried either a pick or a shovel. Report
-Centres, main and subsidiary, Battalion Scouts, and other special parties
-were detailed for duty, and all Troops were reported in position at 6
-p.m. Nearly everything went right, except that a portion of D Company,
-including both Lewis Guns and their detachments, were believed to have
-advanced towards the Row of Apple Trees, and were either taken prisoners
-or wiped out by machine-gun fire. About 7 o’clock reports were received
-that the objective had been captured, though it was doubtful how the left
-flank had fared. The total casualties in this little action were five
-Officers and 215 other Ranks. Certain valuable lessons were learned:
-the action proved that the jumping-off trench should be parallel to the
-objective (this precaution enabled direction to be kept accurately); that
-every man, and not merely the last comers, should carry a pick or shovel,
-fastened to his body by rope or tape; and that the consolidating parties
-should either be kept back till the barrage stops or require dug-outs:
-trivial details, perhaps, but they saved life and added to efficiency. We
-may add that the Army Commander, Sir Hubert Gough, visited the Battalion
-on September 19th, and expressed his satisfaction with the operation,
-which gained an important part of the enemy defences after five previous
-attempts had failed, and served to straighten the line held by the 147th
-Infantry Brigade north of the Leipsic Salient.
-
-A still more important lesson had been learned, and the means were now
-at hand to apply it. If these formidable blockhouses were to be crushed,
-a new military weapon was essential, and early on September 15th the
-first Tank waddled into warfare. From this date to the end of September,
-by a brilliant series of advances from the south, across and along the
-Albert-Bapaume Road, a victorious crown was put to the tenacious vigil
-and hard fighting of the Fifth Army, and the attack swung round at last
-on the pivot held by Sir Hubert Gough. This attack (September 26th) was
-described by Sir Douglas Haig as not less than
-
-    ‘a brilliant success. On the right,’ he narrated, ‘our troops
-    (2nd and 1st Canadians Divisions of the Canadian Corps,
-    Lieut.-General Sir J. H. G. Byng) reached the system of
-    enemy trenches which formed their objectives without great
-    difficulty. In Thiepval and the strong works to the north of
-    it the enemy’s resistance was more desperate. Three waves of
-    our attacking troops (11th and 18th Divisions, II. Corps,
-    Lieut.-General C. W. Jacob) carried the outer defences of
-    Mouquet Farm, and, pushing on, entered Zollern Redoubt, which
-    they stormed and consolidated.... On the left of the attack
-    fierce fighting, in which Tanks again gave valuable assistance
-    to our troops (18th Division), continued in Thiepval during
-    that day and the following night, but by 8-30 a.m. on the 27th
-    September the whole of the village of Thiepval was in our
-    hands.... On the same date the south and west sides of Stuff
-    Redoubt were carried by our troops (11th Division), together
-    with the length of trench connecting that strong point with
-    Schwaben Redoubt to the west, and also the greater part of the
-    enemy’s defensive line eastwards along the northern slopes of
-    the ridge. Schwaben Redoubt was assaulted during the afternoon
-    of the 28th September (18th Division), and ... we captured
-    the whole of the southern face of the Redoubt and pushed out
-    patrols to the northern face and towards St. Pierre Divion’[64]:
-
-grand exploits these, and infinitely welcome to the gallant Territorials
-of the West Riding, who had shared since July 1st in the long and
-formidable task of holding that north-west corner till the appointed hour
-struck for its fall, and their work could be resumed and fitted in with
-the larger plans of the Allied Commands.
-
-We might close the present chapter here. The full story of September
-15th and the days which followed at Thiepval is involved with other
-volumes of war history than that of the 49th Division. The romance of
-the coming of the Tanks belongs to the Machine-Gun Corps, Heavy Section;
-the death of Raymond Asquith in the attack belongs to the Grenadier
-Guards, and to the eminent family of which he was a member. What belongs
-to us, as the inalienable heritage of the Troops commanded by General
-Perceval, is the fact that for three months, less three days, from their
-first assembly in Aveluy Wood, they held on firmly and grimly to that
-narrow foothold in the Ancre Valley which was dominated always by German
-guns. They went and came to the muddy, bloody trenches, from Authuille
-Wood, Aveluy Wood, Martinsart Wood, day by day, under a pitiless harvest
-sun or a yet more pitiless autumnal rain; and by their steadfastness
-and tenacity, even more than by their toll of German life or their
-fragmentary captures of German trenches, they enabled Sir Douglas Haig to
-perfect, without haste and without undue anxiety, the long, slow sweep
-of his advance which swung back on Thiepval at the last. And, though the
-details at this stage must be kept subordinate to the main features, lest
-we should seem to claim more than a just share, yet it is satisfactory
-to observe that certain Battalions of our Division participated in these
-final operations. Thus the 5th West Yorkshires were detailed as support
-to the 7th Bedfordshire Regiment for the attack on Schwaben Redoubt on
-September 27th. They were formed up on that afternoon, and again before
-daybreak the next morning. Zero hour was fixed finally at 1 p.m. On that
-day the three supporting Companies became a part of the main advance,
-and the final Brigade objective was reached by a mixture of both units,
-the men from Yorkshire and Beds. It was a fine conclusion to the waiting
-orders imposed after July 1st, and it elicited the following fine
-testimony from Major-General T. H. Shoubridge, C.B., C.M.G., Commanding
-the 54th Infantry Brigade, in a letter dated October 1st, 1916, and
-addressed to Major-General Perceval:
-
-    ‘I feel I must write and tell you how splendidly the 5th West
-    Yorkshire supported the attack of the 7th Bedfordshire Regiment
-    on the Schwaben Redoubt.... The Battalion had, I fear, a trying
-    time, as the attack was postponed, and I had to bring them up
-    in support at night, though they had practically been told they
-    would not be wanted that night. In spite of all difficulties,
-    when the final attack took place, they formed up in perfect
-    order and advanced during the attack with marked determination.
-    I was very struck with the soldierly qualities of the men and
-    the keenness they displayed, and I am very proud to have had
-    them under my Command.... All my Battalions are full of praise
-    for the Artillery support afforded them both during the attack
-    on Thiepval and the subsequent attack on Schwaben Redoubt....
-    We all feel very grateful to the troops of your Division
-    associated with us.... Forgive type,’ added the gallant
-    General, ‘Have just come out of the battle, and have no ink!’
-
-Recognition, too, eminently merited, reached the 49th Divisional
-Commander from Lieut.-General C. W. Jacob, Commanding, as we saw, the II.
-Corps. He wrote, on October 3rd:
-
-    ‘As the Division under your Command has now been transferred
-    to another Corps, I take this opportunity of thanking you,
-    your Staff, the Commanders of Brigades, and all Ranks of the
-    Division, for all the good work you put in while you were in
-    the II. Corps.
-
-    ‘The conditions were trying, and your casualties heavy. The
-    calls made on units necessitated great exertions, which were
-    always cheerfully carried out. The gallantry of the Officers
-    and men is shown by the large number of decorations won by
-    them, and the spirit of all Ranks is good. The clearing of
-    the Leipsic Salient, the prompt way all calls for raids on
-    the enemy’s trenches were met, and the heavy work done by
-    the Division in the preparations for the final attack on
-    Thiepval are gratifying records.... It was unfortunate that
-    the Division as a whole could not take part in the final
-    capture of Thiepval, but you will all be glad to know that your
-    representatives in that battle, the 49th Divisional Artillery
-    and the 146th Infantry Brigade, did excellent work, and added
-    still further to the good reputation of the Division.’
-
-Schwaben Redoubt, we may add, was not retained without a struggle. There
-was still one corner to be seized where the Regina Trench branched out
-in the direction of Courcelette, and, running north of that village,
-came down towards the Albert-Bapaume Road, almost immediately above
-Le Sars; and these gains, too, were made and held despite desperate
-counter-attacks before the middle of November. So, when winter came down
-on the Somme battlefield, and the warring armies went to earth, the
-Allied line which had bulged in towards Albert now bulged out towards
-Bapaume. ‘That these troops should have accomplished so much under such
-conditions ... constitutes a feat of which the history of our nation
-records no equal.’[65] We have tried to describe this feat, in so far
-as concerns the part, modest in area, indeed, but very exacting in
-performance, which was played by the 49th Division and we have tried to
-exhibit that part in its true relation to the drama as a whole.
-
-We may now touch upon one or two details.
-
-Before the close of 1916 a third Victoria Cross fell to the share of the
-49th Division. The recipient was Major (then Captain) W. B. Allen, of the
-1/3rd West Riding Field Ambulance, attached to the 246th Brigade, Royal
-Field Artillery. The gallant Officer had already received the decoration
-of the Military Cross, and we cite here the official record of the
-circumstances in which the supreme reward was won:
-
-    ‘For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. When gun
-    detachments were unloading H.B. Ammunition from wagons which
-    had just come up, the enemy suddenly began to shell the battery
-    and the ammunition, and caused several casualties. Captain
-    Allen saw the occurrences and at once, with utter disregard
-    of danger, ran straight across the open, under heavy shell
-    fire, commenced dressing the wounded, and undoubtedly by his
-    promptness saved many of them from bleeding to death. He was
-    himself hit four times during the first hour by pieces of
-    shell, one of which fractured two of his ribs, but he never
-    mentioned this at the time, and coolly went on with his work
-    till the last man was dressed and safely removed. He then went
-    over to another battery and tended a wounded Officer. It was
-    only when this was done that he returned to his dug-out and
-    reported his own injury’.
-
-Every Arm of the Service had its heroes. Major Allen in the R.A.M.C.
-earned the Victoria Cross; Major Alan F. Hobson, D.S.O., in the West
-Riding Divisional Royal Engineers, who was killed on August 26th, earned
-the following tribute from a brother-officer of his unit:
-
-    ‘Poor Hobson, our Major, was killed about three days ago by
-    a shell in the neighbourhood of our work. One has read of
-    lovable, brave leaders in personal histories of previous wars.
-    Hobson was one of those men whom writers love to describe as
-    the best and truest type of an Englishman. He never asked one
-    of us to go where he would not go himself. He was always happy,
-    even-tempered and just.’
-
-A hero’s grave or the Victoria Cross: it was a common choice, settled
-by fate during the war, and at no time commoner or more inevitable than
-during these Battles of the Somme. A few extracts from the letters of a
-fallen Officer may be given in conclusion to this period, not because
-they differ essentially (for a happy style is an accident of fortune)
-from other letters sent home from the Western front, but because they
-express in word-pictures, compiled on the spot and at first hand, the
-spirit of the very gallant men whose cheerful devotion in 1916 made
-possible the victory of 1918.
-
-First, an account of an ordinary sight by the roadside:
-
-    ‘While we were waiting for orders there was a constant
-    procession of troops going up and troops going back from the
-    front line. It was an intensely interesting procession to me,
-    but there were some terribly sad sights of mangled men being
-    brought back on stretchers. The “walking cases” were very
-    pathetic; one in particular I remember. A young Officer leaning
-    heavily upon the arm of one of his men, the right side of
-    his face bandaged up. His left eye closed in agony, along he
-    stumbled, while on each side of him our guns went off with a
-    roar that must have been trying to a man evidently so shattered
-    in nerve, and all the time he was exposed to Boche shelling.’
-
-Another extract from the same letter:
-
-    ‘It is a pitiable sight to see horses badly wounded, poor dumb
-    things, so brave and patient under shell fire. When one is
-    riding near one of one’s own batteries, and guns suddenly belch
-    forth flame and smoke over one’s head, these dear creatures
-    hardly wince. From the time the first shell fell among the
-    horses until we left the town—about two hours later, we were
-    dodging shells. When we were outside, the warning hiss of a
-    Fritz caused a funny sight. Those near buildings jumped to a
-    sheltering wall, some of us who were near trees embraced their
-    trunks and dodged round them when we thought the burst would
-    be on one side. We screamed with laughter at each other, but
-    when one burst rather too close, our heads ached and our hearts
-    thumped (anyway, mine did, and it is no use disguising the
-    fact).’
-
-And from the last of this series of dead letters:
-
-    ‘Presently our trench crossed No Man’s Land—at least, it once
-    was No Man’s Land; now it belongs to us until we can turn it
-    over to its proper owners. We examined Fritz’s handiwork where
-    he had spent months of watching and fighting. We could see what
-    British fighting was like by the evidence there.... At one
-    place we were within forty yards of him, but we heard no sound.
-    The only sound that broke the stillness of that beautiful
-    day was the bang of our own guns and the swish of our crumps
-    overhead. At one point, close to the tangled wire of Fritz’s
-    front line, we saw a sad sight, perhaps the saddest sight of
-    war, groups of our own lads, sleeping, sleeping, sleeping.
-    Heroes, they had done their bit and there they lie. They have
-    died so that others can live to be free from the yoke of a
-    monster in human form, whose greed for power must be stifled.’
-
-‘Sleeping, sleeping, sleeping’: this iterated note conveys, now that
-the war is over and the maps are folded and put away, a tender thought
-properly keyed, at which to close our account of the Somme battlefield.
-It is a field of great achievement and of pious memories, hallowed for
-all time in English history, and the ‘more’ that remained to be done,
-as foreseen in the vision of this writer, could not be more worthily
-accomplished than in the spirit of the heroes of the Somme.
-
-
-II. WINTER, 1916-17.
-
-It was the peculiarity of the war in France and Flanders that there was
-no clear ending to any battle. At Ypres, at Verdun, and on the Somme,
-the tide of war flowed with full flood, and ebbed away without definite
-decision. There was a little more erosion of the trenches on one side or
-the other, a few more miles of territory submerged, or disengaged from
-the invader, revealing, when the tide rolled back, the waste and ravage
-and destruction, and then a temporary lull, till
-
-            ‘The tide comes again,
-    And brims the little sea-shore lakes, and sets
-            Seaweed afloat, and fills
-    The silent pools, rivers, and rivulets,
-            Among the inland hills.’
-
-We reach such a coign of observation, such a lull, less real than
-apparent, for brave men were being killed every day, in the period from
-November to January, 1916-17. It lay between the exhaustion of the Somme
-offensive and the refluent wave of battle-fury up and down the line in
-early spring; and this brief interval may be utilized to pick up a few
-stray threads.
-
-Let us look at home in the first instance.
-
-The West Riding Territorial Force Association had by now settled down
-to its stride. We left its members in 1915[66] struggling, perhaps a
-little breathlessly, with difficulties of accountancy in their Separation
-Allowance Department, with the organization of Auxiliary Hospitals, the
-equipment of 2nd and 3rd Line units, the formation of a National Reserve,
-and the constant perplexities of the recruiting problem. We find them
-at the close of the next year with one Division crowned with honour in
-the field, with another Division straining at the leash, and with a
-certain reduction in their commitments, owing partly to National Service
-legislation, partly to firmer methods at Whitehall, and partly to other
-causes. Necessity had nationalized the war; and, though more than 52,000
-accounts of soldiers’ wives and dependants were now on the Paymaster’s
-books, though more than 3,000 beds in 53 Auxiliary Hospitals were now
-available in the Riding, and more than 21,000 pairs of socks and 45,000
-other comforts had been despatched to the troops during the winter, the
-Association had thoroughly mastered the technique of war administration
-when the original triumvirate of Lord Harewood, Lord Scarbrough and
-General Mends, as President, Chairman and Secretary respectively, was
-broken up in February, 1917, by Lord Scarbrough’s transfer to the War
-Office as Director-General of the Territorial and Volunteer Forces.[67]
-
-The appearance of the words ‘and Volunteer’ requires a brief note of
-explanation. The Chairman informed his Association in January, 1917,
-that the local administration of the Volunteer Force had, at the request
-of the Army Council, been undertaken by County Associations. ‘Generally
-speaking,’ ran the writ,[68] ‘the division of functions between the local
-military authorities and T.F. Associations in regard to the Volunteer
-Force will correspond to that obtaining in the case of the Territorial
-Force in times of peace.’ It was not, perhaps, the best precedent to
-select, but it was the best available in the circumstances, and an
-historian will surely arise to tell the story of the part-time soldier
-in the Great War, what he did and what he might have been used to do.
-Such historian will be endowed with imagination to sympathise with the
-buffeted patriot in the early days of the war, and he will possess
-sufficient knowledge of the facts to follow his tangled skein of fortune
-through the maze of legislative enactments and contracting-out tribunals,
-which cast him up on the lap of his tired country, in November, 1918,
-half a volunteer and half a conscript and the most melancholy mongrel
-of the Army Council. This, happily, is not our present business. We are
-simply concerned to show how the Volunteer Act of 1916, which had become
-law late in December, brought the Volunteer Force into the orbit of the
-County Associations on the one part and of the Director-General of the
-Territorial Force on the other. That Act made provision for Volunteers to
-enter into an agreement with His Majesty for the performance of certain
-duties of home defence ‘for a period not exceeding the duration of the
-present war.’ The time-clause was the essence of the contract. Till then,
-under the Act of 1863, a Volunteer, prior to mobilization, which could
-only ensue in case of imminent invasion, and which never ensued during
-the late war, had the right to quit his Corps at his own option on giving
-a fortnight’s notice to his Commanding Officer. Under these conditions
-he was plainly no soldier, however elastic the terms of his employment.
-He could neither be clothed nor trained at the public expense, for the
-public would have no value for their money if the Force, or any part
-of it, walked out at fourteen days’ notice. Permanence of service was
-then first obtained when the Volunteer Force was reconstituted out of
-personnel bound by agreements entered into under the new Act of 1916;
-and thus it happened at the beginning of the next year that the work of
-Associations was increased by responsibility for the local administration
-of the Volunteer units raised in their respective counties, and that
-these duties were tacked on to the machinery of the Territorial Force
-organization. How heavy the duties became may be measured by a single
-item of statistics: as many as 217 Army Council Instructions referring
-_exclusively_ to the Volunteer Force were promulgated before the date of
-the Armistice.
-
-Lastly, reference is due to German action during this lull, or to
-what we know or may infer about it. Plainly, their moral had been
-badly shaken. Sir Douglas Haig was resolute on this point, and the
-extraordinary ‘all but’ luck which dogged their campaign on the Western
-front from the beginning to the end of the war, and of which the full
-military explanation must await the evidence from their side, was as
-characteristic at Verdun as anywhere. They all but got home to their
-objective: so nearly that the German Emperor’s telegrams, which he used
-to compose after the model of his grandfather’s in the 1870-71 campaign,
-just missed being accurate by a few yards; and this ‘little less, and
-what worlds apart,’ which separated the Crown Prince from victory,
-however cleverly wrapped up in the language of public despatches, must
-have caused more than common chagrin. For actually it was Verdun which
-was wanted, the right breast of the mother of men, and not the outposts
-of its defences, nor even the serried rows of French dead. These might
-serve in less vital regions to dazzle the eyes of the world; at Verdun,
-they drew attention to the defeat. Nor was consolation to be derived from
-the results of that attempt to relieve Verdun which we have followed in
-the battles of the Somme. The higher ground, or ridges, still remained in
-German possession, but it was a precarious hold, as we shall see, and,
-while the mere configuration of the ground was soon to tell in favour
-of the Allies, other factors, which cannot be mapped except in an atlas
-of psychology, were beginning already to count. The repeated losses of
-fortified positions, culminating in the Wonder Work and Redoubts which
-had resisted the assaults of July 1st, were disastrous not only on their
-own account but also as indicating a weakness which might conceivably
-spread to the Rhine. If the theory of defence proved unsound, no degree
-of valour in practice would ever avail to put it right. We must not
-prejudge this question. We are not writing the German history of the
-war. But it is legitimate to say that, apart from the general retirement
-which the Germans ordered in March, 1917, and which reached a rate of
-ten miles a day, our troops gradually discovered a change in the enemy’s
-system of defences. He began, first on the British and afterwards on the
-French front, to abandon the formal lines of trenches, and to employ the
-natural features of the soil, when and where these might occur, as the
-basis of his defences. The crater, or shell-hole cavity, was brought
-into use in this way, and no outward mark was allowed to distinguish a
-fortified group of craters, subterraneously connected with one another
-and otherwise rendered formidable, from harmless groups in its immediate
-neighbourhood. Thus, the cession by the Germans of ‘only our foremost
-crater-positions,’ or of a ‘craterfield’ _tout court_, began to figure
-in their reports for the edification or delusion of German readers.
-An integral part of the crater-system, as worked out more elaborately
-at a later date, was the ‘pill-box,’ or sunk blockhouse, which was
-strengthened towards the foe and left more thinly built on the home side,
-so as to render it useless as a weapon should its fire be directed by
-its captors. We may conclude that the blows which had been dealt at the
-continuous lines of trenches in the battles of the Ancre and the Somme
-had alarmed the German High Command; and that a part of the motive for
-the retirement (and a very effective part it proved) was to prepare
-those fortified groups and concrete nests of deadly machine-gun fire at
-all kinds of irregular distances. The intention was partly to deceive
-the airman’s eye, and to stop that preparation of exact trench-maps to
-which the Germans had borne testimony on the Somme. But partly, too,
-the modification of the defence-system implied that our offensive had
-not been vain. Its immediate effect, accordingly, however serious and
-impeding it was to prove, was not without good hope. The vaunted theory
-of ‘impregnability’ had been shaken, and, though the end of the war was
-still out of sight, yet Thiepval, like Jutland, bore a message which the
-rest of the war was to expound.
-
-Full information on these problems is still lacking from the German
-side, and without it, as indicated above, our conclusions must be
-indicated hypothetically. But all the evidence now available makes
-it clear that they are reasonably correct. Thus, Ludendorff, writing
-after a tour of the Western Front in December, 1916, laid stress on the
-urgent need of re-organizing the fighting power of the German Infantry.
-The machine-gun had become the chief fire-arm, and ‘our existing
-machine-guns’, he declared, ‘were too heavy for the purpose.... In order
-to strengthen our fire, at least in the most important parts of the
-chief theatre of war, it was necessary to create special Machine-gun
-Companies—so to speak, Machine-gun Sharp-shooters.’ Attention is also
-called in the German Commander’s authoritative _Memoirs_ to the need of
-hand-mines, grenades, and all quick-loading weapons, and to the formation
-of storm troops. ‘The course of the Somme Battle,’ continues the General,
-‘had also supplied important lessons with respect to the construction and
-plan of our lines. The very deep underground forts in the front trenches
-had to be replaced by shallower constructions. Concrete “pill-boxes,”
-which, however, unfortunately took long to build, had acquired an
-increasing value. The conspicuous lines of trenches, which appeared as
-sharp lines on every aerial photograph, supplied far too good a target
-for the enemy Artillery. The system of defence had to be made broader and
-looser and better adapted to the ground. The large, thick barriers of
-wire, pleasant as they were when there was little doing, were no longer a
-protection. They withered under the enemy barrage’; and an angry tribute
-is paid in his chapter to the equipment of the _Entente_ Armies with war
-material, which ‘had been developed to an extent hitherto undreamed of,’
-and to ‘the resolution of the _Entente_, their strangling starvation
-blockade, and their propaganda of lies and hate which was so dangerous to
-us.’
-
-It is good to see ourselves as our enemy saw us after the Battle of the
-Somme. And, perhaps, though we are anticipating a month or two, we may
-conclude this chapter by a quotation from a German Army Order, hitherto
-unpublished, of April 4th, 1917. It illustrates from another angle the
-effects of those ‘_Entente_ Armies’ and ‘their propaganda’ to which
-Ludendorff alludes in such embittered terms. The Order ran:
-
-    ‘A National Day has been decreed at home for April 12th, in the
-    sense that members of the large Trade Unions and Associations
-    give up that day’s income, salary or wage for the benefit of
-    the Fatherland.
-
-    ‘The wish has been expressed that this programme may be
-    supported as follows: _viz._, that Officers and other Ranks may
-    volunteer to give up their pay for one day.
-
-    ‘All Officers and other Ranks who are willing to abandon for
-    one day the amount of pay due to them will apply to,’ etc.
-
-The captured papers do not disclose the extent of the response to this
-appeal, but, plainly, at the beginning of 1917, all was not well with the
-Fatherland.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER IX
-
-WITH THE 62ND IN FRANCE
-
-
-The eleven miles from Albert to Bapaume, eight of which we travelled in
-the last chapter, should be familiar by now. In order to gain a clear
-view of the activities of the 62nd Division after its arrival in France,
-we may now draw a rectilineal figure enclosed by four main roads, with
-the Albert-Bapaume road as a portion of the base. Call the Albert-Bapaume
-road A, B. Extend it to C, Cambrai, on the east; draw a line C, AA, from
-Cambrai to Arras, north, north-west; draw a line, AA, D, from Arras
-to Doullens, west, south-west, and join D, A, Doullens to Albert, to
-complete the figure. On C, AA, Cambrai-Arras, a triangle may be erected
-with Douai at its apex, thus connecting this new rectangle with the
-country, Douai, Lens, La Bassée, Lille, which we visited in Chapter IV.
-On D, A, Doullens-Albert, another triangle may be erected, with Amiens
-at the south-western base. We have thus a fairly accurate outline of the
-lie of the land to which General Braithwaite took his troops in January,
-1917, and we know, approximately, at least, how much of that land had
-been set free by the Battles of the Somme and the Ancre.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-The gains in those battles are to be exploited. We shall be occupied for
-some time to come within the four sides of that shell-ridden quadrangle.
-The upper road from Doullens to Arras was free, though it was not wise
-to try to enter Arras except under cover of darkness, as the approach to
-it from the west was exposed to observation and shell fire, and the town
-itself had been badly damaged by bombardment. The lower road was free, as
-we know, till within three miles of Bapaume, whence our front wound round
-to below Arras. The object now is, to drive the Germans back on the whole
-long line from Ypres to Reims, and, especially, within this area, to
-drive them back between Arras and Bapaume, nearer to Douai and Cambrai.
-That object was achieved, we shall see, in three great battles during
-1917:—
-
-  Arras in April and May,
-  Ypres (3rd) in June till September, and
-  Cambrai at the end of November.
-
-Keeping this large view in mind, and recalling, generally, its relations,
-as remarked briefly in the last chapter, to the configuration of the soil
-and the effect of this and of other conditions on the plans of the German
-High Command,[69] we may follow for a few days the story of one unit’s
-experiences, in order to set these in relation to the Division, the
-Corps, and the Army. For from the night of January 11th-12th, when the
-62nd Division first slept, or tried to sleep—for it was so cold—on French
-soil, till the Battle of Arras in April, every Battalion in that Division
-was engaged in the same driving work: in the same work of driving the
-Germans back, of anticipating their retreat to prepared positions, of
-consolidating small but important gains, of proving their own worth as
-a fighting unit, of breaking out, between Thiepval and Hébuterne, to
-Serre, Puisieux, Miraumont, Achiet, Irles, Pys, always nearer to the
-Bapaume-Arras road. We may select for this purpose the 2/5th Battalion of
-the Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment. It was another Battalion
-of the same Regiment whose fortunes we followed in Chapter II. from its
-earliest volunteer beginnings, and now, as then, we possess the advantage
-of consulting a personal diary kept by an Officer of the selected
-unit.[70]
-
-The first thing, where everything seemed strange, was to get to
-know the way about. A ride to Auxi le Château gave opportunity for a
-‘very interesting talk’ with an Officer in the 1/5th Battalion of the
-same Regiment (49th Division). A day or two later came a tour of the
-trenches in an old London General omnibus. The party visited Acheux and
-Warlencourt, and then drove along the Doullens-Arras road, which was
-closed to traffic at one point owing to shelling. They went through
-Arras, noticing its damage by fire and incendiary shells, and reached
-the line held by the 7th East Surreys. Here they had an opportunity
-of watching the system of relief: the East Surreys by the 6th West
-Kents. ‘It was a daylight relief and worked out very well indeed.’ The
-reserve and front-line trenches were examined: the latter were highly
-complicated; all the Platoon dug-outs were in cellars, owing to the
-ruined state of the houses and factories; at one point, only twenty-five
-yards from the German front-line. Patrols went out clothed in white to
-match the snow. A Company cook-house was blown in by trench-mortar fire,
-wounding two servants and ruining the breakfast. And so back to Doullens
-and Bus-les-Artois, rejoining their Battalions. This was in January. On
-February 3rd, ‘the weather was so cold that the ink in my fountain-pen
-was frozen.’ On the 7th, ‘the cold was so intense that the oil on the
-Lewis guns froze.’ On the 13th, a tour in the trenches before Serre, in
-relief of the 1st Dorsets: ‘the sights one saw in and about the trenches
-rather opened one’s eyes. The dead, both our own and the enemy, were
-lying about partially buried; rifles, grenades, unexploded shells, bombs
-and equipment. The trenches themselves did not exist as such, as in most
-cases they had been blown in.’ On the 15th, the thaw commenced, and in
-some respects was more intolerable than the frost. The mud in places was
-two feet deep, and reliefs and so on were considerably hampered.
-
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-
-The shadow, or, rather, the light, of the coming German retreat lay
-over all. Every trench which was captured brought a wider view and a
-larger prospect into sight, and there is no doubt that the 62nd Division,
-to that extent more fortunate than the 49th, arrived at a time and in
-a locality which afforded, in business parlance, small turn-overs and
-quick returns. The long waiting experience which ate the heart out of
-constantly harassed troops was now, temporarily, if not definitely,
-passed; they were pushing outwards hopefully to open country and signs
-of the retreat occurred every day. Thus, on February 25th, at 2 o’clock
-in the morning, the enemy was reported to have vacated Serre, which, if
-a straight line be drawn from Albert to Arras, may be pricked in just
-to the left of that line at a point about two-fifths along it. Puisieux
-lies on the line just above Serre. Achiet-le-Petit, Achiet-le-Grand and
-Sapignies lie behind Puisieux eastwards, at distances roughly, of two
-miles. Miraumont is south of Puisieux, Irles south of Achiet-le-Petit,
-and Pys south of Irles. They are all in the Albert-Arras-Bapaume triangle
-within the shell-ridden quadrangle above.
-
-Let us start at Serre on that dark February morning. A push was made out
-and up towards Puisieux. There were strong positions to be negotiated:
-Gudgeon Trench, Sunken Road, Orchard Alley and Railway. Two patrols were
-sent out early on the 26th under subaltern Officers of the 2/4th King’s
-Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and reported Gudgeon and Orchard trenches
-clear. Later, it was discovered that the patrol’s Gudgeon was a trench
-not shown on the map, and that the patrol’s Orchard was the true Gudgeon;
-mist and mud and an unmapped trench are ugly extras in patrol-work. Three
-Companies (A, B, D) of the Battalion were pushed up to the real Gudgeon
-trench with orders to put out posts on the Sunken Road in front and an
-observation-line on the Railway in front of that. They succeeded in
-placing two outposts, but machine-gun fire stopped the observation-line.
-There remained the heavily fortified Wundt Werk, which we have not yet
-mentioned, and which was held by C Company under the Officer Commanding
-the Battalion. Many fine deeds were performed on this day of continuous
-exposure to shell and rifle fire. A non-commissioned officer, for
-example, was sent forward to take charge of a small party, who had been
-badly knocked about. He kept them under cover in a shell-hole all the
-rest of the day, and by his coolness and trustworthiness undoubtedly
-saved their lives.
-
-The 2/4th K.O.Y.L.I. were relieved during the night by the 2/5th West
-Ridings, to whom we accordingly return. Their new orders were to take
-Orchard Alley and push outposts in the Sunken Road running from Puisieux
-to Achiet-le-Petit. At 8 p.m. on February 27th, the Commanding Officer
-advised the Brigadier that Orchard Alley had been captured; at an early
-hour the next morning, the outposts in Sunken Road had been established,
-and later in the day these positions had been consolidated, and touch had
-been obtained with the 2nd Royal Warwicks on the left and the 2/6th West
-Ridings on the right. The Brigadier wired his appreciation, and, later,
-the Military Cross was awarded to Lieut. P. R. Ridley in the following
-circumstances:—
-
-    ‘On the evening of 27th-28th February, 1917, the Officer was
-    in charge of a party of three Officers’ patrols, each of one
-    Officer and fifteen other Ranks, detailed to rush Orchard
-    Alley from Gudgeon Trench. Lieut. Ridley was responsible for
-    maintaining the direction, marching on a compass-bearing
-    for 500 yards across unknown and difficult country. This
-    Officer led his party with great dash, shooting one German
-    and capturing another on entering the trench. He showed
-    considerable coolness and ability in the attack, and in
-    organizing the defence of the trench.’
-
-The Military Medal was awarded on the same occasion to Lance-Cpl. Herbert
-Priestley, who had been in command of a Bombing Section in that party,
-and who, despite a wound in the head, led his men in a most gallant
-manner. These were the first honours (first of a long list) in the 62nd
-Division.
-
-There was to be an attack on Achiet-le-Petit. The course of the offensive
-indicated it, and it was indicated too, by attack-practices early in
-March, when 500 men of the 2/5th West Ridings were employed at Forceville
-in digging trenches similar to the German system at Achiet-le-Petit. On
-March 15th, after completing sundry exercises, the Battalion proceeded
-to Miraumont, where they took over a line from the 2/5th King’s Own
-Yorkshire Light Infantry, half a mile south-east of Achiet-le-Petit.
-They found the 2/4th of the same Regiment on their right and the 2/7th
-on their left during this tour. On the 17th, the 2/4th reported that
-they had occupied an enemy trench 300 yards in advance of their line
-without meeting opposition; at the same time patrols of the 2/5th
-found 300 yards in front of them free from the enemy. Hopes rose, as
-the country began to open out. B Company was promptly ordered to push
-on through Achiet-le-Petit, and to occupy Sunken Road, north of that
-village. The remaining Companies also moved forward, and occupied the
-support-trenches. Later on the same day, a further push was made to
-Achiet-le-Grand; gaps were to be cut in the wire to let the Cavalry
-through, and D Company was to push on to Gomiecourt. The wire proved a
-formidable obstacle; but just before midnight on the 17th the Brigadier
-was informed that the orders had been carried out. By 4-30 a.m. on March
-18th, D Company was in occupation of Gomiecourt. They had encountered
-only slight machine-gun fire, and five hours later the Cavalry went
-through. Thenceforward to the end of March, the Battalion stood fast on
-the ground occupied. There was plenty to do in consolidating it, and
-plenty of German material left behind which served that purpose. But all
-existing accommodation had been destroyed, the majority of trees had
-been killed, several dug-out entrances had been mined, and important
-road-junctions had been blown up.
-
-We may read a part of this story in more detail. Little exploits fully
-related illuminate the history which they helped to make. What part was
-borne by B Company (above) in this adventure? They were commanded by
-Captain Joseph Walker, whose orders were to hold Resurrection Trench
-south of Achiet-le-Petit and to capture that village. For three days and
-nights they came in for a very heavy bombardment, in which the trench was
-obliterated in parts and severe casualties were suffered. On March 17th,
-an hour before dawn, two battle-patrols were sent out to the flanks of
-the village. The rest of the Company followed under Captain Walker, and,
-despite some machine-gun fire, they took the village and passed through
-it. They dug-in on the north side and threw out a defensive flank, which
-drove off the enemy rearguard. Achiet-le-Petit was promptly blown to bits
-by ‘a terrific barrage of heavy stuff,’ but B Company had not waited for
-it. At mid-day the Corps Pigeoner arrived with a basket of birds, and
-reports were sent back to Headquarters. In the evening, instructions came
-for the whole of the line to move forward and attack Achiet-le-Grand and
-Gomiecourt. Before this could be done, the German wire had to be cut to
-allow the Cavalry to pass through. ‘The wire was nearly a hundred yards
-in depth in three broad belts, and so thick that it had to be dug up in
-parts.’ The task was completed before daylight by B and C Companies. B
-Company then advanced to their objective and occupied the western side of
-Achiet-le-Grand, and A Company cleared Logeast Wood: a good day’s work,
-it will be admitted.
-
-This narrative may still be expanded: the day’s work is typical of
-what was happening throughout the district. From Achiet-le-Grand to
-Gomiecourt, two villages otherwise insignificant, the distance is under
-two miles. At 1 a.m., March 18th, 1917, there was a heavy mist, and it
-was difficult to find the road; so ‘we struck across open country on
-compass-bearing,’ say the records, ‘and arrived in the trenches west of
-Gomiecourt at 3-30 a.m., occupied these, and then sent out two patrols
-through the village, but they did not find a soul’: a deserted village,
-but from other causes than Oliver Goldsmith’s. ‘The junction of every
-road in the village had been mined and blown up, and everything of value
-had been destroyed. All fruit-trees had either been cut down, or an
-incision made round the bark so that the sap would not rise.[71] All
-wells had been blown in, and one had been poisoned with arsenic,’ so
-the R.E. Officer reported to our diarist. The R.E.’s took 700 lbs. of
-unexploded charge out of the cellar of the only village _château_, where
-the front stairway had fallen in and there was a big hole in the floor
-of the entrance hall. We read an interesting note, too, on March 26th:
-‘Walked with Lieut. Ridley’ (we watched him win his M.C.) ‘across country
-to Bapaume’ (the eleven miles had been cleared at last). ‘Noticed the
-Hôtel de Ville still standing; most other buildings had been blown up.
-Then went south of the town towards the trenches, but, as these reminded
-one too much of Beaumont Hamel, had lunch and then came back. Walked
-along the Bapaume-Arras’ (B, AA) ‘main road as far as Ervillers’ (a third
-of the way from Bapaume) ‘and then struck across country to Gomiecourt.
-Bapaume Town Hall and Sapignies Church had both been mined and left by
-the enemy and blew up during the night.’ So, the deserted villages bore
-traces of their late inhabitants.
-
-If a straight line be drawn from Bapaume to Douai, bisecting the
-Cambrai-Arras road (C, AA, of our quadrangle), and if that straight line
-be divided into three equal parts, the village of Bullecourt will be
-found at one-third of the way from Bapaume and two-thirds from Douai. It
-is thus well within our quadrangle, yet well on the further side of the
-road from Bapaume to Arras, along which we just now walked to Ervillers.
-We shall be occupied with Bullecourt for some time: on April 11th in a
-snowstorm, when ‘an attack was made against the Hindenburg Line, in the
-neighbourhood of Bullecourt,’ and again on May 3rd and following days,
-when ‘it was advisable that Bullecourt should be captured without loss of
-time.’[72] For the German retreat was at an end.
-
-Bapaume had fallen on March 17th, Péronne on the following day. South
-and east of Péronne, on the 21st, the Fourth Army had captured forty
-villages. French troops reached the outskirts of St. Quentin, and counted
-their villages by the score. The Cavalry, mounted and dismounted, had
-come in for a bit of their own, and a fine exhilaration of open fighting
-had been blown like a freshening breeze along the east wall of the
-shell-torn quadrangle. But after the third week of March the pace of
-the retreat began to slacken; and, as soon as the first days of April
-dispelled the cover of the mist, and the wind and the sun dried up the
-mud from which the Germans had been retiring, their slower pace stiffened
-into resistance, and their resistance hardened into battle. All along
-the Hindenburg Line, so much advertised, yet in places so elastic, which
-was to guard the ridges of observation, the Battle of Arras was engaged
-in April, May and a part of June, and during the course of that Battle,
-Bullecourt was won and lost and won again.
-
-No more need be said about the retreat. The precise ratio between
-initiative and compulsion, precisely how far, that is to say, it was
-carried through according to plan and directed by forces under German
-control, will not be settled till the official war-histories of both
-belligerents have been published, and may even be disputed thereafter.
-Certainly, it was admirably executed; less certainly, it was voluntary
-in all its parts; most certainly, it was accompanied by incidents
-which indelibly stained the reputation of the German Military Command.
-That ‘the systematic destruction of roads, railways and bridges in the
-evacuated area made unprecedented demands upon the Royal Engineers,’ or
-that in four and a half days, for example, from the morning of March 18th
-the Somme at Brie was rebridged for our troops,[73] were facts of warfare
-as legitimate for the enemy as they were creditable to his pursuers. What
-was illegitimate and irreparable was the not less systematic destruction,
-forbidden in the Pentateuch, as Mr. Buchan[74] notes, of ‘trees for meat’
-and water for drinking. We have remarked these features _in petto_: the
-single trees felled or slashed, the single wells poisoned or blown in,
-the single monuments gutted or mined; and France knows the full tale of
-her own wrongs.
-
-So we come to the Battle of Arras, which opened definitely on April 9th
-and rolled in thunder along the northern ridges to its renewed flood in
-the Third Battle of Ypres.
-
-We may look at the map again. The Battle of Arras was fought on a front
-of sixteen or seventeen miles, stretching, roughly, nine miles to the
-north and seven or eight to the south of Arras. Arras, as we know, was
-within the British line; its cellars and sewers, as a fact, had been
-prepared for the accommodation of our troops, though they were not long
-in request. The British line to the south of Arras (we are writing of
-the opening of the battle) crossed the Arras-Cambrai main road almost
-immediately below the town, facing Tilloy-les-Mofflaines on the right,
-and running down to Croisilles and Ecoust, which looked across the line
-to Bullecourt. Below Bullecourt, two miles or so to the right, and
-about three miles above the Bapaume-Cambrai road, the village of Quéant
-should be observed for the sake of its trench-connection with Drocourt
-in the north (east-south-east of Lens), which formed a switch to the
-Hindenburg Line, in case of German accidents behind Arras. It was the
-Quéant-Drocourt trench-system which made Bullecourt so important to its
-defenders. The British line to the north of Arras (still at the opening
-of the battle, but outside of our original quadrangle) crossed the River
-Scarpe in the eastern suburbs of the town, and ran up with a bearing
-to the left between Souchez and Givenchy, turning to the right again
-between Loos and Lens. Vimy, with all its fortifications, both natural
-and artificial, was the key to an advance in this area. The situation
-should be studied on a larger map, but it is useful to see it, too, in
-miniature; and for this purpose we repeat once more our sketch on page 90
-above. On the rough square, Arras-Bapaume-Cambrai-Douai, we erect now on
-the northern side the road-junctions from Arras to Douai through Souchez
-and Lens. The British line ran up, as we have said, between Souchez and
-Givenchy, with Vimy and its ridges on the right, and ran down to the west
-of Bullecourt, which helped to guard the Quéant-Drocourt switch. It only
-remains to observe that from Lens to Ypres was a journey of less than
-thirty miles, and that an attack at Messines and Wytschaete formed an
-obvious corollary to successes at Bullecourt and Vimy.
-
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-
-We are not directly concerned with the bigger strategy of this Spring
-campaign. Sir Douglas Haig made it clear that he regarded the capture of
-the Vimy Ridge as necessary in itself and important for the view which it
-would afford over the plains to Douai and beyond. When this object should
-be achieved he proposed to transfer his main offensive into Flanders.
-‘The positions held by us in the Ypres salient since May, 1915, were
-far from satisfactory,’ he wrote. ‘They were completely overlooked by
-the enemy. Their defence involved a considerable strain on the troops
-occupying them, and ... our positions would be much improved by the
-capture of the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge, and of the high ground which
-extends thence north-eastwards for some seven miles.’ These plans were
-re-adjusted to some extent by arrangement with the French Command: ‘The
-British attack, under the revised scheme, was, in the first instance, to
-be preparatory to a more decisive operation to be undertaken a little
-later by the French Armies,’ and though, as the British Commander wrote,
-‘my original plan for the preliminary operations on the Arras front
-fortunately fitted in well with what was required of me under the revised
-scheme,’ yet, in order to give full effect ‘to the new rôle allotted to
-me in this revised scheme, preparations for the attack in Flanders had
-to be restricted for the time being to what could be done by such troops
-and other labour as could not in any case be made available on the Arras
-front.[75]’
-
-So much in this place for the plans. What were the troops entrusted
-with their execution? Looking at a larger map again, and assuming for
-a moment that a week’s fighting (April 9th to 16th) has already taken
-place, and that the British front has been advanced, as indicated, from
-the outskirts of Lens in the north to Croisilles in the south, we may now
-enumerate Sir Douglas Haig’s forces as they were distributed from north
-to south in order of battle on April 17th. Note that the First Army was
-commanded by General Sir H. S. Horne, the Third by General Sir E. H.
-H. Allenby, the Fourth by General Sir Henry Rawlinson and the Fifth by
-General Sir Hubert Gough: great Generals all, and tried Commanders. We
-give, first, the positions, so far as they can be located for certainty
-in the third line which resulted from a week’s fighting, and, next, in
-descending scale of military organization, the Army, the Corps, the
-Division, and the Regiments:—
-
-  ORDER OF BATTLE, 17th April, 1917.
-
-  ------------+-----+----------+----------------+-------------------------
-  Position.   |Army.|  Corps.  |   Division.    |     Regiments.
-  ------------+-----+----------+----------------+-------------------------
-              |     |          |                |
-  VIMY        |  I. | Canadian |1st, 2nd, 3rd,  |
-              |     |          |  4th Canadian, |
-              |     |          |  5th British.  |
-              |     |          |                |
-  North of    | III.|  XVII.   |51st (Highland) |Gordon Highlanders
-  RIVER SCARPE|     |          |                |A. & S. Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |Seaforth Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |Roy. Scots.
-              |     |          |                |Black Watch.
-              |     |          |                |
-              |     |          |34th            |Roy. Scots (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Lincolnshire, Suffolk,
-              |     |          |                |Northd. Fus. (9 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |
-  FAMPOUX     |     |          |9th (Scottish)  |Black Watch.
-              |     |          |                |Seaforth Highlanders
-              |     |          |                |  (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Scottish Rifles.
-              |     |          |                |Roy. Scots (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |A. & S. Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |Cameron Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |S. African Bde. (4 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |K.O.S.B.
-              |     |          |                |
-              |     |          |4th             |Household Bn.
-              |     |          |                |Roy. Warwickshire.
-              |     |          |                |Seaforth Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |R. Irish Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Somersetshire L.I.
-              |     |          |                |E. Lancs.
-              |     |          |                |Hampshire.
-              |     |          |                |Rifle Brigade.
-              |     |          |                |K.O. (R. Lancs.)
-              |     |          |                |Lancs. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Duke of Wellington’s
-              |     |          |                |  (W.R.).
-              |     |          |                |Essex.
-              |     |          |                |
-  South of    |     |  XVIII.  |12th (Eastern)  |Norfolk.
-  RIVER SCARPE|     |          |                |Suffolk.
-  near MONCHY |     |          |                |Essex.
-              |     |          |                |R. Berkshire.
-              |     |          |                |R. Fusiliers (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |R. Sussex.
-              |     |          |                |Middlesex.
-              |     |          |                |Queen’s (R.W. Surrey)
-              |     |          |                |Buffs (E. Kent.)
-              |     |          |                |E. Surrey.
-              |     |          |                |R.W. Kent.
-              |     |          |                |Northants.
-              |     |          |                |
-              |     |          |14th (Light)    |K.R.R.C. (3 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Rifle Bde. (3 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Oxford & Bucks L.I.
-              |     |          |                |K.S.L.I.
-              |     |          |                |Somerset L.I.
-              |     |          |                |D.L.I.
-              |     |          |                |K.O.Y.L.I.
-              |     |          |                |Durham L.I.
-              |     |          |                |King’s (Liverpool).
-              |     |          |                |
-              |     |          |30th            |Liverpool (4 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Manchester (4 Bns).
-              |     |          |                |Beds.
-              |     |          |                |Yorks. R.
-              |     |          |                |Scots. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Wilts.
-              |     |          |                |S. Lancs.
-              |     |          |37th            |
-              |     |          |                |R. Fus. (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |K.R.R.C.
-              |     |          |                |Rifle Bde.
-              |     |          |                |R. Warwickshire.
-              |     |          |                |E. Lancs.
-              |     |          |                |
-              |     |          |37th            |N. Lancs.
-              |     |          |                |Beds.
-              |     |          |                |N. Staffs.
-              |     |          |                |Lincolnshire.
-              |     |          |                |Somerset.
-              |     |          |                |Middlesex.
-              |     |          |                |York. & Lancs.
-              |     |          |                |
-              |     |   VI.    |29th            |R. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |R. Dublin Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Lancs. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Middlesex.
-              |     |          |                |K.O.S.B.
-              |     |          |                |Inniskilling Fus.
-              |     |          |                |S. Wales B.
-              |     |          |                |Border.
-              |     |          |                |Essex.
-              |     |          |                |Hampshire.
-              |     |          |                |Worcestershire.
-              |     |          |                |Newfoundland.
-              |     |          |                |
-  Advanced,   |     |          |15th (Scottish) |Black Watch.
-  via ARRAS   |     |          |                |Seaforth Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |Gordon Highlanders
-              |     |          |                |  (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Cameron Highlanders
-              |     |          |                |  (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |R. Scots.
-              |     |          |                |R. Scots. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |A. & S. Highlanders
-              |     |          |                |K.O.S.B.
-              |     |          |                |Scottish Rifles.
-              |     |          |                |Highland L.I. (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |
-    ?         |     |          |3rd             |K.R.R.C.
-              |     |          |                |10th R. Welsh Fus.
-              |     |          |                |West Yorks.
-              |     |          |                |R. Scots.
-              |     |          |                |Gordon Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |R. Scots. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |R. Fusiliers.
-              |     |          |                |Northd. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Suffolk.
-              |     |          |                |K.O. (Roy. Lancs.)
-              |     |          |                |E. Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |7th K.S.L.I.
-              |     |          |                |12th King’s (Liverpool)
-              |     |          |                |
-    ?         |     |          |17th (Northern) |W. Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |E. Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |Dorsetshire.
-              |     |          |                |Lincolnshire.
-              |     |          |                |Border.
-              |     |          |                |S. Staffs.
-              |     |          |                |Sherwood Foresters.
-              |     |          |                |Northd. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Lancs. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Duke of Wellington’s
-              |     |          |                |  (W.R.).
-              |     |          |                |Manchester.
-              |     |          |                |Yorks. & Lancs.
-              |     |          |                |
-  South of    |     |  VII.    |21st            |Northd. Fus. (3 Bns.).
-  VIth. Corps |     |          |                |E. Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |Durham L.I.
-              |     |          |                |K.O.Y.L.I. (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Leicestershire (4 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Lincolnshire.
-              |     |          |                |
-  Between R.  |     |          |33rd            |R. Fusiliers.
-  Cojeul and  |     |          |                |K.R.R.C.
-  R. Sensée   |     |          |                |King’s.
-              |     |          |                |Queen’s.
-              |     |          |                |Suffolk.
-              |     |          |                |Worcestershire.
-              |     |          |                |Scottish Rifles (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Middlesex.
-              |     |          |                |A. & S. Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |R. Welsh Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Highland L.I.
-              |     |          |                |
-    ?         |     |          |50th            |Northd. Fus.
-              |     |          | (Northumbrian) |Durham L.I.
-              |     |          |                |Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |
-    ?         |     |          |56th (London)   |London.
-              |     |          |                |Middlesex.
-              |     |          |                |
-  BULLECOURT  |  V. |    V.    |7th             |Border.
-              |     |          |                |Devonshire (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Queen’s.
-              |     |          |                |Gordon Highlanders.
-              |     |          |                |H.A.C.
-              |     |          |                |R. Welsh Fus.
-              |     |          |                |S. Staffs.
-              |     |          |                |Manchester (4 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |Warwickshire.
-              |     |          |                |
-    ?         |     |          |11th (Northern) |D. of Wellington’s.
-              |     |          |                |W. Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |York. and Lancs.
-              |     |          |                |Lincolnshire.
-              |     |          |                |Border.
-              |     |          |                |S. Staffs.
-              |     |          |                |Sherwood Foresters.
-              |     |          |                |Dorsetshire.
-              |     |          |                |Northd. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Lancs. Fus.
-              |     |          |                |Manchester.
-              |     |          |                |E. Yorkshire.
-              |     |          |                |
-  BULLECOURT  |     |          |58th (London)   |London, 2nd Line, T.F.
-              |     |          |                |
-              |     |          |62nd (W. Riding)|W. Yorks. (4 Bns.)
-              |     |          |                |D. of Wellington’s
-              |     |          |                |  (4 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |K.O.Y.L.I. (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |York. & Lancs. (2 Bns.).
-              |     |          |                |
-  LAGNICOURT  |     |Australian|                |
-  ------------+-----+----------+----------------+-------------------------
-
-It was a strong force, as is apparent, and except in the extreme southern
-sector, from Ecoust (opposite Bullecourt) to Lagnicourt, no 2nd Line
-Territorial troops were engaged. There, with Londoners on their left and
-Australians on their right, twelve battalions from the West Riding took
-their part.
-
-The operation was not successful. ‘The attacking troops of the Fifth
-Army,’ wrote Sir Douglas Haig, ‘were obliged to withdraw to their
-original line.[76]’ Thus they missed the more sensational advances which
-were secured at Vimy and Monchy-le-Preux. But they contributed by their
-action to those results, and their gallantry earned a high encomium from
-the British Commander-in-Chief, and established for the 62nd Division,
-in its first engagement on a big scale, a record worthy of more veteran
-troops.
-
-Let us start in this sector on April 9th, the day of the opening of the
-Battle of Arras.
-
-It was explained to the Front-line Battalions that, in the event of the
-attack of the Third Army on Neuville Vitasse being successful, and of the
-advance being pushed forward to Fontaine-les-Croisilles and Cherisy, the
-enemy might evacuate his positions. Patrols were sent out, accordingly,
-in order to ascertain the facts; and the 2/6th West Yorkshires, for
-example, if we may select one Battalion out of the twelve, were ordered
-to hold themselves in readiness to advance after 12 o’clock noon at one
-hour’s notice. A provisional scheme of operations was laid down, in
-anticipation of the sequence of events, should the Hindenburg Line be
-evacuated on that part. These plans missed fire, however, and on the
-next day (10th) the unit which we have selected was still stationed at
-St. Leger. In the early morning information arrived of an impending
-German counter attack, and, after orders had been issued for a move at
-ten minutes’ notice, Brigade Orders arrived during the afternoon for
-a night march to Ecoust. This move was duly accomplished. The object
-was to capture Bullecourt and Hendecourt, and then to move forward in
-the general direction of Cagnicourt, on the further side of the Quéant
-switch. Shortly after midnight on April 11th, the troops were informed to
-this effect; Zero hour was 4-30 a.m.
-
-We have to record that the operation, as planned, could not be fully
-carried out. Briefly, it had been devised as follows: unless, as seemed
-improbable, the Hindenburg Line should be found to have been evacuated,
-the Australian Division, supported by Tanks, was to push forward to
-Riencourt and Bullecourt. As soon as their work rendered it possible,
-the 185th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General V. W. de Falbe, C.M.G.,
-D.S.O.) was to push one Battalion into Bullecourt from the south-west,
-with another Battalion in support. The Tanks (two, followed by four),
-after clearing Bullecourt, were to move out of the village, and clear
-the Hindenburg Line up to a stated position, where they would come
-under the orders of General de Falbe, in command of an Advanced Guard,
-detailed to capture Hendecourt and to move forward as indicated above.
-This formed the operation, as planned. The operation, as executed,
-starts with Battalion reports to the Brigade, at 5-15 a.m., 6 a.m. and
-7-10 a.m., to the effect that not a Tank was in sight. We may imagine
-the anxiety at Headquarters. Reconstruct the surroundings on that April
-morning: the immense line of British Troops stretching right away beyond
-Vimy, the noise of guns, the open country on the other side; remember
-the significance of Bullecourt, not merely as the objective of the 62nd
-Division, but as the last stronghold of the enemy in that sector before
-he retired to the Quéant switch behind the real Hindenburg Line; multiply
-every missed appointment and its consequent inconveniences in civil
-life to the _n_th power of calculation; add a responsible sense of the
-great issues depending on prompt action; and then conceive what it meant
-to Lt.-Col. John H. Hastings, D.S.O., the Officer Commanding the 2/6th
-West Yorkshires (to return for a moment to this unit), to have to report
-three times in two hours that, so far as he was aware, the conditions
-precedent to his pushing on to Bullecourt still remained unfulfilled.
-Item one: the Tanks had not arrived. Item two: there was still no news
-of the Australians having entered Bullecourt. Colonel Hastings went
-forward to make enquiries, and to discuss matters with the Australian
-Division. On his return, he advised the Brigadier that the situation
-was ‘very obscure.’ His patrols, he said, had not reported, but there
-was no sign of the Australians clearing Bullecourt, and several enemy
-machine-guns had been located on the south-east fringe of the village.
-This report crossed a message from the Brigade (through the 2/8th
-Battalion, West Yorks.), stating that Tanks had been seen at a factory
-between Bullecourt and Hendecourt, and adding: ‘Please take immediate
-action, without waiting for Tanks to arrive, to clear up situation in
-Bullecourt and seize Hindenburg Line to the west of the village.’ (This
-message in original was received an hour later.) A reply was sent through
-the 2/8th Battalion to the effect that the instructions seemed to be
-‘based on faulty and erroneous information’: the main point was that the
-Australians had not entered Bullecourt, and that reports from the patrols
-were still awaited. While this reply was on its way, the Brigadier
-visited the Battalion Headquarters, and ‘was evidently dissatisfied
-with the want of progress.’ He admitted to Colonel Hastings that the
-conditions laid down as preliminary to the advance still appeared
-incomplete (which means that the Tanks had not operated), but he was
-anxious that the push should be attempted, and Colonel Hastings went up
-again to investigate.
-
-Meanwhile, what about the Tanks? Major W. H. L. Watson, D.S.O., of the
-Machine-Gun Corps, Heavy Section, writing in _Blackwood’s Magazine_,
-June, 1919, stated that, ‘of my eleven Tanks, nine had received direct
-hits and two were missing.’ He pointed out that the sudden change of
-plans between April 10th and 11th had proved somewhat upsetting, that
-the crews were composed of tired men, that a blizzard was blowing, and
-that the snow proved bad cover. He added that the Australian troops
-were turned distrustful of Tanks for some months, and that a British
-Brigadier, to whom he was paying a farewell visit, told him, ‘with
-natural emphasis, that Tanks were “no dammed use.”’ Further than this,
-we need not pursue the question. A day was to come very soon when the
-new weapon would outpace the Infantry, and help effectively to win its
-battles. At Bullecourt, on April 11th, the co-operation was not adequate.
-
-At 11 o’clock that morning, Colonel Hastings, ruling out the Tanks,
-expressed his deliberate conviction that the village could not be
-captured by daylight, except by very great sacrifices. The wire was
-uncut, the snipers were active, and there was very little cover. Three
-hours later, Brigade orders arrived to withdraw the patrols, and at dusk
-the Battalion relieved the 2/7th Battalion of their own Regiment in the
-right sector of the front facing Bullecourt. The relief was completed
-at 1 a.m. on April 12th, and another long and trying day was spent in
-tapping the Bullecourt defences, which were found to be still formidable.
-By 5 a.m. on the morning of the 13th, the relief of the Battalion in
-its turn by the 2/7th West Ridings was completed, and they returned to
-Ervillers on the Bapaume-Arras road.
-
-They had suffered badly during this experience. On the 11th, Lieut. C.
-F. R. Pells, 2/Lieut. A. G. Harris and 31 other Ranks were killed, and
-the wounded amounted to 30. Fine work was done by the 174th Tunnelling
-Company, R.E. (Major Hutchinson, M.C., Commanding), in digging out the
-victims of a collapsed house in which two Officers were killed: they
-worked thirty hours continuously and rescued nine men alive.
-
-Meanwhile, Bullecourt had not been captured. If a detailed map be
-consulted again, it will be seen that the British lines of April 16th and
-24th both met at their southern extremity on the wrong (north) side of
-the River Sensée, and formed a dangerous salient, or inward bulge, with
-the British line running south from Croisilles. The Hindenburg Line at
-Bullecourt still guarded the switch-line at Quéant; and this failure was
-the more disappointing in view of the easterly advances along the River
-Scarpe behind Arras, and, further north, behind Vimy and its woods and
-hills. Tanks had shown fine capacity during that fortnight. The gallant
-Infantry had accomplished by their aid what it took them nearly as many
-months to accomplish with much worse casualties on the Somme in 1916. For
-the missing weapon had been found, though its full use was still to be
-discovered, and obstacles even more formidable than had held up the 49th
-Division at Thiepval were levelled or reduced.
-
-We pass at once to the renewed assault on Bullecourt between May 3rd and
-17th.
-
-The 62nd Division was once more engaged. The new weapon was brought again
-to the attack, and, though further experience was still wanted before
-its masterly employment at Cambrai in November, the last phase of the
-Battle of Arras clearly demonstrated to all those who chose to see the
-immense value of co-operation between Infantry and Tanks. That the brunt
-of the Infantry fighting in these experimental days fell on the troops
-from the West Riding, will find a place in military history as well as in
-Yorkshire records.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-Brigade Orders with reference to the fresh assault were received
-immediately after the old. Already on April 15th, the plan of operations
-was to hand, and the intervening seventeen days was spent mainly in
-rehearsals. The order of advance from the right was the 185th Infantry
-Brigade (de Falbe), the 186th (Hill) in the centre, and the 187th
-(Taylor) on the left. Each Brigade had its definite objective, and they
-advanced to the attack side by side. The Third Army operated eastwards
-in the direction of Fontaine-les-Croisilles, with the 2nd Australian
-Division on the right. Tanks were to crawl up in sufficient numbers.
-The day was fixed for May 3rd. Zero hour was 3-45 a.m. Once more we may
-quote Major Watson[77] as to the part borne by the Tanks in this attack.
-‘A costly failure,’ is his description of the day’s work. Major R. O.
-C. Ward, D.S.O., who was killed in the following November, was out with
-his Tanks in front, ‘but the Infantry could not follow,’ he complained.
-‘Attack unsuccessful. Casualties heavy,’ is the bare statement in one of
-the Battalion diaries. Before consulting a more expansive authority, it
-will be interesting to examine the accompanying photograph of Hendecourt
-from the air. Above the village, we see the main road from Arras to
-Cambrai, which runs from north-east to south-west. Crossing that road, we
-see the switch trench-line from Drocourt to Quéant, which ran roughly,
-from north to south. The trenches guarding the village, Orix, Opal, Hop,
-Morden, are indicated on the face of the photograph, and are still more
-clearly displayed in the ground-plan sketch which we also reproduce (p.
-133). Turning back now to May 3rd, we have the advantage of some notes
-by an Officer of the 62nd, who watched the opening barrage from the top
-of the railway embankment. It was an unforgettable sight. ‘Shells of
-all sizes screamed through the air, and bullets from our machine-guns
-sped towards the enemy lines. The noise was deafening and appalling.
-Then the Tanks went forward to do their part in the attack. Hundreds of
-Very lights and coloured signals were sent up by the enemy all along
-his line’; and to the careful watcher and time-keeper, these lights and
-signals brought evil tidings. For after two Companies of one Battalion of
-the 62nd should have been in the enemy second-line trench, ‘enemy lights
-were still sent up from that direction.’
-
-We turn to a Company record. Take, for instance, B Company of the
-2/5th West Ridings. They advanced steadily to the attack, and fought
-their way up the slope to the ridge on the left of Bullecourt. But they
-met very formidable opposition. Some think that the sound of the Tanks
-deploying in their assembly positions may have reached acute enemy ears;
-but, whether or not this was the case, and, on the whole, the evidence
-is against it, a devastating machine-gun fire and a terrific barrage
-of high explosive and shrapnel were suddenly opened on the advancing
-Company, while hidden concrete emplacements protected the enemy guns.
-The survivors gallantly rallied, and pressed on into the Hindenburg
-Line through a ‘tornado of bullets.’ Lieut. O. Walker was killed at
-this point, as he was charging at the head of his platoon, rifle in
-hand, through the German wire. Two enemy machine-guns were captured, and
-their crews killed by our bombers. Captain J. Walker, M.B.E., Commanding
-the Company, with a mere handful of men, still pushed on and forced a
-broken way to the next strong point of hidden emplacements. Here the
-little party held out for three awful days and nights. They had no water
-and only their iron rations, and they were bombed and shelled all the
-time. On the second day, the enemy tried to take them prisoners, but
-the attempt was repulsed. On the third day, when the position was blown
-in through our own Batteries having shortened range, this very brave
-Officer and his few surviving wounded men contrived to fight their way
-back through the German outpost line, in broad daylight and fired at from
-every side. A nine hours’ struggle brought them home ‘by a miracle.’[78]
-Bullecourt was still uncaptured, but its blood-soaked ridges and trenches
-had taught the Prussians the meaning of Yorkshire grit.
-
-[Illustration: HENDECOURT FROM THE AIR.]
-
-The story may be repeated, if it is not clear enough, from the diaries of
-other Battalions. Take the 2/4th York and Lancasters, for example. It is
-a vivid narrative, which may be quoted almost verbatim:
-
-By Zero hour on May 3rd, the men had marched on to the tape line,
-extended, and formed waves, as ordered, each man fixing his bayonet and
-lying down directly he got into his place. Just as the head of the 6th
-line came into its alignment, a shell burst close by, wounding Lt.-Col.
-Blacker, Commanding, and about six other Ranks. ‘Don’t mind me, get the
-lines out,’ was the gallant Officer’s order, which was instantly obeyed:
-though the shelling was heavy all the time, the operation was completed
-as if in a practice-attack. The Adjutant found the lines absolutely
-correct, and men lying close to shell-holes had in many instances
-refrained from taking cover for fear of spoiling their interval. It was
-this kind of spirit which beat the Germans, though they kept us out
-of Bullecourt on May 3rd. Colonel Blacker, with the assistance of his
-servant, returned to Battalion Headquarters, and Major Richardson arrived
-from Brigade to take over the Command of the Battalion. A rum-ration was
-served out at 3 a.m., and the first line advanced at Zero (3-45 a.m.)
-less eight minutes. In order to understand what followed, it must be
-borne in mind that there were 900 yards to be traversed before the first
-German trench was reached: 900 yards through the heavy smoke and dust of
-the barrage depicted above. To keep intervals, distance and direction was
-not an easy task even for the best-trained troops. Still, all was going
-well, till some confusion was caused by another unit crossing their front
-between the 4th and 5th lines. These troops were ordered to withdraw
-and re-form, but the order was mistaken by about 70 men of the right
-rear Company of the invaded Battalion. They thought it was addressed to
-them, and withdrew, accordingly, to the railway embankment. The rest,
-steadily led, despite the mixture of units, pushed on to the first German
-trench, but the waves had lost their formation before the second line
-was reached. Major Richardson was killed in a courageous attempt to
-find out exactly what was happening, and, later, Brigade orders arrived
-to parade all available personnel for a second attack in two lines. It
-ended miserably in shell-holes, which afforded insufficient protection
-from casualties out of proportion to the result, and about 4 o’clock in
-the afternoon of the long day the order came to retire to the railway
-cutting. The 7th Division relieved the 62nd.
-
-We need not multiply the records. ‘The attacking troops eventually
-withdrew to the railway cutting’; ‘finally forced to retire about 11-30
-a.m. on the railway embankment’; these entries and entries like these
-recur with maddening iteration in the narratives of the units on this
-date, and the loss of life was terribly high. But Bullecourt fell in the
-end. Ten men had been left in the coveted village by troops which had
-reached it on May 3rd, but had fallen back from all but its fringes, and
-these ten men were rescued on May 8th. Day by day, the stubborn fight was
-waged, with attack and counter-attack of intense ferocity and varying
-fortune, till at last, on May 17th and following days, Territorial Troops
-of the County of London and the West Riding drove out the last remnants
-of the German garrison from their last stronghold in front of Quéant. Let
-Sir Douglas Haig tell the tale of these successes, which brought to a
-victorious close the series of fighting known as the Battle of Arras:
-
-    ‘At 3-45 a.m. on the 3rd May, another attack was undertaken
-    by us.... While the Third and First Armies attacked from
-    Fontaine-les-Croisilles to Fresnoy, the Fifth Army launched a
-    second attack upon the Hindenburg Line in the neighbourhood
-    of Bullecourt. This gave a total front of over sixteen miles.
-    Along practically the whole of this front our troops broke
-    into the enemy’s positions.... To secure the footing gained
-    by the Australians in the Hindenburg Line on the 3rd May, it
-    was advisable that Bullecourt should be captured without loss
-    of time. During the fortnight following our attack, fighting
-    for the possession of this village went on unceasingly....
-    On the morning of the 7th May, English troops (7th Division,
-    Major-General T. H. Shoubridge) gained a footing in the
-    south-east corner of Bullecourt. Thereafter gradual progress
-    was made, in the face of the most obstinate resistance, and on
-    the 17th May, London and West Riding Territorials[79] completed
-    the capture of the village.... On the 20th May fighting was
-    commenced by the 33rd Division (Major-General R. J. Pinney) for
-    the sector of the Hindenburg Line lying between Bullecourt and
-    our front-line west of Fontaine-les-Croisilles. Steady progress
-    was made until by the 16th June touch had been established by
-    us between these two points.’[80]
-
-[Illustration: COLISEUM MADE OUT OF A GERMAN CRATER.]
-
-We had intended to close here the present chapter. But our impression
-of life at the front with the 62nd Division is incomplete without
-reference to the mimic warfare and the relaxation from war which likewise
-formed part of its experience. On that very day, June 16th, when the
-Bullecourt sector was finally consolidated, Divisional Sports were being
-held at Achiet-le-Petit. In a Coliseum made out of a German crater,
-which we illustrate from a pencil-sketch on the spot, the Divisional
-Band was playing on June 14th, and boxing contests were being fought.
-Two days later, a Gymkhana was held, in which some of the chief events
-were dribbling a football on horseback,[81] driving a pair of mules
-tandem,[82] and collecting stones to drop into a bucket.[83] On June
-20th, three Officers of the 2/5th West Ridings rode from Achiet-le-Petit
-to Thiepval, and went over the ground which had been fought by the 1st
-Line Battalion of their Regiment nearly a year before. ‘Forsan et haec
-olim meminisse juvabit,’ they may have thought, as they contrasted their
-leisurely ride with the heat of battle which the site recalled; and the
-same thought, applied to their own experience, may have revealed the hope
-of a future day when Bullecourt, like Thiepval, would be remembered as a
-past stage in a victorious advance.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER X
-
-
-I.—THE NORTHERN RIDGES
-
-Between the Battle of Arras in the Spring and the Battle of Cambrai in
-the Autumn came the Third Battle of Ypres in the Summer. This middle
-battle in time (with which, in the history of the West Riding, we shall
-not be much concerned) was the northernmost battle in space, and its
-success, if it had been fully successful, would have been amphibious in
-kind. It would have rendered untenable by Germany the sea-bases of her
-submarine campaign, thus relieving the food-problem for the Allies, and
-it would have removed the military peril, fought out to a standstill in
-1915, which threatened Paris and the Channel ports. On this account, as
-we saw in the last Chapter, the northernmost battle of the three was
-originally the chief in significance according to Sir Douglas Haig’s
-plans. If we may regard the long Allied line, say, from Reims to the
-sea, throughout, and even beyond, the fighting season of 1917, as the
-scene of a single battle, we must add that the course of that battle
-did not follow Sir Douglas Haig’s wishes. We read above of a ‘revised’
-scheme, of ‘restricted’ preparations for the attack in Flanders, and we
-infer (indeed, we are informed) that, if Haig had been in sole Command
-of the Allied Forces on the Western front, he would have disposed the
-programme a little differently. Happily, it is not our business to judge
-the strategy of the war. Our task is to narrate the part which was played
-by a few thousand Yorkshiremen in bringing the war to a victorious close.
-Strategy was not in their contract: the Colonel obeyed his Brigadier, the
-General his Corps Commander; and even in a larger sphere, Sir Douglas
-Haig was less than supreme. In the triple battle of 1917 many factors
-entered into account. To burn out the submarine nests, to countervail
-Italy’s fate of arms, to anticipate Russia’s defection, to release French
-industry and railways: these were a few of the considerations which
-affected the movements of the Allied Armies between Verdun and Ypres, the
-two flagstaffs of French and British ardour. That they were, primarily,
-political considerations does not mean that they were wrongly brought
-into account. Always the strategical initiative, as distinct from the
-tactical, lies partly outside the control of the fighting men. But there
-was worse than this in the series of conditions which determined the
-fighting of 1917. The sequence of battle-areas (Arras, Ypres, Cambrai)
-might be dictated by causes which prevailed over the best-laid plans;
-the course of the battles themselves, especially of the Summer-battle
-about Ypres, was dictated by less calculable chances. Among these were
-the ‘pill-boxes’ and the mud, the solid and the fluid conditions. When to
-break off that last battle was almost more difficult a problem than when
-to engage it; and if its commencement was postponed by causes outside
-Haig’s control, we can read between the lines of his Fourth Dispatch the
-hesitation with which he carried it on:
-
-    ‘After weighing these considerations, as well as the general
-    situation and various other factors affecting the problem,
-    among them the desirability of assisting our Allies in the
-    operations to be carried out by them on the 23rd October in the
-    neighbourhood of Malmaison, I decided to continue the offensive
-    further....
-
-    ‘Though the condition of the ground continued to deteriorate,
-    the weather after this was unsettled rather than persistently
-    wet, and progress had not become impossible. I accordingly
-    decided to press on while circumstances still permitted....
-
-    ‘By this time the persistent continuation of wet weather had
-    left no further room for hope....[84]’
-
-it would be unnecessary to complete this final sentence, except that it
-closes with the definite statement, that, ‘in view of other projects
-which I had in view, it was desirable to maintain pressure on the
-Flanders front for a few weeks longer.’ Once more, we are not required to
-judge, but, at least, we may note the implication that, even when there
-was ‘no further room for hope’ (surely, a grave obstacle to progress) it
-was still necessary to ‘maintain pressure for a few weeks longer.’
-
-The West Yorkshire troops did not come in till close to the end of this
-middle battle, and we shall presently be more fully concerned with the
-‘other projects’ elsewhere. But we can imagine what it meant to those
-spent and battle-weary soldiers to ‘maintain pressure’ beyond the hope of
-progress. ‘Physical exhaustion,’ we read, ‘placed narrow limits on the
-depth to which each advance could be pushed’; and how far those limits
-should be forced was a matter of very difficult discretion. ‘Time after
-time,’ runs the Despatch, ‘the practically beaten enemy was enabled to
-re-organize and relieve his men, and to bring up reinforcements behind
-the sea of mud which constituted his main protection’; and at what point
-a ‘practically beaten’ enemy should be left behind his barrier of mud
-was, again, very hard to decide. Hard and difficult decisions for the
-High Command; but the hardship and the difficulty of the fighting fell
-heavily on the fighting men, and the Summer-battle of 1917, which was
-prolonged far beyond the Summer, entailed, as Sir Douglas Haig tells us,
-‘almost superhuman exertions on the part of the troops of all arms and
-services.[85]’ The great Commander chose his word well. If the triple
-battle of 1917 were to be fought out again, with all the conditions
-constant except those which strategists could vary, there would be,
-conceivably, a new time-table and a new distribution of effort at Arras,
-Passchendaele and Cambrai: there would still be the ‘superhuman’ effort
-to overcome the German advantage of irregular, murderous blockhouses,
-like Martello-towers sunk in a sea of mud, and of not less irregular rain.
-
-We come to closer quarters with this middle battle. It opened on June 7th
-with an explosion of nineteen mines, which caused enormous rents in the
-enemy front-line trenches, and which effectively assisted the Artillery
-and the Air Force in their preparations for the Infantry advance.
-Impressive from a spectacular point of view, it was no sudden thing, this
-explosion. It represented many months of patient labour by highly-skilled
-miners and engineers, the memory of whose devotion to duty, under
-conditions of constant horror, should help, in industrial times, to
-soften acerbities at home. It was, further, the great surprise of the
-attack. British enterprise had to burrow underground in order to escape
-the observation of an enemy, who, since 1915, when the Ypres salient was
-inevitably contracted,[86] had occupied all the commanding ground in a
-stretch of country where 60 feet was the measure of a mountain. Messines,
-Wytschaete and Oostaverne were all captured on that first day (June 7th),
-together with more than 7,000 prisoners and 450 pieces of Artillery.
-General Sir Herbert Plumer and the Second Army, who had acted as wardens
-of these marches through so many weary and exacting months, reaped a
-swift reward in the second week of June.
-
-Unfortunately, it did not end as it began. The obliteration of two
-Battalions on the Yser between Nieuport and the sea on July 10th belongs
-to the history of the Northamptons and the King’s Royal Rifles, whose
-heroic defence of a position cut off from succour or support is Homeric
-in its quality.[87] Canadian historians will tell the tale of the
-capture of Hill 70 from the Prussian Guard, and of the long struggles
-in the outskirts of Lens. The season was still young, however; the
-initial operations had been successful, and the results achieved in June
-encouraged Sir Douglas Haig to extend the area of his attack right along
-the ridges and their spurs from Messines to Houlthulst Forest. These
-movements started on the last day of July, with the Fifth Army under
-General Sir Hubert Gough and the Second under General Sir Herbert Plumer.
-
-Slowly, resolutely, painfully, a way was forced up the difficult slopes.
-After twenty days a big advance could be recorded, but the going had
-been hard and expensive, and already the pace began to tell. The halt
-called in mid-August by exhaustion was employed for further preparation,
-and a month later, when the full attack was re-commenced, the highest
-points were still in enemy hands. It was now the middle of September:
-battle had been joined in the first week of June, but Glencorse Wood and
-Inverness Copse and a series of minor positions had still to be won, in
-order to render Passchendaele untenable and so to complete the capture
-of the ridges. The programme, we see, was out of gear; the price paid
-was out of proportion to the gains. The battle-fury surged up and down
-in gusts and lulls, and ebb and flow, shaped less to a regular advance
-than to a series of shocks and withdrawals, with the battle-mark always a
-little higher, but, behind it, in an ascending scale, loss of life, and
-devastated country, rain and ruin, and desperate endeavour. Was it worth
-while? was one urgent question. How long could it be kept up? was another.
-
-Every Battalion of the 49th Division was engaged: the West Ridings, the
-King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, the York and Lancasters, and the
-West Yorkshires, and at last they reached the top of the main ridge. The
-date was October 9th-10th, and the 49th was moved to the attack with the
-66th Division on their right and the 48th on their left. The St. Julien
-road lay behind them, Passchendaele was a mile or two ahead. Three stout
-Infantry Brigades, eager to crown the Summer’s struggle, took part in the
-front of the operation: the 146th in the centre, the 148th on the right,
-and the 144th (48th Division) on the left. The 147th was the Reserve
-Brigade. The centre Battalion of the centre Brigade was the 1/7th West
-Yorkshires; they found the 1/5th of the same Regiment on their right, and
-the 1/8th on their left: the 1/6th was their Reserve Battalion. The heavy
-casualties in these two days’ fighting made exact information hard to
-collect: in three Companies of the middle Battalion all the Officers and
-senior N.C.O.s had been permanently or temporarily disabled, and as early
-as 7-30 on the first morning (October 9th) the Reserve (147th) Brigade
-was ordered to be ready at an hour’s notice. In these circumstances, an
-hour to hour narrative could not be accurately compiled. The details
-were too much confused. Touch was lost between Companies and between
-Battalions, and one Officer’s summary of a part must stand for the record
-of the whole: ‘The Brigade (the 146th) reached its first objective, but
-was unable to proceed further.’ Still, an advance was made on these two
-days, which count among the worst experiences on the Western front,
-and the Troops very thoroughly merited the congratulations of the
-Corps Commander, Sir Alexander Godley, on their achievement ‘under the
-extremely adverse conditions.’
-
-The congratulations were renewed a few days later (October 18th) when
-Major-General Perceval, C.B., took leave of the 49th Division, which,
-despite the ‘adverse conditions’ and the ‘almost superhuman exertions,’
-which we have read of, he had commanded so gallantly and with so much
-hope. We are told that, at the Brigade Parade, he appeared to feel the
-parting very keenly, and we know how warmly his regret was reciprocated
-by the whole Division. He had succeeded to the Command in 1915, when
-General Baldock was injured by a shell,[88] and he had led the 49th
-Division in the Battles of the Ancre and the Somme, culminating in
-the capture of Thiepval, during 1916.[89] He was succeeded now by
-Major-General Neville J. G. Cameron, C.B., C.M.G. (1916), of the Cameron
-Highlanders, who had served on the Nile and in South Africa, and whose
-proud privilege it became, as an Infantryman, to command a Territorial
-Infantry Division till the end of the war.
-
-We return from this personal note, arising out of the change of Command,
-to the intense struggle outside Houlthulst Forest. It was renewed three
-times in October, a bloody October for the 49th Division, as for the
-British Army as a whole, and, at last, on the last day of that month,
-the British line had been carried, foot by foot, till within about 300
-yards of the contested village of Passchendaele. One more week of effort
-was demanded of the Troops exhausted by four months’ bloodshed, and the
-final assault was delivered on November 6th, when the village fell to
-the Canadians. In the course of four days’ further fighting the last
-crests of the ridges were secured, and the long Third Battle of Ypres was
-definitely terminated.
-
-Who had won it? Counting July 31st as the first day of that phase of
-the Third Battle, it had cost the Germans over 24,000 prisoners. They
-had lost positions from Messines to Passchendaele, roughly, on a front
-of twelve miles, the value of which, small in area, had been recognized
-as cardinal in three great battles in three years. Because they had lost
-the positions, we may conclude that they had lost the Third Battle, as
-they had lost the First (1914) and had been stalemated in the Second
-(1915). But this conclusion does not contradict another, that Sir
-Douglas Haig had not won. He had not won the victory which he sought.
-If we compare the close with the opening of this long and brilliant
-Despatch (‘the Campaigns of 1917’), we see clearly by how much he had
-contracted his original bold design, and how grievously his large hopes
-had been disappointed by extraneous events. ‘The general conditions
-of the struggle this year,’ he recorded, ‘have been very different
-from those contemplated at the conference of Allied Commanders held in
-November, 1916. The great general and simultaneous offensive then agreed
-on did not materialize.’ We turn back to the plans at that Conference,
-so far as the British Commander reveals them.[90] They ‘comprised a
-series of offensives on all fronts, so timed as to assist each other
-by depriving the enemy of power of weakening any one of his fronts in
-order to reinforce another.’ The Arras battle was not to be pursued
-beyond its first objective: ‘it was my intention to transfer my main
-offensive to another part of my front.... I hoped, after completing my
-spring offensive further south, to be able to develop this Flanders
-attack without great delay, and to strike hard in the north before
-the enemy realized that the attack in the south would not be pressed
-further.’ But it ‘did not materialize,’ as has been said. The task of
-the British and French Armies had proved far heavier than was originally
-anticipated, and, on the other hand, the enemy’s means of resistance had
-proved ‘far greater than either he or we could have expected.’ We shall
-see in a later chapter how these disappointments imposed a change from
-the offensive to the defensive in the renewed campaign of 1918. Here
-we observe that, to this extent, the Summer battle of 1917, protracted
-almost too long for the endurance even of British soldiery, could not be
-counted victorious. Nor was the final outlook better, when the results
-on a wider front were added to those of the Third Battle of Ypres. On
-no front had we suffered defeat; on none, as German reports prove, was
-the enemy free from anxiety or confident of military success. But our
-great efforts were frustrated by outside causes: military opinion is
-hardening to the conviction that the Western battles of 1917 worked out,
-on a balance, to our disadvantage, and the dark shadow of the Russian
-Empire in solution fell across the concluding pages of the British Field
-Marshal’s Fourth Despatch.
-
-
-II.—BETWEEN THE BATTLES.
-
-While the 49th Division was struggling up the northern ridges, the 62nd
-was spending a brief and busy interval between the Battle of Arras in the
-Spring and the Battle of Cambrai in the Autumn.
-
-Not an hour of that interval was wasted. The noise of the guns was never
-ceasing; and it is especially interesting to observe how admirably the
-Divisional Training, set on foot at once between the battles, fitted the
-daily calls which were to be made on all units of the Division.
-
-But first, for the sake of its pleasant reading, and as a proof that
-merit found reward, take Lord Harewood’s statement to the West Riding
-Association in October, 1917, of the Honours awarded to their Troops.
-The 62nd had figured in an Honours List as early as the previous April,
-and there had been a good sprinkling from its units in June. Now, every
-unit had been fighting, and every unit had won distinction. Thus, we
-met Lieut.-Colonel Hastings at Bullecourt, and we read here of his
-well-merited D.S.O., and of as many as sixteen Military Medals awarded
-to gallant men in his Battalion. In point of fact, the Honours which
-were awarded were far fewer than the Honours which were deserved;
-and, confining ourselves to figures only, since it is not seemly to
-select names[91], we observe that, out of fourteen Military Crosses
-which fell to the 62nd Division, four went to subaltern Officers in a
-single Battalion of the West Ridings. In the 49th Division, there were
-twenty-four awards of the Military Cross; four men received Bars to their
-Military Medals; and there were over a hundred fresh Military Medals and
-other decorations. Many mothers and maids in the West Riding had cause to
-be proud of their sons and lovers.
-
-So much in this place for the past fighting. Meanwhile, let us follow one
-unit of the 62nd to its interval of rest between the fights. Here, too,
-we need not particularize. We noted at the end of the last chapter how
-quickly sport succeeded war, and in all units alike, at Achiet-le-Petit
-and elsewhere, the typical Battalion Sports Officer would ‘get a move on’
-very quickly. We may imagine the kind of man he was; say, a subaltern
-Officer with a wound-stripe, perhaps recently rejoined, and wearing,
-no doubt, the ribbons of a Military Cross and a Croix-de-Guerre. We
-may imagine, too, the shell-pocked field, which, in order to exercise
-his men, he would set himself to convert into a football ground, with
-its holes neatly patched and darned, and its goal posts and other
-appurtenances requisitioned as urgently as ammunition. Or take the signal
-example of the great crater-coliseum,[92] on which a whole Battalion had
-been set at work, and which was ingeniously constructed to accommodate
-about two thousand spectators. It was chiefly used for boxing contests,
-and the R.E. took a hand in erecting its 18-foot ring. The next step
-was to find and train the teams, and special mention is due to the
-middleweight champion of the 62nd Division, Company Sgt.-Major Schofield,
-D.C.M., of the 2/5th West Ridings, whose fight with Pte. Hayhurst, of
-the 2/6th Duke of Wellington’s, filled the Coliseum one fine day. They
-were not too particular about the seasons. When the weather was hot,
-they played cricket; when it was not, they played football, and an
-inter-Brigade Summer football match resulted in the victory of a team
-composed of the R.E. and R.A.M.C.; the 2/4th West Ridings being second,
-and the 2/5th West Ridings third. Later, a Divisional Cup was competed
-for at Beaulencourt, and was won by the 2/5th West Ridings, who beat the
-R.E. and R.A.M.C. by the handsome score of six goals to one.
-
-The old saying about the playing-fields at Eton and the Battle of
-Waterloo recurs to memory as we write. The preparation for war in sport
-was illustrated again and again. Three times in the course of this
-Summer, a certain Company out of a Battalion of the 62nd was stationed
-in a position known as the Apex, which had formed part of the Hindenburg
-Line, south-south-west of Riencourt. The first occasion was towards the
-end of June, and the Company Officers found cause to bless the foresight
-of the authorities who had organized so many forms of sport. Take their
-excellent shooting, for example. A party of the enemy, about six in
-number, had been observed on the sky-line walking in single file on
-the top of a communication-trench. The range was, approximately, 1,200
-yards. Six men were sent out in a good lying position, and the sights
-were harmonized between 1,000 and 1,400 yards. After the third round,
-we are told, the enemy rapidly dispersed, and contracted their sphere
-of activity. Or, take the raid on the Apex on September 13th, which was
-shown by prisoners’ testimony to have been carefully rehearsed by a
-considerable enemy force of Storm-Troops, Infantry, and others, under
-orders to destroy all dug-outs near the Apex and to inflict as much
-damage as possible on our garrison. The attack fell on the 2/6th West
-Yorkshires, and was very gallantly repulsed; chiefly by the courage
-and determination of Captain G. C. Turner, who was killed, and of
-L.-Sergt. W. Pearson (No. 241038), who lived just long enough for General
-Braithwaite to recommend him for the award of the D.C.M. It was a typical
-‘No surrender’ exploit, and merits special recognition. Or, another
-incident at the Apex back in August. On this occasion a private soldier
-distinguished himself, and was awarded the M.M., in a voluntary patrol to
-clear up an obscure position. In full daylight he went, unaccompanied, up
-a gulley some 35 to 40 yards, and located an enemy party. He reported the
-position to his Officer, who dealt with it successfully the same night by
-the aid of some rifle-grenadiers. It was the same private, by the way,
-the crack shot in his own crack company, who brought down some partridges
-in September, within a few yards of the enemy posts. Either for the game
-or for other causes, the men of this Company became so keen on patrol
-work at the Apex, that they petitioned for a double tour duty and stayed
-out eight consecutive nights. Insignificant details, perhaps, but good
-shooting and keen soldiership won the war; and the Division thoroughly
-earned the compliments of the Commander-in-Chief and Army Commander on
-their exploits during this period, which showed ‘skill and enterprise.’
-
-They were as good at salving as at sniping. The tale is told of a
-Platoon near Bullecourt, which had become liable to a complaint that
-Salvage orders were being neglected. The complaint was quickly set
-to rights, and within a very short time a remarkable collection was
-accumulated outside Company Headquarters. A derelict Tank had been found
-hidden fast in high undergrowth, and as many as seven Lewis guns and some
-forty magazines in more or less bad condition were brought to join the
-Battalion dump. By the side of another Tank the bodies were identified
-of four men of the Royal Warwicks, and, as the Yorkshiremen themselves
-had once been engaged in the same sector, they began an organized search,
-which resulted in at least forty casualties being transferred from
-‘missing’ to ‘killed.’
-
-So, the pause between the battles were filled up. With raids and
-counter-raids, and martial exercises, and military sports, and play
-imitating work, the exhaustion after Bullecourt was repaired, and the
-spirit of Bullecourt was renewed. Field-work on the open fighting
-system completed the training at Beaulencourt where a move was made
-into hutments in October, and it is noted that the shooting was so
-much improved that one Platoon, at the end of its intensive practice,
-scored a total of 405 out of 450 points in a ‘mad minute’ competition.
-Early in November, a new Brigadier was appointed to the 186th Brigade
-in succession to Brig.-General Hill, whose gallantry and leadership had
-won him the affection of all ranks, when the limits of age compelled his
-retirement. The veteran’s place was taken by a very junior Officer, R.
-B. Bradford, V.C., who fell in action at the end of the same month, and
-whose name may stand, on the eve of the Autumn fighting, to typify the
-_personnel_ of the Division, certain units of which we have visited here
-and there in the training period between Arras and Cambrai. Roland Boys
-Bradford was born in 1892; he joined the Durham Light Infantry in 1912,
-and went out to the war two years afterwards. Thus, his chance came early
-in life, and he made the fullest use of every phase of it. His promotion
-was as rapid as his valour was remarkable. He won the M.C. and the V.C.
-(1916), and was several times mentioned in Despatches, and accounts agree
-that this youthful Brigadier, when he reached that military rank at
-the early age of twenty-five, was a soldier of very brilliant promise.
-He died young, according to civil standards, but he achieved a fine
-professional record under exacting conditions of active service; and
-General Braithwaite’s 62nd Division was fortunate, in November, 1917, in
-possessing, on the Cambrai front, Brigadiers so thoroughly conversant
-with their duties and so fully qualified to lead their men as General
-Viscount Hampden, commanding the 185th, General Taylor, commanding the
-187th, and General Bradford, commanding the 186th, whose swift death is
-the just pretext for this brief excursus.
-
-
-III.—THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (FIRST PHASE)
-
-We reach now the final stage of the campaign, which had been planned with
-such hopeful anticipations at the November conference just a year before.
-
-There are several ways of regarding the Battle of Cambrai. We may look
-at it through big, strategic spectacles, as a means, opportune, but
-timely, of engaging and distracting German Forces which might otherwise
-have been sent to Italy. This view is not without authority, and it is
-stated with his usual lucidity by Mr. Buchan in his popular narrative:
-
-    ‘Italy, fighting desperately on the Piave, deserved by all the
-    laws of war some relief in the shape of an Allied diversion.
-    Weary as his troops might be, Sir Douglas Haig was not able to
-    grant them the rest which they had earned and most urgently
-    required.’[93]
-
-It is not within our province to strike a balance between this assumption
-of ‘all the laws of war’ and the degree of weariness of Sir Douglas
-Haig’s troops.
-
-Again, we may look at this battle through the narrower spectacles of a
-tactician. It was designed in the nature of a surprise. It was unexpected
-in time and place, and it brought into operation a new weapon in the
-form of a mass attack of Tanks in lieu of Artillery preparation. In this
-aspect the Battle was victorious: it evoked von der Marwitz’s Order to
-the German Second Army (November 29th):
-
-    ‘The English, by throwing into the fight countless Tanks on
-    November 20th, _gained a victory_ near Cambrai. Their intention
-    was to break through; but they did not succeed, thanks to
-    the brilliant resistance of our troops. We are now going to
-    turn their embryonic victory into a defeat by an encircling
-    counter-attack. The Fatherland is watching you, and expects
-    every man to do his duty.’
-
-Once more, we shall not attempt to strike a balance. We gained a victory,
-according to this Order, but it was embryonic and not a success. At the
-same time, we know that things were serious when the Fatherland was said
-to be watching.
-
-A third way of looking at this battle, and the way best suited to our
-present purpose, is to regard it as a very gallant enterprise, worthy of
-the finest traditions of the British Army, and not less worthy because a
-large part of its hardest demands fell on Territorial Troops. They might
-muffle the joy-bells in England when the full story of the battle was
-revealed, but at least they had rung them spontaneously in recognition of
-a brilliant feat of arms, and the bells still peal in celebration of the
-dash and heroism of British soldiers.
-
-We turn back for a moment to the sketch on page 116, especially to A B
-C, the road from Albert through Bapaume to Cambrai. The British line has
-swallowed up the eleven miles (A B), where the fighting was so intense
-in 1916, and it struck now (November 20th) across that road at a point
-just east of Boursies, about half-way between Bapaume and Cambrai. Thence
-it forged right into the triangle, of which Arras is the apex, leaving
-Quéant in German occupation on the east, and Bullecourt in British on the
-west, to the northerly country where we have been adjourning. Turning
-next to the position before us, we see what advantage would accrue from
-a deeper bite on the same road. Not primarily to capture Cambrai, though
-this, too, might enter calculation, but to roll up the British forces
-from below the road in such a way as to threaten Cambrai and to disturb
-the German Winter dispositions, was a hazard worth the stake in late
-November. Roughly, the scheme of the attack was to push out between
-Boursies and Gonnelieu in a north north-easterly direction, lapping
-up the strong positions like a flame, and to spread in a converging
-semi-circle up to the main road (Bapaume-Cambrai) and beyond.
-
-The troops at Sir Julian Byng’s disposal[94] were, first, a fleet of
-four hundred Tanks, commanded by General Hugh Elles; next, the following
-six Infantry Divisions: the 36th (Ulster), 62nd (West Riding), 51st
-(Highland), the 6th, 20th and 12th; next, four Cavalry Divisions; and,
-finally, three more Infantry Divisions (3rd, 16th and 29th), of which
-the 29th, of Gallipoli fame, was actively engaged. It will be seen that
-the 62nd had a place of honour in the attack, and it was allotted the
-task of capturing Havrincourt, the strong point of the enemy’s line.
-This task required all the powers the Troops could bring: unfaltering
-leadership, indomitable mettle, and untiring endurance. The methods and
-needs of the attack had been the subject of constant discussion since the
-original scheme of operations had been laid before Divisional Commanders
-at a conference on October 31st. The 51st and 62nd Divisions had been
-trained close to one another in order to facilitate co-operation, and the
-preparation of Artillery positions, begun on November 4th, was carried
-out night and day till the 19th. No detail was too small to engage the
-personal attention of the Officers in charge of the operation, various
-features of which were modified from day to day in accordance with
-practical experience.
-
-On the night of November 17th-18th, the two leading Brigades of the
-62nd Division took up their battle front; the 185th on the right, and
-the 187th on the left. Detachments of the 36th Division were kept in the
-outpost line, so as to avoid any chance of the enemy spotting the relief;
-and, though he rushed one of these posts, and captured two men of the
-36th, he was not made aware of the date or time of the attack, or of the
-fact that Tanks were to be used. These lumbered off from the advanced
-Tankodrome at the south-west corner of Havrincourt Wood, and reached
-their lying-up places by midnight on Y Z night, November 19th-20th.
-The pace of the Tanks was calculated, after practical experience, at a
-hundred yards in five minutes, and the Artillery barrage and Infantry
-advance were regulated accordingly. The two leading Infantry Brigades
-were to attack on a two-Battalion front, preceded by twenty-two Tanks.
-The remaining two Battalions of each Brigade, preceded by eight Tanks,
-were to leap-frog through the leading Battalions, picking up all
-surviving Tanks on their way.
-
-Second only, if second, to the Tanks in novelty and effectiveness was
-the new, great weapon of surprise, perfected by the lessons of a hundred
-mistakes. We may quote the evidence of a contemporary Battalion diarist,
-who ascribed the initial success, first, to the Tanks (‘these dealt
-extremely effectively with the enemy wire, which was very formidable
-in places’), and, secondly, to secrecy (‘even in the marches up to the
-line the destination of the Battalion for that night was not made known
-to anybody below the rank of an Officer. That this policy paid well may
-be judged from the fact that the enemy was obviously taken completely
-by surprise’). This record, taken from the account of the 2/4th York
-and Lancasters, is repeated in almost every diary. In order to keep the
-secret, very elaborate precautions had been taken. Aerial photographers
-were deceived by marches on the off-side of roads. Lorries going
-northward carried lights, lorries going southward carried none. No fires
-were allowed. There was no preliminary bombardment, and, as indicated
-above, no one in the Division knew the destination of the Division. Zero
-hour on November 20th was 6-20 a.m., and at 6-20, on that foggy morning,
-the first intimation to the Germans of the 62nd Division’s attack was
-the sight of a sheet of flame from every gun, and of heavy Tanks looming
-through the mist. No wonder, that the first bound of the eager Infantry
-started with conspicuous success, and was attended by comparatively few
-casualties.
-
-That first bound of the Infantry was to carry them to Havrincourt and
-Flesquières, and Havrincourt, as we saw, was to be the prize of General
-Braithwaite’s Troops. We shall come to the fighting in a moment. Here let
-us straightway say that the Division acquitted itself brilliantly. Sir
-Douglas Haig, in his Despatch, expressly used this rare epithet. ‘The
-62nd (West Riding) Division (T.), (Major-General W. P. Braithwaite),’
-he wrote, ‘stormed Havrincourt, where ... parties of the enemy held out
-for a time,’ and ‘operating northwards from Havrincourt, made important
-progress. Having carried the Hindenburg Reserve Line north of that
-village, it rapidly continued its attack, and captured Graincourt, where
-two anti-Tank guns were destroyed by the Tanks accompanying our Infantry.
-Before nightfall, Infantry and Cavalry had entered Anneux, though the
-enemy’s resistance in this village does not appear to have been entirely
-overcome till the following morning’ (November 21st). ‘This attack of the
-62nd Division,’ added the great Field Marshal, ‘constitutes a _brilliant
-achievement_ in which the troops concerned completed an advance of four
-and a half miles from their original front, over-running two German
-systems of defence, and gaining possession of three villages.[95]’ As a
-fact, their advance on that day, the third Tuesday in November, covered
-a distance further in actual mileage than any other of Sir Julian Byng’s
-Divisions; further, indeed, than any Division of the British Army had
-advanced in one day under like conditions since war was engaged in the
-Western Front. Starting from a point just below the big bend of the Canal
-du Nord, they took Havrincourt by assault (which meant, among other
-factors, (1) secrecy, (2) Tanks and, as we show below, (3) Infantry-rush)
-pushed straight forward to Graincourt, and reached and occupied Anneux,
-at the edge of our B C road, and opposite the south side of Bourlon Wood:
-over 7,000 yards, as a crow flies, and a wholly exceptional day’s march
-for soldiers fighting every foothold.
-
-We have drawn attention to the secrecy and the Tanks. ‘The measure of
-further success,’ so ran an order of the day, ‘is entirely dependent on
-the speed with which the operation is carried out. Every minute is of
-importance.... Once the enemy is on the run, every man must put forth his
-utmost efforts to press on and to prevent his rallying.’ Here, again, the
-7,000 yards of the 62nd Division bear witness to exemplary team-work in
-training for this Infantry-rush both in the period of Divisional rest and
-of intensive preparation. One more detail may be set down in this place.
-At the Dinner of the 62nd Division, held at Leeds on September 9th,
-1919, when Major-General Sir James K. Trotter took the Chair, General
-Braithwaite, on leave from his Command in Cologne, announced that a site
-for a Divisional Battle Memorial had been sought and courteously granted
-in Havrincourt Park—an announcement which, as we shall see, derived
-additional force and appropriateness from the further record of the
-Division at Havrincourt in the victorious advance of 1918.
-
-Meanwhile, still on that first day, when the Tanks went crashing
-through the fog, the Highlanders (51st Division) were repeating against
-Flesquières on the right, the ‘bound’ of the 62nd against Havrincourt.
-Its capture was reported about 11 a.m., but two hours later authentic
-news arrived, that, though the troops were holding the front trench of
-the Hindenburg Support Line in front of the village, machine-gun and
-rifle fire had broken the assault; a large number of Tanks had been put
-out of action; the Support Line and Flesquières itself were still in
-enemy hands. This retardation of the programme affected immediately the
-advance of the 186th Infantry Brigade (Graincourt). Its right wing was
-dangerously exposed; and the two Field Artillery Brigades to the east of
-Havrincourt, deprived of the hope of Cavalry assistance, were also left
-hanging. Still, the Infantry pressed on. The results achieved were too
-good and too promising to be sacrificed to a risk which might eventuate
-either way, and it would at least be practicable to call a halt on the
-Graincourt-Cambrai road till the position at Flesquières was clearer.
-This plan was exactly carried out, and shortly after 5-30 that afternoon
-the 186th Brigade had captured Graincourt, and was resting (or at any
-rate not advancing from) a line north of the Cambrai road.
-
-[Illustration: HAVRINCOURT: CANAL DU NORD BRIDGE.
-
-HAVRINCOURT: IN THE PARK.]
-
-We shall come back to the epic battle of November 20th. Passing now to
-November 21st, the objective of the Division on the second day was the
-high ground west of Bourlon and Bourlon Wood. The gallant 186th Brigade
-was entrusted with this attack, and all available surviving Tanks were
-put at their disposal. One Regiment of Cavalry was attached to the
-Division, and Zero hour was fixed at 10-0 a.m. It had been hoped to push
-forward the Artillery during the night of 20th-21st, but the rain which
-had been falling since the afternoon interfered with this programme.
-However, despite the opposing mud, all four Artillery Brigades were in
-action between Havrincourt and Graincourt early in the afternoon of the
-21st. The night of the 20th had passed quietly. About 8 o’clock the
-next morning, the 51st (Highland) Division had completed their capture
-of Flesquières, and were advancing on to the Marcoing-Graincourt Road.
-Prisoners’ tales reported that Bourlon Wood (the 62nd’s objective) was
-held by the 32nd and 224th Brandenburghers, indicating that a Reserve
-Division had been brought up by the enemy. It was time to get on, and
-punctually at Zero-hour the 186th Infantry Brigade, with the 185th in
-close support and the 187th in reserve, were started on their way,
-while the Artillery bombarded Bourlon village and put a smoke barrage
-on Tadpole Copse. Eighteen Tanks in all was the number of available
-survivors, but, owing to trouble with petrol-supply, etc., not all of
-these were ready to time, and some delay ensued in the execution of the
-operation.
-
-Before estimating the results of the severe fighting in which the Brigade
-was involved, one or two facts may be stated as to the participation of
-some of its units.
-
-The 2/4th West Ridings were detailed to capture Anneux and Anneux Chapel.
-The village, though strongly held by Infantry and Machine-Guns, duly fell
-to their splendid efforts, but further advance was stopped at the edge of
-Bourlon Wood. The Company detailed to take the Chapel performed skilful
-work with heavy casualties, and, after making good their advance to the
-edge of the wood, and capturing at least 300 prisoners, were withdrawn
-shortly before dark to the sunken road.
-
-The 2/5th and the 2/7th West Ridings were badly handicapped for lack
-of Tanks. Instead of the frontal attack which had been intended, the
-uncut wire compelled them to have recourse to an attack by bombs,
-with consequent loss of impetus. A single Tank, which arrived in the
-afternoon, was utilized to the utmost of its capacity. The 2/6th
-Battalion, which was to have been kept in Brigade reserve, and to have
-been used for the capture of Bourlon Village as soon as the leading
-Battalions had reached their objectives, had to be employed to reinforce
-the assault and to fill up gaps in the line. Similarly, the Cavalry were
-dismounted in the later hours of the afternoon, and helped to complete
-the line held in front of Anneux by the 2/4th West Ridings.
-
-Though Moeuvres and Anneux (inclusive) had been captured, and were held,
-it was evident that Bourlon Village would not be taken that day. Orders
-were issued, accordingly, to relieve the 186th Infantry Brigade in their
-present positions, and their relief by the 185th was duly carried out
-that evening.
-
-The general situation on the night of November 21st was somewhat vague,
-and next day, though the Division was to have been relieved during the
-night of the 21st/22nd by the 40th Division, it was decided to make one
-more effort to capture the ridge west of Bourlon Wood, which overlooked
-all the ground west and south of Graincourt. They tried, and struggled,
-and tried again, but, despite much desperate fighting, no capture
-ensued, and, owing to the enemy’s counter-attack and the consequent
-disorganization, the attempt had to be abandoned. On the same day, the
-51st Division took and lost Fontaine. In the night, the relief of the
-62nd was duly effected by the 40th.
-
-We break off here for a moment to set down one or two of the gallant
-deeds which were done in the three days’ battle. And, first, we should
-quote in full the special Order of the Day, which General Braithwaite,
-Commanding the Division, published on November 24th, the first full day
-of the relief. The Divisional Commander, it stands written,
-
-    ‘has the honour to announce that the Commander-in-Chief and the
-    Army Commander have expressed their high appreciation of the
-    achievement of the 62nd Division in the battle.
-
-    ‘The Divisional Commander had the most implicit confidence that
-    the Division would acquit itself with honour.
-
-    ‘To have advanced 7,000 yards on the first day, taken all
-    objectives, held them against counter-attacks and handed over
-    all gains intact to the relieving Division is a feat of arms of
-    which any Division may be justly proud.
-
-    ‘The number of prisoners taken is not far short of 2,000.
-    Thirty-seven guns have been captured, which include two 8-inch
-    Howitzers, one complete Battery of 4·2, one complete Battery of
-    5·9, and the remainder, guns of various calibres, many of which
-    were brought into action against the enemy.
-
-    ‘The number of Machine-Guns, Granatenwerfer, etc., etc., which
-    have fallen into our possession is so considerable that it has
-    not been possible yet to make an accurate tally of them.
-
-    ‘The advance of the Artillery to Graincourt, and the accuracy
-    of the barrage, is worthy of the best traditions of the Royal
-    Regiment. To C Battalion, the Tanks, all ranks of the Division
-    express their admiration of the skill, bravery and the splendid
-    self-sacrifice which made success possible.
-
-    ‘The discipline, valour and steadiness of all ranks has been
-    beyond praise.
-
-    ‘It is with great and legitimate pride that I have the honour
-    to sign my name as Commander of the 62nd (West Riding)
-    Division.’
-
-November 24th, 1917—the years that have elapsed and that will elapse
-since General Braithwaite signed this Order cannot diminish its praise.
-The glowing words breathe and live; they survive the _neiges d’antan_
-which cover his gallant men’s graves between the Bapaume road and the
-Canal de l’Escaut.
-
-Here, too, is the place to mention the visit on November 22nd of Sir
-Douglas Haig himself to the Headquarters of the 62nd Division (a
-visit preceded the day before by the dispatch of an A.D.C. by the
-Commander-in-Chief), in order personally to congratulate General
-Braithwaite, and to tell him to let the Division know how splendidly, in
-his opinion, they had acquitted themselves.
-
-Or take the record here and there (it can be but a casual selection)
-of the acts which won these praises in the three days’ battle which we
-are reviewing. It was at the very beginning of the battle, early in the
-morning of November 20th, that the 2/5th Battalion of the West Riding
-Regiment, going forward in column of route to try to get through the gaps
-in the wire in front of Havrincourt, lost Lt.-Col. T. A. D. Best, D.S.O.,
-their Commanding Officer, described by the General at his graveside as
-‘one of the finest soldiers and the most perfect gentlemen he had had
-under his command.’
-
-The same Battalion, if we may follow it a little further, continued
-its advance on the first day to a point on the further (north) side
-of the Bapaume-Cambrai road, where it succeeded in establishing touch
-with the 36th Division on the Canal bank. This attack was a ‘record
-at the time for depth in one day’s advance, the Battalion going about
-7,000 yards from the old British Front Line to the final objective for
-the day.’ Its captures for the day included more than 350 prisoners,
-fifteen Machine-Guns and a Trench Mortar, and the total casualties in the
-Battalion were three Officers and ten other Ranks killed, one Officer
-and fifty-five other Ranks wounded, and four men missing. Its honours
-included two appointments to the Distinguished Service Order, in the
-persons of Captains Goodall and C. S. Moxon; and next day, November 21st,
-when Major F. Brook was appointed by the G.O.C. to the Command of the
-Battalion, in consideration of his gallant conduct and brilliant leading
-after the death of Colonel Best, Captain (Temporary Major) Goodall,
-Senior Company Commander, became second in command.
-
-Records similar to the above might be lifted out of the Diary of each
-and every Battalion engaged on those days. Our selection of a single
-example will have sufficed to typify the spirit which animated all units
-in all ranks; and when we turn from the exploits of a Battalion to the
-exploits of individuals, the same tale of courage is repeated.
-
-Take, for instance, the following record of an exploit by two young
-Officers: it is regarded by the Divisional Commander as one of the
-most remarkable during the battle. In the 187th Brigade, the G.O.C.,
-Brigadier-General Taylor, in his determination to be prepared for all
-eventualities, had impressed upon his Officers the necessity of pushing
-forward at Zero hour, whether or not the Tanks had arrived. This meant
-that the Infantry must know their way, and, consequently, during Y Z
-night, two Officers of the 2/5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
-crept out between midnight and dawn to reconnoitre the route. They
-actually succeeded in creeping up to the enemy’s wire, and marked out
-the route which they would have to follow, if the Tanks were late the
-next morning, by placing tapes to guide them. It was well that they
-did so, for the unexpected happened. The Tanks, which were to lead the
-Battalion, were delayed; and it was due to the initiative and enterprise
-of these two gallant Officers,[96] that the Battalion was able to start
-without the advance-guard of Tanks, and to march straight to their first
-objective, which they captured at the point of the bayonet.
-
-Take, again, seven exploits in the ranks, each of which won a Military
-Medal. We select them as typical acts, in the various arms of the
-Service; and, though the extracts from the records are accurate, we shall
-not identify them by names, since many pages of this narrative could be
-filled with similar accounts. In each instance, the date of the exploit
-is November 20th or 21st, and they all redound to the credit of the 62nd
-Division.
-
-    (1) A Private displayed great courage and devotion to duty
-    during the attack on the Hindenburg Support system near
-    Graincourt. He acted as runner, and was on duty two days
-    and one night with his Company, often taking messages under
-    machine-gun fire to Platoons on the Front Line, thereby keeping
-    his Company Commander in constant touch with what was happening.
-
-    (2) A Private displayed great bravery and resolution whilst
-    acting as Company runner during the operations near the
-    Hindenburg Support Line. Throughout the day, under heavy fire,
-    he continued to carry messages to and from Battalion Head
-    Quarters and Companies on the flanks. He set a fine example of
-    devotion to duty and showed a complete disregard for his own
-    safety.
-
-    (3) A Private displayed his bravery and coolness during the
-    attack on the Hindenburg Support Line, north of the Cambrai
-    road. When his Company was temporarily held up by machine-gun
-    fire from the Front, and its flank was threatened by a strong
-    enemy bombing party, this man took up a position in the open,
-    in front of the German wire, and continued, under heavy fire,
-    firing off rifle-grenades until incapacitated by wounds. His
-    gallant action frustrated the attempt to turn the flank of his
-    Company.
-
-    (4) A total disregard to danger and devotion to duty was shown
-    by a Private, while acting as Stretcher-Bearer during the
-    attack on the Hindenburg Support system near Graincourt. He
-    dressed wounds and got back casualties during the whole day
-    under machine-gun fire, and went out alone next day and brought
-    in a badly wounded man from the front of the forward line,
-    thereby undoubtedly saving a life.
-
-    (5) A Non-Commissioned Officer showed great bravery and
-    initiative during the attack on the Hindenburg Support Line.
-    When the Company was temporarily held up by enemy machine-gun
-    fire both flanks, he took out a Lewis-gun to the left flank
-    of the Company, and, though under continuous and heavy fire,
-    engaged the enemy machine-gun with direct fire, and thus
-    enabled the Company to advance.
-
-    (6) A Non-Commissioned Officer displayed courage and initiative
-    during the attacks between Anneux and Bourlon Wood. He was in
-    charge of a Lewis-gun team on the right flank of his Company.
-    Heavy casualties were being caused by a party of the enemy
-    firing from the direction of Anneux. Without waiting for
-    orders, the N.C.O. crept forward under rifle and machine-gun
-    fire to a commanding position, and opened fire with his
-    Lewis-gun on the enemy, killing several and dispersing the rest
-    of the party.
-
-    (7) A Non-Commissioned Officer displayed conspicuous bravery
-    during the attack on the Hindenburg Support Line and Hughes
-    Switch. A hostile Trench Mortar was in action from a point
-    slightly in advance of Hughes Switch. This N.C.O. rushed
-    forward and bayoneted the men in charge of the Trench Mortar,
-    and took prisoners an officer and eight men who emerged from a
-    dug-out close at hand.
-
-These seven examples, casually selected from the records of fighting
-in the opening phase of the Battle of Cambrai, illustrate what General
-Braithwaite meant when he wrote (November 24th) of his ‘implicit
-confidence’ in the Division. They illustrate, too, what Sir Douglas Haig
-meant when he wrote that it was ‘reasonable to hope’ that his operations
-at Cambrai would be successful. For success and confidence in war depend
-in the ultimate resort on how the soldier obeys orders. The runner who
-takes messages under fire is an essential link between his Company
-Commander and Divisional and Army Headquarters. The man who frustrates a
-turning movement, or who enables his Company to advance, helps directly
-to bring the issue into accordance with the plan of operation, and, in
-this regard, these few typical examples are worth more than a chapter of
-battle stories, as the spirit is worth more than the letter.
-
-
-IV.—BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (SECOND PHASE).
-
-We turn back at this point to the main narrative.
-
-The 62nd Division, as we saw, was withdrawn during the night of 22nd/23rd
-November, and was relieved by the 40th. This relief proved of short
-duration. November 24th, the day of the Special Order, was spent in
-necessary re-organization, but shortly before midnight on that day, after
-barely thirty-six hours’ pause, Corps orders were received, that the 62nd
-were to relieve the 40th during the following evening.
-
-We have the advantage of an impression of that day (November 24th,
-1917)—an impression from without, as it were—from the private diary
-of Major-General the Earl of Scarbrough, at that time, it will be
-remembered, Director-General of the Territorial and Volunteer Forces, and
-still Chairman of the West Riding Territorial Force Association. In the
-company of General Mends and Captain Atkinson-Clark, the Director-General
-was paying a visit to his County Divisions at the Front. He had lunched
-on the 23rd at Ypres, with Major-General Cameron, Commanding the 49th
-Division, in a dug-out just inside the walls. The Division were then in
-the line, with one Brigade (the West Yorkshires) in reserve, and Lord
-Scarbrough had visited their camp, and seen their Commanding Officers,
-who were ‘living in a sea of mud.’ At 8 a.m. on Saturday, the 24th, the
-visitors left the Second Army, travelled by motor-car through Bapaume,
-and, passing over a part of the Somme battlefield, where ‘every village
-had been shelled out of existence,’ reached the operation area of the
-Third Army. Thus, the Chairman and other Officers of the Association
-enjoyed the unique experience of taking lunch with Major-General
-Braithwaite, Commanding the 62nd Division, on the day following their
-visit to the Headquarters of the 49th. Lord Scarbrough notes that the
-G.O.C. was ‘immensely pleased’ with the work of his Division, and that
-Sir Douglas Haig had visited the General and thanked him for their
-‘remarkable success.’ Though the Division only came out the day before,
-after three heavy days’ fighting, and were naturally ‘dog-tired,’ they
-had just been called upon to be ready to send a Brigade back into the
-line at half-an-hour’s notice. The enemy had begun a heavy counter-attack
-on Bourlon Wood, ‘which was the key of his position, and which dominated
-the Bapaume-Cambrai Road, the main road of supply for his troops in the
-line further north.’ The 40th Division, the visitors heard, were reported
-to be having a bad time, as the German Artillery had been reinforced, and
-a Division brought from the Russian front had been thrown into the line.
-These notes, written at the time, are exactly confirmed by the records
-prepared more carefully later on when all the available facts had been
-ascertained.
-
-If we look at a map once more, we observe that the wider swing-round
-on the eastern portion of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road had been held
-up at Crèvecoeur and Rumilly. The consequence was (the causes were
-uncontrollable, and concern the historian of other Divisions) to increase
-the German pressure on Bourlon Wood and on the village beyond. The 40th
-Division had attacked and captured the greater part of these positions
-during November 23rd, but by reinforcements and counter-attacks the
-enemy had succeeded in reversing these successes. Orders were issued,
-accordingly, for the 62nd Division, less the Artillery and R.E., to
-relieve the 40th Division, less the Artillery, R.E., and Pioneer
-Battalion, in the Bourlon Section of the line, with the 186th Infantry
-Brigade on the right, the 187th on the left and the 185th in Divisional
-Reserve; the Headquarters of the two leading Brigades being located at
-Graincourt. The relief was carried out without incident, except for a
-considerable amount of shelling, which caused some casualties in the
-186th Brigade. Next day (November 26th) there was a Corps Conference at
-Divisional Headquarters, where, after long discussion, it was decided
-that the Guards and the 62nd should attack the following morning with
-the assistance of Tanks, in order to capture Fontaine and the remainder
-of Bourlon Wood and Village. The night of the 26th was very cold, with a
-blizzard blowing of snow and sleet. Zero-hour next morning was fixed for
-6-20 a.m. The Tanks, of which 20 were available (16 being allotted to
-the 187th Infantry Brigade for the capture of Bourlon Village), reached
-their rendezvous punctually at 2 a.m., and the Infantry were all in
-position fifty minutes before Zero-hour. A projected bombardment of the
-village during the day of the 26th was not proceeded with, since three
-Companies of the Highland Light Infantry (40th Division) were missing,
-and it was thought that they might still be holding out in Bourlon.
-Coming now to Zero-hour on the 27th, and observing that, about 10 a.m.,
-Brigadier-General Taylor, Commanding the 187th Brigade, reported that
-his attack had been unsuccessful and that his troops, which had entered
-Bourlon, had been compelled under heavy fire to retire, we may enumerate
-at least four causes which contributed to this comparative failure. The
-first was darkness and mud: the men, and their rifles and Lewis guns,
-were covered with mud from the start, and every man in the Brigade was
-chilled by his long exposure to the driving snow. Secondly, there were
-strong points south of Bourlon, which, owing to heavy machine-gun fire,
-had not been dealt with by the Tanks. Thirdly, the village barricades
-likewise opposed the Tank advance; and, fourthly, in and beyond Bourlon,
-the enemy were able to bring to bear very effective machine-gun fire.
-Or we may quote, in illustration of these obstacles, the experience of
-a Company Officer, from Zero-hour 6-20 a.m., to the time, a few hours
-later, when he, like so many others, became a casualty:
-
-‘Immediately on leaving the forming-up line,’ he wrote, ‘we came under
-very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. We pressed on. The machine-gun
-fire became more intense, and the enemy shelling more severe. The
-casualties here amongst the Company were very heavy indeed. Despite this,
-the Company, with dauntless courage, still pressed on, but my casualties
-were appalling, and further progress became impossible.’
-
-It was about this time (say 10 a.m.) that the 185th Infantry Brigade
-were ordered to place another Battalion at the disposal of the 187th.
-Meanwhile, frequent reports of hard fighting on the front of the 186th
-Infantry Brigade had been received, and now they sent a message to
-say, that, though their troops had all reached Bourlon Wood, the left
-Battalion of the Guards had been driven back to its original line. At
-noon it became evident that the advance of this Brigade had left both
-flanks dangerously exposed. Partly in order to meet this danger, the
-185th Brigade (less one Battalion already sent forward), reinforced
-by a Battalion of the 2nd Cavalry Dismounted Brigade, were ordered to
-relieve the 187th, and to extend their line round the south edge of
-Bourlon Village, so as to keep in touch with the 186th; and the 2nd
-Cavalry Dismounted Brigade (less its one Battalion) was ordered to keep
-itself in readiness to relieve the front Battalions of the 186th. The
-advance of this last-named Brigade was continued during the day, and they
-reached practically all their objectives and were consolidating in depth.
-By this time, however, they were very tired and were subject to heavy
-counter-attacks, and the full effect of the new dispositions were not
-felt in time to achieve their aim.
-
-We need not follow this fighting further. During the night of November
-28th/29th, the 62nd Division was relieved by the 47th. It moved back to
-Havrincourt for the night, and marched next day into the reserve area
-at Bertincourt and Lebucquière. Thenceforward, until the battle was
-broken off, except for intermittent shelling, the 62nd Division took no
-further active part in the operations. They had done extraordinarily
-well, and the fine fighting of the 187th Infantry Brigade in Bourlon
-Wood on November 27th stands out in the record of brilliance achieved
-by the 62nd Division during this week at Cambrai. We know what happened
-immediately afterwards: how the fighting odds proved too tremendous,
-and the great offensive ended with a retirement on December 4th to the
-7th, back from Bourlon, back from Fontaine, back from Mesnières and the
-Bonavis Ridge, to points corresponding approximately to the line held
-on November 20th, with certain gains in the regions of Flesquières and
-Havrincourt, though a little closer to Gouzeaucourt in the South. It
-would be idle to minimize the disappointment at this result, especially
-when it was realized at home. In the larger issues of the war, the Battle
-of Cambrai takes a smaller place than it occupies in the records of the
-troops which took part in the fighting. A victory had been gained by
-those troops which could not be turned to defeat, though the advance was
-turned to a retirement. As a battle, it had been lost; as an experiment,
-it had succeeded, though the measure of the success was laid up in the
-future. But the troops were competent to measure it. Their military
-sense, developed by a year’s continuous campaigning, seized the broad
-issues of the experiment, and all ranks of the 62nd Division were filled
-with a just sense of elation. Their allotted task had been performed with
-what Field-Marshal Lord Haig, in his foreword to this volume, describes
-as ‘outstanding brilliance,’ and a consciousness of this performance,
-however modestly concealed, was present to the minds of all who survived
-the battle.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-The casualties had been severe. In the first phase (November 20th
-to 23rd), they amounted to 75 Officers and 1,613 other Ranks; in the
-second phase (November 25th to 28th), to 79 Officers and 1,565 other
-Ranks.[97] The honours had been not few[98]; but, apart from the measure
-of achievement which casualty and honours lists supply, we take count of
-the enhanced spirit of the Division, which, though it had ‘found itself’
-before, may be said to have vindicated at Cambrai its title to a place in
-the front rank. The Divisional Pelican, as we see, was still waiting to
-put down his foot, but by fine team-work and fine individual work, the
-Division had proved its merit as a fighting force, and had won the rare
-praise of the Field-Marshal and the grateful thanks of the Divisional
-Commander. Viewed, too, in relation to earlier actions, the Cambrai
-battle, whatever its issue, is to be claimed as a conspicuous success. It
-first proved the efficacy of Tanks, and their power of timed co-operation
-with the Artillery and Infantry arms; it first proved the value of
-secrecy as an essential factor of victory; and the lessons learned at
-Cambrai incomparably modified the memory of past work at Bullecourt and
-Thiepval.
-
-
-
-
-BOOK III
-
-WAR’S END
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER XI
-
-FATEFUL DAYS IN 1918
-
-
-All accounts agree that the close of 1917 found the Allies very
-unfavourably situated. The balance seemed to be shifted against them; and
-the contrast, in retrospect, is striking between the natural elation of
-the troops who had taken part in the push at Cambrai, and had put to a
-practical test the three-in-one new factors of success—Tanks, secrecy and
-speed—and the equally natural depression of public opinion at home, and
-even at the front, wherever the chances of the campaign were accurately
-weighed. The mere strategic satisfaction at having relieved the pressure
-on Italy, or, at least, at having kept it short of full strength, by
-tactical operations in France, afforded inadequate compensation for the
-knowledge, growing to certainty, that the issue of 1917 would be a German
-offensive in 1918. All the credits on the side of the Allies were likely
-to mature in the remote future. All the debits, the heaviest of which was
-Russia, could be calculated at once.
-
-Take, for instance, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifth volume.[99] It opens
-on a very _piano_ note. ‘The late winter and the early spring of 1918 saw
-the balance tilted against the British and their comrades in the West,
-through causes over which they had no control.... From November [1917]
-to March [1918] an endless succession of troop trains were bearing the
-divisions which had extended from the Baltic to the southern frontiers
-of Russia, in order to thicken the formidable array already marshalled
-across France.’ Or take the expert evidence of Major-General Sir
-Frederick Maurice[100]: ‘In Europe 1917 was a year of disappointment for
-the arms of the Allies.... From the beginning of November onward they
-[the Germans] were moving troops from the Russian to the French front as
-fast as their trains could carry them. It was calculated that the Germans
-would be able to increase their strength on the Western front between the
-beginning of November and the end of April by not less than a million and
-a half of men’: a very nasty calculation for the Allied Command, and for
-the two Governments behind it at home.
-
-Moreover, there was not much time. This was the key to the situation.
-Troops moving as fast as they could travel would reach their destination
-earlier than troops which were moving through a longer distance at a
-slower rate. ‘While it would be possible,’ wrote Sir Douglas Haig,[101]
-‘for Germany to complete her new dispositions early in the new year, the
-forces which America could send to France before the season would permit
-active operations to be recommenced would not be large’: again, a very
-simple calculation, but it entailed serious consequences. The first was,
-that ‘it became necessary to change the policy governing the operations
-of the British Armies in France’[102]; or, rather, this was less the
-first consequence than the sum-total of the consequences, which involved
-in their train all kinds of major and minor changes. The policy governing
-the operations of the British Armies in France had to be changed. 1918
-had to be adjusted to 1917; and, while the process of adjustment unmade,
-or, at least, disturbed, the whole basis of British dispositions, and
-robbed the seed-time of the harvest, it was by no means clear that the
-new course would be either satisfactory or complete. For the change from
-an offensive to a defensive policy, under the urgent threat of a German
-advance, was accompanied by (1) a reduction in the British fighting
-strength, (2) a deficiency in defensive training, and (3) an extension
-of the British front by over twenty-eight miles. Such, briefly, was the
-problem at the opening of December, 1917, while General Braithwaite’s
-gallant troops were still winning laurels in front of Cambrai, and public
-opinion in England was still uncertain whether the ‘break-through’ had
-come or not. As a fact, it was coming from the other side. It was coming
-with a weight of men and guns unequalled in the history of warfare. It
-was coming before the United States could pour their forces into Europe.
-It was coming against spent soldiers, unprepared with rear-line systems
-or with the latest developments in defensive fighting. It was coming,
-when our man-power was at its lowest, measured by the demand that it had
-met, and by the demands which it had to meet. It was coming, accordingly,
-when Army Commanders, from the Field Marshal downwards, were upset, if
-we may use an expressive term, by the necessity of defending an extended
-front with numerically reduced forces. The re-organization of Divisions
-from a 13-battalion to a 10-battalion basis affected, of course, even
-the smallest unit, and every Commanding Officer had to adapt himself to
-the new methods. That the fighting efficiency of units was impaired is a
-conclusion contradicted by events. That it could not be otherwise than
-impaired, under these novel and cumulative conditions, is an inference in
-accordance with expectation.
-
-We may select a very simple entry from the Diary of the 1/6th Duke of
-Wellington’s West Riding Regiment (49th Division). On January 29th, 1918,
-when the battalion was at Hondegem, a draft of eight Officers and one
-hundred and ninety-five other ranks from the 1/5th West Riding Regiment
-was posted to it, ‘the 1/5th W.R.R. having been transferred to the 62nd
-Division.’ Next morning, this draft was posted to companies, ‘after which
-all companies reorganized on a 4-platoon basis.’ Take the 2/4th Battalion
-of the same Regiment, and its entry on January 31st, 1918: ‘The Brigade
-was reduced to three Battalions, the 2/6th being broken up, ten Officers
-and two hundred and twenty other ranks being transferred to the 2/4th
-Duke of Wellington’s Regiment.’ On the same day, seven Officers and one
-hundred and fifty other ranks were posted to the 2/5th West Yorkshires
-from the 2/6th West Yorkshires, ‘who were disbanded’; and, briefly, if
-reference be made to the Order of Battle of the 62nd Division, given at
-the end of Chapter VI above, the range and complexity of the changes in
-_personnel_, consequent on the supreme need of defending a longer line
-with fewer men, and defending it against imminent assault, may be judged
-by these random examples. There was not a Company Commander in all the
-Divisions of the British Armies who did not _feel_ the effects of the new
-policy in the early days of 1918.
-
-Purposely, we have dwelt on the soldier’s view. To him it mattered
-not at all that the Versailles (Supreme War) Council had been formed
-at Rapallo in the previous November, or that Mr. Lloyd George, on his
-way home through Paris, had delivered a rousing speech on the topic
-of the barrier in the West. Neither Council nor speeches would break
-that barrier, the dams of which were about to burst on _him_. To him,
-again, it mattered little more that, before the dams burst in fury on
-his long, thin, tired khaki line, the same doubts, or nearly the same
-doubts, weighed heavily on the minds of his Commanders as had oppressed
-them in 1915, when the 49th Division first came out to France. Now,
-as then, behind the narrow wall of Troops, which still guarded Ypres
-from the invader, lay Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne. We may call this the
-horizontal line, leading from Brussels to the sea, and across the sea to
-hated England. That way lay the end of the war, and Prussia’s satisfied
-ambition. Now, as then, too, a vertical line pointed southwards from
-Ostend to Paris, through Arras, Albert and Amiens, and the battlefields
-of 1916. That way lay a bisection of the Allied Forces, a spectacular
-occupation of the French capital, and, at best, a prolongation of the
-war into 1919 and even 1920. Either way lay disaster to British arms;
-and the stars pointed both ways at once. To the soldier, as we say, it
-mattered little that a kind of choice had to be made, and a kind of
-balance had to be struck, between two alternative enemy aims, which
-were yet not mutually exclusive. His business was to fight, not to
-think, and, in the fighting days to which we are now coming, he fought
-tenaciously till he fell, leaving to those whom they concerned the
-fate of London and Paris. Yet, because their fate was involved in the
-disposition of the Allied Armies at the beginning of 1918, we are bound
-to consider the problem by which Sir Douglas Haig was confronted. ‘In
-the northern portion of the British area,’ he wrote, in the Despatch
-which we have already quoted in this chapter, ‘lie the northern channel
-ports, the security of which necessitated the maintenance of sufficient
-troops in the neighbourhood. Little or no ground could be given up on
-this front.... In the central portion,’ he continued, ‘lie the northern
-collieries of France and certain important tactical features which cover
-our lateral communications. Here, also, little or no ground could be
-given up.’ What could be given up? A hateful consideration for the High
-Command, but it had to be faced and answered, in order to save what
-could not, or to concert, at least, the best measures for its safety.
-‘In the southern portion of the British area, south-east of Arras,’ it
-was held, ‘ground could be given up under great pressure without serious
-consequences.’ The ‘great pressure’ was certain to be applied, and it
-afforded some consolation to reflect that, in contrast to the central
-and northern portions, the forward area of this sector consisted chiefly
-‘of a wide expanse of territory devastated by the enemy last spring in
-his withdrawal.’ He had held it in 1916. Early in 1917, as we saw, he
-had partly retired from it and had partly been driven back, destroying
-and ravaging as he went, to his prepared lines in the rear. Let him come
-again in 1918. We knew the ground as well as he. The ground ‘to be given
-up under great pressure’ was sacred to the heroes of the Somme, and would
-not be given up for ever.
-
-The time passed quickly to the appointed day.
-
-We return to the 62nd Division, in rest on January 1st in the Reserve
-area of the XIIIth Corps in the Maroeuil district, above Arras. ‘It was
-evident,’ runs the great Despatch, dated July 20th, but going back to the
-previous November, ‘that the enemy was about to make a great effort south
-of Arras. An attack on this front would undoubtedly have as its object
-the separation of the French and British Armies and the capture of the
-important centre of communications at Amiens. To meet this eventuality
-more than half our available troops were allocated to the defence of this
-sector, together with the whole of the cavalry.’ On January 5th, the
-front from Gavrelle to Oppy, at right angles to the Arras-Douai road, was
-taken over from the 56th by the 62nd, with the 185th Brigade holding the
-left section all the time, and the 186th and 187th alternating on the
-right. On January 9th, Major-General Braithwaite, the 62nd Divisional
-Commander, assumed command of the sector. On the 18th, a German runner
-was captured, and valuable information was elicited from him as to the
-enemy dispositions. The 240th German Division was opposite the 62nd;
-many troops, mostly from Russia, had been collected in the back areas;
-the appointed day was plainly drawing nearer. There had been heavy snow
-and a sudden thaw: ‘Conditions in the line very bad,’ writes a Battalion
-diarist (January 19th), ‘but men very cheerful and happy’ (the italics
-are his).
-
-When they were not in the line, they were providing working parties; when
-they were not at work, they were undergoing training. ‘The construction
-of new communications and the extension of old, more especially in the
-area south-east of Arras, involved the building of a number of additional
-roads and the laying out of railways, both narrow and normal gauge. All
-available men of the fighting units, with the exception of a very small
-proportion undergoing training, and all labour units were employed on
-these tasks.’ So far, the Field Marshal in his Despatch, and we may quote
-Sir A. Conan Doyle’s comment: ‘There were no enslaved populations who
-could be turned on to such work. For months before the attack the troops
-... were digging incessantly. Indeed, the remark has been made that their
-military efficiency was impaired by the constant navvy work upon which
-they were employed.’[103] It may be. But Sir Douglas Haig bore testimony,
-that ‘the time and labour available were in no way adequate, if, as was
-suspected, the enemy intended to commence his offensive operations in the
-early spring....’
-
-On January 31st, as we saw, the re-organization of the Division took
-place. Under the new scheme of nine battalions _plus_ a Pioneer Battalion
-to a Division, the nucleus of Battalions to be amalgamated arrived
-from the 49th Division further north. In the 185th Brigade, the 2/6th
-West Yorkshires were disbanded, and the 2/8th were amalgamated with
-the 1/8th to form the 8th West Yorks. In the 186th Brigade, the 2/6th
-West Ridings were disbanded, and the 5th West Ridings were formed out
-of an amalgamation of the 1st and 2nd Line Battalions. In the 187th
-Brigade, when it left the line, the disbanded unit was the 2/5th York
-and Lancasters; the 2/5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were
-amalgamated with the 1/5th as the 5th K.O.Y.L.I.
-
-February sped, like January, in preparation varied by raids, and by
-rumours more or less authentic. ‘Training and range-firing till noon.
-Route march from 2-5 p.m.’ is a characteristic extract from a Battalion
-diary, dated February 19th. On February 28th, the 62nd Division relieved
-the 31st in the left sector of the XIIIth Corps. On March 10th, an
-increase of activity was observed in the enemy aircraft and artillery. On
-the 12th, information was to hand that an attack in the neighbourhood of
-Arras might be expected at an early date, and the Division was held in a
-state of readiness. On the 17th, under cover of darkness, two officers
-and eighty other ranks of the 2/7th West Ridings made a successful raid
-on the enemy trenches north of Fresnoy. On the 21st, news arrived that
-the enemy offensive had started opposite the Third Army, on a front of
-about twenty-seven miles from the north of Gouzeaucourt to the south
-of Gavrelle. The Army Commander was General the Hon. Sir Julian Byng,
-with the Vth, VIth, IVth and XVIIth Corps under the respective commands
-of Lieut.-Generals Sir E. A. Fanshawe, Sir G. M. Harper, Sir J. A. L.
-Haldane and Sir C. Fergusson, Bt.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-March 21st, 1918: the story has been told a hundred times, and will
-be re-told in every book of the British Army until the ‘pussyfeet’ of
-warfare prohibit the writing of military history. A few words must be
-said about it here, though it happened that on the day itself no troops
-from the West Riding were engaged. The Fifth Army, commanded at that
-date by General Sir Hubert de la P. Gough, extended immediately south of
-the Third, and consisted of the VIIth, XIXth, XVIIIth and IIIrd Corps,
-under Lieut.-Generals Sir W. N. Congreve, Sir H. E. Watts, Sir F. I.
-Maxse and Sir R. H. K. Butler respectively. At its southern extremity, it
-touched the junction of the British and French lines; its total front was
-about two-and-forty miles, with an average of about 6,750 yards to each
-Division in the line compared with an average of about 4,700 yards per
-Division in the line in the Third Army. We should remember, too, that the
-southernmost portion of the front had only recently been taken over from
-the French, and the ‘navvy’ work spoken of above was even more incomplete
-than in other parts. By so much more difficult, accordingly, was Sir
-Hubert Gough’s task than Sir Julian Byng’s. The German General opposing
-the Fifth Army was von Hutier, the conqueror of Riga, and the Crown
-Prince of Prussia was afforded this unique opportunity of winning his
-coveted laurels in the final battle to be known as the _Kaiser-schlacht_.
-Further, at least sixty-four Divisions of super-trained enemy troops
-took part in the operations on the first day, against eight in the line
-of the Third Army (with seven in reserve) and eleven in the line of the
-Fifth Army (with three Infantry and three Cavalry in reserve). Two-thirds
-of the German Divisions were allotted to the assault on General Gough;
-and ‘never in the history of the world,’ it has well and soberly been
-said, ‘had a more formidable force been concentrated on a fixed and
-limited objective.’[104] We are not directly concerned with the story of
-the Fifth Army on that day, but since its ‘apparent collapse’ has been
-(or was) contrasted with the ‘glorious defence’ by General Byng, we may
-be permitted to cite here the opinion of Major-General Sir F. Maurice,
-that ‘the burden which Gough’s troops had to bear was incomparably the
-greater.’ He summarizes with admirable brevity the facts which we have
-recounted above:
-
-    ‘In the first stage of the battle very nearly twice as many
-    German Divisions attacked Gough as fell upon Byng. Each of
-    Gough’s Divisions had on the average to hold nearly fifty per
-    cent. more front than had Byng, while the Third Army reserves
-    were nearly twice as strong as those of the Fifth, yet at the
-    end of the first day’s battle Gough’s left, where the gallant
-    9th Division beat off all attacks, had given less ground than
-    some of Byng’s Divisions further north had been compelled to
-    yield.’[105]
-
-Pending the appearance of an official history of the war, no narrative
-of March 21st can be otherwise than inadequate, which holds the scales
-less evenly between the two Armies primarily engaged than this temperate
-statement by Sir Frederick Maurice.
-
-Even so, we have omitted the fog, which, after five hours’ incessant
-bombardment (from 5 to 10 o’clock in the morning), had been drawn up from
-the soil in a white, impenetrable blanket, and which, in Sir Douglas
-Haig’s words, ‘hid from our artillery and machine gunners the S.O.S.
-signals sent up by our outpost line,’ and ‘made it impossible to see more
-than fifty yards in any direction.’ This efficient aid to the attackers,
-which had often been simulated in battle by artificial means with smaller
-success, affected the defence all along the line; and the only answer to
-the fog, we are told, was to strengthen the Infantry in the trenches,
-involving, if it were to be done, a fresh weakening of our too weak
-reserves.
-
-But we are not writing the history of the Second Battle of the Somme.
-On March 21st, as we have said, General Braithwaite’s troops were not
-engaged in that long line from Oppy to La Fère, on which, as we read
-above, ‘ground could be given up under great pressure without serious
-consequences.’ The pressure proved greater than had been anticipated,
-and the measure of the ground given up increased the seriousness of the
-consequences.
-
-On the 21st, those fifty-four miles were held from north to south by
-the following Divisions in order of line: 56th, 4th, 15th, 3rd, 34th,
-59th, 6th, 51st, 17th, 63rd, 47th, 9th, 21st, 16th, 66th, 24th, 61st,
-30th, 36th, 14th, 18th, 58th. The Guards Division was at Arras, and from
-various points in the Reserve-area, again working southwards from above
-the Scarpe, the 31st, 40th, 41st (west of Albert), 25th (at Bapaume),
-19th, 2nd, 39th, 50th, 20th, and the 1st, 3rd and 2nd Cavalry Divisions
-(at Péronne, Athies and Guiscard respectively) were brought up and thrown
-into the line. The first battle-honours belong to these, and no sketch,
-however imperfect, of the conditions under which they were won, can miss
-the splendour of their winning, or the valour of the living and the dead.
-
-We pass over the next few days. Their story is written on the map in
-four days’ battle positions (March 23rd to 26th), all of which were
-swiftly obliterated in the further retreat and the last advance. What
-can never be obliterated, however, so long as gallant deeds are traced
-on the map of human character, is the memory of those British Divisions,
-outnumbered, befogged, giving ground, but retaining, with their backs to
-the wall, the heroic quality of victors. We merely note that, on March
-26th, at a conference held at Doullens between the French and British
-Army Commanders, Lord Milner (representing the British Government),
-M. Poincaré (President of the French Republic), M. Clemenceau (Prime
-Minister) and the French Minister of Munitions, it was decided, in view
-of the imminent danger of the capture of Amiens, ‘to place the supreme
-control of the operations of the French and British forces in France
-and Belgium in the hands of General Foch, who accordingly assumed
-control.’[106]
-
-On March 23rd, the wave of withdrawal reached the 62nd Division. The
-187th Brigade was moved to Arras, where it was placed at the disposal of
-the 15th Division, but this order was cancelled almost at once, under the
-stress of immediate circumstances, and the whole Division was allotted
-to the XVIIth Corps. On the night of March 24th/25th new orders were
-received to join the IVth Corps, and early in the morning of the 25th the
-three Infantry Brigades of the Division were moved to Ayette.
-
-It proved a long day’s work, and the beginning of an exacting time. We
-are back again now in the old, shell-ridden quadrilateral: Doullens-Arras
-(north), Doullens-Albert (west), Albert-Bapaume (south), Arras-Bapaume
-(east). Bucquoy, to which the Division was to move at once, lies just to
-the east of the centre of the diagonal Arras-Albert, and the south-west
-road from Bucquoy to Albert passes through Thiepval and Auchy, where
-the 49th Division from the West Riding suffered so severely in 1916.
-We remember how, a little more than a year ago, in January, 1917, when
-the 62nd had just arrived in France, some Officers of the 2/5th Duke
-of Wellington’s made ‘a tour of the trenches in an old London General
-omnibus. The party visited Acheux and Warlencourt, and then drove along
-the Doullens-Arras road, which was closed to traffic at one point owing
-to shelling.’[107] The problem then was to push the Germans back, back
-between Arras and Bapaume, always nearer to Douai and Cambrai. A year’s
-hard battles had been fought, and now, in March, 1918, Bapaume had
-fallen, Albert was to fall (March 26th-27th), and the problem was to
-prevent the enemy’s ‘double hope of separating the French and British
-Armies and interfering with the detraining arrangements of our Allies by
-the capture of Montdidier.’[108] In this effort the now veteran 62nd was
-to bear a conspicuous part.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER XII
-
-WITH THE 62ND AT BUCQUOY
-
-
-General Braithwaite, then Commanding the 62nd, has said to the present
-writer that he regards the action at Bucquoy as, perhaps, the finest
-achievement of his Division. They were hurried to Ayette as early as
-March 25th, and there, as stated, the Staff Officer who had been sent on
-to IVth Corps Headquarters brought Orders for the Division to proceed at
-once to Bucquoy. Divisional Headquarters reached it at about 8-30 in the
-morning, and the General went forward to the Headquarters of the 40th
-and 42nd Divisions, just West of Bucquoy, in order to learn the tactical
-situation. (The 40th had been in reserve on March 21st till it was pushed
-into the line near Bullecourt; the 42nd had arrived since that date).
-The leading Troops of the 185th Brigade began to reach Bucquoy about 10
-o’clock, but the roads were so much blocked with transport of all kinds
-that concentration was not completed till 11-30. Meanwhile, Corps Orders
-had been received for the men to have a meal and to get rested, and
-for the Division, which had been up all night and had already marched
-twelve miles, to hold itself in readiness for a move at short notice.
-The General also paid a visit to the Headquarters of the 41st Division
-(in reserve at Albert on March 21st, and also pushed into the line), now
-likewise stationed at Bucquoy, and shortly afterwards Lieut.-General Sir
-G. M. Harper, Commanding the IVth Corps, arrived.
-
-The situation, as it revealed itself, was simple and serious. Briefly,
-with or without Albert, which fell on the night of March 26th, the
-urgent, essential task was to stabilize a line. The Germans had thrust,
-and thrust again, here, there, wherever they found an opening. They had
-driven us back in five days (March 21st to 25th), on the front of the
-Third Army, right up to the line of the old trenches at Achiet-le-Grand,
-Miraumont, Pozières. More ground might still be yielded ‘under great
-pressure,’ but the vital danger lay further south, where, still to the
-north of the River Somme, at the junction of the Third and Fifth Armies,
-withdrawals on the night of the 26th were to reach a line from Albert
-to Sailly-le-Sec. What this meant to the French forces nearer Paris,
-to the important centre at Montdidier, and to the railway from Amiens
-to the capital, was coming very insistently into view; and the severe
-strain on the 62nd Division, among other gallant Divisions, on March 25th
-and following days, was due above all to the necessity of arresting the
-advance about the Ancre, and of preventing the German hope of breaking
-through the receding British line. Once broken, it could never have
-been mended, and our real triumph in defeat was our disappointment of
-Ludendorff’s design of cutting off one force from another. The line went
-back, irregularly, unsteadily. Perilous salients were bulged out, to be
-straightened by retirements on the wings. Troops were pushed from place
-to place, or assembled by spontaneous conglomeration, to stop a dangerous
-gap. Different units became hopelessly mixed, and sorted themselves out
-into novel formations. Platoons, Companies, even Battalions improvised
-barriers of their own dead. But still Ludendorff was disappointed. Still
-his weary men, flung in desperation, however magnificently led, spent
-their last ounce of strength in vain. Still, in retreat after retreat,
-touch was maintained between Brigades, between Divisions. Still fighting
-the enemy to a standstill, dog-tired, attenuated, unconquerable—still a
-line held.
-
-It was to a patch of that line, covering, roughly, the centre region in
-the Doullens-Albert-Bapaume-Arras quadrangle, to which we have frequently
-referred, that the attention of Major-General Braithwaite was directed
-by the IVth Corps Commander at their anxious conference in Bucquoy about
-noon on March 25th.
-
-The 186th Brigade was now arriving at Bucquoy, and the two
-Brigadier-Generals (185th and 186th) were ordered, as soon as they would
-be ready, to move to Achiet-le-Petit, and to cover that village, the
-186th on the right and the 185th on the left. The object of this move
-was to prolong the front of the 62nd Division (at Logeast Wood, due East
-of Bucquoy, and midway between Ablainzevelle and Achiet-le-Grand), so as
-to enable other Divisions which had been heavily engaged, to withdraw
-and re-organize. The Brigades reached their positions between 4 and 5
-o’clock in the afternoon, with two Battalions each in line and one in
-reserve, and with one Company of the Machine-Gun Battalion attached to
-each Brigade. It is to be observed that these were the first operations,
-since the Machine-Gun re-organization, in which that Battalion had taken
-part, and, in ideal country for that weapon, and with the improved moral
-of the Companies under new conditions, the results fully justified the
-change. During the early evening of March 25th, the various Divisions
-affected (19th, 25th, 41st, 51st) gradually withdrew behind the line held
-now by the 62nd with the 42nd, and at 7 o’clock Major-General Walter
-Braithwaite, Commanding the 62nd Division, took over Command of the
-front, with Headquarters at Bucquoy, and the Headquarters of the gallant
-41st were removed to Souastre in the rear. At 9-30, General Braithwaite’s
-Headquarters withdrew to Gommecourt, to which a line had been run during
-the afternoon, but, owing to the heavy traffic on the roads, the move
-was not completed till 11 p.m. About that hour, the Corps Commander sent
-a telephone message to say that it would be necessary to withdraw not
-later than next morning to the line Puisieux-Bucquoy-Ablainzevelle, and
-to ask the Divisional Commander if he preferred to make the move sooner,
-while still under cover of darkness. We should note that a trench East
-of Bucquoy had been dug during the afternoon by the Pioneer Battalion of
-the 62nd (9th Durham Light Infantry), in order to cover that place in
-the event of our Troops being driven in, and that about 8 p.m. the 187th
-Brigade was ordered to concentrate on Bucquoy in Divisional Reserve,
-and to move forward a Battalion into the new trench. Meanwhile, the
-Divisional Artillery had arrived, and went into action, covering the
-withdrawal, during the night of the 25th.
-
-General Braithwaite decided to take advantage of the darkness, but,
-though a Staff Officer was sent back at once to communicate his decision
-to the Brigadiers, the Order did not reach them till after 2 o’clock next
-morning (March 26th), so heavy was the congestion in the roads; and the
-actual start was made in early daylight. In the night, the 186th Brigade
-was subjected to enemy fire, and some changes in the dispositions had
-to be made, but the successful withdrawal of the Division was completed
-about 8 a.m., when the 185th Brigade took up a position on the high
-ground East of Bucquoy. The 186th were in touch with them, and extended
-to a point about five hundred yards North-east of Puisieux, with two
-Battalions in the front line, and the third and Pioneer Battalions in
-support. The 187th were in Divisional Reserve in the neighbourhood of
-Biez Wood, with two Battalions East of the Wood, and the third in the
-trenches South and South-west.
-
-This was on March 26th, and another heavy and difficult day ensued.
-The Germans were advancing all the time in a westerly direction, which
-developed during the day into a determined north-westerly attack from
-the neighbourhood of Puisieux and Serre against the right flank of the
-186th Brigade. Two Battalions of that Brigade (5th Duke of Wellington’s
-and Pioneers) were accordingly withdrawn a short distance, so as to face
-more directly to the South, with their right resting on Rossignol Wood
-(between Bucquoy and Hébuterne), so as to cover the exits from Puisieux.
-Three Companies of the 2/4th Duke of Wellington’s (in Reserve) were
-moved forward to prolong this line, and a Battalion of the 187th Brigade
-(Reserve) was further used to extend their flank on the high ground
-West of Rossignol Wood. This occurred in the late afternoon, when five
-heavy attacks by the Prussian Guard on Bucquoy, and between Bucquoy and
-Puisieux, had been repulsed; and the causes why the German advance in
-this area had shifted slightly to the North (roughly, in the direction
-Serre to Hébuterne) were, briefly, two: (1) To the South of Puisieux and
-Hébuterne, early on March 26th, there was a gap in the line of three
-or four miles between the 62nd and 12th Divisions. About a thousand
-men from various units of the 19th Division were holding the defences
-round Hébuterne, and it was known that the New Zealand Division was
-well on its way to fill the gap. Their leading Brigade, however, could
-not arrive till the late afternoon, and it was actually about 10 p.m.
-before it filled the southern half of the gap, with its left resting on
-Colincamps. Meanwhile, about 7 p.m., the 4th Brigade of the Australian
-Division, which had been put at General Braithwaite’s disposal, relieved
-the elements of the 19th in the defence of Hébuterne, and got in touch
-during the night of the 26th and early morning of the 27th with the
-second Brigade of the New Zealanders, to the South of the village. This
-gap, then, and the delay in filling it, were one main cause of the
-concentration on the West of Bucquoy. The second (2) was subsidiary, and
-arose from the fact that, during the morning of March 26th, constant
-reports were received of mounted enemy troops seen in Hébuterne and even
-to the West of it. Possibly, isolated patrols had reached the edge of
-the village, but, as the result of these rumours, ‘unauthorized orders
-were issued by persons totally unknown, in a more or less excited state,’
-to clear all transport westwards, and some valuable hours were lost in
-collecting and bringing back those units.
-
-[Illustration: THE CHURCH, BUCQUOY.]
-
-This bare account of one day’s fighting leaves much to the imagination.
-But an hour by hour recital of the deeds of unit by unit in the Division
-would make too much of a day’s work, which was only the beginning of
-a hard battle. We must not lose the perspective in a contemplation of
-detail, and this perspective is admirably rendered in the few lines
-devoted by Sir A. Conan Doyle to the 62nd Division on March 6th. ‘South
-of Puisieux,’ he writes, ‘there was a gap of four or five miles [the
-Divisional Commander says ‘three or four’] before one came to British
-troops. Into this gap in the very nick of time came first the 4th Brigade
-of the Second Australian Division, and later the New Zealand Division in
-driblets, which gradually spanned the vacant space. It was a very close
-call for a break through without opposition. Being disappointed in this,
-the Germans on March 26th spent the whole afternoon in fierce attacks
-on the 62nd Division, but got little but hard knocks from Braithwaite’s
-Yorkshiremen,’ who, we remember, had been on the move since early morning
-the day before. ‘The 186th Brigade on the right,’ it is added, ‘threw
-back a flank to Rossignol Wood to cover the weak side.’[109] We shall not
-further expand it.
-
-Next day, March 27th, after a comparatively quiet night, the attacks
-on Bucquoy were resumed on the front held by the 185th and the left
-of the 186th Brigade. Our Lewis guns took ample toll of the advancing
-enemy lines, and the assault failed with heavy loss. Shortly after noon
-another attack was begun to the East of Rossignol Wood, where the 5th
-Duke of Wellington’s, who had suffered so severely the day before, were
-primarily engaged on their right. Their Lewis guns and rifles proved
-effective in the open, but the bombers swarming the old trenches which
-existed in that part of the line were less easy to repulse: the German
-was a skilful thrower, and it happened at that time and in that locality
-that rifle bombs and Stokes Mortars were very difficult to procure.
-Despite extraordinary courage and untiring effort and resourcefulness,
-bombing parties continued to work their way up the intricate systems
-of old trenches; and, though two determined attacks between Rossignol
-Wood and Hébuterne (between 1 o’clock and 2-30) and two others on
-Bucquoy (at 4 o’clock and again at 5-30) were severally defeated, the
-2/4th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were driven
-to the high ground East of Hébuterne and a Company of the 2/4th York
-and Lancasters were driven out of the Wood. The North-westerly move
-of the enemy, which we noted as his direction the day before, seemed,
-accordingly, more critical, since a gap had been made between the right
-of the 186th Brigade and the Australians in Hébuterne. To meet this
-crisis, the trenches East of Gommecourt, lying further to the North-west,
-were manned by two Companies of Australians, and the 187th Brigade was
-ordered immediately to counter-attack. There was some delay in getting
-this order through to the two left Battalions of the Brigade (the 2/4th
-York and Lancasters and the 5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry), but
-about 7 in the evening, after the 4th Australian Brigade had been ordered
-urgently to co-operate, using, if necessary, the whole of their Reserve
-Battalion, the Brigadier-General Commanding the 186th got into personal
-touch with Lieut.-Colonel O. C. S. Watson, D.S.O., Commanding the 5th
-K.O.Y.L.I. (187th Brigade), and ordered him to counter-attack Rossignol
-Wood, with the help of four Tanks, which the Brigadier was able to put at
-his disposal. This counter-attack succeeded, and at 11 p.m. the Officer
-Commanding the Battalion reported that he had regained part of the Wood
-and the high ground to the South-west of it. He had gained great glory
-at the same time, as is shown by the following extract from the _London
-Gazette_, May 8th, 1918:
-
-    ‘VICTORIA CROSS
-
-    ‘Major (A/Lt.-Col.) Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson, D.S.O. (R. of
-    O.), late King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.
-
-    ‘For most conspicuous bravery, self-sacrificing devotion to
-    duty, and exceptionally gallant leading during a critical
-    period of operations. His command was at a point where
-    continual attacks were made by the enemy in order to pierce the
-    line, and an intricate system of old trenches in front, coupled
-    with the fact that his position was under constant rifle and
-    machine-gun fire rendered the situation still more dangerous. A
-    counter-attack had been made against the enemy position, which
-    at first achieved its object, but as they were holding out in
-    two improvised strong points, Lieut.-Colonel Watson saw that
-    immediate action was necessary, and he led his remaining small
-    reserve to the attack, organizing bombing parties and leading
-    attacks under intense rifle and machine-gun fire. Outnumbered
-    he finally ordered his men to retire, remaining himself in a
-    communication trench to cover the retirement, though he faced
-    almost certain death by so doing. The assault he led was at a
-    critical moment, and without doubt saved the line. Both in the
-    assault and in covering his men’s retirement he held his life
-    as nothing, and his splendid bravery inspired all troops in the
-    vicinity to rise to the occasion and save a breach being made
-    in a hardly tried and attenuated line.
-
-    ‘Lt.-Colonel Watson was killed while covering the withdrawal.’
-
-We have only to add to this record of the 27th, that the 185th Brigade
-should have been relieved on that day, but the operations round Rossignol
-Wood and the loss of Ayette (by the 31st Division on the left of the
-42nd) postponed the relief for twenty-four hours.
-
-The night passed quickly and fairly quietly. On March 28th, there was
-an early bombardment of the whole Divisional front and of the back area
-over the Woods (Biez and Rossignol), and an intercepted advance on
-Bucquoy, which was subjected to heavy shelling all that day. Splendid
-work was done in that morning battle (10 a.m. till noon) by the 186th
-Brigade under Brig.-General J. L. G. Burnett, a very worthy successor to
-Bradford, whose services we commemorated above. One Platoon of the 5th
-Duke of Wellington’s, which occupied an advanced post, became isolated
-from the rest. When last heard of at about 1 o’clock, it was known to be
-still holding out, but no particulars of its experiences are available.
-The heroic record remains, to the imperishable honour of Yorkshiremen,
-that, when the position was finally reached, this Platoon had been
-overwhelmed, and not a man was left alive.
-
-More serious than attacks in the open, which were sometimes stopped,
-and which, if they developed, were repulsed, were those bombing-parties
-working their way up the trenches, who had done so much damage the day
-before. They were very active again on the 28th, and sometime between
-noon and 2 o’clock they contrived to drive back from the ridge East of
-Hébuterne and from Rossignol Wood the 5th Battalion of the King’s Own
-Yorkshire Light Infantry, who had made so gallant a sacrifice to hold
-that position overnight. Rossignol Wood was not recovered on that day.
-Two Tanks were derelict in the Wood, and formed effective cover for the
-enemy, and there was a partial failure, too, in an attempt by the 124th
-Brigade (41st Division). At 7 o’clock, fresh orders for the re-capture
-were given to the 8th West Yorkshires (in reserve to the 185th Brigade),
-who were placed at the disposal of the 187th, and at the same time
-the 4th Australian Brigade was to drive the enemy out of the trenches
-South-east of Gommecourt. This bombing encounter proved successful in
-releasing five hundred yards of trenches, and by early morning of March
-29th the West Yorkshires had reached the Northern end of the contested
-Wood. There they were held up by heavy machine-gun fire, but the twofold
-counter-measures had eased the situation, and the gap between the 186th
-and the Australian Brigades was satisfactorily filled. The postponed
-relief of the 185th by the 42nd Division was duly completed during that
-night.
-
-Next morning (March 29th), progress was made with the urgent work of
-re-organizing the 187th Brigade. It had performed magnificent service
-in exceptionally difficult circumstances, which included the absence
-through illness of its Brigadier-General. Lt.-Col. Barton, D.S.O., who
-had been temporarily in Command, had also fallen ill, and was replaced
-on March 28th by Lt.-Col. C. K. James, D.S.O., the Officer Commanding
-the 2/7th West Yorkshires. The Brigade had been almost continuously in
-action since its hurried departure from Ayette in the early hours of
-March 25th, and the V.C. awarded posthumously to the Commanding Officer
-of the 5th K.O.Y.L.I. is an indication of the splendid resistance which
-it offered time after time to the enemy assaults on its front. The
-Brigade was now located in the trenches North and West of Rossignol Wood,
-in touch with the 186th on its right and with the 41st Division on its
-left. One Battalion of the 185th was moved up in close support during the
-afternoon. Bombing fights between the Australians and their assailants
-about Gommecourt and Hébuterne were the chief incidents of the day which
-proved the growing exhaustion of the enemy. March 30th and 31st were
-spent, too, in comparative quiet: an important document captured by the
-Australians showed how heavily the Germans had suffered. But the 62nd had
-suffered too. We referred above to Colonel Watson. Two other Commanding
-Officers, who fell at the head of their respective Regiments, may also
-be mentioned here, as splendid types of fighting Officers, first beloved
-and then mourned by their men. These were Lieut.-Colonels A. H. and C.
-K. James, of the 7th and 8th West Yorkshires, known, of course, as James
-the Seventh and James the Eighth, who, though not related to each other,
-were firm comrades in life and death. On the night of March 31st-April
-1st, a Brigade of the 37th Division relieved the 186th, which withdrew
-to Souastre and Henu, and next night the remainder of the 62nd Division
-(less Artillery) was relieved by the 37th, and moved back into the
-Reserve area.
-
-It will be admitted that they had earned their relief. The Field
-Marshal’s summary runs, under date March 27th: ‘A series of strong
-attacks commenced all along our front from about Bucquoy to the
-neighbourhood of Hamelincourt, in the course of which the enemy
-gained possession of Ablainzevelle and Ayette’ (which was re-taken
-by the 32nd Division on April 3rd). ‘Elsewhere,’ it continues, ‘all
-his assaults were heavily repulsed by troops of the 62nd Division,
-under Command of Major-General W. P. Braithwaite, and of the 42nd and
-Guards Divisions.’[110] And, under date March 28th: ‘The 42nd Division
-drove off two attacks from the direction of Ablainzevelle and the 62nd
-Division with an attached Brigade of the 4th Australian Division also
-beat off a succession of heavy attacks about Bucquoy with great loss to
-the enemy.’[111] We have filled in some details in this outline, which
-is sufficiently effective in its statement of duty done and of local
-successes achieved. If we go behind it at all, it is rather to point to
-some lessons that were learned than to gild the laurels of renown which
-the Division earned during those fiery days.
-
-[Illustration: BUCQUOY: STREET.
-
-BUCQUOY: MARKET PLACE.]
-
-We have already mentioned the work of the newly-organized Machine-Gun
-Battalion, and the comparative lack of Rifle bombs and Stokes Mortars.
-Another fact worth noting is the renewed confidence reposed in the Rifle
-and the Lewis Gun. In the face of effective fire from these weapons
-the enemy never succeeded in pushing home an attack across the open.
-Communication between the Division and Brigades was maintained with very
-little interruption, and the two Brigade Headquarters being kept together
-enabled the admirable Signal Service to devote all their attention to
-one main route. Under these novel conditions of open warfare, it was
-found that special training was required for the Power Buzzer operations
-of Brigade Sections, and in other technical details the experience at
-Bucquoy was to prove valuable.
-
-Most valuable of all was the knowledge that, with nearly all the chances
-against them, they had fought the enemy to a standstill. Despite a
-perilous gap in the thinned line of British troops, and despite the
-delays in filling it, the enemy had not broken through. The line was
-threatened on March 25th. It was constantly, almost continuously,
-assailed from the East, and, where disclosed, from the South. It still
-held on March 31st. Mistakes unavoidable in the medley were heroically
-repaired. Odd pockets of men, as we have seen—a thousand from the
-19th Division behind Hébuterne, another thousand from the 41st about
-Gommecourt—showed incomparable resourcefulness. Sudden orders were given
-in emergency, and were carried out unerringly under darkness. Troops
-confidently expected in the afternoon arrived short of their destination
-after nightfall, and the intervals of time and place were filled up. The
-whole story of these days is a lesson in how not to yield, and the whole
-moral of it is contained in the fact that the end of the first phase
-of the Second Battle of the Somme was, at best, an incomplete German
-victory. They had not achieved what they had hoped, and, losing hope,
-they would lose all.
-
-So, Bucquoy is a name that shines in the war record of the 62nd
-Division. We leave them now, at the beginning of April, in Divisional
-Reserve, with their Headquarters at Pas, enjoying a well-earned respite
-from active operations, though under two hours’ notice to move: and we
-turn next to another part of the wide field, where the 49th Division, the
-First Line of the West Riding Territorials, bore its separate part in the
-grand defensive.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER XIII
-
-WITH THE 49TH IN THE VALLEY OF THE LYS
-
-
-I.—FIRST PHASE
-
-We reach a confused tract of warfare, punctuated, as ever, by noble
-deeds, through which we must strike a careful trail.
-
-In an Order, issued by Major-General Cameron, Commanding the 49th
-Division, and reviewing the period from April 10th to May 5th, 1918, upon
-which we are now to enter, the General drew attention to the fact that
-his Division had not been fighting as a whole. ‘In some ways it is sad,’
-he wrote; ‘but the fact that we have been separated for a great part of
-the time has in no way diminished the credit of your achievements. Every
-part of the Division in its own sphere of action has done exceptionally
-well, and every part has earned high praise from Commanders outside the
-Division.’
-
-Partly, then, the confusion arises from the distribution of the Troops
-to outside Commands. But the mere fact of this distribution is itself
-evidence to the difficulty of responsible leadership in those days; and,
-before we attempt to draw a table of the activities of the Division in
-place and time during the period covered by that Order, a brief survey
-may be made from a more general point of view. ‘Every part earned high
-praise from Commanders outside the Division’: we are concerned, then,
-with outside Commands and with a wider outlook than the 49th Division’s.
-
-We are concerned with Ludendorff’s point of view, so far as we are at
-liberty to re-construct it. On a previous page we tried to show how the
-German mind in March was divided between two strategic plans, one of
-which pointed to Paris and the other to the Channel ports. Both were
-pursued in turn, and even to some extent simultaneously, and either,
-if successful, would have inflicted an almost irreparable blow on the
-Allied forces of France and Britain. The point is, that neither quite
-succeeded: the union of those Forces under Foch and the response of the
-British Armies to Haig’s summons on April 13th, ‘WITH OUR BACKS TO THE
-WALL, AND BELIEVING IN THE JUSTICE OF OUR CAUSE, EACH OF US MUST FIGHT
-TO THE END,’ were to prove incalculably more effective than all the odds
-combined against them. But the initiative in April was with the Germans.
-So soon as one plan miscarried, or was left standing, or was conveniently
-broken off, they were able to call the other plan, and to make a new push
-with fresh Troops. The initiative was theirs, and the superiority was
-theirs, in numbers and (by the offensive) in surprise. ‘The possibility
-of a German attack North of the La Bassée Canal had been brought to my
-notice,’ wrote Sir Douglas Haig, ‘prior to the 21st March. Indications
-that preparations for a hostile attack in this sector were nearing
-completion had been observed in the first days of April.’[112] But no
-observations, however accurate, and no prevision, however acute, could
-organize fifty-eight Divisions to fight battles in two sectors at one
-time. Forty of the fifty-eight Divisions had been engaged in the Second
-Battle of the Somme, and ‘the steps which I could take,’ he continued,
-‘to meet a danger which I could foresee were limited by the fact that,
-though the enemy’s progress on the Somme had for the time being been
-stayed, ... [he] was in a position to take immediate advantage of any
-weakening of my forces in that area.’[113] And to initiative, numbers and
-surprise was added the fortune of the weather. The early spring had been
-‘unseasonably fine,’ and the low-lying ground in the Lys Valley dried up
-in time for the Germans to anticipate a relief of the Portuguese, who
-were holding the front to the South of Armentières, and who had been in
-the line for several months. A shattering German assault fell suddenly
-(April 9th) on this thin-spread Portuguese Division, already overdue
-for relief; and ‘no blame,’ we instinctively know, ‘can be attached to
-inexperienced troops who gave way to so terrific a blow, which would have
-been formidable to any soldiers in the world.’[114]
-
-Such, then, in the broadest outline, was the strategic situation, when
-Ludendorff, leading the _Kaiser-schlacht_, which had opened on March
-21st, left the fate of Amiens hanging in the precarious balance to which
-it had been fought in ten days, and sought to add terror to exhaustion by
-renewing his thrust at the Channel ports.
-
-When this underlying principle is seized, and Sir Douglas Haig’s problem
-is imagined, what ensued may briefly be recounted to the date of the
-engagement of units of the 49th. We are not now to consider the biggest
-aspect: the point of view of the War Council at Versailles. The facts
-that Americans were coming, and that British reinforcements would be
-poured in, did not illumine the darkness in Flanders in the middle of the
-second week of April. Nor is it immediately to the point, that, when Sir
-Frederick Maurice saw Marshal Foch on April 16th, and the Germans seemed
-‘well on the road to Calais and Boulogne, ... Foch had himself measured
-accurately both the German strength and the endurance of the British
-Army.... “The battle in Flanders is practically over,” he said; “Haig
-will not need any more troops from me.” Not even the loss of Kemmel a few
-days later ruffled him. He was right, and the battle in Flanders ended in
-a complete repulse of the second German effort to break through.’[115]
-No. We should thank heaven, fasting, for the Marshal’s masterly
-imperturbability. It won the war, among many claimants for that boon. But
-the great leader himself would admit, that his estimate of ‘the endurance
-of the British Army’ had been calculated to the last ounce of its worn
-strength, and that ‘the loss of Kemmel a few days later’ (on April 25th,
-to be precise) imposed a well-nigh intolerable strain.
-
-We are to contract our horizon on those days: to forget, what were then
-invisible, the dots and spots on the Atlantic, which marked the precious
-troopships bringing help from the New World to the Old; to forget the set
-will of Paris, raided from the air by night and day, and nearly within
-gunshot as well; to forget the last effort of England, and how, in a
-room at the War Office, all was ready to call out the Volunteers, the
-final arm of Home Defence; and we are to try to piece together events in
-Flanders from early morning on April 9th, when the brave Portuguese were
-overrun, till the confidence of the French Marshal was justified at the
-end of the battle on May 8th. Throughout that month, we are to remember
-the superb generalship of Sir Douglas Haig, splendidly backed as he was
-by Generals Sir H. Horne, Commanding the First, and Sir Herbert Plumer,
-Commanding the Second Army. Through all ranks of the heroic forces which
-they commanded, whether tired veterans from the hills and valleys of the
-Somme, or new drafts of young soldiery from home, and in all arms of the
-Service, one spirit prevailed: to obey, at whatever personal cost, the
-supreme call of their Commander-in-Chief, which was issued on the fourth
-day of the Flanders battle, and the pith of which we quoted above. The
-enemy’s objects, they were told, ‘are to separate us from the French, to
-take the Channel ports, and destroy the British Army.’ He had, as yet,
-‘made little progress towards his goals.’ Time, they were reminded, was
-on their side, not necessarily as individuals but as Englishmen: ‘Victory
-will belong to the side which holds out the longest.’ And then followed
-the stern command: ‘There is no other course open to us but to fight
-it out. Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no
-retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of
-our cause, each one of us must fight to the end. The safety of our homes
-and the freedom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct of each one of
-us at this critical moment.’
-
-So we come to the 49th Division, which has been in the Ypres area all
-that year, performing necessary and at times exacting duties on a front
-which was never immune from Artillery attacks and sudden raids, and to
-its response, through its various units, to the call to stand fast and
-die.
-
-[Illustration: Ypres 49th. Divisional Headqrs. in the Ramparts:—Winter,
-1917-18.]
-
-The German advance on April 9th between Armentières and the La Bassée
-Canal had bulged in the line by that evening to a distance of three
-to five miles. Next day, the attack was extended North of Armentières
-to Wytschaete and Hollebeke, and the enemy gains were extended. The
-34th Division in Armentières, though not yet attacked on their own
-front, had their two flanks dangerously exposed, and were withdrawn
-in a North-westerly direction, reaching a stopping-place at Nieppe.
-If we follow this action a little further, we shall be able to fit in
-more intelligibly the narrative of the 49th Division. On April 11th
-the advance was pressed in the direction of Nieppe and Neuve Église,
-and in the afternoon there was fierce fighting about Messines, now in
-enemy occupation. These losses pinched the 34th out of their temporary
-foothold at Nieppe. The withdrawal on this day did not cease in that
-particular area till about a thousand yards East of Neuve Église and
-Wulverghem, involving the abandonment of Hill 63. Next day, an assault
-in great strength was launched due westwards between Merville and
-Steenwerk, and affected our line below Bailleul, which looks down
-through Nieppe to Armentières. On the same day and the following (the
-13th) Neuve Église was hotly involved, and fell before midnight on the
-14th. Another twenty-four hours and Bailleul had suffered the same
-fate. There was now a very perilous salient in this stricken northerly
-region, and on the night of April 15th/16th the decision was taken to
-withdraw from the Passchendaele Ridge, the scene of so much bloodshed
-in the previous summer; and, consequently, to close in nearer to Ypres.
-These retirements, as may be seen on a map, brought the Kemmel sector
-into prominence, and the German capture on April 16th of Meteren and
-Wytschaete, at the two extremes of that front, was developed next morning
-(17th) into a determined attack on Kemmel Hill.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-Recalling now from page 46 above, and from an earlier April 17th, the
-geographical significance of Ypres, noting that this significance was
-not diminished by the improvement in German heavy Artillery, as shown
-by the guns trained on Paris, and observing that a sentimental value
-had accrued to Ypres in those middle years almost bigger than its
-geographical significance, we are now better qualified to measure the
-anxiety of the British Command during the crucial week, April 9th to
-16th, 1918. Would Ypres fall? Would the Channel ports follow, with all
-their accumulated stores, and G.H.Q. be driven to the sea? Could the
-hard-pressed Troops of the Second Army hold out to perform their allotted
-task, since ‘the constant and severe fighting in the Lys battle front,
-following so closely on the tremendous struggle South of Arras, had
-placed a very serious strain upon the British forces’? ‘Many British
-divisions,’ continued their Commander, ‘had taken part in the northern
-and southern battles, while others had been engaged almost continuously
-from the outset of the German offensive.’[116] We know the answer to
-these questions. It is time now to see in one area how those answers were
-dictated.
-
-Take, first, in the 49th Division, the 147th Infantry Brigade, which
-moved on the night of April 9th/10th to join the 34th near Armentières
-with the following Group Details: ‘A’ Company of the Machine Gun Corps,
-a Light Trench Mortar Battery, a Field Company (57) Royal Engineers, a
-Field Ambulance (1/2nd West Riding), and No. 3 Company, 49th Divisional
-Train. On April 10th, the 1/4th Duke of Wellington’s were engaged at
-Erquinghem, covering a crossing of the Lys. That night, the Brigade was
-defending Nieppe, in support of the 34th Division in its withdrawal from
-Armentières. On the night of the 11th/12th, they carried out a skilful
-rearguard action, covering a further withdrawal. From the 12th to 14th,
-they maintained their position, despite repeated attacks, in the southern
-outskirts of Bailleul. A few hours’ rest, and on the evening of the 15th
-the Brigade was again in the front line, in consequence of Bailleul’s
-fall. On April 16th and 17th, they were successfully holding their own
-on the slopes to the North-west of Bailleul, and taking heavy toll of
-the enemy. ‘In this action,’ we read, ‘all units of the Brigade Group
-greatly distinguished themselves.’ On the 19th, they moved into the 34th
-Divisional Reserve, and two days later they rejoined their own Division
-in and around Poperinghe. Thus, this Group is inserted into the fighting
-which we summarized just now; and, before taking the other Groups in
-order, or expanding the narrative of this, we may fitly interpolate the
-praises which it won from Major-General C. L. Nicholson, Commanding the
-34th Division:
-
-    ‘The G.O.C. 34th Division wishes to place on record his great
-    appreciation of the services rendered by the 147th Infantry
-    Brigade during the period it has been attached to the Division
-    under his Command. The action of the 4th Battalion Duke of
-    Wellington’s, South of the Lys on 10th April, the skilful
-    rearguard fighting under cover of which the Division withdrew
-    from the Nieppe position, the stubborn defence of the right
-    of the Division at Steam Hill (South of Bailleul), and the
-    complete defeat of a whole German Regiment on the 16th April,
-    are exploits of which the Brigade may well be proud.
-
-    ‘Throughout the period, the steadiness, gallantry and endurance
-    of all ranks has been worthy of the highest traditions of
-    British Infantry, and the G.O.C. 34th Division is proud to have
-    had such Troops under his Command.’
-
-Or these praises bestowed on a gallant Regiment may be tested by
-the record of one man: No. 24066, Pte. Arthur Poulter, of the 1/4th
-Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding), who was awarded the
-Victoria Cross for his action on April 10th, commemorated in the
-following terms in the _London Gazette_ of June 28th:
-
-    ‘For most conspicuous bravery when acting as a
-    stretcher-bearer. On ten occasions Pte. Poulter carried
-    badly wounded men on his back to a safer locality, through a
-    particularly heavy artillery and machine-gun barrage. Two of
-    these were hit a second time whilst on his back. Again, after
-    a withdrawal over the river had been ordered, Pte. Poulter
-    returned in full view of the enemy who were advancing, and
-    carried back another man who had been left behind wounded.
-    He bandaged up over forty men under fire, and his conduct
-    throughout the whole day was a magnificent example to all
-    ranks. This very gallant soldier was subsequently seriously
-    wounded when attempting another rescue in the face of the
-    enemy.’
-
-A Group, similarly constituted, of the 148th Infantry Brigade was sent
-on April 10th to Neuve Église, which was plainly threatened on that
-day, under orders to move at half an hour’s notice. The same night, its
-1/5th York and Lancasters became attached to the 74th Brigade (25th
-Division) where it was drawn into the fighting near Steenwerk, to the
-South of Nieppe, and rendered valuable service, remaining in attachment
-until April 16th. Next day (11th), in the morning, the 1/4th Battalion
-of the same Regiment was detailed to counter-attack on a line West of
-Ploegsteert Wood, where the rest of the 25th Division was engaged. Hill
-63 is situated immediately North of the North-west corner of that Wood,
-and Neuve Église lies about two miles to its North-west. We shall have to
-come back to the gallant record of this unit, and of the 1/4th King’s Own
-Yorkshire Light Infantry, and of others in the Group, during the struggle
-for Neuve Église, which lasted till the night of April 14th/15th. It is
-a record of desperate valour against overwhelming odds; and, when, weary
-but undaunted, the Brigade was withdrawn to Poperinghe on April 19th,
-it had thoroughly earned the encomium of Major-General Sir E. G. T.
-Bainbridge, Commanding the 25th Division:
-
-    ‘Will you thank the 148th Infantry Brigade for all they did in
-    holding on to Neuve Église? It is, of course, greatly due to
-    them that the place was held as long as it was.’
-
-Similar praises were bestowed by the Brigadier-General Commanding the
-74th Brigade (25th Division) on the Battalion of the 148th Brigade, which
-had been under his orders. He placed on record,
-
-    ‘his great appreciation of the services rendered by the 5th
-    Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment during the time it was
-    attached to the Brigade under his Command. The gallantry and
-    endurance of all ranks throughout the operations are worthy
-    of the highest traditions of the British Army, and it was a
-    pleasure to the B.G.C. to have such Troops under his Command.
-    He was much impressed by the dashing manner in which the
-    Battalion carried out the attack on Cabaret du Saule on 11th
-    April, and by its stubborn resistance on 14th April on Mont de
-    Lille.’
-
-We come, last in this summary, to the 146th Infantry Brigade (49th
-Division).
-
-On April 10th, it was in line in the Ypres salient, under the orders of
-the 21st Division.
-
-Next day, very early in the morning, its 1/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire
-Regiment, became attached to the 62nd Infantry Brigade, which had been
-detached from the 21st Division and placed under the orders of the
-9th (Scottish) Division, commanded by Major-General G. H. Tudor. That
-Division (the 9th), we may note, in anticipatory compensation for its
-terrible losses in this area in April, was to have the honour on July
-19th of capturing Meteren with great _éclat_. This reversal of misfortune
-lay in the future. To-day the situation was very grave, and the part
-played by the 1/7th West Yorkshires, in attachment to the attached
-Brigade, may best be told, in advance of the more detailed narrative, in
-the Report of the Brigadier-General Commanding the 62nd Brigade, which
-was transmitted by General Tudor to General Cameron (49th Division). It
-was dated April 20th and ran as follows:—
-
-    ‘I should like also to draw attention to the very gallant
-    behaviour of the 1/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, of
-    the 146th Infantry Brigade.
-
-    ‘On the critical afternoon of the 11th April, when the Brigade
-    holding the Messines Sector was driven back, leaving my right
-    flank perilously exposed, the 1/7th West Yorkshire Regiment
-    was moved up at very short notice from Parret Camp to form a
-    defensive flank on the Bogaert Farm-Pick Wood Spor, and to fill
-    the gap on our right.
-
-    ‘Under very heavy shelling the Battalion moved forward
-    splendidly, and their steadiness undoubtedly saved the
-    situation. From that evening until the morning of the 16th
-    the Battalion held the right sub-sector of the Brigade
-    front from Bogaert Farm to Pick Wood; on the night of the
-    15/16th they handed over from Bogaert Farm to Scott Farm to
-    the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, and took over to
-    Spanrock-Molen inclusive. On an extended front they encountered
-    the full force of the enemy attack on the morning of the
-    16th, and fought most gallantly until overwhelmed by superior
-    numbers. As in the case of other Battalions the mist placed
-    them at an enormous disadvantage, and deprived them of the full
-    use of their fire power.’
-
-Major-General Cameron, in communicating this message to the Brigadier of
-the 146th, added the expression of his ‘great hope, that you will find
-that you have sufficient old hands remaining to carry on the spirit which
-has animated the 146th Brigade, and infuse it into the new drafts which I
-hope to see joining you soon, in order that the name of the 146th Brigade
-may live for ever. Please let your Battalions know that I feel deeply
-proud of them.’
-
-The Battalion had rejoined its own unit on April 18th. Its casualties
-between the 11th and 16th had been eleven Officers and four hundred and
-forty-two other ranks.
-
-Noting that Parret Camp, referred to in the above message, lay a mile
-and a quarter to the North-west of Kemmel, and that the 1/7th West
-Yorkshires were supposed to be already tired out when they marched there
-in high fettle in the early hours of April 11th, we return on that date
-to the rest of the 146th Brigade. The Group units were established in the
-defences of Kemmel Hill, which, though not immediately in the front line,
-formed a position, as we are aware, of supreme prospective importance.
-The Command was entrusted to Lt.-Col. H. D. Bousfield, of the West
-Yorkshire Regiment, a supernumerary Lieutenant-Colonel at the time, who
-came under the orders of the 49th Division up to April 13th, of the 19th
-Division on that date, and, on April 19th, of the 28th French Infantry
-Division. To the final assault on the Hill under its French Commander we
-shall presently come back.
-
-This outline-sketch of the activities of units of the 49th Division in
-their places in the Valley of the Lys may be supplemented with one or two
-details, before we pass to the second and worse phase of the battle in
-that area of fire.
-
-Take, for instance, the struggle about Neuve Église, in which the 148th
-Brigade bore itself so gallantly, in the grim days, April 12th to 14th.
-A glance at the map will show that Neuve Église lies almost midway
-between Messines and Steenwerk, but (in a narrow area, of course) some
-way to the West of either. Thus, its capture, besides re-acting on the
-hard-pressed 34th Division below, would enable the Germans to round back
-on the 19th above, where Major-General G. D. Jeffreys would be caught in
-the rear. Accordingly, here, as much as anywhere (we should say ‘worse
-than elsewhere,’ but no comparison could be sustained), the command to
-hold out to the last man was imperative and binding. And right well this
-Brigade of the 49th supported the valorous efforts of various bodies of
-brave troops, including a mixed lot of a thousand, whom Brigadier-General
-Wyatt, formerly Commanding the 1/4th York and Lancs., had collected
-from anywhere to do everything. General Wyatt’s old Battalion and a
-sister-Battalion in the Brigade, the 1/4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light
-Infantry, had already done stiff service in the defence of Neuve Église,
-where, on April 13th, the assault broke out again with added fierceness.
-At 7 a.m. on that day, the enemy entered the village. At 8-30,
-counter-attacks were launched of their own initiative by all available
-units of the Brigade, and were pushed with courage and determination.
-In this action, Major Jackson, M.C. (of the 458th Field Company, Royal
-Engineers), Captain J. F. Wortley, M.C., and Lieut. Gifford, M.C.,
-(both of the 1/4th York and Lancs.), were specially mentioned in the
-Brigadier’s message to the Battalion. A big bag of prisoners was made,
-and the village was cleared of Germans. We are told that, about this time
-(the afternoon of April 13th), the Troops were still cheerful and in good
-heart, but that the continuous strain and want of sleep were beginning to
-tell. Unfortunately, they told in vain. On the night of 13th/14th, the
-enemy came on again, and forced a way into the village. Captain Wortley
-was killed in an attempt to establish a line about the Church, though
-that line was subsequently held by small parties of the 4th York and
-Lancs. and of the 9th Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders). We
-read that ‘these plucky men refused to obey the order to withdraw, and
-were eventually cut off completely by the enemy, and there is little
-doubt that they died fighting to the last.’ To lose Neuve Église under
-such conditions was to win imperishable renown.
-
-Or take a difficult little operation by two Companies of the 1/5th West
-Yorkshires (146th Brigade), which was not less difficult because it
-proved successful. On the night of April 15th/16th, a partial withdrawal,
-as we saw above, was made perforce in the Ypres salient. These two
-Companies, under the Command of Major Foxton, were left to hold posts in
-the Corps line across the Menin Road about three miles East of Ypres.
-They did their job very thoroughly. By moving dummy carrying parties
-about the tracks, and keeping six men in the front line, right away till
-broad noon on that day, and by other manœuvres, they deceived the enemy
-so completely that no approach to our old front line was attempted till
-3-30 p.m.
-
-[Illustration: Meteren: Ap: 1918:
-
-Bailleul (Meteren Road) Ap. 1918.]
-
-We need not expand the account of the exploits of the 1/7th West
-Yorkshires during their hard days of service with the 62nd Brigade. We
-know by now that a situation could be ‘saved,’ in the expressive word
-endorsed by General Tudor, only by endurance of a kind corresponding to
-the call of the British Commander-in-Chief on the 13th. We prefer to
-conclude on a quieter note. These few, casual illustrations of a week’s
-fighting, as desperate as it was heroic, for the ultimate safety of the
-Channel ports, would convey a false impression if they painted no scene
-but ‘death or glory.’ It was hard going all the time, and the conditions
-told, as we have seen. But the grit of the Yorkshiremen was not unequal
-to the incessant demands. We read nearly always of a cheerful spirit,
-of a line which seemed ‘good’ by comparison with other lines which
-they had known worse, of refreshing snatches of rest, of the welcome
-arrival of the limbered wagons with rations, and similar incidents of
-the kind, which helped to ease what had to be endured. We read, too, in
-an Officer’s diary, such a characteristic entry as the following: ‘Next
-morning, there was light shelling, but about 1-30 p.m. the Boche started
-a heavy bombardment, and attacked at 3 o’clock from the South-west. _This
-was his usual time-table all through these operations._’ (The italics
-are ours). And, again, a page or two later on: ‘The Boche programme
-continued: a heavy bombardment 1 p.m.—3 p.m.’ They had taken the measure
-of their Boche. It was all very frightful and terrible, and good men were
-falling every hour; but frightfulness ‘according to plan,’ as Macbeth
-discovered in his day, contains an antiseptic element, which is related
-to the sense of humour in the British soldier. If it is too much to say
-that this sense would always enhearten him, at least it stood him in good
-stead, and even inspired him with good hope, when Hollbeke, Messines,
-Ploegsteert, Neuve Église and Bailleul had been left behind the German
-front, and the salient round Ypres had been retracted, and the storm was
-about to burst on Kemmel Hill.
-
-
-II.—SECOND PHASE
-
-There were four or five more or less calm days in the sector North of
-the Lys. The battle-fury surged a little South on a front from Merville
-to Givenchy, extending along the La Bassée Canal, and it broke out afresh
-in the Somme Valley, on the slopes just East of Amiens, where the village
-of Villers Bretonneux changed hands twice in two days (April 24th,
-25th), remaining the second time in British possession. The interval in
-the Northern area, though used for rest and re-organization, so far as
-circumstances allowed, was less an interval than a breathing-space, in
-which both sides were awaiting the call of ‘Time!’ A renewed attack was
-obviously impending. The enemy would want to exploit his gains, and to
-make that push for Ypres and Dunkirk, which had haunted his day-dreams
-for four years. The blow fell on April 25th, at about 5 o’clock in the
-morning, when a very violent bombardment along the whole line from
-Hollbeke to Bailleul announced the commencement of the second phase of
-the sanguinary Battle of the Lys.
-
-If we look once more at the familiar map, we shall see the Allied line
-stretching from North-east to South-west. British troops were holding
-the line from a point on the Ypres-Commines Canal just above St. Eloi
-to a point about a mile below Wytschaete. The 21st Division was on the
-Canal, with a composite Brigade of the 39th; the 9th Division held the
-Wytschaete Ridge, with three units of the 21st and 49th (chiefly the
-146th Infantry Brigade). The rest of the line was French. Immediately
-below our 9th Division was the 28th French Division, in Command of the
-Kemmel Defences; next below, at Dranoutre, came the 154th, in face of an
-enemy assault from Neuve Église. Then came the French 34th, and their
-138th at St.-Jans-Cappel. Behind the line, two Brigades of our 49th (the
-147th and 148th) were in Corps Reserve in and around Poperinghe, and one
-Brigade each of the 30th and 31st were located between Poperinghe and the
-front line. Our 25th Division was in Reserve, a little behind the two
-Brigades of the 49th.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-Against these worn and weary Troops, so lately withdrawn from the
-positions from which they were now to be assailed, and so hardly
-re-organized or recruited, the enemy launched nine Divisions, ‘of
-which five were fresh Divisions and one other had been but lightly
-engaged.’[117] Their direct objective was Kemmel Hill, an important
-point of observation in that country of low-lying flats, and important,
-too, as a jumping-off place for Ypres; their subsidiary purpose was
-to separate the British from the French forces by a flanking movement
-below Wytschaete. Accordingly, the weight of the attack fell first on
-the French 28th and the British 9th Divisions, with the two Brigades
-attached to the latter. Dealing first, with the British sector, we are
-not surprised to learn, in Sir A. Conan Doyle’s temperate narrative, that
-‘the 9th Division in the north was forced to fall back upon the line
-of La Clytte [behind Kemmel], after enduring heavy losses in a combat
-lasting nine hours, during which they fought with their usual tenacity,
-as did the 64th and 146th Brigades, who fought beside them.’[118] It is
-rather the details which surprise us, and help to make this ‘tenacity’
-real. At 2-30 a.m. on April 25th, this Brigade of our 49th Division had
-to endure a two hours’ bombardment with heavy gas-shells and smoke.
-It was followed by half an hour of the greatest intensity with High
-Explosives. At 5 o’clock, in the inevitable mist, which enhanced the
-difficulty of the defence, the Infantry attack was launched, but was held
-on the Brigade front. At 6-45, a Company of the 1/6th West Yorkshires
-was reported to be fighting a rearguard action under Captain Sanders,
-V.C. This gallant Officer was seen rallying his men from the top of a
-pill-box, and, though wounded, he continued firing with his revolver
-at point blank range until he fell. No news came from the front line
-Companies, but all the evidence goes to show that they fought and died at
-their posts. We need not follow the retirement of what was left of these
-Battalions, first, to Vierstraat Cross Roads and then to Ouderdom. The
-evidence of casualties is more pertinent. In the West Yorkshire Regiment,
-on these two days (April 25th, 26th),[119] the 1/5th’s casualties
-amounted to eighteen Officers and five hundred and fifty-seven other
-ranks; the 1/6th’s to twenty-two and four hundred and sixty-one, and
-the 1/7th’s to five and one hundred and thirty-nine respectively. The
-Trench Mortar Battery of the Brigade was engaged on Kemmel Hill during
-this battle, and none of those in action returned. We may add here, that,
-at Ouderdom on April 27th, some Brigade remnants were formed into a
-composite Battalion, under Major R. Clough, of the 1/6th West Yorkshires,
-and were placed in Divisional Reserve at the call of the 147th Brigade,
-the rest being withdrawn into a back area.
-
-Turning now to the action on the French front, and to the German assault
-on Kemmel Hill,[120] and observing that St. Eloi and Dranoutre, to the
-East and West of the position, fell at an early hour into the enemy’s
-hands, we have to record that by 10 a.m. on April 25th Kemmel Village
-and Hill had both been lost. It will be recalled from our summary of
-this fighting that Lt.-Col. Bousfield, Commanding some units of the 49th
-Division (146th Brigade) had been left in Command on Kemmel Hill on
-April 11th, and handed over to the French Divisional Commander on the
-19th. He and his fellow Yorkshiremen continued the defence till the last
-moment with conspicuous courage and devotion. On April 26th, at 3 a.m.,
-counter-attacks were made by the French and British in combination, in
-which Troops from the 49th Division, attached to the 25th, again bore
-themselves gallantly. But the position then was irretrievable, at least
-in its main aspects, and the line in the salient was further re-adjusted
-during the night of April 26th/27th.
-
-This brief account of a big event (the darkest hour of the Flemish
-battle, it has been called) might be extended into the local fighting
-which marked the course of the next few days. But an extract from one
-Officer’s diary may suffice as a sample of what was happening: we have
-trusted his judgment before, and his first and last sentences are
-decisive. He writes on April 28th:
-
-    ‘The Germans were not ready to profit by their success at
-    Kemmel. During the next three days there was a good deal of
-    shelling by long-range guns, but no attacks, and the Battalion
-    [it was in the 148th Brigade] was able to improve the line
-    greatly, with Lewis gun posts pushed well forward to command
-    the valley in front. A French cart stranded in No Man’s Land
-    was found to be full of excellent signalling equipment, which
-    improved our communications.
-
-    ‘_29th April._—On April 29th the Germans made what proved to be
-    their last attempt on the Ypres front. Their plan was to attack
-    on the whole front from Dranoutre to Voormezeele, and so pierce
-    the line to the South of the city. A heavy bombardment with
-    shells of the heaviest calibre opened and continued unceasingly
-    from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. It was probably the heaviest bombardment
-    the Battalion has had to face, and casualties were many,
-    including some of the finest fighters of the Battalion. At 4,
-    the Germans attacked. On the 7th Battalion front, where there
-    was dead ground, the Germans got into the line, and were only
-    driven out by successive bayonet charges. On the 6th Battalion
-    front, the forward posts could see the Germans descending
-    Kemmel, and with Lewis gun and Rifle fire stopped them dead
-    with great loss. Before dark, the attack had definitely failed
-    along the line: the Germans had played their last card.’
-
-This conclusion agrees with Sir F. Maurice’s: ‘The gain of Kemmel proved
-to be the enemy’s undoing’; and with that of all competent authorities,
-reviewing the battles of March and April, 1918, with the knowledge
-acquired since the war was ended. Ludendorff could not exploit his
-successes, for in no sector was any of them complete. The failure to
-break through in the north ‘was hardly less important in its effect on
-the campaign than that which the Germans had suffered on March 28th, and
-these two triumphs of our defence over the enemy’s attack went far in
-preparation for the victories which came later in the year.’[121]
-
-So, the darkest hour gave place to the dawn.
-
-Congratulatory messages, couched in the highest terms, reached the 49th
-Division in its time of merited relief.
-
-General Sir Herbert Plumer, Commanding the Second Army, conveyed, on
-April 29th, the following message from Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig,
-Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies:
-
-    ‘I desire to express my appreciation of the very valuable and
-    gallant service performed by Troops of the 49th (West Riding)
-    Division since the entry of the 146th Infantry Brigade into the
-    Battle of Armentières. The courage and determination shown by
-    this Division have played no small part in checking the enemy’s
-    advance, and I wish to convey to General Cameron and to all
-    Officers and Men under his Command my thanks for all that they
-    have done.’
-
-On May 2nd, the IXth Corps Commander, Lieut.-General Sir A. Hamilton
-Gordon, sent the following message:
-
-    ‘Heartiest congratulations on the splendid fight you put up on
-    29th April.’
-
-Throughout this period (April 10th to May 2nd), the 49th Divisional
-Artillery had been serving with the 21st Division, and they received from
-Major-General Campbell the following letter of thanks:
-
-    ‘Before handing over Command of the 49th Divisional Artillery,
-    I wish to express to all ranks my thanks and appreciation of
-    the excellent work done since it has been under my Command. No
-    Commander could have been better served in every possible way.
-    The splendid fighting spirit shown by all ranks has been beyond
-    all praise.’
-
-We may add here that the 49th Division were no whit less appreciative of
-the gallant and efficient help which they had received from C.R.A., 9th
-Division, in Command of the following Artillery Brigades: 50th, 51st,
-148th, 156th and 162nd R.F.A. Brigades and 30th Heavy Artillery Brigade.
-
-D.D.M.S., XXIInd Corps, wrote to A.D.M.S., 49th Division, to
-congratulate him on ‘the extraordinarily efficient manner in which
-casualties have been evacuated from your area under the recent trying
-conditions. I have never seen the work more speedily and successfully
-carried out’; and truly Major-General Cameron might say to his ‘Comrades
-of the 49th Division’:
-
-    ‘The reputation which you have won for courage, determination
-    and efficiency, during recent operations, has its very joyous
-    aspect, and it is deeply precious to us all.’
-
-The name of Ypres is inscribed in English history: like Khartoum,
-Kandahar, Trafalgar, and other names in older times, it has been adopted
-in the title of a British Commander. It belongs, by the same token, to
-the 49th Division, whom, twice in the course of the War, in the Spring
-of 1915 and of 1918, we have seen defending its trenches or fighting
-in the open for its safety, and to whom a Memorial is dedicated on its
-site. They had well earned the praises bestowed upon them. To them, with
-very gallant comrades, including our Belgian Allies, fell the part of
-guarding the approaches to the vital line of the Channel ports. On April
-9th, 1918, when the course of the _Kaiser-schlacht_ was diverted from the
-Southern to the Northern front, Sir Herbert Plumer’s Second Army formed
-our last line of defence in Flanders. That line held at the end of April,
-after three weeks’ shattering blows, unsurpassed in impetus and severity;
-and, throughout those weeks, the 49th were in the line.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER XIV
-
-THE YEOMANRY
-
-
-The pace was too fast to be kept up. The Germans could not be doing it
-all the time, and pauses, lengthening in duration as the fury of the
-attacks increased, were bound to be interposed between one onslaught and
-the next. Here, again, as on previous occasions, the official German
-historians of the war will be able to correct the impression which their
-daily bulletins sought to create, and will tell an attentive world how
-the desperate courage of the invader broke on the final factor which no
-resources of science can permanently disguise—fighting men’s physical
-exhaustion.
-
-Such a pause, partly filled, as we shall see, by a transfusion of
-bloodshed to another area, occurred at the height of that darkest hour,
-which we followed in the last chapter; and, before pursuing our account
-of the West Riding Infantry Divisions through the last hundred days of
-the war, we may fitly utilize this interval to narrate, necessarily a
-little summarily, the fortunes and the disappointments of some of the
-West Riding Mounted Troops. For they, too, as Earl Haig has testified,
-‘came forward at the beginning of the war to serve their country in the
-hour of need,’ and ‘performed their duty under all circumstances with
-thoroughness and efficiency.’
-
-These words occur in an Order, dated September 9th, 1917, and addressed
-by the Field-Marshal to the 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry. ‘The Army
-Council,’ the Order starts, ‘has found it necessary to dismount certain
-Special Reserve and Yeomanry Regiments, and to utilize the services
-of Officers and other Ranks in other branches of the Service.’ Here
-we see the meaning of ‘under all circumstances,’ and the cause of the
-disappointments to which we have referred.
-
-That the war was not a Cavalry war, and that its ‘circumstances’ did
-not often call for the special faculties furnished by Mounted Troops,
-are facts that enhance, rather than diminish, the praise of the
-‘thoroughness’ and ‘efficiency’ with which the duties falling on the
-Yeomanry were discharged. Officers, N.C.O.’s and men adapted themselves
-with conspicuous cheerfulness to the shifting needs of the day’s work,
-and became fitted to the uses which were made of them. But no keenness,
-military or moral, could turn the war into _their_ war. The war in South
-Africa was their war, the next war may be their war again; ‘but the
-circumstances of the late war gave them few chances of doing the work
-for which they were intended, and their chief claim to credit lies in
-the fact, that, whatever work they were given to do, they carried out
-to the best of their ability, and to the complete satisfaction of the
-authorities under whom they worked.’[122]
-
-How complete that satisfaction was, may be judged by one or two letters,
-which we are privileged to quote, and which it is appropriate to produce
-in advance of such narrative as may prove available of the miscellaneous
-duties which the Yeomanry actually performed. Thus, when ‘B’ Squadron
-of the Yorkshire Hussars left the 46th Division in May, 1916 (the
-particulars of this move will be found below), Major-General E. J.
-Montague Stuart-Wortley wrote to their Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. W.
-G. Eley:
-
-    ‘Many thanks for your letter. It was a great blow to me to
-    find on my return from leave, that your Squadron had left the
-    Division, and that our very pleasant connection had come to an
-    end.
-
-    ‘I can assure you that it has been the greatest pleasure to
-    me to have had your Squadron under my command; and I should
-    be very much obliged if you would tell all your Officers,
-    N.C.O.’s and men how deeply I appreciate all the good work
-    they have done whilst with this Division. They have frequently
-    been called upon to do work which was quite outside of what
-    Cavalry are trained to perform; and on every occasion, they
-    have carried it out with zeal and efficiency which has been
-    deserving of all praise.
-
-    ‘You will be glad to have the whole Regiment together again; I
-    shall watch all you do with the greatest interest; I know that
-    all you are called upon to do, will be done well.’
-
-Again, in 1917, when the same Yeomanry Regiment left the XVIIth Corps,
-in consequence of the decision of the Army Council, notified in the
-Field-Marshal’s Order as above, to dismount them and utilize them ‘in
-other branches of the Service,’ Lieut.-General Sir Charles Fergusson,
-Bt., Commanding the Corps, wrote to Lieut.-Col. Eley:
-
-    ‘On the departure of the Regiment from the XVIIth Corps I
-    wish to express to you and to the Officers and men under your
-    command my thanks for the loyalty and assistance which has
-    invariably been given by the Regiment during the period of its
-    connection with the Corps.
-
-    ‘Its smartness, discipline, and soldierly spirit have been
-    conspicuous; and no matter what the work has been, it has
-    always been carried out in accordance with the best traditions
-    of the Regiment and of the Service.
-
-    ‘I know that Officers and men will continue to live up to
-    these traditions, and that no matter where duty and the service
-    of the country call them, they will never forget that the
-    reputation and good name of the Regiment remain in their hands.
-    Whether as a unit or as individuals the spirit of the Regiment
-    will remain; and when the time comes for it to be re-united,
-    the knowledge that they have done their duty under all
-    circumstances will add to the pride and satisfaction with which
-    Officers and men will look back to their record in the war.
-
-    ‘I wish goodbye and good luck to all ranks.’
-
-Again, in 1919, when the Yorkshire Dragoons left the Rhine (these
-particulars, too, will be found below), Lieut.-General Sir C. W. Jacob,
-K.C.B., Commanding the IInd Corps of the Second Army, addresses the
-following letter to Major-General the Earl of Scarbrough, in his capacity
-as Hon. Colonel of the Regiment:
-
-    ‘The Yorkshire Dragoons are leaving very shortly for England
-    on reduction to cadre, and as you are the Hon. Colonel of
-    the Regiment, I thought you would like to hear how well the
-    Regiment has done all the time that it has been with the IInd
-    Corps.
-
-    ‘You know that at first the Regiment was split up and its
-    squadrons distributed among various Divisions. In the early
-    part of 1916 it was decided to take away from Divisions their
-    Cavalry Squadrons, and to have a Cavalry Regiment at the
-    headquarters of every Army Corps. The three squadrons of the
-    Yorkshire Dragoons were thus brought together and formed into a
-    Regiment again, and in May, 1916, became the Cavalry Regiment
-    of the IInd Corps. It was in that month, too, that I took over
-    command of the IInd Corps.
-
-    ‘From the time the Yorkshire Dragoons came to the IInd Corps
-    till hostilities ceased on the 11th November, 1918, their work
-    has been excellent all through. They have had strenuous times,
-    but have always shown themselves equal to the occasion.
-
-    ‘Yorkshire has given many thousands of splendid soldiers to the
-    British Army, and I place the Yeoman of the Yorkshire Dragoons
-    high up in the list. They have responded to every call made on
-    them, and have fought magnificently.
-
-    ‘In October, 1917, the regiment was taken away from the IInd
-    Corps for work with the Cavalry Corps. Later on, owing to the
-    shortage of horses in the army, it was decided to dismount the
-    Yeomanry Regiments and to turn them into machine-gun or cyclist
-    units. The Yorkshire Dragoons were formed into a Cyclist
-    Regiment, and came back to the IInd Corps as such. It was
-    naturally a disappointment to them to be dismounted, but they
-    accepted the situation in the right spirit and very soon became
-    the best cyclist unit in the British Army.
-
-    ‘I cannot speak too highly of their work in the final phase
-    of the war, when they took part in the attack from Ypres in
-    September, 1918, and when the Germans were driven clean out of
-    Belgium.
-
-    ‘The Regiment has been fortunate in its Officers. They were
-    first of all commanded by Lieut.-Col. Mackenzie Smith, D.S.O.,
-    up to the time they were dismounted. Since then they have
-    been commanded by Lieut.-Colonel R. Thompson, D.S.O. Both
-    these officers have been first-class, and I cannot speak too
-    highly of the latter. Lieut.-Colonel Thompson is a first-rate
-    leader, and he has been backed up by an excellent lot of junior
-    officers.
-
-    ‘I regret very much to have to part with the Regiment, but
-    their turn for demobilisation has come round. They have earned
-    the gratitude of their country and county in the way they have
-    worked and fought all through the war, and have made a name for
-    themselves which will never be forgotten.’
-
-General Jacob’s letter (May 27th, 1919) epitomizes clearly, six months
-after the Armistice, the successive stages of organization through
-which the Mounted Troops had passed. Between the lines of the various
-decisions therein recorded (‘to take away from the Divisions their
-Cavalry Squadrons,’ to take away the Cavalry Regiments from the Corps,
-‘to dismount the Yeomanry Regiments and to turn them into machine-gun
-or cyclist units’), we may read the meaning of some remarks occurring
-in earlier letters: ‘They have frequently been called upon to do work
-which was quite outside of what Cavalry are trained to perform’ (General
-Stuart-Wortley); ‘No matter what the work has been, it has always been
-carried out in accordance with the best traditions of the Regiment and
-the Service’ (General Fergusson), and ‘their chief claim to credit lies
-in the fact, that, whatever work they were given to do, they carried out
-to the best of their ability’ (Col. Mackenzie Smith). The time never
-quite came to employ the Cavalry. They never really came into their own.
-But it was not till a late period in the war, when the shortage of horses
-in the Army and the shrinkage of man-power and shipping at home compelled
-the authorities to drastic action, that the repeatedly disappointed hope
-of employing them at last in their right capacity was finally abandoned.
-Accordingly, their history in the Great War is a history of partially
-fulfilled renown, in relation to their pre-war training and to their
-anticipations on mobilization. ‘It must be admitted,’ we read, ‘that
-the Yorkshire Dragoons never felt either pride or affection for their
-bicycles. The one thing to be said for them was that they were more
-easily cleaned than horses, and never had to be exercised or fed.’ In
-this sense, ‘their chief claim to credit,’ in the words of Lieut.-Col.
-Mackenzie Smith,[123] may be stated in the highest terms as a claim
-to the credit of subordinating their own desires, and the ambition
-appropriate to their Arm of Service, to the needs of the Army and the
-Empire as a whole.
-
-We may follow these changes more precisely.
-
-Originally, both Yeomanry Regiments, after coast defence and other work
-at home, went out to France as Divisional Cavalry. The Hussars arrived at
-Havre in April, 1915, and were posted as follows:
-
-  ‘A’ Squadron to the 50th (Northumbrian) Division,
-  ‘B’ Squadron to the 46th Division, and
-  ‘C’ Squadron to the 49th (West Riding) Division.
-
-The Dragoons arrived in August, and were posted:
-
-  ‘A’ Squadron to the 17th Division,
-  ‘B’ Squadron to the 37th Division, and
-  ‘C’ Squadron to the 19th Division,
-
-all in General Plumer’s Second Army, to which, under General Jacob’s
-Command, they were to return later on as a Cyclist Corps.
-
-Their time as Divisional Cavalry lasted till May, 1916, but was not
-as full as they had hoped. ‘Our work,’ writes an Hussar Officer in a
-personal letter, ‘was very miscellaneous. We fetched up remounts, dug
-trenches, buried wires, supplied M.M.P. and orderlies to the Divisional
-Staff, and observation posts to the Infantry in the front line;’ and
-Col. Smith, of the Dragoons, writes in much the same vein: ‘They did
-many dull, but arduous and necessary fatigues. But they took an especial
-interest in the Divisional observation posts, the management of which
-was entrusted to them by the Division,’ and which proved, as he says in
-another place, ‘a definite speciality of the Regiment, and earned them
-considerable credit.’
-
-The first organic change is explained in a letter from G.H.Q., dated May
-2nd, 1916, and addressed to the Third Army Commander. We cite here the
-salient extracts:
-
-    ‘In consequence of the growth of the Army and the development
-    of the Corps Organisation, much of the independence of action
-    and movement formerly belonging to the Division has passed
-    to the Corps. It has been found necessary, therefore, to
-    reconsider the organization and distribution of the Mounted
-    Troops hitherto allotted to Divisions.
-
-    ‘The allotment of these troops was originally made with a view
-    to providing the Divisional Commander with a small mobile force
-    under his immediate control for reconnaissance, protective and
-    escort duties; and on the assumption (originally correct) that
-    the Division would be moving either independently, or with one
-    or more roads allotted to its exclusive use.
-
-    ‘These conditions are unlikely to recur; any future movement
-    will be by Corps, marching and fighting in depth on a
-    comparatively narrow front. The mounted troops belonging to the
-    Corps must, therefore, be assembled under the direct control of
-    the Corps Commander, and organized as Corps units.
-
-    ‘The Commander-in-Chief has accordingly decided—
-
-    ‘(_a_) to convert the Squadrons of Divisional Cavalry into
-    Corps Cavalry Regiments, composed of a Headquarters and Three
-    Squadrons each; one Regiment being allotted to each Corps.
-
-    ‘(_b_) to withdraw the Cyclist Companies from Divisions, to
-    reconstitute them into Battalions of Three Companies each, and
-    to allot one Battalion to each Corps.
-
-    ‘(_c_) to allot one Motor Machine-Gun Battery to each Corps.
-    This battery will normally be attached to the Cyclist
-    Battalion.’
-
-The following Table shows how the foregoing provisions were applied to
-the Squadrons of Yorkshire Dragoons and Yorkshire Hussars:
-
-  -------------------------------------+-----------------+------------
-             Transferred               |       From      |    To
-  -------------------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+------
-              Squadron                 |Div.|Corps| Army |Corps| Army
-  -------------------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+------
-  ‘A’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Dragoons| 17 | II  |Second|⎫    |
-  H.Q. & ‘B’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire  |    |     |      |⎪    |
-    Dragoons                           | 37 | VII |Third |⎬  II|Second
-  ‘C’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Dragoons| 19 |  XI |First |⎭    |
-  ‘A’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars | 50 |  V  |Second|⎫    |
-  ‘B’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars | 46 | XVII|Third |⎬XVII|Third
-  ‘C’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars | 49 |  X  |Fourth|⎭    |
-  -------------------------------------+----+-----+------+-----+------
-
-Thus, the Divisional Cavalry were transferred, and each Corps now
-received a Squadron of Cavalry, a Battalion of Cyclists, and a Battery of
-Motor Machine-Guns. At this time the training of the Cavalry in France
-was inspired mainly by General Gough, who subsequently commanded the
-Fifth Army; and the rôle devised for Corps Cavalry Regiments was summed
-up, as he said, in the one word ‘“Security”: that is, the protection of
-the Infantry with which it is working.’ These were the days, it will
-be remembered from earlier chapters of the present volume, in which a
-break-through was still hoped for, when the Corps Mounted Troops would
-have followed the five Divisions of Regular Cavalry through the ‘gap’
-to be made in the German line, and would become immediately responsible
-for the protection of the Infantry Reserve and for general Advance Guard
-duties.
-
-But events did not fall out as had been expected. ‘During the summer
-and autumn of 1916 there were several occasions,’ we are told, ‘on which
-the Higher Command had hopes of a Cavalry situation, ... but these hopes
-never materialized.’ The main work of the Regiment in these months—and
-very important work it proved—was to maintain observation posts in
-forward areas, and it was true that opportunities occurred, and were
-seized with gallant alacrity, to win the Military Cross and the Military
-Medal for special acts of reconnaissance and daring. In less forward
-areas the duties were more laborious, but were not less cheerfully
-performed. Traffic control, unloading ammunition trains, helping at
-hospitals and burying the dead; the maintenance of communications in
-winter mud, when the Infantry were roped together in order to go into
-the front line, and casualties by drowning were almost as numerous as
-those caused by the enemy: these, with training, and the care of horses,
-and the usual Regimental sports, were among the functions substituted in
-reality for the purpose cherished by the Corps Cavalry. In March, 1917,
-at the time of the German retreat, the IInd Corps Cavalry had the chance,
-of which they fully availed themselves, of proving their mettle in
-mounted action, and the D.S.O. awarded to Lieut.-Col. Mackenzie Smith was
-a recognition of his wise insistence on a constant high level of training
-efficiency. The disappointment of his Mounted Troops at Cambrai in
-November, 1917, was their final grief before the Order for dismounting.’
-
-We shall not follow in detail the dismounted history either of the
-Dragoons or the Hussars in the miscellaneous duties to which they were
-called. We may note, however, that, in the battles of 1918, good fighting
-work was done by both Regiments, and that, early as October 20th in that
-year, Lieut.-Col. Thompson received his D.S.O. as an immediate award, in
-recognition of his gallantry at the crossing of the River Lys. General
-Jacob’s letter to Lord Scarbrough, quoted on an earlier page, refers
-particularly to this Officer, and to the part taken by his cyclists ‘when
-the Germans were driven clean out of Belgium.’
-
-So the Yeomanry, too, before war’s end, had their fill of fighting in
-the front line, and, alike in honours and casualties, through all the
-phases of their experience, as Divisional Cavalry, as Corps Cavalry,
-and as Dismounted Troops, they bore themselves with conspicuous bravery
-and with not less conspicuous self-sacrifice. They were content to do
-the task set before them, when, owing to causes beyond control, they
-could not do the task for which they had been trained, and neither in
-the West Riding nor beyond it will their splendid record be allowed to
-fade. Not inappropriately it happened that the IInd Corps of the Second
-Army[124] was chosen to form part of the Army of the Rhine. The Yorkshire
-Dragoons were detailed to act as Advance Guard to the Infantry of the
-9th, 29th and 41st Divisions; and ‘consequently,’ we read, ‘in most of
-the towns and villages through which they passed, they were the first
-British troops which the inhabitants saw. The march through Belgium was a
-triumphal progress.’
-
-But we must not anticipate the day of triumph, amply as the Yeomen had
-contributed to it. The battles of 1918 have still to be won, and we
-return at this point to the interval called by exhaustion after the First
-Battle of the Lys.
-
-
-
-
-CHAPTER XV
-
-THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS
-
-
-I.—THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE
-
-The force of the German onslaughts of March 21st and April 9th, 1918, had
-been spent beyond hope of renewal on the fronts in which they occurred.
-On the Lys, as, a month earlier, on the Somme, and more necessarily
-because of the further month’s exhaustion, time had to be taken to
-reorganize, to recuperate, and to recommence; and the time taken by the
-enemy was time given to the Allies.
-
-How admirably they employed it in May, June and the first part of July
-does not fall within the province of the present chronicler. It happened
-that it was not till July 20th that the Territorial Infantry from the
-West Riding entered into action since May on any considerable scale.
-Accordingly, we may pass over the interval. We may pass over the dispatch
-of the IXth Corps, commanded by Sir A. Hamilton Gordon, and consisting
-of the 8th, 21st, 25th and 50th Divisions, all of which had had their
-full share of fighting, to join the Sixth French Army on the Aisne. The
-intention was, to give them a chance of rest in a section unlikely to
-be busy; the effect was to give them a worse experience in the sudden
-battles about Reims than they had endured on the Somme or on the Lys.
-How they acquitted themselves is best told in the noble language of the
-French Army Commander, General Maistre, in his farewell letter (July 3rd)
-to General Hamilton Gordon:
-
-    ‘Avec une ténacité, permettez-moi de dire, toute anglaise,
-    avec les débris de vos divisions décimées, submergées par le
-    flot ennemi, vous avez reformé, sans vous lasser, des unités
-    nouvelles que vous avez engagées dans la lutte, et qui nous ont
-    en fin permis de former la digue où ce flot est venu se briser.
-    Cela aucun des témoins français ne l’oubliera.’
-
-Immediately after this disaster, which had brought the Germans within
-forty miles of Paris, and Paris within range of their ‘freak’ gun,
-Marshal Foch withdrew from Flanders his force of about eight Divisions,
-and transferred them southwards to the French front. Next, he asked that
-four British Divisions might be moved down to the Somme, so as to ensure
-the connection between the French and British forces about Amiens; and,
-‘after carefully weighing the situation,’ wrote Sir Douglas Haig, ‘I
-agreed to this proposal.’ But the Generalissimo’s resources still fell
-short of the plans he was maturing. ‘On the 13th July a further request
-was received from Marshal Foch that these four British Divisions might
-be placed unreservedly at his disposal, and that four other British
-Divisions might be dispatched to take their places behind the junction of
-the Allied Armies. This request,’ wrote the British Commander-in-Chief,
-‘was also agreed to, and the 15th, 34th, 51st and 62nd British Divisions,
-constituting the XXIInd Corps, under Command of Lieut.-General Sir H.
-Godley, were accordingly sent down to the French front.’[125]
-
-We resume our chronicle, therefore, with the record of the 62nd Division
-in the counter-offensive by Marshal Foch, which he launched on July
-18th, and which, by repeated hammer-strokes, increasing in strength and
-velocity, was to bring the war to its appointed end. Exactly a hundred
-days elapsed between July 18th and October 26th, when Ludendorff’s
-resignation was accepted, and he left German Army Great Headquarters.
-Before resuming it, however, for the space of those hundred days, a
-word, though not strictly within our province, may be said about Haig’s
-decision on July 15th. We are to recall that the Allies had been defeated
-three times in less than four months, and had given up far more ground
-than was ever contemplated in the previous winter Councils. A German gun
-had found the range of Paris, and might find the range of the Channel
-ports. The secrets of the autumn of victory were locked up in the
-harvester’s brain; yet he asked for four _plus_ four Divisions to be
-moved from the British to the French front. We should leave the matter
-there: all the papers have not yet been published; but perhaps we may
-quote at this point the reasoned opinion of Major-General Sir F. Maurice:
-
-    ‘Haig, being responsible to his Government for the safety
-    of his army and the ports, felt that he must obtain their
-    concurrence in this last step, though he was quite ready to
-    take the responsibility upon himself of advising them to
-    concur. It does honour to Foch, to Mr. Lloyd George and to
-    Sir Douglas Haig that in this critical time they all agreed.
-    Both the British Government and the British Commander-in-Chief
-    supported Foch, decided to back his judgment, and to accept
-    the danger of weakening the British forces in the north, and
-    he was thus enabled to mature his plans for the defeat of
-    Ludendorff.... It required great courage and determination
-    to make that attack as it was made. The Germans had still a
-    superiority of more than 250,000 Infantry on the Western front,
-    and Foch, as well as Mr. Lloyd George and Sir Douglas Haig, had
-    to take risks.’[126]
-
-So, we march with General Braithwaite’s Yorkshire lads to the Valley of
-the Ardre, where for the next ten days (July 20th to 30th) they played a
-glorious part in the Second Battle of the Marne, after which there was no
-turning back.
-
-The River Ardre rises due south of Reims, in the forest called after
-that city. It flows in a north-westerly direction through richly-timbered
-and hilly country, which afforded every facility for the cunning nests
-of machine-guns in which the enemy excelled. We have two or three
-descriptions of the lie of the land from a military point of view. The
-valley, we read, ‘is bounded on each side by high ridges and spurs,
-the crests of which are heavily wooded: those on the north by the Bois
-de Reims, on the south by the Bois de Coutron and the Bois d’Eclisse.
-The villages of Marfaux and Chaumuzy in the bottom of the valley, also
-the dominating height of the Montagne de Bligny (some seven thousand
-yards from the line of departure) afforded the enemy three successive
-_points d’appui_ of great strength. These centres of defence were further
-strengthened by natural buttresses formed by the hamlets of Cuitron
-(North), Espilly, Les Haies and Nappes (South), all perched high up on
-the abrupt slopes and spurs running down into the valley below. So steep
-are some of these slopes that the light French Tanks (_Chars d’Assaut_)
-were unable to operate upon them in places, and the Tanks’ activities
-were further restricted by stretches of soft and marshy ground on either
-bank of the Ardre. Standing crops in the undulating valley, the vineyards
-on the slopes, and the dense woods on the ridges, concealed the hostile
-positions from view, whilst sunken roads and banks running at right
-angles to the direction of attack provided ready-made positions for a
-stubborn defence.’
-
-[Illustration]
-
-In this large, dense wood of summer foliage, on slopes running down to
-marshy ground, we are to remember that the ‘stubborn defence’ was now
-the business of the Germans. The conditions of the war in the West had
-changed in several important aspects. Not merely was the enemy on the
-defensive, to the huge enheartenment of the Allied Forces, but this
-account of the natural features is necessary because the fighting was now
-in the open, and no longer in a too familiar entrenched area. To these
-changes in tactics and terrain, at once so novel and so inspiriting, was
-added the fresh experience of fighting side by side with new friends.
-General Godley’s Corps, we remember, was sent at Marshal Foch’s request
-right away from the British northern sector into the area of the French
-Command. There it found the 1st Italian Division, the 14th and the
-120th French Divisions, and the 1st Colonial French Corps; and we are
-told that, in this War of Positions, ‘the transference to a sector with
-its natural obstacles, the novel situation of passing through Italian
-Troops to attack side by side with our French Allies in the attempt to
-oust enemy forces (enjoying all the advantages that the possession of
-the initiative and positions of great natural strength would give them)
-presented problems to all Arms which had hitherto been met with only
-in theory.’ The practical problem of language was the least. Education
-authorities will learn with pleasure, though some of their critics may be
-surprised, that ‘there were far fewer French Officers with any working
-knowledge of English than British Officers with a working knowledge of
-French, and French was the language generally used.’ Whether it was the
-French of Stratford-atte-Bow, or the French of the British private,
-‘Tout-de-suite, and the tooter the sweeter,’ our information does not
-reveal; but it is satisfactory to know that the ‘working knowledge’
-aimed at in our schools answered a test which experts might not have
-satisfied. Of other details, such as entraining and ‘embussing,’ this
-is not the place to speak: certain differences in practice were found,
-and were solved with good will on both sides. We may add here, in this
-list of new conditions, that the 62nd Division now included the 2/4th
-Hampshire Regiment, recently arrived in France, and the 1/5th Devons,
-lately from Egypt. On August 2nd, Major-General Braithwaite wrote to the
-County Territorial Associations at Southampton and Exeter respectively,
-to express his high sense of their several distinguished services; and he
-wrote at the same time to the Durham Association, in connection with the
-9th Durham Light Infantry, the Pioneer Battalion of the Division, to say
-that it has been necessary to employ them in this Second Battle of the
-Marne as a fighting Battalion, and that ‘they fought magnificently, as
-Durham men always do.’
-
-The assembly of the Troops for the battle was not an easy matter.
-Long marches were entailed; the roads were strange and crowded; exact
-positions on the night of 19th/20th were difficult to ascertain, and
-it was not till after daybreak on July 20th that the Brigades were in
-position upon the base of departure. Briefly, the River Ardre formed the
-dividing-line between Divisions, with the 62nd (West Riding) on the right
-and the 51st (Highland) on the left.[127] The two Divisional Headquarters
-remained together throughout the operations, an arrangement which
-they found of incalculable value. On July 31st, we may note, Generals
-Braithwaite and Carter-Campbell exchanged letters, expressing in the most
-cordial terms the pleasure each Division had derived from serving side by
-side with the other.
-
-A start was made on the right at 8 a.m. on July 20th, under an artillery
-barrage, the leading Brigades being the 187th (right) and 185th (left),
-with the 186th in Divisional Reserve, to leap-frog and capture the second
-objective. As may be judged from the nature of the country and the
-advantages offered to its defenders, progress was slow and casualties
-were heavy, and the deadly nests of German machine-gunners proved very
-stubborn to rout out. Now in one part and now in another, the combined
-advance was temporarily held up; small groups went too far forward;
-detachments tried to work a way round; till, through the standing grain
-or wooded undergrowth, little streams of prisoners trickled out, vocal
-witnesses to the prowess of the attackers. It was obvious at the end
-of the first day that a part of the Bois de Reims between Courmas and
-Cuitron, especially a strong point located on a timbered spur south-west
-of the Bois du Petit Champ, would have to be thoroughly cleared before
-the operations could be successful, and at 10-30 on July 21st, the 187th
-Brigade was detailed for this work. As one result of this day’s heavy
-fighting, in which the 9th Durham Light Infantry and the 2/4th York
-and Lancs. may particularly be mentioned, the 103rd and 123rd German
-Divisions had to be completely withdrawn, and replaced by Regiments of
-the 50th German Division. Thus, the 62nd had fought two enemy Divisions
-out of the field.
-
-On July 22nd, the capture and clearance of the obstructive Bois du Petit
-Champ was entrusted to the 186th Brigade (Brig.-General Burnett), and
-was successfully carried out with great dash and initiative by the 5th
-Duke of Wellington’s. Initiative, indeed, was the key to a very trying
-and tricky situation. The undergrowth in places was found to be as thick
-as in a tropical jungle, and machine-gun crews hidden in the thickets
-had evidently been trained to fire in the direction of sound. It was
-necessary to attack at close range, with casualties increasing as the
-range shortened. Two companies of the 5th Devons arrived to reinforce
-their Yorkshire comrades, and to assist in capturing a strong point of
-eight machine-guns and their garrison. It was a very gallant little
-enterprise, in which the front company of the Left Column was surrounded
-after hard hand-to-hand fighting, and its position rendered untenable
-by the superior numbers of the enemy. Captain Cockhill, M.C., cleverly
-withdrew his few remaining men, and two Officers and six other ranks
-fought their way out to the posts of the rear company. By nightfall, the
-whole of the area was cleared, with the exception of a strong pocket
-of the enemy situated in the centre of the wood, and very difficult to
-locate, who were captured next day; and this example of a single, small
-action in a tight corner of a wood, down south of the long front line,
-serves to show with what gallantry and courage the invader was driven out
-of France.
-
-The prisoners’ bag of July 22nd was two Officers and two hundred and six
-other ranks of the 53rd Infantry Regiment, 50th German Division, together
-with forty-one machine-guns. On the 23rd, the clearance of the Bois
-enabled progress to be made all along the northern front of the Ardre,
-and eight French 75 m.m. guns, recaptured from the enemy, were included
-in an excellent day’s haul.
-
-Passing over the intervening period, with its daily tale of prisoners and
-gains, though accompanied by very heavy losses, we come to July 28th,
-when the 8th West Yorkshire Regiment, supported by the 5th Devons, made a
-particularly brilliant assault on the Montagne de Bligny, north-west of
-the Bois de Reims. They started at 4 o’clock in the morning, and, aided
-by the half-light of a late July dawn, succeeded in reaching the foot of
-the steep slopes of the mountain before they attracted hostile fire. This
-surprise, combined with the dash displayed by the assaulting Troops, who,
-in spite of serious casualties, succeeded in rushing the hill, resulted
-in the capture of a position of great tactical importance.
-
-How important, in the opinion of the best judges, may be gathered from
-the following extract from the Minutes of the West Riding Territorial
-Force Association, held at York on October 28th, 1918:
-
-    ‘MAJOR CHADWICK asked if any information could be given as to
-    whether the French Government had awarded the _Croix de Guerre_
-    to the 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds Rifles).
-
-    ‘LORD HAREWOOD replied: The _Croix de Guerre_ has been offered
-    to the Battalion of the Leeds Rifles referred to, but whether
-    or not the War Office will allow the Battalion to accept it I
-    do not know.’
-
-The Fifth French Army Commander’s Order on the subject, dated October
-16th, was worded as follows:
-
-    ‘Le 8th Bataillon du West Yorkshire Rgt.
-
-    ‘Bataillon d’élite; sous le commandement énergique du
-    Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Ayrton, England, a participé
-    brillamment aux durs combats du 20 au 30 Juillet, qui ont valu
-    la conquête de la Vallée de l’Ardre. Le 23 Juillet, 1918, après
-    s’être frayé un chemin dans les fourres épais du Bois du Petit
-    Champ, s’est emparé d’une position importante malgré un feu
-    nourri des mitrailleuses ennemies. Le 28 Juillet, 1918, dans
-    un brio magnifique, a enlevé la Montagne de Bligny, fortement
-    défendue des forces ennemies supérieures en nombre, s’y est
-    maintenu malgré les pertes subies, et les efforts désespérés de
-    l’adversaire pour reprendre la position.’
-
-It was a great and almost a unique compliment; and, as we shall presently
-see, the 8th West Yorkshires enjoyed at a later date another striking
-opportunity of proving their gallantry in action.
-
-July 29th, to return to our recital, was a comparatively quiet day.
-On the 30th, the 2/5th West Yorks. successfully carried out a small
-attack to complete the capture of the Mount Bligny, and, meanwhile, the
-remaining Troops of both Divisions had reached their final objectives.
-
-We subjoin the official account of these ten days’ ‘continuous fighting
-of a most difficult and trying nature. Throughout this period,’ runs
-the statement, ‘steady progress was made, in the face of vigorous and
-determined resistance. Marfaux was taken on the 23rd July, and on the
-28th July British Troops retook the Montagne de Bligny, which other
-British Troops had defended with so much gallantry and success two months
-previously. In these operations, throughout which French Artillery and
-Tanks rendered invaluable assistance, the 51st and 62nd Divisions took
-one thousand two hundred prisoners from seven different German Divisions,
-and successfully completed an advance of over four miles.’[128] The total
-casualties for the period in the 62nd Division alone amounted to 4,126:
-
-              Killed.  Wounded.  Missing.
-  Officers      28       108       10
-  Other Ranks  521     3,063      406
-
-Apart from the victory which was gained, the whole operation, as shown
-above, afforded very useful lessons in the new conditions of warfare,
-and it was utilized to the full in this sense. Particular attention
-may, perhaps, be drawn to the experiment of Machine-Gun Battalions,
-which was found to have more than justified the change of system. The
-M.G. Battalion of the 62nd Division had now fought in two battles: in a
-defensive battle in the previous March, and now in an offensive battle on
-the Marne, and the improvement in the Machine-Gun service was estimated
-at sixty per cent. at least. Partly, its success might be ascribed to the
-fact that the Commanding Officer of the Battalion was not selected for
-expert gunnery, but was a good Infantry Officer, with an eye for country,
-a knowledge of tactics, and a power of command.
-
-But where all units and Commanders did so well, it is invidious to
-select one Arm. We may more fitly close this section of the Second Battle
-of the Marne with some extracts from the congratulatory messages earned
-by General Braithwaite’s Division. There was, of course, the new fact of
-a close _liaison_ between British and French Troops, which caused more
-than common punctiliousness in the preparation and dispatch of these
-epistles; but the tone is exceptionally cordial, the sentiments are
-extraordinarily sincere, and the praises were very thoroughly deserved.
-General Bertholot, Commanding the Fifth French Army, published an Order
-of the Day, dated July 30th, of which the following is a translation:
-
-    ‘Now that the XXIInd British Corps has received orders to
-    leave the Fifth Army, the Army Commander expresses to all the
-    thanks and admiration which its great deeds, just accomplished,
-    deserve.
-
-    ‘On the very day of its arrival, the XXIInd Corps, feeling in
-    honour bound to take part in the victorious counter-attack,
-    which had just stopped the enemy’s furious onslaught on the
-    Marne, and which had begun to hurl him back in disorder towards
-    the north, by forced marches and with minimum opportunity for
-    reconnaissance, threw itself with ardour into the battle.
-
-    ‘By constant efforts, by harrying and driving back the enemy
-    for ten successive days, it has made itself master of the
-    Valley of the Ardre, which it has so freely watered with its
-    blood.
-
-    ‘Thanks to the heroic courage and proverbial tenacity of the
-    British, the continued efforts of this brave Army Corps have
-    not been in vain.
-
-    ‘Twenty-one Officers and more than one thousand three hundred
-    other ranks taken prisoners, one hundred and forty machine-guns
-    and forty guns captured from an enemy, four of whose Divisions
-    were successively broken and repulsed; the upper Valley of the
-    Ardre, with its surrounding heights to the north and south
-    reconquered; such is the record of the British share in the
-    operations of the Fifth Army.
-
-    ‘Highlanders, under the Command of General Carter-Campbell,
-    Commanding the 51st Division; Yorkshire lads, under the
-    Command of General Braithwaite, Commanding the 62nd Division;
-    Australian and New Zealand Mounted Troops; all Officers and men
-    of the XXIInd Army Corps, so brilliantly commanded by General
-    Sir A. Godley—you have added a glorious page to your history.
-
-    ‘Marfaux, Chaumuzy, Montagne de Bligny—these famous names may
-    be inscribed in letters of gold in the annals of your Regiments.
-
-    ‘Your French comrades will always remember with emotion your
-    splendid valour and perfect fellowship as fighters.’
-
-It was well and generously said.
-
-The XXIInd Corps Commander specially conveyed through Major-General
-Braithwaite his high appreciation of the Divisional Artillery: ‘The
-way in which Batteries worked with Battalions, and Brigades with
-Brigades of Infantry, in open warfare, must have been a source of
-enormous satisfaction to all Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and
-men, and the way in which it was done is worthy of the best traditions
-of the Royal Regiment.’ Other letters and orders were published, and the
-memory of the Marne was added to that of Bucquoy, Cambrai and Havrincourt
-in the tradition of the 62nd Division.
-
-
-II.—THE FINAL OFFENSIVE.
-
-Events moved quickly from this date, more quickly, indeed, than they
-were divined except in the swift mind of the great Marshal, and more
-quickly than they can be conveniently followed in a day-to-day narrative
-of two Divisions. The greatest battle in all history was planned, and
-fought, and won, between August 8th and September 9th, 1918, the period
-described by Sir Douglas Haig as ‘the opening of the final British
-offensive.’ It is the word ‘final’ which signifies. So definite, in
-fact, was the issue, that Ludendorff described August 8th as ‘the black
-day of the German Army in the history of this war,’ and proffered his
-resignation a few days later. This was not accepted at the time, but at a
-Council held on August 14th he expounded the situation to the Kaiser and
-to the ruling German statesmen, with the result that Prince Max of Baden
-was subsequently appointed Imperial Chancellor with a view to paving
-the road to peace. These developments, not quite obscurely hinted at in
-a Note issued by Sir Douglas Haig on the eve of the Battle of Bapaume
-(August 21st to September 1st), must inevitably dominate our review
-of the ‘great series of battles, in which, throughout three months of
-continuous fighting, the British Armies advanced without a check from
-one victory to another.’[129] The autumn fighting of 1918 differed from
-that of previous years, in that there was no fifth winter to the war.
-We have not to follow our Divisions over the top of their trenches, and
-back again, when the weather failed, into the monotony of trench life.
-They did not fully know that they were fighting the last battles: it
-would be difficult to fix the exact date when this was revealed even to
-Marshal Foch and Sir Douglas Haig. They did not welcome the Armistice
-with the joy with which it was acclaimed in London: ‘the news of the
-cessation of hostilities was received by the fighting Troops,’ writes
-an Officer of the 62nd Division who was ‘in at the kill,’ ‘without any
-of the manifestations of excitement that marked the occasion at home’;
-it was just an incident of the day’s work, and a sign that the work had
-been done well. But an effect of increasing speed, of the accelerated
-progress of Titanic forces, directed irresistibly to one end, cannot
-but be felt during this period. Amiens was disengaged after August 8th,
-partly by a brilliant feint in Flanders, which deceived even the King
-of the Belgians. Thiepval Ridge, with its graves of 1916, Pozières,
-Martinpuich, Mory (by the 62nd Division) were re-taken in the fourth
-week of August, and on August 29th Bapaume fell. On September 1st, the
-Australians took Péronne, and Bullecourt and Hendecourt fell the same
-day. Meanwhile, the Channel ports were safe at last, for the enemy had no
-Troops with which to threaten them, and he partly withdrew and was partly
-driven from the Lys salient. Merville, Bailleul, Neuve Église, Kemmel
-Hill, Hill 63: all the tragic places of the previous spring were once
-more in rightful hands in September. There followed the Battle of the
-Scarpe, and the storming of the Drocourt-Quéant Line, by the results of
-which, on the British front, in the centre, we were brought right in face
-of the main German defences known as the Hindenburg Line. The question
-was, whether to attack it now or later. On September 9th, Sir Douglas
-Haig had been in London, and had indicated that the end might be near. He
-wrote, after weighing all the chances: ‘I was convinced that the British
-attack was the essential part of the general scheme, and that the moment
-was favourable. Accordingly, I decided to proceed with the attack, and
-all preparatory measures were carried out as rapidly and as thoroughly as
-possible.’[130] A great month, and a grand decision.
-
-So, we return at this point to the services of the Troops from the West
-Riding, and shall fit them in to the concluding battles, where they
-occurred.
-
-At the end of August (25th to 27th), the 62nd Division drove the Germans
-out of Mory, situated in country which they knew, about four miles north
-of Bapaume. Excellent work there was achieved, among other units, by the
-2/4th and 5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and by the 2/4th York
-and Lancs. ‘D’ Company Commander in that Battalion led a charge against
-a nasty position in an awkward little hold-up, and personally accounted
-for the machine-gun team with his revolver. Many prisoners, including a
-Battalion Commander, were captured by the Division in these three days.
-
-There was still hard fighting for the Division before it was withdrawn
-for a few days’ rest, and the height of efficiency it had reached
-may fitly be judged by a single instance, extracted from the _London
-Gazette_, December 26th, 1918. Therein is recorded the award of the
-coveted Victoria Cross to Sec.-Lieut. James Palmer Huffam, of the
-5th (attached, 2nd) West Riding Regiment (T.F.), in the following
-circumstances:
-
-    ‘For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on August
-    31st, 1918.
-
-    ‘With three men he rushed an enemy machine-gun post, and put
-    it out of action. His post was then heavily attacked, and he
-    withdrew fighting, carrying back a wounded comrade. Again,
-    on the night of August 31st, 1918, at St. Servin’s Farm,
-    accompanied by two men only, he rushed an enemy machine-gun,
-    capturing eight prisoners and enabling the advance to continue.
-    Throughout the whole of the fighting from August 29th to
-    September 1st, 1918, he showed the utmost gallantry.’
-
-Meanwhile, on August 27th, Major-General Walter Braithwaite was appointed
-to the Command of the IXth Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant-General,
-when a Knight Commandership of the Bath was conferred upon him in
-recognition of his services with the 62nd. It will be recalled that
-he succeeded Sir James Trotter in Command of the 62nd Division in
-December, 1915.[131] He took the Division over to France, and led it with
-conspicuous gallantry till the very eve of its final bout of victory.
-His affection for his brave ‘Yorkshire lads’ was fully reciprocated by
-his subordinate Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and men, who were
-all sensible of the constant care and fine, soldierly qualities of
-their Commander. Sir Walter Braithwaite has taken every opportunity, in
-subsequent meetings with, or references to, the Division, to testify
-to his pride and pleasure in that office: ‘I look back,’ he wrote to
-the Secretary of the West Riding Association (November 3rd, 1918),
-‘on the time spent in Command of that heroic Division as one of the
-proudest terms of years in my life.... I don’t think I can be accused
-of partiality in saying that there is no Division in the B.E.F. with a
-prouder record of continued success than the 62nd.’ He was succeeded now
-by Major-General Sir R. D. Whigham, K.C.B., D.S.O., who took over at a
-most responsible time and who saw the war out and the peace in.
-
-The grand decision referred to above, and concerted early in September
-between Marshal Foch and Sir Douglas Haig, found the Division in the
-Gomiecourt area, where they had been withdrawn on September 3rd, in order
-to rest and train. On the 8th, Lieut.-General Sir J. A. L. Haldane,
-Commanding the VIth Corps in the Third Army (General Sir Julian Byng),
-called on Major-General Whigham to explain the part to be taken by the
-62nd in the impending operations. It was to attack and capture the
-village of Havrincourt, and ‘Z’ day was subsequently appointed for
-September 12th. We may recall from page 150 above, the first capture of
-Havrincourt by this Division on November, 1917. We may recall, too, how
-on September 9th, 1919, almost on the anniversary of its second capture,
-it was announced at a Divisional Dinner that a Memorial to the Division
-was to be erected in Havrincourt Park. We are now to see how it was won
-on the second occasion.
-
-There was this difference between the second and the first. In the
-battle of 1917, the break-through on the Cambrai front did not close with
-a permanent advance. Owing partly, as we now know, to the diversion of
-some Divisions to Italy, the brilliant design, so courageously supported,
-could not be completely carried out. This time, there was no going back.
-It was the Hindenburg Line which was to be captured, on the road from the
-River Marne to the River Meuse.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-The Hindenburg Line, so called by our Troops, was neither Hindenburg nor
-a Line. As described and pictured by great generals,[132] it consisted
-of a series of defences, including many defended villages, and forming
-a belt, or fortified area, varying in depth from seven to ten thousand
-yards. It stretched from Lille to Metz, and among its extensions, or
-switches, was the famous ‘Drocourt-Quéant Switch,’ which had held up our
-advance more than once. Within this system of barriers, running through
-a stratum of deep cuttings, the enemy had prepared elaborate dug-outs,
-shelters, and gun-emplacements, all heavily fortified and wired. The
-luxurious appointments of some of them, which so much astonished
-beholders, need not detain us here. The importance of these extraordinary
-entrenchments to their assailants in the autumn of 1918 lay, first, in
-their genuine strength, to which German engineers had devoted all the
-ingenuity of their craft, and, next, in the almost legendary awe with
-which time and sentiment had invested them. This effect was carried out
-in their native names. Working from north-west to south-east, they were
-known in the German Army and behind it as Wotan, Siegfried (supported by
-Herrmann), Hundung (Hagen), Brunehilde (Freya), Kriemhilde and Michel;
-and we may well believe that, at the back of the front, until such time
-as the front broke, German opinion was obstinately convinced that their
-tutelary heroes must protect the Fatherland from invasion.
-
-It was the task of the 62nd Division to break into this line through
-Havrincourt, and, by breaking it, to shatter the illusion. For, at last,
-on the Western front, we were fighting not only positions but ideas.
-
-The operation (September 12th to 15th) proved a complete success. It
-was carried out on the left by the 187th, and on the right by the
-186th Infantry Brigade, with the 9th Durham Light Infantry (Pioneers)
-attached to the latter as an assault Battalion. One company of the 62nd
-Machine-Gun Battalion was allotted to each attacking Brigade, and eight
-Brigades of Field Artillery and three Groups Heavy Artillery were in
-position to support. The plan of attack entailed a change of direction
-from north to east, in order to obviate the difficulties of the terrain,
-and the consequent complication of the Artillery barrage had to be
-very carefully worked out. In contrast to the attacks in November, no
-Tanks were employed in this action, but it bore in another respect a
-superficial resemblance to the First Battle of Havrincourt, insomuch as
-the first day’s work ‘could not have been bettered, but again there was
-to be a second chapter, a chapter of hard fighting, in very difficult
-circumstances, fought to the end, and crowned with success.’ We shall not
-follow it in detail, save to note that, an hour after Zero (5-30 a.m.) on
-September 12th, ‘large batches of prisoners were coming back,’ and that
-four Officers and eighty men of these had been captured at a strong point
-which ‘offered little resistance, owing to the great gallantry of Sergt.
-Laurence Calvert,[133] of the 5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.’
-His great gallantry won the Victoria Cross, in circumstances officially
-described as follows:
-
-    ‘For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack,
-    when the success of the operation was rendered doubtful owing
-    to severe enfilade machine-gun fire. Alone and single-handed,
-    Sergt. Calvert, rushing forward against the machine-gun team,
-    bayoneted three and shot four. His valour and determination in
-    capturing single-handed two machine-guns and killing the crews
-    therefore enabled the ultimate object to be won. His personal
-    gallantry inspired all ranks.’
-
-All ranks were inspired to good purpose; or, more precisely, the
-inspiration of all ranks found its typical expression in the brave act
-of this gallant N.C.O. The Division’s team-work, now as always, was
-exemplary; and, whether judged by casualties or captures,[134] the result
-of the Second Battle of Havrincourt was a great triumph for General
-Whigham in his new Command.
-
-For Havrincourt looked to the east. It looked through the intricate
-defences, in which the German people still believed, to Cambrai and St.
-Quentin, and beyond. Thus it formed one of those ‘formidable positions,’
-which, as Sir Douglas Haig wrote, ‘had to be taken before a final attack
-on the Hindenburg Line could be undertaken.’ By its capture, and that of
-others, ‘our line advanced to within assaulting distance of the enemy’s
-main line of resistance.’[135] And General Whigham, in a letter of
-October 9th, addressed to the Secretary of the Association at York, said,
-in almost identic terms: ‘On September 12th, the Division was called upon
-to repeat its former feat of capturing the village of Havrincourt. This
-village stands on very commanding ground, and formed a most formidable
-position in the Hindenburg front line. Its capture was essential to the
-development of the great offensive south of Cambrai, in which we have
-latterly been engaged.... Without the possession of Havrincourt, the
-grand attack of September 27th could not have been successfully launched.’
-
-So, we come to that ‘grand attack,’ in which, as the General went on to
-say, ‘the Division has once more added fresh lustre to its fame.’ On this
-occasion they were engaged to the south of the scenes of their exploit in
-November. Graincourt now fell to the 63rd Division, Anneux to the 57th,
-Bourlon and Bourlon Wood to the 4th and 3rd Canadian Divisions. The 3rd
-Division moved forward with the Guards, forcing the crossings of the
-Canal, by capturing Ribécourt and Flesquières (the objective of the 51st
-in the previous November). To the 62nd was allotted the task of following
-up the attack, and of securing the crossings of the Canal at Marcoing.
-Once more, we have the high privilege of illustrating the nature of the
-operations by a single typical example of the spirit which animated all
-ranks. The _London Gazette_ of December 14th, 1918, announced the award
-of the Victoria Cross to Private Henry Tandey, D.C.M., M.M., of the 5th
-Duke of Wellington’s, in the following circumstances:
-
-    ‘For most conspicuous bravery and initiative during the
-    capture of the village and the crossings at Marcoing, and the
-    subsequent counter-attack on September 28th, 1918.
-
-    ‘When, during the advance on Marcoing, his platoon was held up
-    by machine-gun fire, he at once crawled forward, located the
-    machine-gun, and, with a Lewis gun team, knocked it out.
-
-    ‘On arrival at the crossings he restored the plank bridge under
-    a hail of bullets, thus enabling the first crossing to be made
-    at this vital spot.
-
-    ‘Later in the evening, during an attack, he, with eight
-    comrades, was surrounded by an overwhelming number of Germans,
-    and, though the position was apparently hopeless, he led
-    a bayonet charge through them, fighting so fiercely that
-    thirty-seven of the enemy were driven into the hands of the
-    remainder of his company.
-
-    ‘Although twice wounded, he refused to leave till the fight was
-    won.’
-
-No defences made by man, certainly none made by German, could withstand
-courage of this kind.
-
-In a Special Order of the Day, issued on October 1st, by Major-General
-Sir R. Whigham, Commanding the 62nd Division, he addressed his gallant
-Troops as follows:
-
-    ‘The capture of Havrincourt on 12th September was essential to
-    the success of the operations south of Cambrai, in which the
-    62nd Division has been engaged during the last four days.
-
-    ‘As a sequel to that brilliant achievement, the Division has
-    now captured Marcoing, Masnières, and the high ground north
-    of Crèvecoeur, thus establishing a bridgehead over the Canal
-    de St. Quentin, which is vital to the further successful
-    prosecution of the campaign.
-
-    ‘The Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief visited Divisional
-    Headquarters to-day, and desired me to convey to all ranks of
-    the Division his congratulations and high appreciation of their
-    splendid courage and endurance.
-
-    ‘For myself, I give you all my warmest thanks for the unfailing
-    cheerfulness with which you have carried out the most arduous
-    tasks, often in conditions of great hardship and discomfort.
-
-    ‘It will ever be to me a pride to have commanded so magnificent
-    a Division.’
-
-Yet one more word about Marcoing. On an earlier page we remarked that
-we should have occasion to come back to the 8th Battalion of the West
-Yorkshire Regiment, the _Bataillon d’élite_ of a French Army Order. This
-occasion occurred on September 27th, when two companies of that Battalion
-earned from the VIth Corps Commander (Lieut.-General Sir A. Haldane)
-the following striking encomium, dispatched through the 62nd Divisional
-Commander:
-
-    ‘Please convey to the survivors of the two companies 8th
-    West Yorkshire Regiment my high appreciation and admiration
-    of their initiative, dash and gallantry in pushing up to the
-    outskirts of Marcoing yesterday [September 27th], in spite
-    of all obstacles. It is by resolution and bravery such as
-    they displayed that great victories have been won in the past
-    history of the British Army.
-
-    ‘I heartily congratulate the whole Battalion, yourself, and
-    your splendid Division on the inspiring incident in front of
-    Marcoing.’
-
-Major-General Whigham, in publishing this letter, for the information
-of all ranks of the Division, showed how well the action of the two
-Companies illustrated the principle of pressing an advantage, whenever
-gained.
-
-    ‘The great and critical assaults, in which, during these nine
-    days of battle [September 27th to October 5th], the First,
-    Third and Fourth Armies stormed the line of the Canal du Nord
-    and broke through the Hindenburg Line, mark the close of the
-    first phase of the British offensive. The enemy’s defence in
-    the last and strongest of his prepared positions had been
-    shattered. The whole of the main Hindenburg defences has passed
-    into our possession, and a wide gap had been driven through
-    such rear trench systems as had existed behind them. The effect
-    of the victory upon the subsequent course of the campaign was
-    decisive.’[136]
-
-So far, Sir Douglas Haig, with his usual modesty and brevity. In
-Flanders now, King Albert of the Belgians, leading his nation at last
-in victory, as he had led it so gallantly in defeat, entered Ostend
-on October 16th. The Second Battle of Le Cateau in the previous week
-had driven the last German out of Cambrai; and about this date, as Sir
-Frederick Maurice writes, ‘The revulsion of feeling and the collapse of
-confidence were such that no enthusiasm could be aroused for a war of
-endurance in defence of the Fatherland. Even in an autocratic country it
-is not possible to deceive all the people all the time, and the German
-people knew in October, 1918, that the victory which had been promised to
-them could never be obtained.’[137]
-
-[Illustration: RHONELLE RIVER CROSSING (Nov. 1st. 1918).]
-
-In these circumstances, the battles still ahead, in which the Divisions
-from the West Riding were to take part, need not detain us long. The
-49th were engaged in October (11th to 17th) at Villers-en-Cauchie and
-Saulzoir, on the road running eastward out of Cambrai between Douai and
-Le Cateau. They fought with all their accustomed gallantry, especially
-in the capture of Saulzoir, which was defended by Machine-Guns and
-Tanks. When the obstinate resistance had been overcome, an Officer of
-the 1/6th Duke of Wellington’s found the houses full of civilians, who
-had taken refuge in their cellars, and who welcomed the arrival of the
-British Troops with offerings of cognac and coffee. The Division fought
-again below Valenciennes on November 1st and 2nd, and, with the 5th and
-61st Divisions, crossed the Rhonelle River and captured the villages
-of Préseau and Maresches. Lieut.-General Sir A. Godley, Commanding the
-XXIInd Corps, conveyed to Major-General Cameron the expression of his
-appreciation of these exploits in the following complimentary terms:
-
-    ‘I wish to heartily congratulate you and your Division on the
-    successful capture of all your objectives and the heavy losses
-    inflicted on the enemy as the result of your two days’ hard and
-    gallant fighting.
-
-    ‘All three Infantry Brigades, your Artillery, and Engineers,
-    have added another page to the distinguished record of the
-    Division.’
-
-The 62nd Division, on October 19th and 20th, had the task of capturing
-Solesmes, and of driving the enemy from the line east of the River
-Selle, to which he had retired a few days before, partly as a result
-of the operations in which the 49th had borne themselves so gallantly.
-This further assault on the German positions, directed ultimately at Le
-Quesnoy, was to be a surprise, without preliminary bombardment. It was
-carried out ‘according to plan,’ with very conspicuous success. Twelve
-Officers and six hundred and eighty-seven other ranks, seventy-one
-machine-guns, thirteen trench mortars and five guns were captured at the
-cost of a casualty list of fifty-seven other ranks killed, ten Officers
-and three hundred and seventy other ranks wounded. The River Selle was
-crossed by wading, the water being in many places waist-high. The ground
-to be traversed proved difficult, with dense hedges and barbed-wire
-fencing, and in Solesmes itself the street-fighting was serious and
-severe. But the fine leadership of Platoon Commanders and the excellent
-spirit of the men carried all obstacles before them; and, once more,
-and now for the last time, we have the advantage of illustrating these
-qualities by an extract from the _London Gazette_ (January 6th, 1919),
-announcing the award of the supreme decoration of the Victoria Cross to
-Corpl. (A/Sergt.) John Brunton Daykins, of the 2/4th York and Lancaster
-Regiment, 187th Infantry Brigade, 62nd Division, in the following
-circumstances:
-
-    ‘For conspicuous bravery and initiative at Solesmes on October
-    20th, 1918, when, with twelve remaining men of his Platoon, he
-    worked his way most skilfully, in face of heavy opposition,
-    towards the Church. By prompt action, he enabled his party to
-    rush a machine-gun, and during subsequent severe hand-to-hand
-    fighting he himself disposed of many of the enemy,[138]
-    and secured his objective; his party, in addition to heavy
-    casualties inflicted, taking thirty prisoners.
-
-    ‘He then located another machine-gun, which was holding up
-    a portion of his Company. Under heavy fire he worked his
-    way alone to the post, and shortly afterwards returned with
-    twenty-five prisoners, and an enemy machine-gun, which he
-    mounted at his post.
-
-    ‘His magnificent fighting spirit and example inspired his men,
-    saved many casualties, and contributed very largely to the
-    success of the attack.’
-
-[Illustration: Douai. The Belfry]
-
-The war’s end on November 11th at 11 o’clock in the morning found the
-bulk of the 49th Division resting on its well-earned laurels in the
-neighbourhood of Douai. The Gunners, the Royal Engineers and the Pioneer
-Battalion went forward in the final stages of the advance, and the
-Artillery had the distinction of finishing at a point further east than
-any other Divisional Artillery engaged. The 62nd Division ended in the
-Valley of the Sambre. If we draw an irregular quadrilateral, dipping a
-bit on the southern side, with its north-west angle at Valenciennes, its
-south-west at Le Quesnoy, and its north-east and south-east angles at
-Mons and Maubeuge respectively, we shall be able to prick in the places
-of the Division’s stout advance between November 4th and 11th (Orsinval,
-Frasnoy, Obies, Hautmont, Louvroil: it is at this end that the line dips
-towards Avesnes), by the help of which, as Sir Douglas Haig wrote: ‘On
-the 9th November the enemy was in general retreat on the whole front of
-the British Armies. The fortress of Maubeuge was entered by the Guards
-Division, and the 62nd Division (Major-General Sir R. D. Whigham), while
-the Canadians were approaching Mons.’[139]
-
-[Illustration]
-
-And Mons, as we know, is the last word of the war on the Western front.
-
-On November 18th, 1918, the 62nd Division started to march to Germany,
-where it formed part of the British Army of Occupation in the Rhine
-Province of the Kingdom of Prussia. As a Division of the IXth Corps of
-the Second Army, it had the luck to come under the command of its former
-Divisional Commander, Lieut.-General Sir W. P. Braithwaite, K.C.B., then
-commanding that Corps, who, accordingly, saw the Pelican at last put down
-his foot on German soil.
-
-[Illustration]
-
-
-
-
-FOOTNOTES
-
-
-[1] This includes the 2nd and 3rd Lines. The last had recently
-been authorized for formation at, approximately, two-thirds of War
-Establishment. The Peace Establishment of the West Riding T.F. had been
-fixed for one Line only.
-
-[2] Introduction to _The Territorial Force_, by Harold Baker, M.A.:
-London, Murray, 1909.
-
-[3] See Appendix I.
-
-[4] The first Meeting of its Executive Committee was held on October
-12th, 1908.
-
-[5] This letter was published in the Press on February 28th, 1913.
-
-[6] It is worth noting that the cost of the recommendations (including
-extra allowances to officers, efficiency bounties to other ranks,
-separation allowances during annual camp, insurance concessions,
-employers’ income-tax abatement, grant for boots, shirts and socks, but
-excluding the proposed grant for amenities) was estimated at £2,300,000
-per annum.
-
-[7] Lieut.-Gen. Sir E. C. Bethune, K.C.B., of ‘Bethune’s Horse’; General
-Cowan’s successor as Director-General of the Territorial Force at the War
-Office, 1912-17, when he was succeeded by Lord Scarbrough.
-
-[8] See page 3.
-
-[9] _Ibid._
-
-[10] Later, Colonel, and first Hon. Colonel of the Battalion.
-
-[11] These Colours were deposited in All Souls’ Church, Halifax, on April
-3rd, 1910.
-
-[12] Brig.-General Archibald John Arnold Wright, C.B., appointed April,
-1908. This officer had served in Bengal, 1883-88, as D.A.A.G. (Musketry),
-and in the Chitral Relief Force, 1895. He was awarded the C.B. after the
-South African Campaign (Queen’s Medal, 3 clasps; King’s Medal, 2 clasps),
-and subsequent to his retirement in 1910, was recalled to service,
-November, 1914, as Brig.-General Commanding the 90th Infantry Brigade.
-
-[13] Circular Memorandum, No. 131 of 14-1-1910; 9/Gen. No. 1700 (C. 3).
-
-[14] Lieut.-General Sir George Mackworth Bullock, K.C.B., of the
-Devonshire Regiment. After distinguished service in India, he commanded
-the 2nd Devons in the South African Campaign, and was Major-General
-Commanding in Egypt, 1905-8. He was created C.B. in 1900, and K.C.B. in
-1911, in the September of which year he relinquished the West Riding
-Command.
-
-[15] Major Symonds was only able to hold the appointment for a few
-months. Thereafter, General Mends resumed it again, and carried on with
-conspicuous success till August, 1914.
-
-[16] Major-General Thomas Stanford Baldock, C.B. The General had served
-in South Africa, where he was awarded the King’s Medal with two clasps,
-and when he was created C.B. His honourable record in France, 1914-15,
-will appear in a later chapter of this book.
-
-[17] See page 14, note 1. The official Memorandum quoted in the text is
-dated October 31st, 1916.
-
-[18] See page 18.
-
-[19] To whom I am immensely indebted for the continuous archives of the
-Unit from 1859 to 1914. They were kept till 1910 by the late Major J. B.
-Howard, from whom Major Chambers took over the labour of love.
-
-[20] Invalided home in November, 1916. About 47,000 patients passed
-through the C.C. Station during Col. Wear’s two years’ command. The
-C.M.G. was awarded to this Officer in June, 1915, when the Military Cross
-was conferred on his Quartermaster.
-
-[21] Constable and Co., 1918.
-
-[22] ‘We must grasp the trident in our fist’ said Kaiser Wilhelm II. at
-Cologne in 1897. The British Army occupied Cologne in 1918.
-
-[23] Col. Sir T. Pilkington was given Command of a Regular Battalion at
-the end of 1914, since when Col. Husband took sole charge of this branch.
-
-[24] The Administrative Centres were independent of the Establishments of
-the three Lines. They were commanded by an Officer not below Captain’s
-rank, and were charged with the duty of recruiting and of clothing all
-recruits prior to passing them to their units, and had charge of the
-Headquarters and Stores.
-
-[25] By authority of a War Office Letter from the Adjutant-General’s
-branch (No. 40/W.O./2481) of May 7th, 1915, published in IV. Army
-Corps Routine Order, No. 609, on May 16th. No change was made in the
-designation of the Artillery, Engineers and Medical units, but the number
-of the Division instead of the Territorial designation was attached
-to the Divisional Cyclist Company, Ammunition Column and Park, Signal
-Company, Supply Column, Train, and Sanitary Section.
-
-[26] The General Officer Commanding the 62nd Division from February,
-1915, to May, 1916, was Major-General Sir James Trotter, K.C.B. He had
-served in Bechuanaland and South Africa (Queen’s Medal with two clasps,
-and C.B.), and was appointed C.M.G. in 1897, and K.C.B. in 1912.
-
-[27] Field-Marshal Viscount French of Ypres (created 1915), O.M., K.P.,
-etc., Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France, 1914-15.
-
-[28] See page 3.
-
-[29] On one occasion a scouring of latrines with a solution of chloride
-of lime caused a rumour of the arrival of poison-gas.
-
-[30] By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
-
-[31] John Buchan, _Nelson’s History of the War_, Vol. vii., p. 93.
-
-[32] Its numerical designation was not published in Corps Orders till the
-following week (see page 40), but it is more convenient for use.
-
-[33] The 146th Brigade was between the 7th and 8th Divisions, on the
-right of the rest of the 49th. ‘We were holding the line pretty thin. My
-own Company,’ writes an Officer of the Brigade, ‘had 650 yards of front
-line trench.... Thus, you will see we did take part in the battle of May
-9th, although we did not go over the top.’
-
-[34] By John Masefield. Heinemann, 1916.
-
-[35] General Edward Maxwell Perceval, of the R.F.A., served in India,
-Burmah, and South Africa, where he was awarded the Queen’s and King’s
-Medals (with 5 clasps) and won his D.S.O. He went to France, 1914,
-Commanding R.A., 2nd Division, and was promoted Major-General and
-appointed C.B. in the following year. He was acting as Sub-Chief of the
-Staff at General Headquarters when the accident to Maj.-Gen. Baldock
-gave him his appointment to the 49th Division, which he commanded till
-October, 1917.
-
-[36] One word about the field telephone will be in place. The whole
-countryside behind the British line was a network of telephone wires at
-this time; ‘one keeps tripping over them everywhere,’ it was said, and
-there were probably 30 to 50 miles of wire to a single Artillery Brigade.
-
-[37] So called, because they were on you and exploded before you heard
-the report. As to ‘heavies,’ a visitor to the lines in September, 1915,
-wrote: ‘Guns, particularly big Guns and Howitzers, are going to win this
-war, not rifles.... I was shown a most interesting map giving all the
-German gun positions discovered by our aeroplanes.... Ours were shown,
-too, and they outnumber us by about three to one.’
-
-[38] Including Colonel E. O. Wright, A.D.M.S., killed while organizing
-Ambulance traffic under heavy fire with his habitual gallantry.
-
-[39] Sixteen men at a time were stripped, and given three minutes each
-under a hot shower-bath, their underclothing changed, and their uniform
-cleaned and fumigated.
-
-[40] Wooden grids laid down like duck-boards to obviate the wet and
-slipperiness of the trenches.
-
-[41] See page 14, above.
-
-[42] _The Territorial Force_, by Harold Baker (John Murray), page 246.
-
-[43] Professor Spenser Wilkinson wrote in _The Sunday Times_, June 1st,
-1919: ‘Lord Kitchener does not seem to have been aware of the existence
-of an organization—the County Associations—for the purpose of raising new
-troops upon a Territorial basis.’
-
-[44] The numerical designation, 62nd Division, was affixed, as we have
-seen, in August, 1915; for convenience we shall henceforward employ it by
-anticipation.
-
-[45] The official figures of the draft sent out from the 62nd to the 49th
-Division from March to August, 1915, are: Officers, 116; Other Ranks,
-2,778.
-
-[46] Walter Pipon Braithwaite, served in Burmah (1886-87) and South
-Africa (1899-1902; Brevet-Major, Queen’s Medal, 6 clasps; King’s Medal,
-2 clasps); C.B., 1911; Major-General, 1915; K.C.B. and Lt.-General
-(Commanding IXth Army Corps), 1918.
-
-[47] It may be worth while to note that the 62nd was the first Division
-to proceed to France with an equipment of steel helmets complete.
-
-[48] Gustave Lanson.
-
-[49] _Despatches_, page 20.
-
-[50] He succeeded Lt.-Col. A. E. Kirk, V.D., in Command of the Battalion,
-August, 1916.
-
-[51] Brig.-General M. D. Goring-Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O., of the Durham
-L.I., had succeeded Brig.-General F. A. Macfarlane, C.B., in Command of
-the 146th Infantry Brigade, after a brief interregnum by Lt.-Col. Legge
-(December 20th, 1915, to January 12th 1916).
-
-[52] _Despatches_, page 21.
-
-[53] _Ibid._
-
-[54] _Ibid._
-
-[55] See page 49.
-
-[56] John Masefield. _The Old Front Line_, Heineman, 1917.
-
-[57] It will be remembered that the Division, being in reserve, was
-directly under the orders of the Corps Commander.
-
-[58] The award to Sgt. Sanders, V.C., was notified in the _London
-Gazette_ of September 9th, 1916, in the following well-merited terms:—
-
-‘For most conspicuous bravery. After an advance into the enemy’s
-trenches, he found himself isolated with a party of thirty men. He
-organized his defences, detailed a bombing party, and impressed on his
-men that his and their duty was to hold the position at all costs.
-
-‘Next morning he drove off an attack by the enemy and rescued some
-prisoners who had fallen into their hands. Later two strong bombing
-attacks were beaten off. On the following day he was relieved after
-showing the greatest courage, determination and good leadership during 36
-hours under very trying conditions.
-
-‘All this time his party was almost without food and water, having
-given all their water to the wounded during the first night. After the
-relieving force was firmly established he brought his party, 19 strong,
-back to our trenches.’
-
-[59] See page 62.
-
-[60] _Despatches_, page 26. In a footnote to this passage, Sir Douglas
-Haig writes: ‘In the course of this fighting, a Brigade of the 49th
-Division, Major-General E. M. Perceval, made a gallant attempt to force
-Thiepval from the north.’
-
-[61] _Despatches_, pages 25, 27, 30.
-
-[62] _Despatches_, page 51.
-
-[63] The 1/7th West Yorkshires.
-
-[64] _Despatches_, page 44.
-
-[65] _Despatches_, page 53.
-
-[66] See page 40, above.
-
-[67] See page 7, above.
-
-[68] Army Council Instruction, No. 1830, of September 21st, 1916;
-9/V.F./128 (T.F. 2).
-
-[69] “The configuration of the ground in the neighbourhood of the Ancre
-Valley was such that every fresh advance would enfilade the enemy’s
-positions, and automatically open up to the observation of our troops
-some new part of his defences. Arrangements could therefore be made
-for systematic and deliberate attacks to be delivered on selected
-positions.”—_Despatches_, page 63.
-
-[70] Captain Tom Goodall, D.S.O., M.C., to whom I am much indebted for
-the loan of this diary, and of some documents, etc., which he was at
-pains to collect and has kindly put at my disposal.
-
-[71] Later in the year, the surgical skill of French gardeners succeeded
-in some instances in joining the severed arteries of these trees.
-
-[72] _Despatches_, page 102.
-
-[73] _Despatches_, page 76.
-
-[74] Nelson’s _History of the War_, Vol. XIX., page 23.
-
-[75] _Despatches_, pages 82-83.
-
-[76] _Despatches_, page 93.
-
-[77] _Blackwood’s Magazine_, July, 1919. See page 131, above. The
-articles have been collected in book-form since this chapter was in type.
-
-[78] The present writer is indebted to Captain Joseph Walker for the
-particulars of this gallant and desperate exploit.
-
-[79] 58th and 62nd Divisions, Major-General H. D. Fanshawe, Commanding
-the 58th Division.
-
-[80] _Despatches_, pages 99 and 102.
-
-[81] Competitors mounted and armed with a pick-handle dribbled the ball
-100 yards, then round a post and back to shoot through a goal.
-
-[82] Ride a mule and drive another (tandem) round a course through
-various obstacles, finish with 100 yards down the straight.
-
-[83] Run in heats of 16 or less. In front of each competitor, standing
-dismounted in line, is a row of stones at 10 yards distance from each
-other. At the word ‘go,’ mount, and bring each stone severally and drop
-it into bucket.
-
-[84] _Despatches_, pages 127, 129, 130. In a footnote to the first
-passage (page 127) F.M. Earl Haig has amplified the causes which led to
-the continuing of the Ypres offensive by a summary of a speech delivered
-in the House of Commons (August 6th, 1919) by Major-General Sir John
-Davidson, M.P.
-
-[85] _Ibid._, page 133.
-
-[86] See page 48, above.
-
-[87] ‘Any port except Nieuport’ became a catchword.
-
-[88] See page 59, above.
-
-[89] A Special Order of October 19th contained the following message from
-the retiring General Officer Commanding:
-
-    ‘On giving up the Command of the Division which I have
-    held since July, 1915, I wish to thank all ranks for their
-    invariable loyal support, and to express my great admiration
-    for their gallant conduct and for the cheerful manner in which
-    they have borne the many hardships which they have had to
-    endure.
-
-    ‘It will always be a special source of pleasure and pride to
-    me that I was in Command of the Division in the recent action.
-    Nothing could be finer that what the Division accomplished on
-    that occasion. The performance of the Division will remain
-    my chief interest in life, and I feel sure that, whenever
-    opportunity offers, more fine records will be added to those
-    already possessed.’
-
-[90] Some revelations have been made from French documents, but in a
-limited history of Territorial troops it has not appeared necessary to
-discuss matters not bearing immediately on these operations.
-
-[91] Complete lists will be found In Appendix II.
-
-[92] See p. 136, above.
-
-[93] _History of the War_, Nelson, Vol. XXI., page 94.
-
-[94] Lt.-General the Hon. Sir Julian Byng, G.C.B. (1919), K.C.M.G.,
-Commanding the Third Army since June, 1917, when he succeeded General
-(Lord) Allenby, transferred to Palestine; created Baron Byng of Vimy,
-1919.
-
-[95] _Despatches_, pages 155, 156.
-
-[96] Captain Lynn and 2nd Lieut. James. We mention their names _honoris
-causa_. They were the first men in the enemy’s trenches that morning.
-
-[97] We may note here that the ascertained casualties in the Territorial
-Troops of the West Riding up to December 31st, 1917, amounted to 44,049
-all Ranks, included 406 Officers and 5,242 other Ranks killed.
-
-[98] Details as complete as is practicable will be found in Appendix II.
-Here we select for mention a few particulars from the Divisional lists,
-completed to January, 1918. In the West Yorkshires, 62nd Division, for
-example, there were 19 awards to the 2/5th, 33 to the 2/6th, 30 to the
-2/7th, and 28 to the 2/8th, headed in each instance by a D.S.O. (or a
-Bar to his D.S.O.) for the O.C. the Battalion. The four Battalions of
-the West Ridings in the 62nd carried off over 110 awards, including Col.
-Best’s (killed) Bar to his D.S.O., three D.S.O.’s, and six M.C.’s. These
-items are typical of the Division.
-
-[99] _The British Campaign in France and Flanders: January to July,
-1918._ Hodder and Stoughton, 1919.
-
-[100] _The Last Four Months: The End of the War in the West._ Cassell,
-1919.
-
-[101] _Despatches_, page 177 (July 20th, 1918).
-
-[102] _Ibid._
-
-[103] _Op. cit._, page 82.
-
-[104] Sir A. Conan Doyle, _op. cit._, page 10.
-
-[105] _The Last Four Months_, page 38.
-
-[106] _Despatches_, page 208. The appointment of the future Marshal of
-France as Generalissimo (C. in C. of the Allied Armies) was confirmed on
-April 14th.
-
-[107] See page 117, above.
-
-[108] _Despatches_, page 206.
-
-[109] _Op. cit._, pages 63-64.
-
-[110] _Despatches_, page 208.
-
-[111] _Ibid._, page 212.
-
-[112] _Despatches_, page 218.
-
-[113] _Ibid_, page 220.
-
-[114] Sir A. Conan Doyle, _op. cit._, page 227.
-
-[115] _The Last Four Months_, page 59.
-
-[116] _Despatches_, page 229.
-
-[117] _Despatches_, page 232.
-
-[118] _Op. cit._, page 301.
-
-[119] The 9th Division, after its tremendous fighting, for which it
-was thanked by both Army Commanders, was withdrawn on April 26th, when
-Major-General Cameron, of the 49th, took Command of the sector.
-
-[120] The assailants brought up an Alpine Division (among three others),
-trained especially for hill fighting.
-
-[121] _The Last Four Months_, page 52.
-
-[122] From a Memorandum on the Yorkshire Dragoons, prepared for the
-purposes of this history by Lieut.-Col. W. Mackenzie Smith, D.S.O., in
-Command, 1914, of which full use has been made in the present chapter.
-
-[123] Col. Smith relinquished his Command of the Dragoons at this
-date, since in its new form it was only a Major’s Command, to Major,
-afterwards, Lieut.-Col. R. Thompson, D.S.O.
-
-[124] See Table, above.
-
-[125] _Despatches_, pp. 254-55.
-
-[126] _The Last Four Months_, pages 71, 97.
-
-[127] These Divisions, it will be recalled, had fought together at
-Cambrai in November, 1917. See page 148, above.
-
-[128] _Despatches_, page 255.
-
-[129] _Despatches_, page 257.
-
-[130] _Ibid._, page 278.
-
-[131] See page 74, above.
-
-[132] See, particularly, _Despatches_, pp. 278 _ff_, and Sir F. Maurice,
-_The Last Four Months_, pp. 133 _ff_.
-
-[133] It should be observed that Sergt. L. Calvert, V.C., was enlisted in
-the 1/5th K.O.Y.L.I., 49th Division. This Battalion was amalgamated in
-February, 1918, with the 2nd Line unit, and became the 5th K.O.Y.L.I.,
-187th Brigade, 62nd Division.
-
-[134] The figures were: _Killed_, 8 Officers, 199 other ranks; _Wounded_,
-34 Officers, 1,068 other ranks; _Missing_, 228 other ranks; _Total_, 42
-Officers, 1,495 other ranks.
-
-Captured: _Prisoners_, 18 Officers, 866 other ranks; _Field Guns_, 4;
-_Trench Mortars_, 12; _Machine Guns_, 46.
-
-[135] _Despatches_, page 276.
-
-[136] _Despatches_, page 285.
-
-[137] _The Last Four Months_, page 203.
-
-[138] A Battalion record gives the number as seven.
-
-[139] _Despatches_, page 297.
-
-
-
-
-APPENDIX I.
-
-
-TERRITORIAL FORCE. WEST RIDING OF YORK COUNTY ASSOCIATION.
-
-_List of Members and Permanent Officials_: 1908 _to_ 1920.
-
-  ---------------------------------------+-----------------+---------------
-                     Name, etc.          | Representation. |    Period.
-  ---------------------------------------+-----------------+---------------
-      Adair, Lt.-Col. T. S., M.B.,       | Military Member | 1912/13
-        T. D., 3rd W. Riding F.A. (T.F.) |                 |
-      Allen, Col. Sir C., Kt., V.D., 3rd |        ”        | 1908/10
-        W. Riding R.F.A.                 |                 |
-  _d_ Anderson, Lt.-Col. F. H., V.D.,    |        ”        | 1908/10
-        5th W. Yorks. Regt.              |                 |
-  _d_ Armytage, Sir G., Bt., D.L.        | Co-opted Member | 1908/13
-      Atkinson, Lt.-Col. H. S., 4th W.   | Military Member | 1912/15
-        Riding Regt.                     |                 |
-      Bateman, Lt.-Col. C. M., D.S.O.,   |        ”        | 1919 to
-        6th W. Riding Regt.              |                 | present date
-      Beadon, Lt.-Col. F. W., V.D.,      |        ”        | 1908/10
-        late 7th V.B. W. Riding Regt.    |                 |
-      Bewicke-Copley, Brig.-Gen. Sir R.  | Co-opted Member | 1914 to
-        C. A. B., K.B.E., C.B.           |                 | present date
-                                         | Vice-Chairman   | 1914 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-  _d_ Bingham, Col. Sir J. E., Bt., V.D. | Military Member | 1908/15
-      Bingham, Lt.-Col. Sir A. E., V.D., |        ”        | 1908/15
-        W. Riding Div. R.E.              |                 |
-      Birch, Col. de B., C.B., M.D.,     |        ”        | 1908/12
-        V.D., Admin. Med. Off. W.R. Div. |                 |
-      Birkbeck, Lt.-Col. J. T. F. Res.   |        ”        | 1913/15
-                                         |        ”        | 1918/19
-      Blakey, J., Esq.                   | County Borough  | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-  _d_ Bodington, Sir N., Kt., LL.D.      | University      | 1908/11
-        (Leeds)                          |                 |
-      Bottomley, Lt.-Col. R. A. A.,      | Military Member | 1908/10
-        6th W. Yorks. Regt.              |                 |
-      Bousfield, Lt.-Col. H. D., C.M.G., |        ”        | 1919 to
-        D.S.O., T.D., 7th W. Yorks. Regt.|                 | present date
-      Bower, Capt. H. M., 5th W. Yorks.  |        ”        | 1916/19
-        Regt.                            |                 |
-  _d_ Braithwaite, Major W., V.D., late  |        ”        | 1916/17
-        3rd V.B. W. Yorks. Regt.         |                 |
-      Boyd-Carpenter, Capt. A.B.         | Asst. Secretary | 1914/15
-      Branson, Col. G. E., V.D., 4th     | Military Member | 1908 to
-        York and Lancs. Regt.            |                 | present date
-      Broadley, A., Esq. (Halifax)       | County Borough  | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Brook, Lt. C., Yorks. Dns. Yeomanry| Military Member | 1908/13
-      Brooksbank, Sir Edward, Bart.,     | County Council  | 1918 to
-        J.P.                             |                 | present date
-      Brown, Col., J. W. H., T.D.        | Military Member | 1913/15
-        Northern Command Tel. Cos. R.E.  | Military Member | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Brown, Capt. and Ald. A. W.,       | County Borough  | 1919 to
-        M.B.E., J.P. (Bradford)          |                 | present date
-      Buckle, J., Esq.                   | Co-opted Member | 1908/13
-      Campbell, Rev. W. O. F. (Chaplain  | Military Member | 1916 to
-        2nd Class—attd. W. R., R.G.A.)   |                 | present date
-      Carr, J. R., Esq. (Dewsbury)       | County Borough  | 1918/19
-      Cass, Major C. P., T.D., 6th W.    | County Council  | 1915/19
-        Riding Regt.                     |                 |
-      Chadburn, Col. A. W., V.D., late   | Military Member | 1908/13
-        W. Riding Div. R.E.              | Co-opted Member | 1914 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Chadwick, Major G. W., T.D., late  | Military Member | 1916/19
-        7th W. Yorks. Regt.              |                 |
-      Chambers, Lt.-Col. J. C., C.B.,    | Military Member | 1908/15
-        V.D. T.F. Res.                   |        ”        | 1918/19
-                                         | Co-opted Member | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Chappell, A., Esq., J.P.           | County Council  | 1908/13
-                                         | Co-opted Member | 1914 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Clark, Lt.-Col., E. K., T.D.,      |        ”        | 1908/13
-        T.F. Reserves                    | Military Member | 1914/15
-                                         |        ”        | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Clayton, Lt.-Col. W. K., C.M.G.,   | Co-opted Member | 1911
-        Yorks. Mtd. Field Amb., R.A.M.C.,| Military Member | 1912/15
-        T.F.                             |                 |
-      Clegg, Sir W. E., Knt.             | Vice-Chairman   | 1908/15
-                                         | Co-opted Member | 1908/15
-      Clifford, Lt.-Col. C., C.M.G.,     | Military Member | 1908/15
-        V.D., 3rd W. Riding Bde., R.F.A. |        ”        | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Clough, Major T. C., V.D., T.F.    | Co-opted Member | 1908 to
-        Res.                             |                 | present date
-      Clough, Lt.-Col. R., M.C., T.D.,   | Military Member | 1919 to
-        6th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.          |                 | present date
-      Coghlan, Col. C., C.B., V.D., D.L. |        ”        | 1908/10
-                                         | Co-opted Member | 1911/19
-      Collins, Major E. A.D., T.D.,      | Military Member | 1918/19
-        Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.                 |                 |
-      Connell, Bt.-Col. A. M., F.R.C.S.  |        ”        | 1916/19
-        (Edin.), (late A. Medical        |                 |
-        Services T.F.)                   |                 |
-      Copley, see under Bewicke          |                 |
-  _d_ Cooke-Yarborough, C.B., Esq.,      | Co-opted Member | 1908-09
-        D.L., J.P.                       |                 |
-      Dalton, Major-Gen., J. C., J.P.,   |        ”        | 1913 to
-        Retired Pay p.s.c. (R.).         |                 | present date
-      Dawson, Lt.-Col. W. S., T.D.,      | Military Member | 1910/19
-        late 4th W. Riding Bde. R.F.A.   |                 |
-      Dawson, Major J. M.                | County Council  | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Deramore, Lt.-Col. R. W., Lord,    | Military Member | 1919 to
-        Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.                 |                 | present date
-      Dobson, Major J. F., M.B.,         |        ”        | 1913-15
-        F.R.C.S., 2nd N. General Hosp.   |                 |
-      Duncan, Lt.-Col. K., D.S.O., 4th   |        ”        | 1919 to
-        W. Riding Bde. R.F.A.            |                 | present date
-      Duncombe, Col. C. W.E., C.B.E.,    |        ”        | 1909/13
-        T.D., Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.           |        ”        | 1915
-                                         | County Director | 1916/19
-      Durnford, W. A., Esq.              | County Council  | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-  _d_ Fawcett, J. E., Esq., (Bradford)   | County Borough  | 1908/18
-      Firth, Lt.-Col. B. A., V.D., T.F.  | Military Member | 1914/19
-        Res.                             |                 |
-      Fitzwilliam, Lt.-Col. W. C. de M., | Co-opted Member | 1908/10
-        Earl, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.S.O.,  | Military Member | 1911/15
-        W.R., R.H.A.                     |        ”        | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Foster, Lt.-Col. E. H., T.D., 2nd  |        ”        | 1908/15
-        W. Riding Bde. R.F.A.            |                 |
-  _d_ Foster, E. H., Esq.                | County Council  | 1908/16
-  _d_ Foster, H. A., Esq., J.P.          | Co-opted Member | 1908/09
-      Foster, Lt.-Col. L. P., V.D., late | County Borough  | 1915/17
-        1st V.B. W. Rid. Regt. (Halifax) |                 |
-      Fox, Lt.-Col. C., T.D., T.F. Res.  | Military Member | 1915
-                                         |        ”        | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-  _d_ Franklin, G., Esq. (Sheffield)     | University      | 1908
-  _d_ Freeman, Col. C. E., V.D., late    | Military Member | 1916/19
-        2nd V.B. W. Riding Regt.         |                 |
-      Garnett, R., Esq.                  | County Council  | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Garstang, W., Esq., M.A., D.Sc.    | University      | 1915/19
-        (Leeds)                          |                 |
-      Gascoigne, Col. R. F. T., D.S.O.,  | Military Member | 1908
-        late Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.            |        ”        | 1916/19
-      Gaskell, Major E. M., D.L., Yorks. | County Council  | 1908/17
-        Dns. Yeo.                        |                 |
-      Goodyear, Major H. S., V.D., late  | Military Member | 1916/19
-        1st V.B. K.O. Yorks. L.I.        |                 |
-      Gordon, Professor G. S. (Leeds)    | University      | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Graham, Major W., W. Rid., R.G.A.  | Military Member | 1914/15
-      Green, Lt.-Col. F. W., late Yks.   |        ”        | 1915/19
-        Dns. Yeo.                        |                 |
-  _d_ Greenwood, A., Esq.                | Co-opted Member | 1908/09
-      Hardaker, D., Esq., J.P.           | County Council  | 1908/19
-      Hartley, Lt.-Col. J. E., 4th W.    | Military Member | 1909/10
-        Rid. R.                          |                 |
-      Harewood, Col. H. U., Earl of,     | President       | 1908 to
-        K.C.V.O., T.D., A.D.C.           |                 | present date
-      Haslegrave, Lt.-Col. H. J., C.M.G.,| Military Member | 1914-15
-        T.D., 4th Bn. K.O. Yorks. L.I.   |        ”        | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Hastings, Lt.-Col. J. H., D.S.O.,  |        ”        | 1911/12
-        6th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.          |                 |
-      Haywood, Lt.-Col. R. B., W.R.      |        ”        | 1919 to
-        Dnl. R.E.                        |                 | present date
-      Hepworth, Lt.-Col. W., V.D., 8th   |        ”        | 1911/17
-        Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.              |                 |
-      Hickson, Lt.-Col. J. L., W. Rid.   | Co-opted Member | 1918/19
-        Vol. Regt.                       |                 |
-      Hind, Col. E., V.D., 4th K.O. Yks. | Military Member | 1908/13
-        L.I.                             | Co-opted Member | 1914/17
-                                         |        ”        | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Hirst, Lt.-Col. E. A., C.M.G.,     | County Borough  | 1908/17
-         T.D., 1st W.R. Bde., R.F.A.     | Co-opted Member | 1919 to
-        (Leeds)                          |                 | present date
-      Hirst, T. J., Esq., J.P.           |        ”        | 1908 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Hobson, A. J., Esq                 |        ”        | 1908/19
-      Hobson, C., Esq.                   |        ”        | 1908/13
-      Hoskin, J., Esq.                   |        ”        | 1908/09
-  _d_ Howard, Major J. B., 4th W. Rid.   | Military Member | 1911
-        Regt.                            |                 |
-  _d_ Hoyle, Lt.-Col. C. F., Northern    |        ”        | 1908/12
-        Com. Tele. Cos., R.E.            |                 |
-      Hoyle, Lt.-Col. E., O.B.E., W.R.   | Co-opted Member | 1919 to
-        Motor Volunteers                 |                 | present date
-  _d_ Hughes, Col. H., C.B., C.M.G.,     | Military Member | 1908/16
-        V.D., Ret. T.F.                  |                 |
-      Husband, Lt.-Col. J. C. R., V.D.,  |        ”        | 1908/12
-        late 5th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.     |        ”        | 1918/19
-      Ingham, Major H. O., T.D., late    |        ”        | 1916/19
-        W. Rid. R.G.A., Vols.            |                 |
-      Ingilby, Major J. U. M., O.B.E.    | Asst. Secretary | 1908
-                                         | County Council  | 1914/19
-      Jackson, Lt.-Col. Hon. F. S., late | Co-opted Member | 1911/17
-        3rd Bn. R. Lancs. Regt.          |                 |
-      Jones, F. L., Esq.                 |        ”        | 1908/13
-      Jonas, J., Esq. (Sheffield)        | County Borough  | 1908
-      Knight, Major J. E., T.D.          |        ”        | 1908 to
-        (Rotherham)                      |                 | present date
-      Land, Col. W. H., C.B.E., T.F. Res.| Military Member | 1908
-      Lane-Fox, Major G. R., M.P., T.F.  | Co-opted Member | 1910/19
-        Res.                             |                 |
-      Lee, Col. E., V.D., T.F. Res.      | Military Member | 1913/19
-      Liddell, Lt.-Col. J., V.D., J.P.,  | County Borough  | 1914 to
-        late 2nd V.B. W. Rid. Regt.      |                 | present date
-        (Huddersfield)                   |                 |
-      Lister, Capt. A. E., 5th Bn. W.    | Military Member | 1916/17
-        Rid. Regt.                       |                 |
-      Littlewood, Col. H., C.M.G.,       |        ”        | 1916/19
-        F.R.C.S., 2nd N. General Hospital|                 |
-      Lockwood, H., Esq.                 | County Council  | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Lucey, Lt.-Col. W. F., C.M.G.,     | Military Member | 1919 to
-        D.S.O., 1st W. Rid. Bde., R.F.A. |                 | present date
-      Lumsden, Major G., V.D., late 5th  |        ”        | 1916-19
-        Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.              |                 |
-      Lupton, F. M., Esq., J.P.          | Co-opted Member | 1908/19
-      Lyons, Lt.-Col. F. W., 4th Bn.     | Military Member | 1918/19
-        K.O.Y.L.I.                       |                 |
-      Mackinnon, Lt.-Col. J., D.S.O.,    |        ”        | 1919 to
-        3rd W.R. Field Ambce. R.A.M.C.,  |                 | present date
-        T.F.                             |                 |
-      Marsh, H. P., Esq., J.P.           | County Borough  | 1909 to
-        (Sheffield)                      |                 | present date
-      Marsden, Lt.-Col. J., V.D., 5th    | Military Member | 1909/11
-        W.R. Regt.                       |                 |
-      Mason, Major A. W., V.D., F.R.C.S. |        ”        | 1908/11
-      Metcalfe, Capt. A. W., M.D., W.R.  |        ”        | 1915-16
-        R.G.A.                           |                 |
-      Mends, Brig.-Gen. H. R., C.B.,     | Secretary       | 1908 to
-        ret. pay                         |                 | present date
-      Mildren, Capt. W., M.B.E., T.F.    | Asst. Secretary | 1915 to
-        Res.                             |                 | present date
-      Mitchell, Col. T. W. H., V.D.,     | Military Member | 1909/14
-        5th Bn. York & Lancs. Regt.      |        ”        | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-  _d_ Morrell, Lt.-Col. A. R., V.D.,     | Military Member | 1913
-        5th W. Yks. Regt.                |                 |
-      Moxon, Lt.-Col. C. C., C.M.G.,     |        ”        | 1914-15
-        D.S.O., T.D., 5th Bn. K.O.       |                 |
-        Yorks. L.I.                      |                 |
-      Norton, Lt.-Col. G. P., D.S.O.,    |        ”        | 1919 to
-        5th Bn. W. Riding Regt.          |                 | present date
-      Oddie, Lt.-Col. W., D.S.O., T.D.,  |        ”        | 1919 to
-        5th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.          |                 | present date
-      Parkin, Lt.-Col. F. L., D.S.O.,    |        ”        | 1919 to
-        5th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.               |                 | present date
-      Paul, Lt.-Col. J. A., T.D., 1st    |        ”        | 1908/11
-        W.R. Bde. R.F.A.                 |        ”        | 1916/19
-      Pawlett, Vet. Major F. W., Yorks.  |        ”        | 1908
-        Hrs. Yeo.                        |                 |
-      Pearson, Capt. W. A., V.D., J.P.   | County Borough  | 1908 to
-        (York)                           |                 | present date
-      Pickering, Lt.-Col. E. W., D.S.O., | Co-opted Member | 1919 to
-        M.P., 2nd W. Riding Bde., R.F.A. |                 | present date
-      Pilkington, Col. Sir T. E., M.S.   |        ”        | 1918/19
-      Porter, Major M. L., O.B.E.        | Asst. Secretary | 1909/13
-  _d_ Priestley, Major F. N., R.F.A.     | Military Member | 1915/18
-        (T.F.)                           |                 |
-      Raley, J.P., Esq. (Barnsley)       | County Borough  | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Ratcliffe, G., Esq., J.P. (Leeds)  |        ”        | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-  _d_ Rowe, Lt.-Col. G. H., V.D., 8th    | Military Member | 1908/10
-        W. Yorks. Regt.                  |                 |
-      Ruck-Keene, Lt.-Col. H. L., D.S.O. | Co-opted Member | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Rudgard, Major W. D., T.D., T.F.   | Military Member | 1911/13
-        Res.                             |        ”        | 1916/19
-      Sadler, Sir M. E., K.C.S.I., C.B., | University      | 1913/14
-        M.A., LL.D. (Leeds)              |                 |
-      Scarborough, Major-General A. F.   | Chairman and    | 1908 to
-        G. B., Earl of, K.C.B., T.D.,    | Military Member | present date
-        A.D.C.                           |                 |
-      Senior, Col. A., V.D., 2nd Y. & L. |        ”        | 1908
-        Regt.                            |                 |
-      Shann, Lt.-Col. F., V.D., 5th W.   |        ”        | 1908-15
-        Yks. Regt.                       |                 |
-      Sharp, Col. A. D., C.B., C.M.G.,   |        ”        | 1919 to
-        F.R.C.S., Admin. Med. Off., W.R. |                 | present date
-        Divn.                            |                 |
-  _d_ Shaw, Col. J. R., 5th Bn. K.O.     | County Council  | 1908/16
-        Yorks. L.I.                      |                 |
-      Smith, Lt.-Col. W. McK., D.S.O.,   | Military Member | 1914/15
-        T.D., Yorks. Dns. Yeo.           |                 |
-      Smithett, Major H. C. E.           | Asst. Secretary | 1914
-      Somerville, Col. S. E., V.D.,      | Military Member | 1908/13
-        late Y.L.I.                      |        ”        | 1916/19
-      Sowerby, Major R. J., late 1st     |        ”        | 1916/19
-        V.B. West Riding Regt.           |                 |
-      Speight, Major C. H., V.D., late   |        ”        | 1916/17
-        2nd V.B. West Yorks. Regt.       |                 |
-      Stamer, A. C., Esq.                | Co-opted Member | 1911/13
-      Stanyforth, Lt.-Col. E. W., D.L.,  | Military Member | 1908 to
-        T.D., T.F. Res.                  |                 | present date
-      Stead, Lt.-Col. J. W., V.D., 7th   |        ”        | 1908/15
-        W. Yks. R.                       |                 |
-      Stephenson, Lt.-Col. H. K., D.S.O.,| University      | 1909 to
-        V.D., M.P., J.P., T.F. Res.      |                 | present date
-        (Sheffield)                      |                 |
-      Sutcliffe, Major H. (Halifax)      | County Borough  | 1908/14
-      Sugden, Lt.-Col. R. E., D.S.O.,    | Military Member | 1919 to
-        T.D., 4th Bn. W. Riding Regt.    |                 | present date
-  _d_ Sykes, J., Esq. (Huddersfield)     | County Borough  | 1908/13
-      Talbot, E., Esq.                   | County Council  | 1918 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Tanner, Major G., D.S.O., 7th W.R. | Military Member | 1916/17
-        Regt.                            |        ”        | 1919 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-  _d_ Tannett-Walker, Col. F. W., late   |        ”        | 1908/10
-        7th W. Yorks. Regt.              |                 |
-      Tetley, Lt.-Col. C. H., D.S.O.,    |        ”        | 1919 to
-        T.D., 7th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.  |                 | present date
-      Thomson, W. F. H., Esq., J.P.      | Co-opted Member | 1908 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      Tighe, Lt.-Col. F. A., 1st W.R.    | Military Member | 1912-13
-        Bde., R.F.A.                     |                 |
-      Treble, Col. G. W., C.M.G., 7th    |        ”        | 1911/15
-        W.R. Regt.                       |                 |
-  _d_ Trevelyan, Lt.-Col. E. F., M.D.,   |        ”        | 1911
-        2nd N. Gen. Hosp.                |                 |
-  _d_ Vickers, Col. T. E., C.B., V.D.,   | Military Member | 1908/09
-        4th Bn. York & Lancs. Regt.      |                 |
-      Wade, Lt.-Col. H. O., C.M.G.,      |        ”        | 1913/15
-        T.D., 6th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.    |                 |
-      Walker, Lt.-Col. J., D.S.O., 4th   |        ”        | 1919 to
-        Bn. W. Riding Regt.              |                 | present date
-      Walker, Major P. B., V.D., J.P.,   | Co-opted Member | 1910/13
-        4th Bn. K.O. Yorks. L.I.         | County Borough  | 1914 to
-        (Dewsbury)                       |                 | present date
-  _d_ Walker-Tannett (see Tannett).      |                 |
-      Wear, Col. A. E. L., C.M.G., M.D., | Military Member | 1919 to
-        T.D., W.R. Cas. Clearing Station |                 | present date
-      Williamson, Col. E. R., V.D., 6th  |        ”        | 1908/12
-        W. Riding Regt.                  |        ”        | 1914/17
-      Welch, Major W., T.D.              |        ”        | 1916/19
-      Wharncliffe, Commander F., Earl    | Co-opted Member | 1908/10
-        of, D.L., J.P., Ret. R.N.        |        ”        | 1914 to
-                                         |                 | present date
-      White, Col. W. A., V.D., J.P.,     | Military Member | 1908 to
-        late 1st V.B. W. Yorks. Regt.    |                 | present date
-      White, Lt.-Col. J. S., M.D.,       |        ”        | 1911/13
-        F.R.C.S., 3rd N. Gen. Hosp.      |                 |
-        R.A.M.C. (T.F.)                  |                 |
-      Whitley, Col. E. N., C.B., C.M.G., |        ”        | 1919 to
-        D.S.O., T.D. 2nd W.R. Bde.,      |                 | present date
-        R.F.A.                           |                 |
-      Wilberforce, Lt.-Col. H. H.,       |        ”        | 1919 to
-        D.S.O., W.R. Divnl. R.A.S.C.     |                 | present date
-        (T.F.)                           |                 |
-      Wilkinson, Major E. W., T.D.,      |        ”        | 1919 to
-        4th Bn. York & Lancs. Regt.      |                 | present date
-  _d_ Wilson, Sir M. A., Bt., J.P.       | County Council  | 1908/13
-      Wilson, Lt.-Col. H., 5th W. Riding | Military Member | 1914/15
-        Regt.                            |                 |
-      Wood, Lt.-Col. C. E., V.D.,        |        ”        | 1915
-        C.M.G., T.F. Res.                |        ”        | 1918/19
-  _d_ Yarborough (see Cook-)             |                 |
-      Young, Lt.-Col. W. McG., M.D.,     |        ”        | 1914/15
-        2nd W. Riding F. Ambce., R.A.M.C.|                 |
-        (T.F.).                          |                 |
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-APPENDIX II.
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-(A). SUMMARY OF HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY 49TH (W.R.) DIVISION.
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-  V.C.                       5
-  C.B.                       8
-  C.M.G.                    17
-  O.B.E.                     4
-  D.S.O.                    79
-  D.S.O. and 1 Bar           6
-  D.S.O. and 2 Bars          1
-  M.C.                     393
-  M.C. and Bar              34
-  D.C.M.                   336
-  D.C.M. and Bar             2
-  M.M.                   1,501
-  M.M. and Bar              62
-  M.M. and 2 Bars            2
-  M.S.M.                    94
-  Foreign Orders, etc.      96
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-              TOTAL      2,640
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-LIST OF HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY 49TH (W.R.) DIVISION
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-   Regtl. No. |     Rank.     |           Name.         |     Award.
-  ------------+---------------+-------------------------+------------------
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-  HEADQUARTER STAFF
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-              | Maj.-Gen.     | Perceval, E. M.         | C.B.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Order of
-              |               |                         | St. Leopold, with
-              |               |                         | Swords
-              |               |                         | Russian Order of
-              |               |                         | St. Vladimir, 4th
-              |               |                         | Class, with
-              |               |                         | Swords
-              | Maj.-Gen.     | Cameron, N. J. G.       | C.B.
-              |               |                         | C.M.G.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Scobell, S. J. P.       | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Legge, W. K.            | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Henley, A. M.           | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Preston, Sir E. H.,     | D.S.O.
-              |               |   Bart.                 | M.C.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Scaife, W. E.           | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Bingham, C. H. M.       | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Duckworth, R.           | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Beddows, W. J.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Nicholl, N. J.          | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Forty, H. J.            | M.C.
-     PS/19008 | S.S.M.        | Hopkins, M. E.          | M.S.M.
-     S/249817 | S.Q.M.S.      | Green, G.               | M.S.M.
-       305294 | C.Q.M.S.      | McBretney, A. C.        | M.S.M.
-      S/24644 | S. Sgt.       | Pagett, S.              | M.S.M.
-       200646 | Sgt.          | Lawrence, G. L.         | M.S.M.
-         4593 | Cpl.          | Calvert, H.             | M.S.M.
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-  DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS
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-              | Br.-Gen.      | Caulfield, C. T.        | C.M.G.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Kaye, W. H.             | D.S.O.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Forman, A. B.           | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Lewer, L. W.            | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Allen, C.               | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Peters, J. C.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Morgan, D.              | French Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       312072 | R.S.M.        | Uttley, G.              | M.S.M.
-       900732 | Cpl.          | Walder, F. H.           | M.S.M.
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-  HEADQUARTERS 146TH (1ST W.R.) INFANTRY BRIGADE
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-              | Br.-Gen.      | Macfarlan, F. A.        | C.B.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Goring-Jones, M. D.     | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Rennie, G. A. P.        | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Command Crown
-              |               |                         | of Roumania
-              | Major         | Hunt, T. E. C.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Muller, J.              | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Watson, F. L.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Green, D.               | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Tempest, S. V.          | D.S.O.
-              | Rev.          | Whincup, R.             | M.C.
-    T4/249840 | Q.M.S.        | Longfield, H. P.        | M.S.M.
-    S4/253925 | Sgt.          | Watson, A.              | M.S.M.
-       255041 | 2/Cpl.        | Young, N. A.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       241553 | L.-Cpl.       | Wilson, J.              | M.M.
-       266170 | L.-Cpl.       | Hunter, J.              | M.M.
-        59080 | Pte.          | Wilson, A.              | M.M.
-       200206 | Pte.          | Marshall, G. H.         | M.M.
-       241391 | Pte.          | Mason, H.               | M.M.
-       242958 | Pte.          | Wagstaffe, S.           | M.M.
-       305173 | Pte.          | Wilkinson, T.           | M.M.
-       265637 | Rfm.          | Kirk, H.                | M.M.
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-  HEADQUARTERS 147TH (1ST W.R.) INFANTRY BRIGADE
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-              | Br.-Gen.      | Brereton, E. F.         | C.B.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Lewis, C. G.            | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Stanton, H. A. S.       | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Whitaker, F.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Prior, G. E. R.         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Tetlow, J. L.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Stalman, A. C.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Spencer, T. S.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Addenbrooke, H. S. W.   | M.C.
-              | Rev.          | Jones, J. C.            | M.C.
-       305128 | Q.M.S.        | Smeath, H.              | M.S.M.
-         2462 | Sgt.          | Lumb, F. E.             | D.C.M.
-       200201 | Sgt.          | Thornton, A. L.         | D.C.M.
-       265045 | Sgt.          | Woods, W.               | M.M.
-       200599 | Cpl.          | Tyson, W. H.            | M.S.M.
-       242133 | Cpl.          | Bottomley, E.           | M.M.
-       482235 | Cpl.          | Pitcher, W. H.          | M.M.
-       482103 | L.-Cpl.       | Cooks, J. E.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        66576 | Sapr.         | Bird, G. F.             | M.M.
-        72205 | Sapr.         | Shaw, J.                | M.M.
-       482117 | Sapr.         | Tyas, A.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        26255 | Pioneer       | Hart, V.                | M.M.
-       316322 | Pioneer       | Morris, C. J.           | M.M.
-       200536 | Pte.          | Heeliwell, B.           | M.M.
-       201473 | Pte.          | Pearson, B.             | M.M.
-       201595 | Pte.          | Briggs, W.              | M.M.
-       201943 | Pte.          | Bailey, W.              | M.M.
-       240241 | Pte.          | Tetley, T.              | M.M.
-       240827 | Pte.          | Timmins, E. B.          | M.M.
-       307182 | Pte.          | Haddon, F. J.           | M.M.
-       307870 | Pte.          | Copley, G.              | M.M.
-       307871 | Pte.          | Fawcett, J. S.          | M.M.
-       365613 | Pte.          | Sanderson, O.           | M.M.
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-  HEADQUARTERS 148TH (1ST W.R.) INFANTRY BRIGADE
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-              | Br.-Gen.      | Dawson, R.              | C.B.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Adlercrow, R. L.        | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Green Wilkinson, L. F.  | C.M.G.
-              | Major         | Pickering, C. J.        | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Kaye, H. S.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Heson, F. P.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Moxsy, A. R.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Peal, A. F. H.          | M.C.
-              | Rev.          | Edgood, H. F.           | M.C.
-       200226 | R.Q.M.S.      | Deakin, M. H.           | M.S.M.
-       240018 | C.S.M.        | Lumb, G.                | D.C.M.
-       482006 | Sgt.          | Ardern, A. W.           | M.M.
-         1894 | Cpl.          | Meadows, H.             | M.M.
-        23021 | Cpl.          | Hobson, H.              | M.M.
-        47743 | Sapr.         | Eusch, A. R.            | M.M.
-       478505 | Sapr.         | Iliffe, G. K.           | M.M.
-       482088 | Sapr.         | Lumley, H.              | M.M.
-         1708 | Pte.          | Jeanes, H.              | M.M.
-       200496 | Pte.          | Hough, H.               | M.M.
-       200846 | Pte.          | Wilcox, J. S.           | M.M.
-       201774 | Pte.          | Wilson, P.              | M.M.
-       203504 | Pte.          | Stephenson, J.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240372 | Pte.          | Duncan, J.              | M.M.
-       242310 | Pte.          | Heppinstall, C.         | M.M.
-       242360 | Pte.          | Abbott, R. E.           | M.M.
-       242708 | Pte.          | Escott, W. C.           | M.M.
-       260604 | Pte.          | Whallery, G.            | M.M.
-              | Pte.          | Ganton, W. H.           | M.M.
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-  245TH (1ST W.R.) BRIGADE R.F.A.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Hirst, E. A.            | C.M.G.
-              | Major         | Lucey, W. F.            | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Major         | Butler, B. H.           | M.C.
-              | Major         | Horsfield, R. M.        | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Petrie, P. C.           | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Major         | Dean, W. H.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Major         | Bullock, R. L.          | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Gordon, C. F.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wood, W. L. R.          | M.C.
-              |               |   (R.A.M.C.)            |
-              | Captain       | Lupton, A. M.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Fowler, G. N.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Day, R.                 | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Middleton, J. H.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hudson, E. C.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Gordon, A. McD.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Barran, H. B.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Lawson, E. A. C.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Stewart, H. D.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Collins, C. V.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Lord, R. H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Butler, S. R.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hattersley, T. G.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Rowland, J. G.          | M.C.
-          860 | S.M.          | Abbott, H. C.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-           14 | B.S.M.        | Brown, M.               | Bronze Medal for
-              |               |                         | Military Valour
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         1420 | B.S.M.        | Band, J.                | D.C.M.
-        15009 | B.S.M.        | Laws, A. H.             | M.M.
-       776113 | B.S.M.        | Dwyer, E.               | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       775101 | B.Q.M.S.      | Wales, A. J.            | M.S.M.
-       776835 | B.Q.M.S.      | Duffy, J.               | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       776899 | Far.-Sgt.     | Sellars, A.             | M.S.M.
-       776139 | Far.-Sgt.     | Wilkinson, F.           | M.S.M.
-          515 | Sgt.          | Plumer, F. H.           | D.C.M.
-          664 | Sgt.          | Hartley, C.             | D.C.M.
-          180 | Sgt.          | Nolan, M. M.            | M.M.
-          942 | Sgt.          | Hemsley, J. A.          | M.M.
-          931 | Sgt.          | Norfolk, N. A. N.       | M.M.
-          561 | Sgt.          | Robinson, W.            | M.M.
-          870 | Sgt.          | Holgate, H.             | M.M.
-       776116 | Sgt.          | Gaines, S.              | M.M.
-       776883 | Sgt.          | Price, A.               | M.M.
-       775224 | Sgt.          | Smith, H.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       776896 | Sgt.          | Stubbs, G. H.           | M.M.
-       253860 | Sgt.          | Smith, A.               | M.M.
-       775262 | Sgt.          | Kilburn, G.             | M.M.
-        10601 | Sgt.          | Holdsworth, W.          | M.M.
-       776900 | Sgt.          | Smith, H.               | D.C.M.
-       795739 | Sgt.          | Redgrave, J.            | Croix de Guerre
-         1842 | Cpl.          | Nelson, G. O.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-          570 | Cpl.          | Askin, T. S.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         1013 | Cpl.          | Smith, J.               | M.M.
-          676 | Cpl.          | Kirby, G. H.            | M.M.
-       735755 | Cpl.          | Bonnell, W. F.          | M.M.
-       776122 | Cpl.          | Newton, D. P.           | M.M.
-       776042 | Cpl.          | Haith, J.               | M.M.
-       775078 | Cpl.          | Wood, H.                | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       775095 | Cpl.          | Shires, C. W.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-         1221 | Bdr.          | Elliott, T.             | D.C.M.
-       775307 | Bdr.          | Home, W.                | M.M.
-       776382 | Bdr.          | Dalton, P.              | D.C.M.
-       776097 | Bdr.          | Booth, J.               | M.M.
-       735655 | Bdr.          | Dombavand, H.           | M.M.
-       775136 | Bdr.          | Musgrove, F.            | M.M.
-       775194 | Bdr.          | Thornton, W.            | M.M.
-       775321 | Bdr.          | Wright, J. W.           | M.M.
-       775408 | Bdr.          | Oldfield, H.            | M.M.
-      L/26405 | Bdr.          | Brightmore, W.          | M.M.
-         1059 | Gnr.          | Mortimer, J.            | D.C.M.
-          783 | Gnr.          | Booth, F. V.            | D.C.M.
-         1382 | Gnr.          | Clarke, A.              | M.M.
-          939 | Gnr.          | Malone, F. A.           | M.M.
-          371 | Gnr.          | Fitzpatrick, E.         | M.M.
-          879 | Gnr.          | Driver, A.              | M.M.
-         1168 | Gnr.          | Ackroyd, H.             | M.M.
-         1699 | Gnr.          | Long, H.                | M.M.
-         2505 | Gnr.          | Stockdale, H.           | M.M.
-         4148 | Gnr.          | Reaney, J.              | M.M.
-         4364 | Gnr.          | Walker, E. H.           | M.M.
-          667 | Gnr.          | Sunderland, A.          | M.M.
-       775315 | Gnr.          | Thompson, R.            | M.M.
-       835893 | Gnr.          | Francis, F. T.          | M.M.
-        77684 | Gnr.          | Freeman, E.             | M.M.
-       775327 | Gnr.          | Clarke, T.              | M.M.
-       776210 | Gnr.          | Asquith, E.             | M.M.
-        26561 | Gnr.          | Liversedge, T.          | M.M.
-       775984 | Gnr.          | Gee, A.                 | M.M.
-         1528 | Dr.           | Murgatroyd, A.          | M.M.
-         1402 | Dr.           | Hinslay, C.             | M.M.
-         1177 | Dr.           | Collins, W.             | M.M.
-         1440 | Dr.           | Halton, E.              | M.M.
-         1441 | Dr.           | Teare, A. M.            | M.M.
-        76029 | Dr.           | Sargeant, H.            | D.C.M.
-       775129 | Dr.           | Matthews, E.            | M.M.
-       276937 | Dr.           | Garratt, B.             | M.M.
-       275146 | Dr.           | Marston, S.             | Medaille Barbatie
-              |               |                         | si Credinta, 3rd
-              |               |                         | Class
-       479945 | Sapr.         | Sugden, H.              | M.M.
-       247370 | Sapr.         | Paterson, W.            | M.M.
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-  246TH (2ND W.R.) BRIGADE R.F.A.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Whitley, C. N.          | C.B.
-              |               |                         | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Hon. Stanley, O. H.     | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Major         | Bullock, R. L.          | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Pickering, E. W.        | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Fowler, G. N.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Major         | Shaw, R. M.             | D.S.O.
-              | Surg.-Major   | Peck, E. G.             | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Shaw, R. M.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Allen, W. B. (R.A.M.C.) | V.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Duncan, H. S.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Stowell, T.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Lord, A.                | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Walker, P. H.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | de St. Paer, L. E.      | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Howarth, G. B.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Whitworth, R. B.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Colson, A. F. D.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Maufe, F. W. B.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Kerr, A. A.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wilson, H. McD.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Longbottom, H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ryland-Whitaker, J.     | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Daniels, V. C. T.       | M.C.
-              | Rev.          | Jenkyn, C. W. O.        | M.C.
-          146 | B.S.M.        | Long, W.                | D.C.M.
-       781677 | B.S.M.        | Hudson, W.              | D.C.M.
-       780037 | B.Q.M.S.      | Healas, H.              | M.S.M.
-       781787 | B.Q.M.S.      | Raynor, G.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-       780203 | B.Q.M.S.      | Rinder, J.              | M.S.M.
-       780375 | Sgt.-Fitter   | Noble, H.               | M.M.
-         1155 | Sgt.          | Marshall, A. C.         | D.C.M.
-       781080 | Sgt.          | Byard, S. G.            | D.C.M.
-       780042 | Sgt.          | Bailey, H.              | M.M.
-       781038 | Sgt.          | Wise, A.                | M.M.
-       780336 | Sgt.          | Mitchell, C. W.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       780024 | Sgt.          | Sharp, H.               | M.M.
-       781759 | Sgt.          | Long, H.                | M.S.M.
-       780967 | Sgt.          | Shaw, C.                | D.C.M.
-       780472 | Sgt.          | Sherwin, F.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-              |               |                         | 2nd Bar to M.M.
-       780045 | Sgt.          | Quinn, W.               | Croix de Guerre
-          971 | Cpl.          | Armitage, G.            | D.C.M.
-         1039 | Cpl.          | Lee, H.                 | D.C.M.
-          857 | Cpl.          | Lee, C.                 | M.M.
-       780248 | Cpl.          | Knowles, C.             | M.M.
-       780958 | Cpl.          | Matthews, B.            | M.M.
-          849 | Bdr.          | Dennison, E.            | D.C.M.
-         1258 | Bdr.          | Eastwood, T.            | M.M.
-         3144 | Bdr.          | Briggs, C.              | M.M.
-         1325 | Bdr.          | Leatham, H.             | D.C.M.
-         1079 | Bdr.          | Mellor, L.              | M.M.
-          951 | Bdr.          | Oldroyd, W.             | M.M.
-       795842 | Bdr.          | Bennett, G.             | M.M.
-        52873 | Bdr.          | Betts, H.               | M.M.
-       780112 | Bdr.          | Briggs, W.              | M.M.
-       797075 | Bdr.          | Campbell, G. G.         | M.M.
-         1426 | Gnr.          | White, S. S.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         1100 | Gnr.          | Schofield, W.           | M.M.
-         1053 | Gnr.          | Mitchell, C. A.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         1117 | Gnr.          | Firth, F. P.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         1736 | Gnr.          | Blakesley, E.           | M.M.
-          619 | Gnr.          | Clarke, C.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         1106 | Gnr.          | Cockcroft, H.           | M.M.
-         2011 | Gnr.          | Pennington, W.          | M.M.
-         6057 | Gnr.          | Todd, A. S.             | M.M.
-         1629 | Gnr.          | Muscroft, A.            | M.M.
-         1114 | Gnr.          | Thornton, C.            | M.M.
-         3455 | Gnr.          | Petty, W. F.            | M.M.
-         2291 | Gnr.          | Gregson, H.             | M.M.
-         1779 | Gnr.          | Henstler, H.            | M.M.
-         1206 | Gnr.          | Hesslewood, H.          | M.M.
-          741 | Gnr.          | Tankard, J. W.          | M.M.
-          846 | Gnr.          | Rushworth, A. B.        | M.M.
-       781797 | Gnr.          | Smith, F.               | M.M.
-       781795 | Gnr.          | Stewart, W. H.          | D.C.M.
-       125580 | Gnr.          | Davidson, J.            | M.M.
-       781487 | Gnr.          | Harrison, F.            | M.M.
-         1227 | Dr.           | Triffitt, E. W.         | M.M.
-       780385 | Dr.           | Gully, J. A.            | M.M.
-       781327 | Dr.           | Allen, J. H.            | M.M.
-       780292 | Dr.           | Page, E. C.             | M.M.
-        26296 | Dr.           | Howard, J.              | M.M.
-       780226 | Dr.           | Bland, N.               | M.M.
-       780643 | Dr.           | Spencer, W. B.          | M.M.
-       162878 | Dr.           | Green, S.               | M.M.
-       780913 | Dr.           | Heald, H.               | M.M.
-       229280 | Dr.           | Blenston, T.            | M.M.
-       702142 | Dr.           | Kindlaw, H.             | M.M.
-          881 | Tmptr.        | Eddington, H.           | M.M.
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-  247TH (3RD W.R.) BRIGADE R.F.A.
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Clifforrd, C.           | C.M.G.
-              | Major         | Howson, W.              | M.C.
-              | Major         | Clifford, E. C.         | M.C.
-              | Major (A.V.C.)| Abson, J. (F.R.C.V.S.)  | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Lovegrove, J.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Earnshaw, S. E.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Dust, F. W.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Tenison, W. P. C.       | D.S.O.
-              | Lieut.        | Benson, R. C.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Armitage, G.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ibbetson, T. R.         | M.C.
-         1177 | B.Q.M.S.      | Brooker, H.             | M.S.M.
-      L/19824 | Sgt.          | Ullyott, D.             | M.M.
-          779 | Cpl.          | Cooper, H.              | D.C.M.
-          773 | Cpl.          | Askew, L.               | M.M.
-         1426 | Cpl.          | Driver, H.              | M.S.M.
-          889 | Cpl.          | Webster, W.             | M.M.
-         1873 | Cpl.          | Burnett, A. G.          | M.M.
-         1517 | Bdr.          | Holland, A. H.          | D.C.M.
-         1511 | Bdr.          | Tinton, J. W.           | M.M.
-          946 | Bdr.          | Houlden, W.             | M.M.
-         1213 | Gnr.          | Smith, C.               | D.C.M.
-         1073 | Gnr.          | Kisley, A. P.           | M.M.
-         1051 | Gnr.          | White, T. A.            | M.M.
-         1467 | Gnr.          | Hall, J. W.             | M.M.
-         1202 | Gnr.          | Battersby, R. L.        | M.M.
-         1272 | Gnr.          | Roberts, H.             | M.M.
-         2510 | Dr.           | Spirrett, H.            | M.M.
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-  148TH (4TH W.R.) BRIGADE R.F.A.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Duncan, K.              | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Petrie, P. C.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Greene, J. (R.A.M.C.)   | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Shaw, R. M.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Eddison, J. W.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Whittaker, V.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dean, W. H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Pashley, J.             | M.C.
-        84152 | R.S.M.        | Seymour, T.             | M.C.
-         1191 | B.S.M.        | Cotton, A.              | D.C.M.
-          544 | B.Q.M.S.      | Dwyer, E.               | M.M.
-          228 | Arm. S.M.     | Alexander, E. F.        | D.C.M.
-              |               |   (A.O.D.)              |
-          549 | Bdr.          | Whitfield, E.           | D.C.M.
-          778 | Bdr.          | Rhodes, J. R.           | D.C.M.
-          619 | Bdr.          | Clarke, G. C.           | M.M.
-          777 | Bdr.          | King, P. J.             | M.M.
-          535 | Bdr.          | Goode, A.               | M.M.
-          825 | Bdr.          | McDormell, J.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-          439 | Bdr.          | Brayshaw, C. E.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-          879 | Gnr.          | Driver, A.              | D.C.M.
-          616 | Gnr.          | Tennant, N.             | D.C.M.
-         1246 | Gnr.          | Snoxell, F. N.          | M.M.
-         1596 | Gnr.          | Green, C.               | M.M.
-         2886 | Gnr.          | Smithwaite, S. E.       | M.M.
-          511 | Gnr.          | Towll, C. E.            | M.M.
-         1942 | Dr.           | Russell, W. L.          | M.M.
-          528 | Dr.           | Moorhouse, A.           | D.C.M.
-         8150 | Dr.           | Smith, D.               | M.M.
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-  49TH (W.R.) DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Stephenson, H. K.       | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Middleton, F.           | D.S.O.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Pashley, J.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-        92678 | R.S.M.        | Byrne, C.               | M.S.M.
-       795292 | B.S.M.        | Stott, C.               | M.S.M.
-       795443 | Sgt.          | Nicholson, J. W.        | M.M.
-       740063 | Sgt.          | Waite, J.               | M.S.M.
-       795438 | Sgt.          | Atack, O.               | M.S.M.
-          262 | Cpl.          | Hunter, J. A.           | D.C.M.
-       795029 | Cpl.          | Woffendale, A.          | M.M.
-          200 | Bdr.          | Timmins, G.             | M.M.
-       795717 | Bdr.          | Hepworth, H.            | M.M.
-       777117 | Gnr.          | Ratcliffe, F. G.        | M.M.
-       797167 | Gnr.          | Allen, E.               | M.M.
-       796302 | Dr.           | Lockwood, W.            | M.M.
-       796394 | Dr.           | Topliss, J. W.          | M.M.
-       796242 | Dr.           | Turner, W.              | M.M.
-       796013 | Dr.           | Womersley, F.           | M.M.
-       796227 | Dr.           | Fletcher, R.            | M.M.
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-  49TH (W.R.) DIVISIONAL TRENCH MORTAR BATTERIES
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-              | Captain       | Walker, R. F.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pike, W. L.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hein, M. H.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Trippett, R. H.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Shiel, G. L.            | M.C.
-        49063 | Sgt.          | Surtees, J.             | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-         2953 | Sgt.          | Reed, H.                | M.M.
-       265043 | Sgt.          | Woods, W.               | M.S.M.
-       365105 | Sgt.          | Hartley, R.             | Croix de Guerre
-        35202 | Cpl.          | Drew. T.                | M.M.
-        47010 | Cpl.          | Williams, W.            | M.M.
-       795703 | Cpl.          | Bate, A.                | M.M.
-         1455 | Cpl.          | Thornton, L.            | M.M.
-       203278 | Cpl.          | Wallis, J. H.           | M.S.M.
-           40 | L.-Cpl.       | Storrell, E.            | D.C.M.
-         2160 | L.-Cpl.       | Springs, F.             | M.M.
-       201437 | L.-Cpl.       | Ellis, J. A.            | M.M.
-          407 | Bdr.          | Butler, J.              | M.M.
-        48444 | Bdr.          | Coursh, W.              | M.M.
-        57168 | Bdr.          | Guy, M.                 | D.C.M.
-        48779 | Gnr.          | Brunton, W.             | M.M.
-          416 | Gnr.          | Mason, N.               | M.M.
-        48110 | Gnr.          | Pelan, W.               | D.C.M.
-         1947 | Gnr.          | Leighton, T.            | D.C.M.
-          436 | Gnr.          | Gelder, S. M.           | D.C.M.
-         2556 | Gnr.          | Fry, E.                 | M.M.
-       795825 | Gnr.          | Bishop, G.              | M.M.
-         7107 | Gnr.          | Clark, W.               | M.M.
-       201434 | Pte.          | Grayson, J.             | M.M.
-         2039 | Pte.          | Cartwright, T.          | M.M.
-         1734 | Pte.          | Bowker, W.              | M.M.
-       305646 | Pte.          | Haigh, H.               | D.C.M.
-       242594 | Pte.          | Brown, F.               | M.M.
-       240743 | Pte.          | Thornhill, H.           | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       203345 | Pte.          | Lilley, G.              | M.M.
-       203544 | Pte.          | Johnson, G. D.          | M.M.
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-  49TH (W.R.) DIVISIONAL R.E.
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Ogilvy, D.              | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Digby-Jones, O. G.      | M.C.
-              | Major         | Neill, F. A.            | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | French Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-              | Major         | Hobson, A. F.           | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Lund, F. N.             | M.C.
-              | Major         | Jackson, E.             | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Humphreys, E. W.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Turner, R. A.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Yule, G. N.             | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Whitten, F. R.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Williams, C. V. Moiner  | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wever, R. O.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Ward, E. A. N.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Fincham, E.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Best, E.                | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Walls, F. R.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | McLean, L. J.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Rhodes, H.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Butterworth, H. L.      | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Paul, R. B.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Scott, T. I.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | MacDonald, D. H.        | Silver Medal for
-              |               |                         | Military Valour
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Glover, E. P.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Mills, D. L. C. L.      | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | McGregor, D. H.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bell, L. C.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wise-Barnes, T.         | M.C.
-              | C.S.M.        | Ellis, H. C.            | Croix de Guerre
-              |               |                         | (French)
-        19206 | C.S.M.        | Giles, J.               | M.M.
-        20575 | C.S.M.        | Ritchie, J.             | D.C.M.
-        10957 | C.Q.M.S.      | Sharp, R.               | M.S.M.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-          399 | C.Q.M.S.      | Black, R. H.            | D.C.M.
-       476332 | Sgt.          | Baynes, J. F.           | M.S.M.
-        23950 | Sgt.          | Peck, G.                | M.M.
-        20921 | Sgt.          | Fear, E.                | M.M.
-        24208 | Sgt.          | Wright, J.              | M.M.
-          666 | Sgt.          | Boom, H.                | M.M.
-       478127 | Sgt.          | Mason, J. H.            | M.M.
-       478011 | Sgt.          | Littlewood, F. A.       | M.S.M.
-         1422 | Sgt.          | Morrill, C.             | D.C.M.
-         1465 | Sgt.          | McKenney, J. W.         | D.C.M.
-         1481 | Sgt.          | Lowe, C. E.             | M.M.
-         1711 | Sgt.          | Sunners, H.             | M.M.
-       476294 | Sgt.          | Dolby, H.               | M.M.
-       476221 | Sgt.          | Totty, C.               | Belgian
-              |               |                         | Decoration
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-          545 | Sgt.          | Horner, E. M.           | M.M.
-       482229 | Sgt.          | Andrews, F.             | M.M.
-       479950 | Sgt.          | Bownass, F.             | D.C.M.
-       479958 | Sgt.          | Peers, R.               | M.S.M.
-        20898 | Sgt.          | Atkinson, W. A.         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        17971 | Sgt.          | Stanford, D.            | M.S.M.
-       444086 | Sgt.          | Toothill, R.            | M.M.
-       478128 | Sgt.          | Croydon, L.             | M.M.
-       200460 | Sgt.          | Hatton, F.              | M.M.
-        37856 | Sgt.          | Young, S. H.            | M.S.M.
-         1336 | Sgt.          | Webster, F.             | M.M.
-       482201 | Sgt.          | Scorah, L.              | M.S.M.
-        16985 | Sgt.          | Dobson, E.              | Medaille
-              |               |                         | d’Honneur
-              |               |                         | Avec Glavies,
-              |               |                         | en Argent
-        12058 | Cpl.          | Oke, F.                 | D.C.M.
-        15394 | Cpl.          | Leach, W.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-              |               |                         | 2nd Bar to M.M.
-        24094 | Cpl.          | Neary, C. F. W.         | M.M.
-        24214 | Cpl.          | Jacobs, S. T.           | M.M.
-         1359 | Cpl.          | Chambers, W. B.         | D.C.M.
-         1375 | Cpl.          | Trudore, W.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-         1022 | Cpl.          | North, E. J.            | M.M.
-       478057 | Cpl.          | Beaumont, H.            | M.M.
-       478112 | Cpl.          | Ellis, B.               | M.M.
-       478150 | Cpl.          | Thompson, C. J.         | M.M.
-       478536 | Cpl.          | Wildgoose, W. J.        | M.M.
-         1433 | Cpl.          | Overall, P.             | D.C.M.
-         1578 | Cpl.          | Lees, J. T.             | D.C.M.
-         1609 | Cpl.          | Ainsley, F.             | M.M.
-         1518 | Cpl.          | Creek, C. P.            | M.M.
-       476735 | Cpl.          | Riley, F.               | M.M.
-       476264 | Cpl.          | Hillman, F.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       478159 | Cpl.          | Fawcett, H.             | M.M.
-       476248 | Cpl.          | Marshall, A. E.         | M.M.
-       476237 | Cpl.          | Stones, J.              | M.M.
-       476311 | Cpl.          | Westwood, A.            | M.M.
-       476076 | Cpl.          | Litchfield, W.          | French Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-         1854 | Cpl.          | Osborne, H.             | D.C.M.
-          676 | Cpl.          | Booth, J. M.            | M.M.
-         1818 | Cpl.          | Whitehurst, G.          | M.M.
-         1873 | Cpl.          | Burnett, A. G.          | M.M.
-         1323 | Cpl.          | Beeston, A.             | M.M.
-       482228 | Cpl.          | Wilburn, F.             | D.C.M.
-       478059 | Cpl.          | Beverley, L.            | M.M.
-       552751 | Cpl.          | Hayes, L.               | M.M.
-       476735 | Cpl.          | Riley, F.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       482537 | Cpl.          | Pholl, S.               | M.M.
-       482204 | Cpl.          | Smith, N.               | M.M.
-       482055 | Cpl.          | Beevers, F. W.          | M.M.
-       482511 | Cpl.          | Hawkesworth, H. C.      | M.M.
-        54380 | Cpl.          | Holmes, F. G.           | M.S.M.
-         1392 | 2/Cpl.        | Ellis, A.               | M.M.
-       482202 | 2/Cpl.        | Pinder, P.              | M.M.
-       255041 | 2/Cpl.        | Young, N. A.            | M.M.
-       482072 | 2/Cpl.        | Clarke, F.              | Italian Bronze
-              |               |                         | Medal for
-              |               |                         | Military Valour
-        94238 | 2/Cpl.        | Kenton, H.              | M.M.
-        16175 | 2/Cpl.        | Hancock, A.             | M.M.
-       476263 | L.-Cpl.       | Moore, W.               | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-         1852 | L.-Cpl.       | Morris, G. R.           | M.M.
-       482222 | L.-Cpl.       | Wordsworth, A. C.       | M.M.
-       476318 | L.-Cpl.       | Tinker, J.              | M.M.
-       479952 | L.-Cpl.       | White, S. S.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-         1115 | L.-Cpl.       | Owen, W. B.             | D.C.M.
-        16050 | Sapr.         | Donald, J. C.           | M.M.
-         3373 | Sapr.         | Hoyland, J.             | M.M.
-          854 | Sapr.         | Ashmore, W.             | M.M.
-         3512 | Sapr.         | Hydes, W.               | M.M.
-          831 | Sapr.         | Gordon, C.              | M.M.
-       478032 | Sapr.         | Hutton, H.              | M.M.
-       478552 | Sapr.         | Hawley, F.              | M.M.
-       478250 | Sapr.         | Rowley, C. W.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       478067 | Sapr.         | Orwin, A.               | M.M.
-       478651 | Sapr.         | Mounsley, C. E.         | M.M.
-         1336 | Sapr.         | Webster, F.             | M.M.
-       482538 | Sapr.         | Wilkinson, J.           | M.M.
-        93649 | Sapr.         | Meanwell, F.            | M.M.
-       482220 | Sapr.         | Westmoreland, A.        | M.M.
-       247370 | Sapr.         | Paterson, W.            | M.M.
-       479956 | Sapr.         | Beaston, A.             | M.M.
-       482212 | Sapr.         | Brown, W. H.            | M.M.
-        25257 | Sapr.         | Ashton, W.              | M.S.M.
-       134015 | Sapr.         | Smith, T. C.            | M.M.
-       542457 | Sapr.         | Male, G.                | M.M.
-       482445 | Sapr.         | Grant, H. E.            | M.M.
-       267748 | Sapr.         | Richardson, J.          | M.M.
-       151784 | Sapr.         | Portch, A. B.           | M.M.
-       482085 | Sapr.         | Demming, S. A.          | M.M.
-       482255 | Sapr.         | Stockley, J. R.         | M.M.
-       504257 | Sapr.         | Thomas, S. G. F.        | M.M.
-         1105 | Sapr.         | Jennett, A.             | D.C.M.
-       247382 | Sapr.         | Holland, R. W.          | M.M.
-       441908 | Sapr.         | Connolly, J. E.         | M.M.
-       217540 | Sapr.         | Barker, T. E.           | M.M.
-         1036 | Sapr.         | Packard, G.             | D.C.M.
-         1857 | Pioneer       | Norris                  | M.M.
-        34808 | Pioneer       | Sillence, E.            | M.M.
-         1714 | Dr.           | Wright, W.              | M.M.
-       478050 | Dr.           | France, C.              | M.M.
-        23689 | Dr.           | Akers, W.               | Medaille Barbatie
-              |               |                         | si Credinta,
-              |               |                         | 3rd Class
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-  1/5TH WEST YORKS. REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Wood, C. E.             | C.M.G.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Oddie, W.               | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Williamson, P. G.       | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Sowerby, G.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pinder, J. (R.A.M.C.)   | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Freeman, W. H.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Ablett, B. E.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wycherley, R. B.        | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Green, D.               | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Heaton, H. F.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Peters, J. C.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Jameson, J. L.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Mackay, K.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Birbeck, L. S.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Rushforth, J. W.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Shillaker, E. C. H.     | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gilesnan, T. D. C.      | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Saxby, F.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wallace, D. W.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Parker, J. W.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Irish, H.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hardwick, T. W.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | King, B. A.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wilson, M.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Jones, S. L.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Berghoff, H.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Todd, G. L.             | M.C.
-         4713 | R.S.M.        | Raynor, F.              | D.C.M.
-         2210 | C.S.M.        | Nicholson, J. C.        | D.C.M.
-         1931 | C.S.M.        | Lund, G.                | D.C.M.
-       200593 | C.S.M.        | Pattison, H.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Medal Militaire
-         2816 | C.Q.M.S.      | Ronder, R.              | M.M.
-       200025 | C.Q.M.S.      | Calder, G.              | M.S.M.
-         1470 | Sgt.          | Morton, M. C.           | D.C.M.
-         1161 | Sgt.          | Tolley, G.              | D.C.M.
-         1643 | Sgt.          | Broughton, W.           | M.M.
-          900 | Sgt.          | Kitchen, G.             | D.C.M.
-       203143 | Sgt.          | Thornhill, R.           | M.M.
-       200049 | Sgt.          | Thompson, J. W.         | M.M.
-       200620 | Sgt.          | Hewson, A.              | M.M.
-         6494 | Sgt.          | Emerson, J.             | D.C.M.
-       200610 | Sgt.          | Willis, A.              | M.M.
-       200875 | Sgt.          | Ledgond, E.             | D.C.M.
-       202272 | Sgt.          | Waind, W. F.            | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       200510 | Sgt.          | Henderson, J.           | D.C.M.
-       200065 | Sgt.          | Whinn, J. D. P.         | M.S.M.
-       201063 | Sgt.          | Long, A.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200221 | Sgt.          | Light, R.               | M.M.
-       201114 | Sgt.          | Ingleby, A.             | M.M.
-       265375 | Sgt.          | Kavanagh, P.            | D.C.M.
-       202817 | Sgt.          | Wilson, T.              | M.M.
-       200788 | Sgt.          | McQuade, J. C.          | D.C.M.
-       200350 | Sgt.          | Akers, J.               | M.S.M.
-         2623 | Sgt.          | Dracup, J.              | M.M.
-         1441 | Cpl.          | Richardson, J. W.       | M.M.
-         1780 | Cpl.          | Metcalf, A.             | M.M.
-       201125 | Cpl.          | Radbank, E.             | M.M.
-       200789 | Cpl.          | Raftery, J.             | M.M.
-       200794 | Cpl.          | Baldison, C. H.         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         2629 | Cpl.          | Tomlinson, H. A.        | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         4616 | Cpl.          | White                   | M.M.
-       200575 | Cpl.          | Lee, R. J.              | M.M.
-         1799 | Cpl.          | Foster, R. J.           | M.M.
-        26285 | Cpl.          | Buckroyd, J.            | M.M.
-         2372 | Cpl.          | Emmott, G.              | M.M.
-       203042 | Cpl.          | Cairns, E.              | M.M.
-         1540 | Cpl.          | Grice, E. W.            | D.C.M.
-         1488 | L.-Cpl.       | Atkinson, J.            | D.C.M.
-         5968 | L.-Cpl.       | Pascol, N.              | D.C.M.
-         2755 | L.-Cpl.       | Smith, F.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         2379 | L.-Cpl.       | Haynes, H.              | M.M.
-         7733 | L.-Cpl.       | Benson, W.              | M.M.
-       202721 | L.-Cpl.       | Carney, T.              | M.M.
-       201172 | L.-Cpl.       | Wilson, H.              | M.M.
-       21/394 | L.-Cpl.       | Rastrick, W.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        66507 | L.-Cpl.       | Wellington, H. H.       | M.M.
-        62512 | L.-Cpl.       | Avery, S. G.            | M.M.
-      16/1553 | L.-Cpl.       | Butterfield, F.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       241408 | L.-Cpl.       | Marriott, C.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        54171 | L.-Cpl.       | Payne, A. H.            | M.M.
-         3727 | L.-Cpl.       | Simpson, W.             | M.M.
-       202714 | L.-Cpl.       | Uttley, A.              | M.M.
-         3501 | L.-Cpl.       | Sutcliffe, W.           | M.M.
-       306670 | L.-Cpl.       | India, J.               | M.M.
-         3091 | L.-Cpl.       | Airey, M. S.            | M.M.
-        62503 | L.-Cpl.       | Green, E.               | M.M.
-         1247 | L.-Cpl.       | Corke, A.               | M.M.
-         1790 | Pte.          | Cook, A. W.             | D.C.M.
-         2168 | Pte.          | Usher, H.               | D.C.M.
-         2158 | Pte.          | Beech, N. W.            | D.C.M.
-         1817 | Pte.          | Allen, A. J.            | M.M.
-         1666 | Pte.          | Brown, F.               | M.M.
-         2552 | Pte.          | Dixon, F. W.            | M.M.
-         3928 | Pte.          | Brooks, A.              | M.M.
-         1709 | Pte.          | Trousdale, L.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         6517 | Pte.          | Chadwick, G.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201221 | Pte.          | Twineham, G.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         3402 | Pte.          | Farnhill, A.            | D.C.M.
-         2688 | Pte.          | Shillits, J. W.         | M.M.
-         2518 | Pte.          | Butler, B.              | M.M.
-         2583 | Pte.          | Maw, T. V.              | M.M.
-         2220 | Pte.          | McAndrew, B.            | M.M.
-         1289 | Pte.          | Clark, J. W.            | M.M.
-        36959 | Pte.          | Carr, H.                | D.C.M.
-       202759 | Pte.          | Lockwood, L.            | M.M.
-       202967 | Pte.          | Padgett, H.             | M.M.
-        41282 | Pte.          | Pickard, S.             | M.M.
-       202162 | Pte.          | Mitchell, C.            | M.M.
-       200946 | Pte.          | Bland, R.               | M.M.
-       202152 | Pte.          | Shepherd, W.            | M.M.
-       200670 | Pte.          | Blanshard, J.           | M.M.
-       200726 | Pte.          | Rogers, N.              | M.M.
-       200703 | Pte.          | Kitson, I. R.           | M.M.
-       203134 | Pte.          | Wilson, J. W.           | M.M.
-       18/411 | Pte.          | Howarth, H.             | M.M.
-      18/1288 | Pte.          | Pickles, H.             | M.M.
-       203003 | Pte.          | O’Connor, G.            | M.C.
-       235031 | Pte.          | Fawcett, H.             | M.M.
-          983 | Pte.          | Jowett, W. H.           | M.M.
-        54131 | Pte.          | Holeford, J. T.         | M.M.
-        62513 | Pte.          | Chandler, A. J.         | M.M.
-        58951 | Pte.          | Drake, W. H.            | M.M.
-       240888 | Pte.          | Watson, W.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        54901 | Pte.          | Miller, J.              | M.M.
-        22185 | Pte.          | Dickens, F.             | M.M.
-         9457 | Pte.          | Birbeck, J.             | M.M.
-        63020 | Pte.          | Harrison, W.            | M.M.
-       307593 | Pte.          | Mackay, A.              | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-         2485 | Pte.          | Gatenby, W. A.          | M.M.
-          310 | Pte.          | Marshall, A. T.         | M.M.
-         2292 | Pte.          | Moss, C. E.             | M.M.
-         4231 | Pte.          | Greenwood, W.           | M.M.
-         3506 | Pte.          | Smith, C.               | M.M.
-       201434 | Pte.          | Grayson, J.             | M.M.
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-  1/6TH WEST YORKS. REGIMENT
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Wade, H. O.             | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Wistance, W.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Clough, R.              | M.C.
-              | Major         | Hornshaw, F. G.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Sanderman, G. R.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Fawcett, R. A.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Armistead, T. E.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Fawcett, W. L.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Gordon, J. S.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Weighill, W. C. S.      | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Mossop, W. N.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Sanders, G., V.C.       | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Rees, G. F. G.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Stansfield, E. D.       | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hill, W. H.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Muller, J.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Mitchell, H.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | MacLusky, W. B.         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Scales, W. A.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Speight, G. H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Tempest, E. V.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hick, B.                | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Greenwood, L.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Illingworth, J.         | M.C.
-            9 | R.S.M.        | Barker, H.              | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-        11572 | R.S.M.        | Sugden, A.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-          229 | C.S.M.        | Walmsley, W.            | Croix de Guerre
-       240037 | C.S.M.        | Moorhouse, W.           | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       260007 | C.S.M.        | Padgett, C.             | M.M.
-       240144 | C.S.M.        | Wallace, A.             | M.M.
-          298 | Q.M.S.        | Paisey, J. L.           | D.C.M.
-         1809 | C.Q.M.S.      | Woodhead, C.            | M.S.M.
-         1147 | Sgt.          | Meckosha, S.            | V.C.
-         1140 | Sgt.          | Kelly, J. W.            | D.C.M.
-         1773 | Sgt.          | Simpson, C. G.          | D.C.M.
-         2626 | Sgt.          | Sayers, J.              | D.C.M.
-           79 | Sgt.          | Banks, H.               | D.C.M.
-         1259 | Sgt.          | Stanton, W.             | M.M.
-         2623 | Sgt.          | Dracup, J.              | M.M.
-         3539 | Sgt.          | Bradley, E.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Cross of St.
-              |               |                         | George 4th
-              |               |                         | Class
-          324 | Sgt.          | King, H. R.             | M.M.
-         2450 | Sgt.          | Sunter, T.              | M.S.M.
-         1706 | Sgt.          | McIvor, R. G.           | M.M.
-         2044 | Sgt.          | Fairbank, F. E.         | M.M.
-       241048 | Sgt.          | Browne, W.              | D.C.M.
-       240980 | Sgt.          | Powell, F.              | M.M.
-       240398 | Sgt.          | Ward, J.                | M.S.M.
-       240197 | Sgt.          | Chapman, S.             | M.S.M.
-       241856 | Sgt.          | Cheer, R.               | M.M.
-         9230 | Sgt.          | Bagnall, T.             | M.M.
-       242634 | Sgt.          | Sharp, B.               | M.S.M.
-         1165 | Cpl.          | Smith, A.               | D.C.M.
-         2474 | Cpl.          | Ellison, W.             | D.C.M.
-         1799 | Cpl.          | Foster, R. J.           | M.M.
-         4616 | Cpl.          | White, W.               | M.M.
-         2372 | Cpl.          | Emmott, G.              | M.M.
-         1908 | Cpl.          | Mee, H.                 | M.M.
-         1500 | Cpl.          | Hutchinson, W.          | M.M.
-       241215 | Cpl.          | Davies, J.              | M.M.
-       241764 | Cpl.          | Bradley, G.             | M.M.
-       242637 | Cpl.          | Brown, A. P.            | D.C.M.
-       240143 | Cpl.          | Turton, H.              | M.M.
-        72577 | Cpl.          | Clacey, E.              | M.M.
-       240883 | Cpl.          | Stott, W.               | M.M.
-         1140 | Cpl.          | Kelly, J. W.            | D.C.M.
-         1266 | L.-Cpl.       | Wilkinson, E. J.        | D.C.M.
-         3225 | L.-Cpl.       | Johnson, E.             | D.C.M.
-         3727 | L.-Cpl.       | Simpson, W.             | M.M.
-         1249 | L.-Cpl.       | Corke, A.               | M.M.
-         2091 | L.-Cpl.       | Airey, N. G.            | M.M.
-         3301 | L.-Cpl.       | Sutcliffe, W.           | M.M.
-          372 | L.-Cpl.       | Simpson, W. G.          | D.C.M.
-         1360 | L.-Cpl.       | Wilcock, H.             | D.C.M.
-         4539 | L.-Cpl.       | Silverwood, A.          | M.M.
-       241126 | L.-Cpl.       | O’Donnell, G.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       241394 | L.-Cpl.       | Hird, W.                | M.M.
-       242770 | L.-Cpl.       | Thomas, D.              | M.M.
-       242490 | L.-Cpl.       | Middleton, W.           | M.M.
-       240737 | L.-Cpl.       | Woolham, H.             | M.M.
-       242864 | L.-Cpl.       | Poole, E. P.            | M.M.
-        20/37 | L.-Cpl.       | Smithies, D.            | M.M.
-        42398 | L.-Cpl.       | Shepherd, G. F.         | M.M.
-        62922 | L.-Cpl.       | Smythe, C. G.           | M.M.
-        54179 | L.-Cpl.       | Rough, C. E.            | M.M.
-          372 | L.-Cpl.       | Simpson, W. G.          | D.C.M.
-         2424 | Pte.          | Preston, E.             | D.C.M.
-         2315 | Pte.          | Francis, W.             | D.C.M.
-         2190 | Pte.          | Kenmore, E. M.          | D.C.M.
-         1418 | Pte.          | Hodgson, G. H.          | M.M.
-         2292 | Pte.          | Moss, E.                | M.M.
-         3107 | Pte.          | Marshall, A. T.         | M.M.
-         4274 | Pte.          | Greenwood, W.           | M.M.
-         3506 | Pte.          | Smith, C.               | M.M.
-         4539 | Pte.          | Silverwood, A.          | D.C.M.
-        31822 | Pte.          | Nicholson, W.           | D.C.M.
-         1263 | Pte.          | Cooke, B.               | M.M.
-         3808 | Pte.          | Cawthra, M.             | M.M.
-         1756 | Pte.          | Bradley, T.             | M.M.
-         1608 | Pte.          | Coupland, A.            | M.M.
-         2503 | Pte.          | Dawson, J. H.           | M.M.
-       242747 | Pte.          | Howe, A. G.             | M.M.
-       241548 | Pte.          | Marton, E.              | M.M.
-       242878 | Pte.          | Horner, A. J.           | M.M.
-       242826 | Pte.          | Charlton, W.            | M.M.
-       242614 | Pte.          | Sweet, J.               | M.M.
-       240344 | Pte.          | Cassarley, V.           | M.M.
-       240910 | Pte.          | Walker, J.              | M.M.
-       211568 | Pte.          | Thistlethwaite, L.      | M.M.
-       240787 | Pte.          | Woddiwiss, C. B.        | M.M.
-       240174 | Pte.          | Hainsworth, A.          | M.M.
-       242520 | Pte.          | Hirst, W.               | M.M.
-       242897 | Pte.          | Dodds, C.               | M.M.
-        62974 | Pte.          | Swinton, A. R.          | M.M.
-        54181 | Pte.          | Rawding, H. T.          | M.M.
-        62911 | Pte.          | Porte, A. D.            | M.M.
-        18104 | Pte.          | King, H.                | D.C.M.
-       240180 | Pte.          | Evans, H.               | D.C.M.
-       202059 | Pte.          | Hanson, R.              | M.M.
-      16/1532 | Pte.          | Dalby, H.               | M.M.
-      15/1622 | Pte.          | Pawson, R.              | M.M.
-        62621 | Pte.          | Hitman, A. J.           | M.M.
-       238233 | Pte.          | Hawkins, E. T.          | M.M.
-        50749 | Pte.          | Johnson, T. J.          | M.M.
-        63690 | Pte.          | Hardy, D.               | M.M.
-        62611 | Pte.          | Reed, G. W.             | M.M.
-        21717 | Pte.          | Butler, D.              | M.M.
-        15887 | Pte.          | Pickles, B.             | M.M.
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-  1/7TH WEST YORKS. REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Bousfield, H. D.        | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Tetley, C. H.           | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Braithwaite, W. H.      | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Redmayne, J. B.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Walling, E.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | French Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-              | Captain       | Foulds, C. L.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Booth, G. L.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Noone, W. J. S.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Haydon, P. M.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Desprez, L. W.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Swift, A. E.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Smith, C. J. B.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Glazebrook, A. R.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Baldwin, F. J.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Feather, N.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dickinson, T. E.        | M.C.
-       265012 | R.S.M.        | Stembridge, F.          | D.C.M.
-       265001 | R.Q.M.S.      | Rhodes, H.              | M.S.M.
-           25 | C.S.M.        | Lodge, H.               | D.C.M.
-         1610 | C.S.M.        | Fenton, H.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       267579 | C.S.M.        | Allerton, A.            | D.C.M.
-       265703 | C.S.M.        | Cushworth, G.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       265079 | C.S.M.        | Peacock, H. E.          | M.S.M.
-       305665 | C.S.M.        | Turner, W.              | D.C.M.
-          433 | C.Q.M.S.      | Wilkinson, F.           | D.C.M.
-          566 | Sgt.          | Coates, J.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-         1931 | Sgt.          | Elliott, J. H.          | M.M.
-         3203 | Sgt.          | Sanders, G.             | V.C.
-          773 | Sgt.          | Denbigh, P.             | M.M.
-         2032 | Sgt.          | Chaplin, A.             | M.M.
-         1370 | Sgt.          | Chickley. H.            | M.M.
-       266906 | Sgt.          | Sanderson, S.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       265069 | Sgt.          | Bourne, H.              | M.M.
-       266959 | Sgt.          | Lightfoot, H.           | M.M.
-       265437 | Sgt.          | Yeadon, E.              | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       266654 | Sgt.          | McNichol, M.            | D.C.M.
-       268855 | Sgt.          | Train, J.               | M.M.
-       266627 | Sgt.          | Ibbitson, G.            | M.M.
-       265005 | Sgt.          | Wortley, R.             | M.S.M.
-       265556 | Sgt.          | Guchrie, G. H.          | Croix de Guerre
-         2953 | Sgt.          | Read, N.                | M.M.
-         1601 | L.-Sgt.       | Cawgill, J.             | D.C.M.
-       265534 | L.-Sgt.       | Beevers, C.             | M.M.
-       307880 | L.-Sgt.       | Cross, S.               | M.M.
-         3017 | Cpl.          | Bentley, J.             | D.C.M.
-         2625 | Cpl.          | Makin, W.               | D.C.M.
-         4137 | Cpl.          | Cook, L.                | Bronze Medal for
-              |               |                         | Military Valour
-       265816 | Cpl.          | Dennison, E.            | M.M.
-       266121 | Cpl.          | Moss, J.                | D.C.M.
-       268080 | Cpl.          | Fryer, E.               | M.M.
-       265590 | Cpl.          | Stothard, W.            | M.M.
-         2991 | L.-Cpl.       | Ingleby, H.             | M.M.
-         2050 | L.-Cpl.       | Anderson, J.            | M.M.
-         3176 | L.-Cpl.       | Pickles, P.             | M.M.
-         2103 | L.-Cpl.       | Fawcett, A.             | M.M.
-         3000 | L.-Cpl.       | Kirk, L.                | M.M.
-         1847 | L.-Cpl.       | Moss, J. C.             | D.C.M.
-       265470 | L.-Cpl.       | Vince, F.               | M.M.
-         2330 | L.-Cpl.       | Beanland, C.            | Croix de Guerre
-       267752 | L.-Cpl.       | Pullan, F. H.           | M.M.
-       265658 | L.-Cpl.       | Craker, C. W.           | M.M.
-       268059 | L.-Cpl.       | Turner, E.              | M.M.
-       367846 | L.-Cpl.       | Newson, A.              | M.M.
-       265321 | L.-Cpl.       | Metcalf, J.             | M.M.
-       265311 | L.-Cpl.       | Strickland, G. H.       | M.M.
-       265864 | L.-Cpl.       | Smith, G.               | M.M.
-       265948 | L.-Cpl.       | Sheard, A.              | M.M.
-       267772 | L.-Cpl.       | Hart, G. A.             | M.M.
-       267581 | L.-Cpl.       | Hawkins, A.             | M.M.
-        59616 | L.-Cpl.       | Kinsman, J. W.          | M.M.
-       266235 | L.-Cpl.       | Schofield, W.           | M.M.
-       265233 | L.-Cpl.       | Agar, T. W.             | M.M.
-         1971 | Rfm.          | Garrity, M.             | D.C.M.
-         1215 | Rfm.          | Waters, L.              | D.C.M.
-         2154 | Rfm.          | Worth, J.               | D.C.M.
-         1966 | Rfm.          | Emmett, H.              | M.M.
-         4487 | Rfm.          | Hawland, W.             | M.M.
-         2775 | Rfm.          | Blackburn, G. W.        | Medal St. George
-              |               |                         | 4th Class
-         2036 | Rfm.          | Evans, G. H.            | M.M.
-       266684 | Rfm.          | Dickinson, A.           | M.M.
-       265924 | Rfm.          | Musgrove, J. W.         | M.M.
-       268037 | Rfm.          | Smith, H.               | M.M.
-       265771 | Rfm.          | Millson, H.             | M.M.
-       267859 | Rfm.          | Lincoln, H.             | M.M.
-       267950 | Rfm.          | Hall, N. A.             | M.M.
-       241714 | Rfm.          | Duckworth, W.           | M.M.
-       267787 | Rfm.          | Goggin, J.              | M.M.
-       307675 | Rfm.          | Dinsdale, G.            | M.M.
-       266897 | Rfm.          | Woodcock, E.            | M.M.
-       201234 | Rfm.          | Exilby, T.              | M.M.
-       242583 | Rfm.          | Haylock, G.             | M.M.
-        62762 | Rfm.          | Lyons, J.               | M.M.
-       236366 | Rfm.          | Watkin, J. W.           | M.M.
-       242336 | Rfm.          | Bottomley, J.           | M.M.
-       268041 | Rfm.          | Lindsell, J. W.         | M.M.
-       266763 | Rfm.          | Smith, H.               | M.M.
-        62708 | Rfm.          | Craddock, J. W.         | M.M.
-        54405 | Rfm.          | Hart, L.                | M.M.
-        39620 | Rfm.          | Smith, S. L.            | M.M.
-       265771 | Rfm.          | Wilson, H.              | M.M.
-       266958 | Rfm.          | Conlon, H.              | M.M.
-         3017 | Rfm.          | Bentley, J.             | D.C.M.
-         1512 | Pte.          | Cooper, J. W.           | M.M.
-       268534 | Pte.          | Hudson, D.              | D.C.M.
-       265616 | Pte.          | Capp, A. H.             | D.C.M.
-       307876 | Pte.          | Chapman, H. W.          | M.M.
-       307898 | Pte.          | Rudder, J.              | M.M.
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-  1/8TH WEST YORKS. REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Alexander, J. W.        | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Hudson, R. A.           | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Sykes, S. S.            | M.C.
-              | Major         | Longbottom, T.          | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Brooke, W. H.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Burke, H. J. (R.A.M.C.) | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Lupton, H. R.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Allexander, J. C. K.    | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wilkinson, E. F.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Smith, F. W.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Worsley, W. E.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Kemp, W. G.             | M.C.
-       268228 | R.S.M.        | Hemmingway, H.          | D.C.M.
-       305509 | R.Q.M.S.      | Pickersgill, F.         | M.S.M.
-       305126 | C.S.M.        | Spence, C. C.           | D.C.M.
-        22501 | C.Q.M.S.      | Smith, F. T.            | M.M.
-          721 | Sgt.          | Fretwell, C. N.         | D.C.M.
-          559 | Sgt.          | Pearson, A.             | D.C.M.
-         2505 | Sgt.          | Coulson, C.             | D.C.M.
-         2063 | Sgt.          | Archer, H.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       305601 | Sgt.          | Flockton, J.            | D.C.M.
-       307153 | Sgt.          | Inglis, A.              | M.M.
-         1983 | Cpl.          | Green, E.               | D.C.M.
-       306198 | Cpl.          | Pearson, E.             | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-          132 | L.-Cpl.       | Thackray, H.            | D.C.M.
-         2970 | L.-Cpl.       | Wright, H.              | D.C.M.
-         3377 | L.-Cpl.       | Cunliffe, E.            | M.M.
-         1757 | L.-Cpl.       | Blaizmire, G. A.        | M.M.
-         2503 | Rfm.          | Dodd, A.                | D.C.M.
-         1266 | Rfm.          | Clough, J.              | D.C.M.
-         2634 | Rfm.          | Benson, A.              | D.C.M.
-         2229 | Rfm.          | Stead, W.               | D.C.M.
-         4320 | Rfm.          | Smith, J.               | D.C.M.
-         2750 | Rfm.          | Webster, F.             | M.M.
-       268178 | Rfm.          | Talbot, H.              | M.M.
-       305096 | Rfm.          | Nicholson, E. O.        | M.M.
-        13569 | Rfm.          | Bateman, W.             | M.M.
-       307706 | Rfm.          | Webb, E.                | M.M.
-       305888 | Rfm.          | Grant, J.               | M.M.
-       307180 | Rfm.          | Culley, A.              | M.M.
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-  1/4TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Sugden, R. E.           | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Mowat, A. L.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Stanton, H. A. S.       | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Sykes, E. E.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Greaves, S. S.          | M.C.
-              |               |   (R.A.M.C.)            |
-              | Captain       | Mowat, J. G.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Fenton, W. C.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Marshall, E. N.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Geldard, N.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Farrar, N. T.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Luty, A. M.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Kirk, A.                | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Everitt, W. N.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | King, M. H.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Blakey, E. V.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Mackie, W. G.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Bales, P. G.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Irish, F.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Innes, F. A.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Blackwell, F. V.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ackroyd, H. H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gumby, L.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Huggard, B. H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Newman, N. R.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Jessop, T. E.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Lumb, J. W.             | M.C.
-           83 | R.Q.M.S.      | Lee, W.                 | M.C.
-         2353 | C.S.M.        | Stirzaker, A.           | D.C.M.
-         2350 | C.S.M.        | Stirzaker, F. P.        | M.C.
-       200441 | C.S.M.        | Medley, W.              | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Medal Militaire
-       235227 | C.S.M.        | Brooke, N.              | D.C.M.
-       200598 | C.S.M.        | Parkinson, J.           | D.C.M.
-       200135 | C.S.M.        | Haigh, H.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       235524 | C.S.M.        | Yates, J. C.            | M.M.
-         2040 | Sgt.          | Clarke, T. H.           | D.C.M.
-         5793 | Sgt.          | Johnson, F.             | M.M.
-         2413 | Sgt.          | Sheard, J. S.           | M.M.
-         6750 | Sgt.          | Moscrop, C.             | D.C.M.
-         1485 | Sgt.          | Hodgson, A. M.          | M.M.
-           73 | Sgt.          | Moran, P.               | M.M.
-         2364 | Sgt.          | Wilson, J.              | M.M.
-         1002 | Sgt.          | Flather, J. N.          | M.M.
-          601 | Sgt.          | McNulty, A.             | M.M.
-           30 | Sgt.          | Crossley, J. W.         | M.M.
-       200192 | Sgt.          | Smith, H.               | M.M.
-       235519 | Sgt.          | Binns, W.               | D.C.M.
-       200064 | Sgt.          | Naylor, C.              | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       200688 | Sgt.          | Jones, E.               | M.S.M.
-       200483 | Sgt.          | Firth, F.               | M.S.M.
-       200298 | Sgt.          | Brown, F. J.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       200453 | Sgt.          | Bancroft, J.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       203229 | Sgt.          | Mann, J.                | D.C.M.
-       200653 | Sgt.          | Brunt, R. G.            | M.M.
-       200055 | Sgt.          | Flitcroft, S.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       242567 | Sgt.          | Smith, A.               | M.M.
-       200763 | Sgt.          | Whittaker, A.           | M.M.
-       203305 | Sgt.          | Wilson, R.              | D.C.M.
-        15805 | Sgt.          | Loosemoor, A.           | V.C.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-       203336 | Sgt.          | Bolt, A. A.             | M.M.
-        13014 | Sgt.          | Thompson, W.            | M.M.
-       200101 | Sgt.          | Turner, E.              | M.M.
-       201125 | Sgt.          | Chilton, T.             | M.M.
-       201178 | Sgt.          | Knowles, J.             | M.M.
-       201191 | Sgt.          | Wood, F.                | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       203252 | Sgt.          | Foster, W. D.           | D.C.M.
-       242274 | Sgt.          | Redpath, J.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        10737 | Sgt.          | Kay, S.                 | M.M.
-        16075 | Sgt.          | Widdop, J.              | M.M.
-       306365 | Sgt.          | Barnes, W.              | M.M.
-       200143 | Sgt.          | Downes, N.              | D.C.M.
-       201219 | L.-Sgt.       | Jessop, S.              | M.M.
-       200396 | L.-Sgt.       | Maskimmon, A.           | M.M.
-       203349 | L.-Sgt.       | Field, F. J.            | D.C.M.
-       201012 | L.-Sgt.       | McHugh, P.              | M.M.
-         1495 | Cpl.          | Landale, C.             | D.C.M.
-          855 | Cpl.          | Ashworth, E.            | D.C.M.
-         3060 | Cpl.          | Bancroft, W.            | D.C.M.
-         1605 | Cpl.          | Bailey, G. A.           | M.M.
-         1747 | Cpl.          | Jackison, E.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         1535 | Cpl.          | Walker, J.              | Bronze Medal for
-              |               |                         | Military Valour
-       201186 | Cpl.          | Taylor, V.              | M.M.
-       201295 | Cpl.          | Wilson, B.              | M.M.
-       200204 | Cpl.          | Wainwright, H.          | M.M.
-       242371 | Cpl.          | Brown, W.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       200127 | Cpl.          | Gledhill, R.            | M.M.
-       203217 | Cpl.          | Brice, A.               | M.M.
-       240168 | Cpl.          | Spring, F.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       238031 | Cpl.          | Varley, J. W.           | M.M.
-       200681 | Cpl.          | Mitchell, W. H.         | M.M.
-       200153 | L.-Cpl.       | Mortimer, C.            | M.M.
-       200096 | L.-Cpl.       | Barker, S.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201013 | L.-Cpl.       | Mitchell, A. R.         | M.M.
-       203285 | L.-Cpl.       | Kam, R.                 | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       202664 | L.-Cpl.       | Jennings, B.            | M.M.
-       202042 | L.-Cpl.       | Brook, E.               | M.M.
-       200053 | L.-Cpl.       | Beverley, A.            | M.M.
-       200146 | L.-Cpl.       | Ennis, J.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200130 | L.-Cpl.       | Lancaster, J.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       203351 | L.-Cpl.       | Moon, A.                | D.C.M.
-       202936 | L.-Cpl.       | Hudson, R. A.           | D.C.M.
-       220539 | L.-Cpl.       | Whiteley, H.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201886 | L.-Cpl.       | Birkinshaw, G.          | M.M.
-        26498 | L.-Cpl.       | Barber, G. W.           | M.M.
-       203371 | L.-Cpl.       | North, G.               | M.M.
-       201893 | L.-Cpl.       | Bolton, C.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-       200134 | L.-Cpl.       | Ryder, J. W.            | M.M.
-       267198 | L.-Cpl.       | Driver, H.              | M.M.
-       203285 | L.-Cpl.       | Fane, N.                | M.M.
-       202746 | L.-Cpl.       | Rhodes, F.              | M.M.
-       202042 | L.-Cpl.       | Booth, E.               | M.M.
-       202787 | L.-Cpl.       | Broadbent, G.           | M.M.
-         3406 | Pte.          | Sykes, H.               | M.M.
-         1063 | Pte.          | Murray, W.              | M.M.
-         1889 | Pte.          | Royals, S.              | M.M.
-         6606 | Pte.          | Swinburne, R.           | M.M.
-         6520 | Pte.          | Metcalf, W.             | M.M.
-         6598 | Pte.          | Bowers, J.              | M.M.
-         1645 | Pte.          | Knox, R.                | M.M.
-         1715 | Pte.          | Bibby, H.               | M.M.
-       203177 | Pte.          | Brabben, S. R.          | M.M.
-       202120 | Pte.          | Conroy, T.              | M.M.
-       203649 | Pte.          | Dewar, J.               | M.M.
-       201923 | Pte.          | Meneghan, T.            | M.M.
-       203480 | Pte.          | Hookham, F.             | M.M.
-       201879 | Pte.          | Gallow, J.              | M.M.
-       200172 | Pte.          | Dennis, N.              | M.M.
-       203188 | Pte.          | Lowth, H.               | M.M.
-       235253 | Pte.          | Green, G.               | M.M.
-       201689 | Pte.          | Naylor, J. H.           | M.M.
-       203551 | Pte.          | Howker, W.              | M.M.
-       201687 | Pte.          | Howarth, F.             | M.M.
-       200320 | Pte.          | Walsh, C.               | M.M.
-       203178 | Pte.          | Berridge, J. T.         | M.M.
-       203595 | Pte.          | Beckley, W.             | M.M.
-       203193 | Pte.          | Pearson, G.             | M.M.
-       200488 | Pte.          | Lee, O.                 | M.M.
-       203728 | Pte.          | Haggas, E.              | M.M.
-        16465 | Pte.          | Binns, H.               | M.M.
-       202433 | Pte.          | Burfoot, T.             | M.M.
-       202149 | Pte.          | Taylor, J. W.           | M.M.
-       203390 | Pte.          | Scales, F.              | M.M.
-       203513 | Pte.          | Foster, G. A.           | M.M.
-       203650 | Pte.          | Denham, H.              | M.M.
-       203072 | Pte.          | Inman, W.               | M.M.
-       202888 | Pte.          | Scruton, W. A.          | M.M.
-       203441 | Pte.          | Atkinson, J. H.         | M.M.
-       242371 | Pte.          | Tibb, J.                | M.M.
-       201336 | Pte.          | Pettit, F.              | M.M.
-       203352 | Pte.          | Nichols, T.             | M.M.
-        24066 | Pte.          | Poulter, A.             | V.C.
-       203517 | Pte.          | Hurtley, T.             | M.M.
-       203501 | Pte.          | Atkinson, J. T. N.      | M.M.
-        26515 | Pte.          | Cresswell, A.           | M.M.
-       235120 | Pte.          | Witts, F.               | M.M.
-       201883 | Pte.          | Sutcliffe, A.           | M.M.
-        26010 | Pte.          | Bishop, A.              | M.M.
-       200504 | Pte.          | Limb, J.                | M.M.
-       242821 | Pte.          | Firth, P.               | M.M.
-       242874 | Pte.          | Emmett, R.              | M.M.
-       202410 | Pte.          | Brookes, J. W.          | M.M.
-       203315 | Pte.          | Hinchecliffe, B.        | M.M.
-        34005 | Pte.          | Wall, A.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        34007 | Pte.          | Webster, H.             | M.M.
-       202669 | Pte.          | North, T.               | M.M.
-       202647 | Pte.          | Dawson, H.              | M.M.
-       242202 | Pte.          | Ryder, G.               | M.M.
-        12682 | Pte.          | Henderson, H.           | M.M.
-       202579 | Pte.          | Brooksbank, N.          | M.M.
-       306873 | Pte.          | Proctor, T.             | M.M.
-        33014 | Pte.          | Johnson, J. E.          | M.M.
-        26524 | Pte.          | Davies, H. S.           | M.M.
-       203451 | Pte.          | Dobson, V. T.           | M.M.
-        32897 | Pte.          | Sambrooks, E.           | M.M.
-       238181 | Pte.          | Lowe, W.                | M.M.
-        26271 | Pte.          | Young, J.               | M.M.
-       200471 | Pte.          | Andrews, C.             | M.M.
-       201353 | Pte.          | Firth, C.               | M.M.
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-  1/5TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Norton, G. P.           | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Walker, J.              | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-              | Major         | Crosland, G. W. K.      | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Rendall, F. H. S.       | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Sykes, K.               | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Cockhill, J. B.         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Golding, H. C.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Mollett, B.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Broadbent, A. V.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Browning, H. O.         | M.C.
-         2418 | R.S.M.        | Columbine, T. W. O.     | M.C.
-              | R.S.M.        | Baster, R.              | D.C.M.
-          183 | C.S.M.        | Sykes, H. J.            | D.C.M.
-            4 | C.S.M.        | Tiffany, C. E.          | M.C.
-       240358 | C.S.M.        | Fisher, W.              | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-         1644 | Sgt.          | Fuller, G. A.           | D.C.M.
-         2672 | Sgt.          | Cox, C.                 | M.M.
-         2923 | Sgt.          | Lee, C.                 | M.M.
-         2664 | Sgt.          | Gardner, C. H.          | M.M.
-         2873 | Sgt.          | Goldsborough, A.        | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         2249 | Sgt.          | Ellis, W.               | M.M.
-         6813 | Sgt.          | Bull, A. H. J.          | M.M.
-         1117 | Sgt.          | Rogers, J.              | M.M.
-         1434 | Sgt.          | Whiteley, L. L.         | M.M.
-         2743 | Sgt.          | Lamb, J.                | M.M.
-       242879 | Sgt.          | Hazle, R.               | M.M.
-       242548 | Sgt.          | Kenyon, A.              | M.M.
-       240525 | Sgt.          | Callins, E.             | M.S.M.
-         2670 | L.-Sgt.       | Convoy                  | D.C.M.
-         1553 | L.-Sgt.       | Holdsworth, F. E.       | M.M.
-         2806 | L.-Sgt.       | Blackburn, H.           | M.M.
-         2331 | Cpl.          | Black, D.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-         2107 | Cpl.          | Ferguson, A.            | M.M.
-         2201 | Cpl.          | Schofield, G. A.        | M.M.
-         2123 | Cpl.          | Allen, W. B.            | M.M.
-         2533 | Cpl.          | Broughton, J. T.        | M.M.
-         3513 | Cpl.          | Warner, S.              | Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-         2578 | Cpl.          | Faulkes, H.             | M.M.
-       241337 | Cpl.          | Siswick, B.             | D.C.M.
-       240112 | Cpl.          | Wilkinson, G. E.        | M.M.
-       240088 | Cpl.          | Meeriman, H. S.         | M.M.
-       240076 | Cpl.          | Lee, S. H.              | D.C.M.
-         1776 | L.-Cpl.       | Sheard, H. L.           | D.C.M.
-         3610 | L.-Cpl.       | Smith, N.               | M.M.
-         2380 | L.-Cpl.       | Caine, F.               | M.M.
-         6579 | L.-Cpl.       | Kerwyn, J.              | M.M.
-       240368 | L.-Cpl.       | Halstead, T.            | M.M.
-         4150 | Pte.          | Thomas, H.              | M.M.
-         5958 | Pte.          | Rowlandson, A.          | M.M.
-         7122 | Pte.          | Short, J.               | M.M.
-        53972 | Pte.          | Pearson, W.             | M.M.
-         3136 | Pte.          | Mitchell, G. H.         | M.M.
-         2298 | Pte.          | Lancaster, H.           | M.M.
-         3291 | Pte.          | Kaye, E.                | M.M.
-         3594 | Pte.          | Garside, J.             | M.M.
-         4246 | Pte.          | Smith, R. S.            | M.M.
-         3451 | Pte.          | North, A.               | M.M.
-         6769 | Pte.          | Thomas, W.              | M.M.
-         6829 | Pte.          | Saunders, W.            | M.M.
-         6826 | Pte.          | Chilvers, E. B.         | M.M.
-         6775 | Pte.          | Flowers, F.             | M.M.
-         6834 | Pte.          | Turner, H. L.           | M.M.
-         6822 | Pte.          | Wasey, E.               | M.M.
-         6818 | Pte.          | Legget, V. S.           | M.M.
-         3251 | Pte.          | Armitage, A.            | M.M.
-         2159 | Pte.          | Swain, W. H.            | M.M.
-       241325 | Pte.          | Hinchliffe, F.          | M.M.
-       242871 | Pte.          | Hey, W.                 | M.M.
-       242896 | Pte.          | Balmforth, M.           | M.M.
-       242488 | Pte.          | Taxley, R. T.           | M.M.
-       242136 | Pte.          | Blakeborough, P.        | M.M.
-       241432 | Pte.          | Schofield, H.           | M.M.
-       240274 | Pte.          | Archer, W.              | M.M.
-       242408 | Pte.          | Sykes, F.               | M.M.
-       240521 | Pte.          | Woodcock, R.            | M.M.
-       242391 | Pte.          | Bradbury, A.            | M.M.
-       240433 | Pte.          | Crossland, W. D.        | M.M.
-       242070 | Pte.          | Lilley, H. S.           | D.C.M.
-       204126 | Pte.          | Whittaker, W. C.        | D.C.M.
-       242454 | Pte.          | Arnold, V. A.           | M.M.
-        24960 | Pte.          | Brummett, S.            | M.M.
-       242628 | Pte.          | Matthews, S.            | M.M.
-       242455 | Pte.          | Frost, F.               | M.M.
-       242034 | Pte.          | Castle, F.              | M.M.
-       240514 | Pte.          | Taylor, J. W.           | M.M.
-       240176 | Pte.          | Hynes, H.               | M.M.
-       240310 | Pte.          | Graham, H.              | M.M.
-       242439 | Pte.          | Raistrick, T.           | M.M.
-       268495 | Pte.          | Bell, E. E.             | M.M.
-       242063 | Pte.          | McMinney, T. H.         | M.M.
-       240510 | Pte.          | Taylor, G. H.           | M.M.
-       240743 | Pte.          | Thornhill, H.           | Croix de Guerre
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-  1/6TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Bateman, C. M.          | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Clarkson, A. B.         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Chaffers, W. B.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Smith, F. L.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Clough, S. H.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Buxton, B. G.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Smith, A. P.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Stoker, S. P.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Marriner, S. F.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Proctor, J. N. W. A.    | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hart, J.                | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Lowther, C. H. E.       | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hopwood, H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Denison, J. W.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Whitehead, A. M.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Farrar, H.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Spratt, W.              | M.C.
-         2879 | R.S.M.        | Buckley, O.             | M.C.
-       265015 | R.S.M.        | Richardson, T.          | D.C.M.
-          838 | C.S.M.        | Robinson, W. J.         | D.C.M.
-       265080 | C.S.M.        | Wiseman, E.             | D.C.M.
-       265413 | C.S.M.        | Limmer, T. W.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       265661 | C.S.M.        | McDermott, O.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       265991 | C.Q.M.S.      | Thompson, B.            | M.S.M.
-       265037 | C.Q.M.S.      | Norton, J.              | M.S.M.
-         2663 | Sgt.          | Garrett, P. H.          | D.C.M.
-         2308 | Sgt.          | Bury, J.                | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         2337 | Sgt.          | Hartley, H.             | M.M.
-         3370 | Sgt.          | Whiteley, J.            | M.M.
-           32 | Sgt.          | Webster, J.             | M.M.
-         2165 | Sgt.          | Limmer, G. W.           | M.M.
-         1560 | Sgt.          | Watson, J.              | M.M.
-         2002 | Sgt.          | Bateson, J.             | M.M.
-           33 | Sgt.          | Field, P.               | M.M.
-       266611 | Sgt.          | Partridge, H.           | M.M.
-       268394 | Sgt.          | Pass, W.                | M.M.
-       265626 | Sgt.          | Cryer, F.               | M.M.
-       265642 | Sgt.          | Rachy, C.               | M.M.
-       265395 | Sgt.          | Harding, C.             | M.M.
-       265113 | Sgt.          | Driver, H.              | D.C.M.
-       265676 | Sgt.          | Broom, J. J.            | D.C.M.
-       265270 | Sgt.          | Crawshaw, C.            | M.M.
-       300029 | Sgt.          | Laycock, H.             | M.M.
-       300131 | Sgt.          | Godwin, G. E.           | M.M.
-       267914 | Sgt.          | Sykes, A.               | D.C.M.
-       268650 | Sgt.          | Rosenthal, E.           | D.C.M.
-       265433 | Sgt.          | Calvert, G. E.          | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       265988 | Sgt.          | Turner, F.              | M.M.
-       266791 | Sgt.          | Reeder, D.              | M.M.
-        24601 | Sgt.          | Cuerer, W.              | M.M.
-       265595 | Sgt.          | Burns, J.               | M.M.
-         2631 | L.-Sgt.       | Hepworth, J. S.         | M.M.
-       265851 | L.-Sgt.       | Bailey, J.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       265527 | L.-Sgt.       | Calvert, J.             | D.C.M.
-       265484 | L.-Sgt.       | Green, T.               | D.C.M.
-       265883 | Cpl.          | Emmett, W.              | M.M.
-       265239 | Cpl.          | Crook, C.               | M.M.
-       265115 | Cpl.          | Driver, G.              | D.C.M.
-       265253 | Cpl.          | Fredrickson, E.         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       268056 | Cpl.          | Joynes, E.              | M.M.
-       265067 | Cpl.          | Bryden, H.              | M.M.
-       265264 | Cpl.          | Page, G.                | M.M.
-       265178 | Cpl.          | Gibson, W.              | D.C.M.
-       265694 | Cpl.          | Barton, P.              | M.M.
-       266534 | Cpl.          | Midgley, A.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-       267498 | Cpl.          | Barrett, H.             | M.M.
-       265195 | Cpl.          | Swindon, H.             | D.C.M.
-       265663 | Cpl.          | Chapman, J.             | M.M.
-       265447 | Cpl.          | Kennedy, H.             | D.C.M.
-        16519 | Cpl.          | Hansford, G. H.         | M.M.
-        26597 | Cpl.          | Swift, W.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200191 | Cpl.          | Woodhead, J. A.         | M.M.
-       267465 | Cpl.          | Fisher, S.              | M.M.
-        49680 | Cpl.          | Culclough, E.           | M.M.
-       315323 | Cpl.          | Roebuck, A.             | M.M.
-       265962 | Cpl.          | Best, W. H.             | M.M.
-       265556 | Cpl.          | Jones, L.               | Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-         2930 | L.-Cpl.       | Bailey, E.              | M.M.
-         2618 | L.-Cpl.       | Brassington, T. W.      | M.M.
-         2066 | L.-Cpl.       | Hicks, W.               | M.M.
-       265588 | L.-Cpl.       | Grainger, C.            | M.M.
-       265086 | L.-Cpl.       | Dixon, V.               | M.M.
-       265086 | L.-Cpl.       | Wimblett, H.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       269276 | L.-Cpl.       | Hartley, C.             | M.M.
-       267892 | L.-Cpl.       | Scarff, J. W.           | M.M.
-        23464 | L.-Cpl.       | Varley, J.              | M.M.
-       266453 | L.-Cpl.       | Smale, R.               | M.M.
-       265095 | L.-Cpl.       | Williams, L.            | M.M.
-       267433 | L.-Cpl.       | Ames, W. G.             | M.M.
-       265695 | L.-Cpl.       | Edwards, F.             | M.M.
-       265595 | L.-Cpl.       | Kaye, H.                | M.M.
-         2367 | Pte.          | Bracewell, F.           | D.C.M.
-         2524 | Pte.          | Crook, R.               | M.M.
-         3360 | Pte.          | Pickup, J. E.           | D.C.M.
-         2026 | Pte.          | Scott, A. B.            | M.M.
-         2304 | Pte.          | Scott, J.               | M.M.
-         3050 | Pte.          | Falshaw, J.             | M.M.
-         4122 | Pte.          | Pilkington, L.          | M.M.
-         2106 | Pte.          | Rhodes, C.              | M.M.
-         3128 | Pte.          | Snowdon, R.             | M.M.
-         3376 | Pte.          | Brook, T.               | M.M.
-         3358 | Pte.          | Harrison, G.            | M.M.
-         2249 | Pte.          | Bradley, J. E.          | M.M.
-       266478 | Pte.          | Dickinson, F.           | M.M.
-       204463 | Pte.          | Bloom, J.               | M.M.
-       265940 | Pte.          | Smith, J. W.            | M.M.
-       266505 | Pte.          | Bibby, J.               | D.C.M.
-       266789 | Pte.          | Smith, J.               | M.M.
-       265237 | Pte.          | Hook, G.                | M.M.
-       267840 | Pte.          | Field, E.               | M.M.
-       266375 | Pte.          | Metcalf, J.             | M.M.
-       265171 | Pte.          | Caulfield, J.           | M.M.
-       267516 | Pte.          | Hirst, W. R.            | M.M.
-       266877 | Pte.          | Nelson, J.              | M.M.
-       267410 | Pte.          | Cole, W. C.             | M.M.
-       266498 | Pte.          | Oversby, E.             | M.M.
-       267615 | Pte.          | Boocock, H. A.          | M.M.
-       268237 | Pte.          | Fawcett, E.             | M.M.
-       266994 | Pte.          | Lord, J. C.             | M.M.
-       267901 | Pte.          | Batley, J. F.           | M.M.
-       267536 | Pte.          | Flatt, G.               | M.M.
-       204646 | Pte.          | Trollope, G. R.         | M.M.
-       266763 | Pte.          | Nichol, B.              | M.M.
-        26129 | Pte.          | Law, T.                 | M.M.
-       268523 | Pte.          | Lawson, J.              | D.C.M.
-        12515 | Pte.          | Jefferson, J.           | M.M.
-       267596 | Pte.          | Richardson, J. H.       | M.M.
-       265611 | Pte.          | Maude, G.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       267936 | Pte.          | Walker, F. M.           | M.M.
-       267498 | Pte.          | French, H.              | M.M.
-       267501 | Pte.          | Emmett, N.              | M.M.
-       268027 | Pte.          | Stephenson, J. W.       | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       233889 | Pte.          | Garside, J.             | M.M.
-         6098 | Pte.          | Holden, L.              | M.M.
-       266104 | Pte.          | Burnley, H.             | M.M.
-        23726 | Pte.          | Ballam, P.              | M.M.
-        31731 | Pte.          | Buckley, P.             | M.M.
-        33948 | Pte.          | Vine, A.                | M.M.
-        34147 | Pte.          | Hickman, W.             | M.M.
-       265475 | Pte.          | White, E.               | M.M.
-        41203 | Pte.          | Shippey, R.             | M.M.
-       263019 | Pte.          | Copeman, F. W.          | M.M.
-       265209 | Pte.          | Riley, E.               | M.M.
-       242623 | Pte.          | Lund, J. W.             | M.M.
-        34052 | Pte.          | Adams, C.               | M.M.
-        47321 | Pte.          | Sinkinson, S.           | M.M.
-       267359 | Pte.          | Bills, A.               | M.M.
-       266993 | Pte.          | Wright, H.              | M.M.
-       267828 | Pte.          | Graham, J.              | M.M.
-       267498 | Pte.          | Dennison, H.            | M.M.
-       241781 | Pte.          | Crabtree, C.            | M.M.
-        33946 | Pte.          | Vickers, A. A.          | M.M.
-       266885 | Pte.          | Puttergill, G.          | M.M.
-         1708 | Pte.          | Panes, H.               | M.M.
-       265780 | Pte.          | Lang, A.                | M.M.
-       242594 | Pte.          | Brown, F.               | M.M.
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-  1/7TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Parkin, F. L.           | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Bennett, V. L.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Major         | Tanner, G.              | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Harris, L. G. R.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Rapp, T. C.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pedlow, W. L.           | M.C.
-              |   (R.A.M.C.)  |                         |
-              | Captain       | Lupton, B. C.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Conyers, H. F.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Lawton, C.              | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Reilly, M. F.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Crabtree, N.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Burbery, B. T.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Brierley, J.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Netherwood, H. S.       | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Rothery, L.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Bamforth, B.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Howcroft, G. B.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Dacre, A.               | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Whalley, A. H.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Wood, H. E.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Haslam, F.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Aspinall, K. I.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Davy, W. H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wilson, E. H.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | de Maine, H. C.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Waddington, H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hutchon, N. R.          | M.C.
-       308015 | R.S.M.        | Lynn, J.                | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       308012 | C.S.M.        | Lindsell, J.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       307350 | C.S.M.        | Clarke, F.              | D.C.M.
-       307007 | C.S.M.        | Elliott, J. T.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Decoration
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-              |               |                         | (Belgium)
-          421 | Sgt.          | Warwick, W.             | D.C.M.
-         2176 | Sgt.          | Irvine, W.              | D.C.M.
-         2076 | Sgt.          | Muff, F.                | M.M.
-          220 | Sgt.          | Brook, A.               | M.M.
-          934 | Sgt.          | Kinnan, A.              | D.C.M.
-         1038 | Sgt.          | Hitchman, F.            | M.M.
-         1502 | Sgt.          | Gaynor, W.              | M.M.
-           25 | Sgt.          | Gledhill, F.            | M.M.
-          446 | Sgt.          | Senior, A.              | M.M.
-       305070 | Sgt.          | Leach, E.               | M.M.
-       306340 | Sgt.          | Horton, R.              | M.M.
-       305649 | Sgt.          | Rhodes, R.              | M.M.
-       305479 | Sgt.          | Foster, W.              | M.M.
-       305631 | Sgt.          | Pollard, W.             | M.S.M.
-       307341 | Sgt.          | Wilson, L.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       307747 | Sgt.          | Hirst, H.               | M.S.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       305241 | Sgt.          | Haigh, F.               | D.C.M.
-       305569 | Sgt.          | Parker, L.              | M.M.
-       235318 | Sgt.          | Sherwood, T.            | D.C.M.
-       235768 | Sgt.          | Sutton, R.              | M.M.
-       307923 | Sgt.          | Alderson, A.            | M.M.
-       309923 | Sgt.          | Fryer, F.               | M.M.
-       305260 | Sgt.          | Jackson, F.             | Croix de Virtute
-              |               |                         | Militaire, 2nd
-              |               |                         | Class
-         1795 | Cpl.          | Barrow, H.              | M.M.
-         1618 | Cpl.          | Hodgkinson, H.          | M.M.
-         1211 | Cpl.          | Godley, J.              | M.M.
-       268646 | Cpl.          | Hall, L.                | D.C.M.
-        10883 | Cpl.          | Chadwick, A.            | M.M.
-       111856 | Cpl.          | Suggett, L.             | M.M.
-       305744 | Cpl.          | Taylor, B.              | M.M.
-       307861 | Cpl.          | Wilkinson, H.           | M.M.
-       307307 | Cpl.          | Oldroyd, S.             | M.M.
-        10888 | Cpl.          | Chadwick, A.            | D.C.M.
-        41373 | Cpl.          | Turner, P.              | D.C.M.
-       305341 | Cpl.          | Robinson, T.            | M.M.
-       305749 | Cpl.          | Harris, C.              | M.M.
-       306156 | Cpl.          | Kenyon, S.              | M.M.
-       307507 | Cpl.          | Stilling, J.            | M.M.
-       328001 | Cpl.          | Clarke, W. J.           | M.M.
-         2094 | L.-Cpl.       | Shaw, J. S.             | D.C.M.
-         5649 | L.-Cpl.       | France, L.              | M.M.
-         3031 | L.-Cpl.       | Garlick, J.             | M.M.
-       307287 | L.-Cpl.       | Lister, H.              | M.M.
-       305423 | L.-Cpl.       | Heppenstall, S.         | M.M.
-       305228 | L.-Cpl.       | Hobson, E.              | M.M.
-       307668 | L.-Cpl.       | Moseley, H.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       305589 | L.-Cpl.       | Waddington, F.          | M.M.
-       307454 | L.-Cpl.       | Mellor, T.              | M.M.
-       307932 | L.-Cpl.       | Booth, H.               | M.M.
-       302100 | L.-Cpl.       | Jones, H.               | M.M.
-       307795 | L.-Cpl.       | Adamson, A.             | M.M.
-        23767 | L.-Cpl.       | Moscrop, J.             | M.M.
-       305464 | L.-Cpl.       | Emms, W.                | M.M.
-         1457 | Pte.          | Rowlands, J. E.         | D.C.M.
-         1067 | Pte.          | Blakey, W.              | D.C.M.
-       305291 | Pte.          | Robinson, J.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         1216 | Pte.          | Wright, H.              | M.M.
-         5405 | Pte.          | Williams, W. H.         | M.M.
-         1970 | Pte.          | Kirkpatrick, G.         | M.M.
-         2756 | Pte.          | Mellor, F.              | M.M.
-         5461 | Pte.          | Kelling, J.             | M.M.
-         5589 | Pte.          | Nutt, W.                | M.M.
-         7125 | Pte.          | Gibb, T.                | M.M.
-         1320 | Pte.          | Haigh, H.               | M.M.
-         1616 | Pte.          | Wood, L.                | M.M.
-         3904 | Pte.          | Chamberlain, E.         | M.M.
-         7062 | Pte.          | Ainsley, E.             | M.M.
-         1482 | Pte.          | Waterhouse, F.          | M.M.
-         2195 | Pte.          | Shaw, J.                | M.M.
-         2497 | Pte.          | Walsh, J.               | D.C.M.
-         2185 | Pte.          | Marlow, G.              | M.M.
-       305937 | Pte.          | Cartwright, F.          | M.M.
-       307945 | Pte.          | Baker, W.               | M.M.
-       305579 | Pte.          | Nelson, S.              | M.M.
-       307873 | Pte.          | Rounding, J.            | M.M.
-       307367 | Pte.          | Metcalf, G.             | M.M.
-       305481 | Pte.          | Settle, H.              | M.M.
-       308107 | Pte.          | Lisle, H.               | M.M.
-       307365 | Pte.          | Mason, G.               | M.M.
-       306102 | Pte.          | Crampton, H.            | M.M.
-       268609 | Pte.          | Bell, J.                | D.C.M.
-        22960 | Pte.          | Alves, J.               | M.M.
-        23997 | Pte.          | Mennell, W.             | M.M.
-       307570 | Pte.          | Wilson, J.              | M.M.
-       340283 | Pte.          | Berry, J.               | M.M.
-        33857 | Pte.          | Cable, G.               | M.M.
-       307691 | Pte.          | Atkins, J.              | M.M.
-       306205 | Pte.          | Mellor, J. W.           | M.M.
-       305166 | Pte.          | Robinson, W.            | M.M.
-        12890 | Pte.          | Russell, C.             | M.M.
-       305537 | Pte.          | Parkin                  | M.M.
-       306146 | Pte.          | Eryland, J.             | M.M.
-       307537 | Pte.          | Kaye, J. A.             | M.M.
-       305961 | Pte.          | Hett, H.                | D.C.M.
-       307240 | Pte.          | Barker, S.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       307127 | Pte.          | Plume, G.               | M.M.
-        16524 | Pte.          | Walker, F.              | M.M.
-       205104 | Pte.          | Appleby, A. L.          | M.M.
-       267320 | Pte.          | Hardcastle, C.          | M.M.
-       240214 | Pte.          | Hellewell, C.           | M.M.
-       305829 | Pte.          | Smith, F.               | M.M.
-       269079 | Pte.          | Shaw, S.                | M.M.
-       308009 | Pte.          | Odrell, J. J.           | M.M.
-       307119 | Pte.          | Efford, J.              | M.M.
-       307943 | Pte.          | Land, W.                | M.M.
-        33114 | Pte.          | Bowles, J. J.           | M.M.
-       306167 | Pte.          | Manton, J.              | M.M.
-        33770 | Pte.          | Toomer, C.              | M.M.
-       269204 | Pte.          | Limbach, L.             | M.M.
-        33838 | Pte.          | Allsop, A.              | M.M.
-       305435 | Pte.          | Bottomley, J.           | M.M.
-       267320 | Pte.          | Hardcastle, C.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       266835 | Pte.          | Williams, J.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        34823 | Pte.          | Farnell, W.             | M.M.
-       269131 | Pte.          | Armitage, A.            | M.M.
-       305769 | Pte.          | Dyson, J.               | M.M.
-       307466 | Pte.          | Sunderland, H.          | M.M.
-       307071 | Pte.          | Grange, H.              | M.M.
-        24865 | Pte.          | Boothroyd, G.           | M.M.
-        25454 | Pte.          | Stones, F.              | M.M.
-        33102 | Pte.          | Bradford, A.            | M.M.
-       305236 | Pte.          | Shepherd, W.            | M.M.
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-  1/4TH K.O. YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Haslegrave, H.          | C.M.G.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Fraser, H. G.           | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Brierley, S. C.         | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Moorhouse, H.           | Legion of Honour
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Taylor, L. M.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Creswick, W. B.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Edwards, A. C.          | M.C.
-              |               |   (R.A.M.C.)            |
-              | Captain       | Thomson, G.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Moorhouse, R. W.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Chadwick, T.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Stiebel, C. A.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Brice-Smith, H. F.      | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hindle, W. J.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Fearn, C. A.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Mackay, F. W.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Muirhead, J. J.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Brook, G. H.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Massie, F. E.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Lamb, J. W.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Greenhough, E. E.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ricketts, G. A. Mac G.  | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Burkinshaw, W. L.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hodgkinson, J.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Boot, W. E.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Appleton, J.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Battiland, J.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Shorton, H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Pierce, S. E.           | M.C.
-         4504 | R.S.M.        | Trott, H. G.            | D.C.M.
-           52 | R.S.M.        | Grice, J.               | M.C.
-       200084 | R.S.M.        | Alderson, W.            | Medaille Barbatie
-              |               |                         | si Credinta, 1st
-              |               |                         | Class
-              |               |                         | Chevalier de
-              |               |                         | l’Ordre Leopold
-              |               |                         | II. Belgian
-       200325 | R.Q.M.S.      | Milner, H.              | M.S.M.
-          885 | C.S.M.        | Hemingway, C. F.        | D.C.M.
-       200489 | C.S.M.        | Barraclough, J.         | D.C.M.
-       200301 | C.S.M.        | Gledhill, H. G.         | D.C.M.
-       200474 | C.S.M.        | Jones, F.               | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-         2627 | Sgt.          | Best, T.                | D.C.M.
-         2342 | Sgt.          | Hunt, G. M.             | D.C.M.
-         2371 | Sgt.          | Henson, H.              | M.M.
-         1174 | Sgt.          | Cropper, J.             | M.M.
-         2486 | Sgt.          | Paterson, M. W.         | M.M.
-         2688 | Sgt.          | Stainthorpe, G.         | M.M.
-         2507 | Sgt.          | Wallace, W.             | D.C.M.
-         2510 | Sgt.          | Moon, F.                | M.M.
-       203430 | Sgt.          | Ogle, H. C.             | M.M.
-       203293 | Sgt.          | Redmore, W.             | M.M.
-       200084 | Sgt.          | Alderson, W.            | M.M.
-       203006 | Sgt.          | Clark, H.               | M.M.
-       202045 | Sgt.          | Rylah, E.               | M.M.
-       240719 | Sgt.          | Maskill, H.             | M.M.
-       200054 | Sgt.          | Litchfield, H.          | M.M.
-       200205 | Sgt.          | Smith, J.               | M.M.
-       200269 | Sgt.          | Ray, I.                 | M.M.
-       200037 | Sgt.          | Preece, C. J.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        35351 | Sgt.          | Johnstone, J.           | M.M.
-       201944 | Sgt.          | Simpson, W. H.          | M.M.
-        11270 | Sgt.          | Clark, F.               | M.M.
-       220768 | Sgt.          | Daley, W.               | M.M.
-       203417 | Sgt.          | Stobie, J. W.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200468 | L.-Sgt.       | Hatton, F.              | M.M.
-       240067 | L.-Sgt.       | Kirby, F.               | M.M.
-         2481 | Cpl.          | Gudgin, H. W.           | M.M.
-        36044 | Cpl.          | Mackenzie, T.           | D.C.M.
-        33088 | Cpl.          | Lees, J. P.             | M.M.
-       200231 | Cpl.          | Farrar, H.              | M.M.
-        36406 | Cpl.          | Hudson, D. C.           | M.M.
-       200115 | Cpl.          | Stringer, J.            | M.M.
-        36889 | Cpl.          | Hustwaite, J.           | M.M.
-        25437 | Cpl.          | Guy, G.                 | D.C.M.
-        13050 | Cpl.          | Downing, H.             | M.M.
-        16794 | Cpl.          | Mitchell, G.            | M.M.
-         2611 | L.-Cpl.       | Berry, A.               | M.M.
-         2403 | L.-Cpl.       | Musgrave, T.            | M.M.
-         2639 | L.-Cpl.       | Field, J. W.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Medal St. George
-              |               |                         | 3rd Class
-         1833 | L.-Cpl.       | Hatton, J.              | M.M.
-         2717 | L.-Cpl.       | Archer, J.              | D.C.M.
-       200119 | L.-Cpl.       | Beaumont, H.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       203228 | L.-Cpl.       | Greasby, S.             | M.M.
-       202031 | L.-Cpl.       | Thompson, M.            | M.M.
-       201353 | L.-Cpl.       | Moorhouse, E.           | M.M.
-       200420 | L.-Cpl.       | Pilbrow, J.             | M.M.
-        36043 | L.-Cpl.       | Martin, R.              | M.M.
-        4/125 | L.-Cpl.       | Oldroyd, W.             | M.M.
-        36035 | L.-Cpl.       | Dixon, W. E.            | M.M.
-       201056 | L.-Cpl.       | Gowland, I.             | M.M.
-        47468 | L.-Cpl.       | Kitching, H.            | M.M.
-       203346 | L.-Cpl.       | Sadler, T.              | M.M.
-       200125 | L.-Cpl.       | Jagger. G.              | M.M.
-        34383 | L.-Cpl.       | Wilkinson, H.           | M.M.
-       203337 | L.-Cpl.       | Chockham, W.            | M.M.
-       203718 | L.-Cpl.       | Norfolk, F.             | D.C.M.
-          995 | Pte.          | Atha, E. R.             | D.C.M.
-         2056 | Pte.          | Gill, J.                | D.C.M.
-         2648 | Pte.          | Hooper, W. F.           | D.C.M.
-         1625 | Pte.          | Gibbs J. A.             | D.C.M.
-         1403 | Pte.          | Heptonstall, A.         | D.C.M.
-         2662 | Pte.          | Naylor, W.              | M.M.
-         1361 | Pte.          | Brook, S.               | M.M.
-         1869 | Pte.          | Leonards, G.            | M.M.
-         7049 | Pte.          | Pennie, A.              | M.M.
-         7064 | Pte.          | Milburn, W.             | M.M.
-         4429 | Pte.          | Rose, E.                | M.M.
-         7193 | Pte.          | Dowie, J.               | M.M.
-         6600 | Pte.          | Edwards, J.             | M.M.
-        20946 | Pte.          | Fearnley, E.            | D.C.M.
-        30844 | Pte.          | Mills, W.               | M.M.
-       201375 | Pte.          | Green, W. E.            | M.M.
-       203360 | Pte.          | Woodall, C. V.          | M.M.
-       203447 | Pte.          | Scott, R.               | M.M.
-        22168 | Pte.          | Rennison, W. H.         | M.M.
-       200858 | Pte.          | Hill, F.                | M.M.
-       203398 | Pte.          | Lavender, R. H.         | M.M.
-        24192 | Pte.          | Crelly, —.              | M.M.
-        20085 | Pte.          | Arundel, T.             | M.M.
-        47502 | Pte.          | Langford, G.            | M.M.
-        45238 | Pte.          | Chadwick, F.            | D.C.M.
-        36026 | Pte.          | Snaith, H.              | M.M.
-        36090 | Pte.          | Curtis, A.              | M.M.
-        36411 | Pte.          | Haycock, T. H.          | M.M.
-        36015 | Pte.          | Kew, J. H.              | M.M.
-       203204 | Pte.          | Baristow, H.            | M.M.
-       201339 | Pte.          | Todd, A.                | M.M.
-       235105 | Pte.          | Campbell, A.            | M.M.
-        14506 | Pte.          | Fox, F.                 | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         6227 | Pte.          | Timms, R. W.            | M.M.
-        38356 | Pte.          | Sykes, W.               | M.M.
-        27861 | Pte.          | Johnstone, F.           | M.M.
-        36512 | Pte.          | Collins, W.             | M.M.
-       203291 | Pte.          | Graves, L.              | M.M.
-        42219 | Pte.          | Gibson, S.              | M.M.
-        62271 | Pte.          | Thornton, W. E.         | M.M.
-       201974 | Pte.          | Heald, J.               | M.M.
-       240764 | Pte.          | Griffen, J.             | M.M.
-       203026 | Pte.          | Platts, F.              | M.M.
-         6035 | Pte.          | Coulson, B. S.          | M.M.
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-  1/5TH K.O. YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Moxon, C. C.            | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Bradley, C. G.          | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Sullivan, G. K.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Mackenzie, T. G.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Bentley, P.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Campbell, Q. H.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Simpson, M. N.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Linley, J. S.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Shirley, J.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Clayton-Smith, H. E. H. | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Sandford, C. R. F.      | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Short, A. G.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hobbs, F. G.            | M.C.
-         3232 | R.S.M.        | Mathews, H.             | M.C.
-       240015 | R.S.M.        | Hellewell, J.           | D.C.M.
-       240028 | R.Q.M.S.      | Roughton, J. W.         | M.S.M.
-       240158 | C.S.M.        | Sutherland, W.          | D.C.M.
-       240321 | C.S.M.        | Wright, W.              | D.C.M.
-          175 | Sgt.          | Livesey, T.             | D.C.M.
-  2534/240349 | Sgt.          | Fletcher, J. T.         | M.M.
-         3357 | Sgt.          | Raikes, J. D.           | D.C.M.
-       240182 | Sgt.          | Blakey, W.              | M.M.
-       240351 | Sgt.          | Elliott, J.             | D.C.M.
-       242161 | Sgt.          | Quirk, W. E.            | M.M.
-       241014 | Sgt.          | Wootten, H.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       240119 | Sgt.          | Walker, J. W.           | M.M.
-       241337 | L.-Sgt.       | Andrews, R.             | M.M.
-         4045 | Cpl.          | Lappin, W.              | D.C.M.
-         1710 | Cpl.          | Caton, G.               | M.M.
-       240574 | Cpl.          | Brain, A.               | D.C.M.
-       240620 | Cpl.          | Taylor, T. W.           | D.C.M.
-       242582 | Cpl.          | Langton, A.             | D.C.M.
-          130 | L.-Cpl.       | Pacey, W.               | D.C.M.
-         2414 | L.-Cpl.       | Steel, W.               | D.C.M.
-         3270 | L.-Cpl.       | Leadbeater, T.          | D.C.M.
-       242344 | L.-Cpl.       | Kynman, H.              | M.M.
-         2639 | L.-Cpl.       | Field, J. W.            | M.M.
-         1781 | Pte.          | Raynell, C.             | D.C.M.
-         2222 | Pte.          | Williams, P.            | D.C.M.
-         2559 | Pte.          | Loving, F. H.           | M.M.
-         3699 | Pte.          | Davy, A.                | M.M.
-         3064 | Pte.          | Addy, W. H.             | M.M.
-         3175 | Pte.          | Rosewarne, B. J.        | D.C.M.
-         2880 | Pte.          | Short, S.               | D.C.M.
-         2914 | Pte.          | Wilson, G. E.           | D.C.M.
-        25320 | Pte.          | Smith, J.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         4699 | Pte.          | Brook, H.               | Bronze Medal for
-              |               |                         | Military Valour
-       242448 | Pte.          | Bear, E.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240498 | Pte.          | O’Neill, M.             | M.M.
-       242661 | Pte.          | Dawson, W.              | M.M.
-       240599 | Pte.          | Jackson, J.             | M.M.
-       241914 | Pte.          | Goodwin, H.             | M.M.
-       242561 | Pte.          | Gittings, A.            | M.M.
-       242584 | Pte.          | Mercer, W.              | M.M.
-       242880 | Pte.          | Padgett, J.             | M.M.
-       242631 | Pte.          | Leighton, N.            | M.M.
-       242694 | Pte.          | Tempest, W.             | M.M.
-       240415 | Pte.          | Taylor, J.              | M.M.
-       240286 | Pte.          | Fenwick, E.             | M.M.
-       242111 | Pte.          | Constantine, H.         | M.M.
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-  1/4TH YORK AND LANCS. REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Wyatt, L. J.            | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Branson, D. S.          | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | 2nd Bar to D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Major         | Unsworth, G.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Williams, R. N.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Barber, H. G.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Bernard, C. A.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Johnson, P. N.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wilson, R. E.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Holmes, E. M.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Brooke, S.              | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wortley, J. F.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Grant, D. P.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wilkinson, R. M.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Ryan, W.                | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Elvington, M.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Johnson, L. W.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Christmas, E. S.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Warburton, S. E.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gifford, W. D. G.       | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Payne, H.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wilson, R. E.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hope, C. R.             | M.C.
-       200433 | R.S.M.        | Immison, G.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       200588 | R.Q.M.S.      | Thickett, H.            | M.S.M.
-          173 | C.S.M.        | Hutchinson, W.          | D.C.M.
-          692 | C.S.M.        | Pemberton, W.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       200077 | C.S.M.        | Wagg, W.                | D.C.M.
-        00485 | C.S.M.        | Wood, W.                | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       200121 | C.S.M.        | Cadman, W.              | D.C.M.
-       200208 | C.S.M.        | Pearson, G.             | D.C.M.
-              | C.S.M.        | Mount, F.               | D.C.M.
-         7583 | C.S.M.        | Nash, E.                | M.M.
-          390 | Sgt.          | Clarke, A. W.           | D.C.M.
-         2102 | Sgt.          | Dodd, W. R.             | M.M.
-         2187 | Sgt.          | Warburton, S.           | M.M.
-         2278 | Sgt.          | Shute, G. A.            | D.C.M.
-         1986 | Sgt.          | Breaves, E.             | M.M.
-         1629 | Sgt.          | Kay, J.                 | M.M.
-          250 | Sgt.          | Brown, G. A.            | M.M.
-         1435 | Sgt.          | Cartwright, T. W.       | M.M.
-       201421 | Sgt.          | Beedham, G. H.          | D.C.M.
-       203129 | Sgt.          | Jones, W.               | D.C.M.
-       200144 | Sgt.          | Megson, L.              | D.C.M.
-       200570 | Sgt.          | Lawless, L.             | D.C.M.
-       201986 | Sgt.          | Warren, J. E.           | M.M.
-       14/992 | Sgt.          | Firth, C.               | D.C.M.
-       200054 | Sgt.          | White, E.               | M.S.M.
-       200642 | Sgt.          | Baker, F.               | M.M.
-        33591 | Sgt.          | Davison, J.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       201010 | Sgt.          | Bingham, A.             | M.M.
-       200311 | L.-Sgt.       | Galley, W. D.           | M.M.
-        33591 | L.-Sgt.       | Davidson, J.            | D.C.M.
-       200405 | L.-Sgt.       | Crossland, F.           | M.M.
-         1797 | Cpl.          | Eaton, A.               | M.M.
-         2057 | Cpl.          | Wilkinson, H.           | D.C.M.
-         3271 | Cpl.          | Hayes, T. F.            | M.M.
-       203777 | Cpl.          | Green, H.               | M.M.
-       203006 | Cpl.          | Luton, F.               | M.M.
-       200766 | Cpl.          | Fell, S.                | M.M.
-       201744 | Cpl.          | Hudson, G.              | M.M.
-      8/16306 | Cpl.          | Waters, A.              | M.M.
-       202951 | Cpl.          | Oldfield, H.            | M.M.
-         1569 | L.-Cpl.       | Biggins, J. W.          | D.C.M.
-          670 | L.-Cpl.       | Crapper, C.             | D.C.M.
-         1099 | L.-Cpl.       | Leggatt, F.             | D.C.M.
-          672 | L.-Cpl.       | Porter, H.              | M.M.
-         2420 | L.-Cpl.       | Levesley, H.            | M.M.
-         2807 | L.-Cpl.       | Bathe, H.               | M.M.
-         2386 | L.-Cpl.       | Brady, J.               | M.M.
-         1832 | L.-Cpl.       | Freeman, G.             | M.M.
-         4253 | L.-Cpl.       | Coote, W. T.            | D.C.M.
-         2533 | L.-Cpl.       | Tarlton, A. P.          | M.M.
-         6173 | L.-Cpl.       | Scarbrooke, A. G.       | M.M.
-         2206 | L.-Cpl.       | Brown, C.               | M.M.
-          200 | L.-Cpl.       | Fell, W.                | M.M.
-         1580 | L.-Cpl.       | Lindley, G.             | M.S.M.
-       300888 | L.-Cpl.       | Bower, E. C.            | M.M.
-       200527 | L.-Cpl.       | Hall, T.                | M.M.
-       201478 | L.-Cpl.       | Jackson, M.             | D.C.M.
-       200279 | L.-Cpl.       | Ogden, C.               | M.M.
-       203206 | L.-Cpl.       | Lawrence, C.            | M.M.
-      8/13315 | L.-Cpl.       | York, F.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        33344 | L.-Cpl.       | Foster, A.              | M.M.
-       201897 | L.-Cpl.       | Leaver, H.              | M.M.
-        11527 | L.-Cpl.       | Eyre, J. W.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       200268 | L.-Cpl.       | Ramsden, H.             | M.M.
-        40404 | L.-Cpl.       | Davies, W. E.           | M.M.
-         1892 | L.-Cpl.       | Marton, H.              | D.C.M.
-          273 | Pte.          | Cowlishaw, J.           | D.C.M.
-         2343 | Pte.          | Thickett, T.            | D.C.M.
-         2500 | Pte.          | Morton, A.              | M.M.
-         6551 | Pte.          | Jelly, J.               | M.M.
-         6576 | Pte.          | Gray, E.                | M.M.
-         3636 | Pte.          | Ibbotson, S.            | M.M.
-         6035 | Pte.          | Cordson. B. S.          | M.M.
-         4157 | Pte.          | Lymer, F.               | M.M.
-         6249 | Pte.          | Vernon, A.              | M.M.
-       202033 | Pte.          | McAvoy, T. E.           | M.M.
-       201720 | Pte.          | Smith, J. T.            | M.M.
-       202544 | Pte.          | Tyler, W.               | M.M.
-       200567 | Pte.          | Longdon, J.             | M.M.
-       202518 | Pte.          | Marshall, W. E.         | M.M.
-       203547 | Pte.          | Mackie, R.              | M.M.
-       203426 | Pte.          | Wilson, J. K.           | M.M.
-       300742 | Pte.          | Jenkinson, P.           | M.M.
-       203426 | Pte.          | Downes, G.              | M.M.
-       203349 | Pte.          | Lockwood, F.            | M.M.
-       203245 | Pte.          | Rodgers, V.             | M.M.
-       201702 | Pte.          | Dungworth, C.           | M.M.
-      9/15317 | Pte.          | Barron, L.              | M.M.
-     13/29301 | Pte.          | Dale, F.                | M.M.
-        14264 | Pte.          | Adly, A.                | M.M.
-       203419 | Pte.          | Peart, H.               | M.M.
-       203380 | Pte.          | Hopkinson, H.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        17511 | Pte.          | Turtle, C.              | M.M.
-       201839 | Pte.          | Jeffrey, H.             | M.M.
-        17690 | Pte.          | Clark, J.               | M.M.
-         1277 | Pte.          | Cahill, A. E.           | M.M.
-       203221 | Pte.          | Neve, A. H.             | M.M.
-       241229 | Pte.          | Wharton, F. W.          | M.M.
-       201996 | Pte.          | Sissons, F. W.          | M.M.
-     10/40481 | Pte.          | May, P.                 | M.M.
-     15/28153 | Pte.          | Thickett, G.            | M.M.
-       202304 | Pte.          | Andrews, J.             | M.M.
-         13/3 | Pte.          | Atkinson, H.            | M.M.
-       202838 | Pte.          | Bennett, A.             | M.M.
-       200800 | Pte.          | Peat, A.                | M.M.
-        3/877 | Pte.          | Winter, R.              | M.M.
-        47093 | Pte.          | Gunn, A.                | M.M.
-        46678 | Pte.          | Jennings, J. H.         | D.C.M.
-        46711 | Pte.          | Hurd, J.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         1746 | Pte.          | Jow, G. F.              | M.M.
-       202057 | Pte.          | Baker, S.               | M.M.
-        47267 | Pte.          | Nichols, A.             | M.M.
-        46682 | Pte.          | Davies, E.              | M.M.
-       203486 | Pte.          | Holder, W. R.           | M.M.
-       235152 | Pte.          | Wolmersley, G. H.       | M.M.
-        46639 | Pte.          | Bennett, T. E.          | M.M.
-        44926 | Pte.          | Tate, T.                | M.M.
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-  1/5TH YORK AND LANCS. REGIMENT
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Parkinson, T. W.        | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Rhodes, S.              | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Johnson, E. D. C.       | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Fisher, J. M.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Roberts, G. G.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Morrell, H. H.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Baker, A.               | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Briffault, R. (R.A.M.C.)| M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Glenn, C. E.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Melly, E. E.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Price, E. V.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Jennison, R.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pitt, H. P.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Southern, V. G.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Cattle, E. S.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Marshall, J. F.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Wilson, J.              | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Dunkerton, E. L. H.     | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hill, J. J.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Bennett, G. W.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Clyne, C.               | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Clayton, B.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Grogan, V. L. de L.     | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Haigh, J. J.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Elliott, G. R.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Beaumont, J. W.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Storm, W. G.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Shires, J.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bagnall, A. E.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Fairbairn, W. F.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Redshaw, F. W.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Revill, H. H.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wood, W. A.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Naylor, J. A.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Goodier, V. R.          | M.C.
-              | Rev.          | Partington, E. F. E.    | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-       240429 | R.Q.M.S.      | Holmes, J. H. T.        | M.S.M.
-         1432 | C.S.M.        | Parkes, W.              | D.C.M.
-         5106 | C.S.M.        | Nowlan, S. C.           | D.C.M.
-       240467 | C.S.M.        | Calvert, A.             | M.C.
-       240241 | C.S.M.        | Murtagh, B.             | D.C.M.
-         2349 | Sgt.          | Calvert, A.             | D.C.M.
-         2067 | Sgt.          | Yate, J.                | D.C.M.
-           68 | Sgt.          | Jessop, F.              | D.C.M.
-          210 | Sgt.          | Inman, P.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-          217 | Sgt.          | Medlock, J.             | D.C.M.
-         2423 | Sgt.          | Crummock, E. E.         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Medal St. George
-              |               |                         | and Cross
-         2153 | Sgt.          | Teece, G.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         2126 | Sgt.          | Poxon, H.               | M.M.
-         2093 | Sgt.          | Inman, E. E.            | M.M.
-         1402 | Sgt.          | Roadhouse, G. H.        | M.M.
-       242444 | Sgt.          | Gedney, G.              | D.C.M.
-       241759 | Sgt.          | Hipkin, A. P.           | M.M.
-       240717 | Sgt.          | Gledhill, E.            | M.M.
-       200288 | Sgt.          | Steeples, J.            | M.M.
-       242141 | Sgt.          | O’Kelly, G. C.          | M.M.
-       240059 | Sgt.          | Parkin, G. H.           | D.C.M.
-       240407 | Sgt.          | Hall, R. W.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-       240073 | Sgt.          | Weatherill, F.          | D.C.M.
-       203878 | Sgt.          | Lees, E. V.             | M.M.
-       242471 | Sgt.          | Johnson, J.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-              |               |                         | (French)
-         2174 | L.-Sgt.       | Urquhart, G.            | M.M.
-         2186 | Cpl.          | Grinnette, A.           | D.C.M.
-         1792 | Cpl.          | Murtagh, B.             | M.M.
-         2334 | Cpl.          | Semley, A.              | M.M.
-         2918 | Cpl.          | Hague, A. L.            | M.M.
-         1872 | Cpl.          | Wright, S.              | D.C.M.
-       240673 | Cpl.          | Lord, B.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       242487 | Cpl.          | Smelt, J.               | M.M.
-         2619 | Cpl.          | Wilson, D.              | D.C.M.
-       241489 | Cpl.          | Hines, H.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240919 | Cpl.          | Berry, I.               | M.M.
-       241438 | Cpl.          | Johnson, F.             | M.M.
-       240160 | Cpl.          | Royston, F. R.          | M.M.
-       240100 | Cpl.          | Yeal, A.                | M.M.
-       240211 | Cpl.          | Frost, C.               | M.M.
-        20443 | Cpl.          | Wilson, J.              | M.M.
-        58244 | Cpl.          | Reach, C.               | D.C.M.
-        42150 | Cpl.          | Stephenson, F.          | M.M.
-       240385 | Cpl.          | Gamble, J. T.           | M.S.M.
-         5076 | L.-Cpl.       | Stockley, P. H.         | M.M.
-         2357 | L.-Cpl.       | Galloway, F.            | M.M.
-         2604 | L.-Cpl.       | Cooper, T.              | M.M.
-       241453 | L.-Cpl.       | Goodwin, J.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       242445 | L.-Cpl.       | Duckett, F.             | D.C.M.
-       204754 | L.-Cpl.       | Henry, A.               | M.M.
-       240298 | L.-Cpl.       | Harris, G. S.           | D.C.M.
-       240175 | L.-Cpl.       | Childs, J. R.           | D.C.M.
-       241226 | L.-Cpl.       | Scott, J.               | M.M.
-       235806 | L.-Cpl.       | Collier, A.             | M.M.
-        11974 | L.-Cpl.       | Porter, W. H.           | M.M.
-       242850 | L.-Cpl.       | Anisworth, W.           | M.M.
-       201726 | L.-Cpl.       | Greaves, H.             | M.M.
-       240392 | L.-Cpl.       | Hepstinstall, B.        | M.M.
-         2446 | Pte.          | Clements, C.            | D.C.M.
-         1119 | Pte.          | Gray, A.                | M.M.
-         2317 | Pte.          | Wilde, J.               | M.M.
-         2173 | Pte.          | Whitworth, T.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-         3923 | Pte.          | Barker, H.              | M.M.
-         2432 | Pte.          | Hatton, H.              | M.M.
-         2361 | Pte.          | Heppinstall, G.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         1539 | Pte.          | Robinson, J. W.         | M.M.
-         5142 | Pte.          | Puan, J.                | M.M.
-         2509 | Pte.          | Cooper, O.              | M.M.
-         6181 | Pte.          | Milburn, P. S.          | D.C.M.
-       240465 | Pte.          | Jackson, G.             | M.M.
-       242272 | Pte.          | Freeman, C. P.          | M.M.
-       240698 | Pte.          | Spurr, C.               | M.M.
-       240022 | Pte.          | Billington, J.          | M.M.
-       240014 | Pte.          | Slock, J. G.            | M.M.
-       242335 | Pte.          | Clements, F. W.         | M.M.
-       240617 | Pte.          | Pilkington, J.          | M.M.
-       242346 | Pte.          | Small, J.               | M.M.
-       240231 | Pte.          | Wing, A.                | M.M.
-       240522 | Pte.          | Hunt, J. W.             | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-         3771 | Pte.          | Golicher, J.            | M.M.
-        31906 | Pte.          | Coleman, T.             | M.M.
-       240697 | Pte.          | Nadin, J.               | M.M.
-        40446 | Pte.          | Owen, J. V.             | M.M.
-       242237 | Pte.          | Potter, I.              | M.M.
-         1466 | Pte.          | Mansfield, B.           | M.M.
-       242080 | Pte.          | Pheasants, E. W.        | M.M.
-        38867 | Pte.          | Pilbrow, H.             | M.M.
-       240089 | Pte.          | Moon, F.                | M.M.
-        42276 | Pte.          | Padley, M.              | M.M.
-       242215 | Pte.          | Exon, W.                | M.M.
-        31907 | Pte.          | Grainger, S.            | M.M.
-       240624 | Pte.          | Quinn, L.               | M.M.
-       241509 | Pte.          | Cox, H.                 | M.M.
-        31924 | Pte.          | Dennis, A.              | M.M.
-          377 | Pte.          | Godfrey, F.             | M.M.
-       247375 | Pte.          | Swift, H.               | M.M.
-       240206 | Pte.          | Watson, A.              | M.M.
-        47288 | Pte.          | Smith, C. R.            | M.M.
-        57790 | Pte.          | Bolton, H.              | M.M.
-        27859 | Pte.          | Haigh, W.               | M.M.
-       12/111 | Pte.          | Geldert, S.             | M.M.
-          742 | Pte.          | Whitfield, F.           | M.M.
-       205605 | Pte.          | Sivett, J.              | M.M.
-        17502 | Pte.          | Lakin, P.               | M.M.
-        11015 | Pte.          | Jackson, G. F.          | M.M.
-        47146 | Pte.          | Hedgeman, W. W.         | M.M.
-        38321 | Pte.          | Williamson, T.          | M.M.
-        44772 | Pte.          | Clamp, T.               | M.M.
-       240005 | Pte.          | Parkin, C.              | Medaille
-              |               |                         | d’Honneur Avec
-              |               |                         | Glavies en
-              |               |                         | Bronze
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-  19TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Graham, J. M. A., D.S.O.| Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Smith, J. H.            | Croix de Guerre
-              | Major         | Wade-Gery, H. T.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hibbert, G.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Palk, S. A.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Whittles, N.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Musker, H.              | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Edden, R. P. S.         | O.B.E., 5th
-              | Lieut.        | Moxsy, A. R.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Macfarlane, D. M.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Norman, R. B.           | M.C.
-        27239 | R.S.M.        | Garner, W.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-        17781 | R.Q.M.S.      | Timperley, W.           | M.S.M.
-        18570 | C.S.M.        | Taylor, W.              | D.C.M.
-        17392 | C.S.M.        | Cheney, A.              | M.S.M.
-        17779 | C.Q.M.S.      | Moulson, J.             | M.M.
-        17989 | Sgt.          | Baguley, J.             | M.M.
-        18600 | Sgt.          | Banham, A.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        17497 | Sgt.          | Magee, T.               | M.M.
-        15125 | Sgt.          | Lewis, J. W.            | M.M.
-         1420 | Sgt.          | Johnson, C.             | M.M.
-        17362 | Sgt.          | Hickinbotham, G.        | M.M.
-        18914 | Sgt.          | Haynes, F. J.           | D.C.M.
-        17431 | Sgt.          | Pierce, T.              | D.C.M.
-         1586 | Sgt.          | Rossey, A.              | M.S.M.
-        17655 | Sgt.          | Jackson, J. F.          | D.C.M.
-        36888 | Sgt.          | Osmond, E. F.           | M.M.
-       235663 | Sgt.          | Atkinson, T.            | Croix de Guerre
-        17387 | Sgt.          | Mathews, J.             | M.S.M.
-              |               |                         | Medaille
-              |               |                         | d’Honneur avec
-              |               |                         | Glavies en Argent
-        17583 | L.-Sgt.       | Brennan, J.             | M.M.
-        18673 | Cpl.          | Smith, J.               | M.M.
-        36820 | Cpl.          | Jones, W.               | M.M.
-        36442 | Cpl.          | Hird, G.                | M.M.
-        17357 | Cpl.          | Fennd, A.               | M.M.
-        17572 | Cpl.          | Mayell, F.              | M.M.
-        36637 | L.-Cpl.       | Foreman, E. J.          | M.M.
-       202606 | L.-Cpl.       | Hitchen, J.             | M.M.
-        34928 | L.-Cpl.       | Chadwick, F.            | M.M.
-        49469 | L.-Cpl.       | Gear, H.                | M.M.
-       238153 | L.-Cpl.       | Wainwright, W.          | M.M.
-        34941 | L.-Cpl.       | Warburton, S.           | M.M.
-        49513 | L.-Cpl.       | Davies, J.              | M.M.
-        49534 | L.-Cpl.       | Potter, H. M.           | M.M.
-        17866 | Pte.          | Taylor, E.              | M.M.
-        27577 | Pte.          | Settle, J.              | M.M.
-        18911 | Pte.          | Christian, L.           | Croix de Guerre
-        18595 | Pte.          | Bradbury, T.            | M.M.
-        23544 | Pte.          | Leech, E.               | M.M.
-        36706 | Pte.          | Pooley, A. G.           | M.M.
-        45935 | Pte.          | Fisher, V.              | M.M.
-        17916 | Pte.          | Milligan, F.            | M.M.
-        36909 | Pte.          | Prosser, T. J.          | M.M.
-       202378 | Pte.          | Booth, W. H.            | M.M.
-        25058 | Pte.          | Fogell, G.              | M.M.
-         5320 | Pte.          | Wolfenden, A.           | D.C.M.
-       203188 | Pte.          | Thomas, C. W. J.        | Croix de Guerre
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-  3RD MONMOUTH REGIMENT
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-              | Captain       | Steel, O. W. D.         | M.C.
-              |               |   (R.A.M.C.)            |
-              | Captain       | Gattie, K. F. D.        | M.C.
-          135 | S.M.          | Gravenoe, G. A.         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-         1920 | Sgt.          | Jenkins, B.             | D.C.M.
-         2172 | Sgt.          | Sketchley, G. W.        | D.C.M.
-          675 | Cpl.          | Hoare                   | D.C.M.
-         1425 | L.-Cpl.       | Dixon, W.               | D.C.M.
-         1511 | L.-Cpl.       | Leonard                 | D.C.M.
-         1814 | L.-Cpl.       | Andrews, L.             | M.M.
-         2440 | Pte.          | Skidmore, J.            | D.C.M.
-         1343 | Pte.          | Moore, J. J.            | D.C.M.
-         1317 | Pte.          | Powell, G.              | M.M.
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-  49TH MACHINE-GUN BATTALION
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-              | Major         | Sproulle, W. J. M.      | M.C.
-              | Major         | Rideal, J. G. E.        | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Hanson, H. W.           | M.C.
-              | Major         | Boxer, H. T.            | French Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-              | Major         | Milne, W.               | French Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-              | Captain       | Bain, C. W. C.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Thresh, A. E.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bellerby, J. R.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ratcliff, W.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bain, J.                | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Durlacher, P. A.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hawes, W. A.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Jones, D. T.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bentley, A. E.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wood, S. F. H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Steel, A. K.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Nathan, L. G.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Scott, R. C.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dudley, F.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Marshall, W.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Barker, N. P.           | M.C.
-         1669 | Sgt.          | Stembridge, E.          | D.C.M.
-        24616 | Sgt.          | Thompson, R. S.         | M.S.M.
-        16023 | Sgt.          | Maule, H. J.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        24270 | Sgt.          | Stancliffe, F.          | M.M.
-        15664 | Sgt.          | Luffrum, A. H.          | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-         1962 | Sgt.          | Bradley, A.             | M.M.
-         2385 | Sgt.          | Brignell, A. E.         | M.M.
-         1971 | Sgt.          | Binney, E.              | M.M.
-         2207 | Sgt.          | Berry, C.               | D.C.M.
-        23588 | Sgt.          | Crawshaw, G.            | M.M.
-        23636 | Sgt.          | Jakeman, T. C.          | D.C.M.
-        23655 | Sgt.          | Linton, C.              | M.M.
-         9848 | Sgt.          | Morris,                 | M.M.
-        46118 | Sgt.          | Stafford, P. H.         | M.M.
-         9285 | Sgt.          | Fewell, C. W.           | M.M.
-        44626 | Sgt.          | Kennedy, J. J.          | D.C.M.
-        24612 | Sgt.          | Walker, A.              | D.C.M.
-        20247 | Sgt.          | Jackson, F. J.          | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        16761 | Sgt.          | Burkett, J.             | D.C.M.
-        23658 | Sgt.          | Collumbine, A. C.       | M.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-        23587 | Sgt.          | Lowe, J. E.             | M.M.
-        23056 | Sgt.          | Sainsbury, A. L.        | M.S.M.
-        24764 | Sgt.          | Garside, H.             | M.S.M.
-        67534 | Sgt.          | Crockett, D.            | D.C.M.
-         1242 | L.-Sgt.       | Dibb, D.                | M.M.
-         1927 | L.-Sgt.       | Naigh, H.               | M.M.
-        34885 | Cpl.          | Fogarty, T.             | M.M.
-        19271 | Cpl.          | Smoothy, F.             | M.M.
-        72533 | Cpl.          | Turner, F.              | M.M.
-         1605 | Cpl.          | Micklethwaite, J.       | M.M.
-        23603 | Cpl.          | Stevenson, W. J.        | M.M.
-        11942 | Cpl.          | Barratt, T.             | M.M.
-        36711 | Cpl.          | Godfrey, L.             | M.M.
-        36466 | Cpl.          | Wood, J.                | M.M.
-        81329 | L.-Cpl.       | Willis, T. C.           | M.M.
-       102862 | L.-Cpl.       | Precious, A. M.         | M.M.
-        59214 | L.-Cpl.       | Barratt, C.             | D.C.M.
-        36740 | L.-Cpl.       | Deadman, T.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        10288 | L.-Cpl.       | Walton, H.              | M.M.
-        70626 | L.-Cpl.       | White, W. H.            | M.M.
-         5259 | L.-Cpl.       | Toon, A.                | M.M.
-        55721 | L.-Cpl.       | White, A. J.            | M.M.
-         1240 | Pte.          | Creyke, R.              | D.C.M.
-        60482 | Pte.          | Mason, F.               | M.M.
-        20738 | Pte.          | Start, S.               | M.M.
-        24620 | Pte.          | Harris, L.              | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-        73432 | Pte.          | Banson, J.              | M.M.
-        24693 | Pte.          | Field, G. E.            | M.M.
-        24688 | Pte.          | Bolton, G.              | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-         1925 | Pte.          | Spurr, P.               | M.M.
-         2251 | Pte.          | Wallace, J.             | D.C.M.
-        85656 | Pte.          | Biddle, A. E.           | M.M.
-        12700 | Pte.          | Ditchfield, J.          | M.M.
-        16270 | Pte.          | Mason, L.               | M.M.
-         7945 | Pte.          | Middleton, A. R.        | M.M.
-        24752 | Pte.          | O’Neill, J.             | M.M.
-       147840 | Pte.          | Ramsden, J.             | M.M.
-        60493 | Pte.          | Maplethorpe, S.         | M.M.
-       108125 | Pte.          | Byrne, G. H.            | M.M.
-       139628 | Pte.          | Frost, E. D.            | M.M.
-       139630 | Pte.          | Walker, F.              | M.M.
-       136591 | Pte.          | Polwin, W.              | M.M.
-       142701 | Pte.          | Kitchen, E.             | M.M.
-       137524 | Pte.          | Price, G.               | M.M.
-       139627 | Pte.          | Rawson, E.              | M.M.
-        24684 | Pte.          | Spavin, L.              | M.M.
-        45587 | Pte.          | Chidgey, R. J.          | M.M.
-        87801 | Pte.          | Barincoat, R. H.        | M.M.
-        28754 | Pte.          | Colley, H. C.           | Croix de Guerre
-        57445 | Pte.          | Griffin, E.             | M.M.
-        71584 | Pte.          | Spinks, A.              | M.M.
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-  49TH DIVISIONAL R.A.S.C.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Chambers, J. C.         | C.B.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Haigh, B.               | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Montgomery, C. E.       | M.C.
-              | Major         | Butler, H. B. B.        | O.B.E. 4th
-              | Captain       | Milner, J.              | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pearson, R. T.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Mills, G. H.            | O.B.E. 4th
-    T4/249822 | S.S.M.        | Welburn, A. E.          | M.S.M.
-    S4/072024 | S. Sgt.       | Jacques, H.             | M.S.M.
-   M/2/164229 | Q.M.S.        | Telfor, W.              | M.S.M.
-    T4/250989 | S.Q.M.S.      | Leng, J. R.             | M.S.M.
-    S4/249596 | Sgt.          | Elsworth, C.            | M.S.M.
-    T4/250904 | Sgt.          | Keighley, J. E.         | Medaille Barbatie
-              |               |                         | si Credinta, 2nd
-              |               |                         | Class
-      MS/1401 | Sgt.          | Ridley, W.              | M.S.M.
-        T/232 | Cpl.          | Kay, J. S.              | M.M.
-       T/3008 | Dr.           | Liversedge, F.          | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-        T/418 | Dr.           | Styles, J.              | M.M.
-     T4/25101 | Dr.           | Hook, E.                | M.M.
-    T4/250886 | Dr.           | Robinson, A.            | M.M.
-    T4/251948 | Dr.           | Olford, A.              | M.M.
-    T4/252278 | Dr.           | Smith, N. B.            | Medaille
-              |               |                         | d’Honneur
-              |               |                         | Avec Glavies
-              |               |                         | en Bronze
-
-  HEADQUARTERS R.A.M.C.
-
-              | Colonel       | Sharp, A. D.            | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | C.B.
-              | Major         | Turner, A. C.           | D.S.O.
-          107 | Q.M.S.        | DeBarr, S. G.           | M.S.M.
-       403556 | Sgt.          | Cox, A.                 | M.S.M.
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-  1/1ST WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Whalley, F.             | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Goode, H. N.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Partridge, H. R.        | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Metcalfe, J. C.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pinder, J.              | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | McGuinness, E.          | M.C.
-       401417 | S. Sgt.       | Wood, A. E.             | M.S.M.
-         1670 | Sgt.          | Robson, F. W.           | M.M.
-          175 | Sgt.          | Turner, C. S.           | M.M.
-          596 | Sgt.          | Johnston, J. W.         | M.M.
-         1735 | Sgt.          | Maury, P.               | M.M.
-       401452 | Sgt.          | Beevers, F.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-   M/2/076141 | Sgt. (A.S.C.  | Routh, J.               | M.M.
-              |   Attd.)      |                         |
-       401039 | Sgt.          | Daniels, A.             | M.M.
-       401330 | Sgt.          | Slater, F. H.           | M.M.
-       401004 | Sgt.          | Pawson, F.              | M.S.M.
-       401234 | L.-Sgt.       | Kew, A.                 | M.M.
-    M2/005122 | Cpl. (A.S.C.  | Beale, H. C.            | Belgian Croix
-              |   Attd.)      |                         | de Guerre
-       401090 | Cpl.          | Harvey, P.              | M.M.
-          123 | L.-Cpl.       | Fisher, G. H.           | M.M.
-           45 | L.-Cpl.       | Wiles, H.               | M.M.
-       401205 | L.-Cpl.       | Ibbetson, J. W.         | M.M.
-       401194 | L.-Cpl.       | Vaughan, R.             | M.M.
-          128 | Pte.          | Brown, B.               | M.M.
-          279 | Pte.          | Dibbs, E.               | M.M.
-         1603 | Pte.          | Middleton, E.           | M.M.
-         1550 | Pte.          | Robinson, W.            | M.M.
-          206 | Pte.          | Gott, A.                | M.M.
-           28 | Pte.          | Castlelow, F.           | M.M.
-          594 | Pte.          | Hinchcliffe, T. J.      | M.M.
-       401436 | Pte.          | Johnson, H.             | M.M.
-       401325 | Pte.          | Adams, H. V.            | M.M.
-        92903 | Pte.          | Mackie, A. J. G.        | M.M.
-       401024 | Pte.          | Haley, T. B.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       401491 | Pte.          | Dickinson, A.           | M.M.
-    M2/076128 | Pte.          | Jackson, F.             | M.M.
-    M2/073631 | Pte.          | Thorn, W.               | M.M.
-       401340 | Pte.          | Daniels, J.             | M.M.
-       401033 | Pte.          | Ormsby, G.              | M.M.
-       401334 | Pte.          | Hursley, J. T.          | M.M.
-       401047 | Pte.          | Tillotson, J.           | M.M.
-       403634 | Pte.          | Peckett, L. V.          | M.M.
-       405169 | Pte.          | Hague, J.               | M.M.
-       405445 | Pte.          | Welsh, R.               | M.M.
-       405424 | Pte.          | Treddwell, W. H.        | M.M.
-
-  1/2ND WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Collinson, H.           | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Dobson, F. G.           | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Smith, C. N.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Foxton, H.              | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Jarvis, E. C.           | M.C.
-       403033 | S.M.          | Moss, H. C.             | M.S.M.
-    T4/253975 | S.S.M.        | Norris, G. H.           | M.S.M.
-          176 | Sgt.          | Bland, G.               | D.C.M.
-              | Sgt.          | Holdsworth, W. E.       | D.C.M.
-    M2/055497 | Sgt.          | Culmane, J.             | M.M.
-          407 | Sgt.          | Hind, J. F.             | M.M.
-          845 | Sgt.          | Earl, V.                | M.M.
-       403067 | Sgt.          | Wilkinson, E.           | M.M.
-       403243 | Sgt.          | Hind, J. F.             | D.C.M.
-       403576 | L.-Sgt.       | Geavins, A. J. E.       | M.M.
-       368046 | Cpl.          | John, A. E.             | M.M.
-          137 | L.-Cpl.       | Knight, H.              | M.M.
-       403550 | L.-Cpl.       | Turner, H. H.           | M.M.
-       403564 | L.-Cpl.       | Cooper, R. J.           | M.M.
-       403549 | L.-Cpl.       | Hill, C. H.             | M.M.
-       403338 | L.-Cpl.       | Todd, P. R.             | M.M.
-          364 | Pte.          | Todd, M. W.             | M.M.
-           72 | Pte.          | Linley, A.              | M.M.
-          385 | Pte.          | Bradley, E. N.          | M.M.
-         1590 | Pte.          | Waters, S.              | M.M.
-          198 | Pte.          | Partridge, J. N.        | M.M.
-       403111 | Pte.          | Bottomley, R.           | M.M.
-       403203 | Pte.          | Newton, H.              | Belgian Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       403582 | Pte.          | Arnold, D.              | M.M.
-    M2/073659 | Pte.          | Somerville, J. M.       | M.M.
-       403591 | Pte.          | Kellett, W.             | M.M.
-       403163 | Pte.          | Bolton, R. E.           | M.M.
-       403446 | Pte.          | Booker, J. H.           | M.M.
-       403425 | Pte.          | Lickess, H.             | M.M.
-       403575 | Pte.          | Haigh, K. C.            | M.M.
-       403134 | Pte.          | Kirby, W.               | M.M.
-       403534 | Pte.          | Dellar, H.              | French Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       405267 | Pte.          | Carter, H.              | M.M.
-
-  1/3RD WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Mackinnon, J.           | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Allen, (V.C.), W. B.    | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Stark, R. A.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Carr, G. F.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Partridge, H. R.        | M.C.
-          837 | Sgt.          | Brookes, W.             | Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-          476 | Sgt.          | Oliver, H.              | D.C.M.
-          903 | Sgt.          | Brownhill, E. H.        | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       405160 | Sgt.          | Crofts, H. E.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       405244 | Sgt.          | Pickering, F.           | M.M.
-       405120 | Cpl.          | Bollard, G. W.          | M.M.
-       405247 | Cpl.          | Bower, H.               | M.M.
-       405272 | Cpl.          | Briggs, W.              | M.M.
-    M2/053961 | Cpl.          | Davies, F. C.           | M.M.
-          180 | L.-Cpl.       | Needham, G. H.          | D.C.M.
-       405267 | L.-Cpl.       | Carter, H.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       405109 | L.-Cpl.       | Dent, F.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-    M2/073647 | Dr.           | Lewis, W.               | M.M.
-          173 | Pte.          | Northend, E.            | M.M.
-       405195 | Pte.          | Harvey, B.              | M.M.
-       405114 | Pte.          | Bradshaw, H.            | M.M.
-       405079 | Pte.          | Hoyland, L. B.          | M.M.
-        83339 | Pte.          | Marshall, W. F.         | M.M.
-       405424 | Pte.          | Tradewell, W. H.        | M.M.
-       405027 | Pte.          | Emmerson, J. W.         | French Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-       405133 | Pte.          | Hayward, A. C.          | M.M.
-       405152 | Pte.          | Gregory, E.             | M.M.
-       405199 | Pte.          | Marris, H.              | M.M.
-       405147 | Pte.          | Jenkinson, J. H.        | M.M.
-       405039 | Pte.          | Lockington, J. E.       | M.M.
-       405451 | Pte.          | Hilliam, J. H.          | M.M.
-       405485 | Pte.          | Richards, A. R.         | M.M.
-
-  UNITS ATTACHED TO 49TH (W.R.) DIVISION
-
-  M.M. POLICE.
-
-       P/4816 | Sgt.          | Ryan, J. F.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        P/868 | Sgt.          | Lewendon, G.            | M.M.
-       P/4812 | Sgt.          | Beveridge, G. O. H.     | M.S.M.
-       P/2871 | L.-Cpl.       | Hignett, R.             | M.S.M.
-       P/4760 | L.-Cpl.       | Joel, H. M.             | M.M.
-       P/4890 | L.-Cpl.       | Till, J.                | M.M.
-       P/4824 | L.-Cpl.       | Parker, J.              | M.M.
-       P/7661 | L.-Cpl.       | Tokins, A.              | M.M.
-       P/1365 | L.-Cpl.       | Agar, G.                | M.S.M.
-
-  3RD SOUTH LANCS. 243RD EMPLOY. COY.
-
-       118154 | Pte.          | Furniss, O.             | M.M.
-
-  R.A.O. CORPS.
-
-       S/6351 | S. Condtr.    | Young, J. E.            | M.S.M.
-       S/4976 | S. Condtr.    | Stagg, F. G.            | M.S.M.
-              | S. Condtr.    | Parker, W.              | M.S.M.
-
-  CHAPLAIN.
-
-              | Revd.         | Barnes, S. R.           | O.B.E., 4th
-              | Revd.         | Goodwin, H. F.          | M.C.
-
-  34TH T.M. BATTERY.
-
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Whittaker, O.           | M.C.
-        62376 | Gr.           | Raynor, W.              | D.C.M.
-
-  ATTACHED TO A.P.M.
-
-     S/243106 | L.-Cpl.       | Haigh, H.               | M.S.M.
-
-  DIVISIONAL GAS OFFICER.
-
-              | Lieut.        | Stott, O.               | M.C.
-
-  ARMY VETERINARY CORPS.
-
-              | Captain       | Keir, D.                | M.C.
-     TT/03171 | Sgt.          | Heveringham, A. G.      | M.S.M.
-     TT/03216 | Sgt.          | Taylor, F. J. S.        | M.S.M.
-     TT/33338 | Sgt.          | Wilks, J.               | M.S.M.
-
-  NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.
-
-      11/2074 | Sgt.          | Davis, C. H.            | M.M.
-
-  NEW ZEALAND DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN.
-
-        2/651 | Sgt.          | Burt, O. C. H.          | M.M.
-       2/2221 | Cpl.          | MacGibbon, D. A.        | M.M.
-        10622 | Bdr.          | Malone, D.              | M.M.
-        10597 | Dr.           | Henry, G. E.            | M.M.
-      13/2846 | Dr.           | Mason, S.               | M.M.
-
-  1/1ST FIELD COY. NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.
-
-      4/1227a | Cpl.          | Duggan, J. W.           | M.M.
-       4/1978 | 2nd Cpl.      | McKinlay, W. D.         | M.M.
-       4/126a | Sapr.         | Ramsey, J. K.           | M.M.
-       4/1207 | Sapr.         | Walker, J.              | M.M.
-
-  1/3RD FIELD COY. NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.
-       4/2112 | Sapr.         | McMillan, H.            | M.M.
-
-
-(B). SUMMARY OF HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY 62ND (W.R.) DIVISION.
-
-  V.C.                           5
-  C.M.G.                         4
-  M.B.E.                         1
-  D.S.O.                        61
-  Bar to D.S.O.                  6
-  M.C.                         402
-  Bar to M.C.                   49
-  2nd Bar to M.C.                3
-  3rd Bar to M.C.                1
-  D.C.M.                       169
-  Bar to D.C.M.                  6
-  M.M.                       1,754
-  Bar to M.M.                   97
-  2nd Bar to M.M.                3
-  M.S.M.                        68
-  Foreign Orders, etc.          26
-                             -----
-                    Total    2,655
-                             -----
-
-
-LIST OF HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY 62ND (W.R.) DIVISION.
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-  ------------+---------------+-------------------------+------------------
-   Regtl. No. |     Rank.     |           Name.         |     Award.
-  ------------+---------------+-------------------------+------------------
-              |               |                         |
-
-  HEADQUARTERS 62ND (W.R.) DIVISION.
-
-              | Maj.-Gen.     | Braithwaite, Sir W. P.  | K.C.B.
-              |               |   (C.B.)                |
-              | Maj.-Gen.     | Whigham, Sir R. D.      | K.C.M.G.
-              |               |   (K.C.B.)              |
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Foot, R. M. (C.M.G.)    | D.S.O.
-              | Br.-Gen.      | Gillam, —.              | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Newman, C. R. (D.S.O.)  | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | Legion d’Honneur
-              |               |                         | (Chevalier)
-              | Major         | Bissett, F. W. L.       | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Major         | Lindsett, W. G. (M.C.)  | D.S.O.
-              | S.S.M.        | Preston, —.             | M.S.M.
-
-  185TH INFANTRY BRIGADE.
-
-              | Bt.-Major     | O’Connor, E. N.         | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Lloyd, W. A. C.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Harter, J. F.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Freer, E. H.            | M.C.
-        48214 | Sgt.          | Ellis, H.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-
-  186TH INFANTRY BRIGADE.
-
-              | Brig.-General | Burnett, J. L. G.       | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Boyd, J. D. (D.S.O.)    | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Wright, W. O.           | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Wingfield-Stratford,    | Croix de Guerre
-              |               |   G. E.                 |
-              | Sgt.          | Hirst, H.               | D.C.M.
-      S269578 | Sgt.          | Robertshaw, W. G.       | M.S.M.
-
-  187TH INFANTRY BRIGADE.
-
-              | Brig.-General | Reddie, A. J.           | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Manley, M. A.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Impson, —.              | M.C.
-              |               |                         | M.B.E.
-
-  229TH INFANTRY BRIGADE.
-
-              | Brig.-General | Thackeray, F. S.        | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-
-  310TH BRIGADE, R.F.A.
-
-              | Major         | Currie, J. M.           | Croix de Guerre
-              | Major         | Foot, E. C.             | M.C.
-              | Major         | Jephson, E. W. F.       | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Major         | Lockhart, J. F. K.      | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Archer, D. de B.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Robinson, J. G.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Abrahams, F.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Mills, J.               | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Holt, W. P.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Morgan, R. G.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gane, L. C.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Murray, A. C.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Nowill, J. C. F.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Parkinson, E.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hess, N.                | M.C.
-       255022 | B.S.M.        | Salmon, J. P.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        77638 | B.Q.M.S.      | Woolf, E.               | M.S.M.
-       786097 | Sgt.          | Stradling, C. H.        | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-              |               |                         | Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-       775421 | Sgt.          | Bentley, J. A.          | M.M.
-       776389 | Sgt.          | Clements, L. D. J.      | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        03191 | Sgt.          | Mollett, T. A.          | M.M.
-       776403 | Sgt.          | Stapley, A. H.          | M.M.
-        50531 | Sgt.          | Eggot, G. H.            | M.M.
-       968755 | Sgt.          | Darling, G.             | M.M.
-        03221 | Sgt.          | Daniels, G. W. (A.V.C.) | M.M.
-       776674 | Sgt.          | Rider, H.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-        40915 | Sgt.          | Chamberlain, C.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       775542 | Sgt.          | Waide, E. H.            | M.S.M.
-       119305 | Sgt.          | Parker, J.              | M.M.
-       776671 | Sgt.          | Harrison, H.            | M.M.
-       796614 | Sgt.          | Moseley, W.             | M.M.
-       775909 | Cpl.          | Chapman, A.             | M.M.
-       776418 | Cpl.          | James, T. E.            | M.M.
-       686809 | Cpl.          | Mitchell, J.            | M.M.
-       775025 | Cpl.          | Clarke, F.              | M.M.
-       776679 | Cpl.          | Harrison, A.            | M.M.
-       780184 | Cpl.          | Settle, W.              | M.S.M.
-       797096 | Cpl.          | Schofield, H. H.        | M.M.
-       479756 | Cpl.          | Swithenbank, H. L.      | M.M.
-       775811 | Cpl.          | Othen, P.               | M.M.
-       775071 | Cpl.          | Howard, A.              | M.M.
-        49163 | Cpl.          | Bourne, F. H.           | M.M.
-       479751 | L.-Cpl.       | Clarke, F. W.           | M.M.
-       776421 | Bdr.          | Kirk, J.                | M.M.
-       776689 | Bdr.          | Aspinall, C.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       776686 | Bdr.          | McCart, J.              | M.M.
-       775526 | Bdr.          | Pawsey, O.              | M.M.
-       776629 | Bdr.          | Simpson, J.             | M.M.
-       149519 | Bdr.          | Gerrard, F. B.          | M.M.
-       785747 | Bdr.          | Jow, G. R.              | M.M.
-       775809 | Bdr.          | Preston, J.             | M.M.
-       686749 | Bdr.          | Blakeley, J.            | M.M.
-       775228 | Bdr.          | Naylor, C. B.           | M.M.
-        57500 | Bdr.          | Heard, J.               | M.M.
-       776659 | Gnr.          | Wood, F.                | M.M.
-       776440 | Gnr.          | Slater, F.              | M.M.
-       170024 | Gnr.          | Hales, H. E.            | M.M.
-       775175 | Gnr.          | Fender, M.              | M.M.
-       776435 | Gnr.          | Pearce, H. E.           | M.M.
-        14383 | Gnr.          | Cooper, S.              | M.M.
-       776595 | Gnr.          | Charlesworth, G.        | M.M.
-       776518 | Gnr.          | Eshelby, J.             | M.M.
-       777007 | Gnr.          | Foster, E.              | M.M.
-        40813 | Gnr.          | Johnson, W. L.          | M.M.
-        26073 | Gnr.          | Wendrop, E.             | M.M.
-       796216 | Gnr.          | Fisher, R.              | M.M.
-       765565 | Gnr.          | Walker, H.              | M.M.
-        73649 | Gnr.          | Champton, M. F.         | M.M.
-       534665 | Spr.          | Stockwell, A. W.        | M.M.
-       526246 | Spr.          | Page, W.                | M.M.
-       775859 | Sgnr.         | Milnes, N.              | M.M.
-       154325 | Sgnr.         | Thornton, S. W.         | M.M.
-       775451 | Sgnr.         | Doolan, J.              | M.M.
-       247749 | Sgnr.         | Courtney, H.            | M.M.
-       775873 | Dr.           | Simpson, A.             | M.M.
-       775729 | Dr.           | Fincham, G.             | M.M.
-         4317 | Dr.           | Smart, G.               | M.M.
-
-  312TH BRIGADE R.F.A.
-
-              | Major         | Elston, A. J.           | Croix de Guerre
-              | Bde.-Major    | Fitzgibbon, F.          | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Major         | Swain, G. A.            | M.C.
-              | Major         | Fleming, G. R.          | Croix de
-              |               |                         | Chevalier
-              |               |                         | (French)
-              | Major         | Arnold Foster, F. A.    | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Senior, A.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Yore, P.                | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Bennett, A. G.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Watson, H. S.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Ness, N.                | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Boden, J. B.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Smith, H.               | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Lloyd, E. S.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Swain, G. A.            | Croix de Guerre
-              |               |                         | (French)
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Latter, H. A.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Nelson, H. G.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dowden, H. J.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Douett, C. F. M.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Alderton, B.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Lintern, E. E. C.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Lee, A. G.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Reynolds, J. L. T.      | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gooch, F. E.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Smart, E.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ellis, G. A.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Nicholson, K. B.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Furlong, P. C.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Williams, E. T.         | M.C.
-       240004 | B.S.M.        | Brown, J. D.            | M.M.
-         5341 | B.S.M.        | Turner, G.              | M.M.
-        73925 | B.S.M.        | Hodges, J. W.           | M.M.
-       785528 | B.S.M.        | Bowden, G. F.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        90174 | Sgt.          | Wild, T.                | M.M.
-       785264 | Sgt.          | Brothwell, T.           | M.M.
-       781817 | Sgt.          | Butcher, W. T.          | M.M.
-       786046 | Sgt.          | Lupton, W.              | M.M.
-        39688 | Sgt.          | Anson, A. E. J.         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        78621 | Sgt.          | Firth, H.               | M.M.
-       785292 | Sgt.          | Buchanan, H.            | M.M.
-       786257 | Sgt.          | Sweeney, A.             | M.M.
-       786145 | Sgt.          | Penny, A.               | M.M.
-       786788 | Sgt.          | Simpson, T.             | M.M.
-       786051 | Sgt.          | McGowen, H.             | M.M.
-        70957 | Sgt.          | Stevenson, W.           | M.M.
-       786071 | Sgt.          | Parr, G.                | M.M.
-              | Sgt.          | Whittaker, F.           | D.C.M.
-        62908 | Sgt.          | Yates, J.               | M.M.
-       785248 | Sgt.          | Hebblethwaite, —.       | M.M.
-       686744 | Sgt.          | Black, J.               | M.M.
-       786705 | Sgt.          | Kettlewell, J.          | M.M.
-       785538 | Sgt.          | Roper, F.               | D.C.M.
-       786449 | Cpl.          | Jeffrey, W.             | D.C.M.
-       786191 | Cpl.          | Pollard, F.             | M.M.
-       785989 | Cpl.          | Bland, C.               | M.M.
-       786041 | Cpl.          | Jeffrey, H.             | M.M.
-       786087 | Cpl.          | Smith, J. A.            | M.M.
-       786714 | Cpl.          | Worshop, C.             | M.M.
-       785268 | Cpl.          | Steele, A.              | M.S.M.
-       117895 | Bdr.          | Roberts, R.             | M.M.
-       786581 | Bdr.          | Orme, O.                | D.C.M.
-       786289 | Bdr.          | Stobart, G.             | M.M.
-       786186 | Bdr.          | Tweed, A.               | M.M.
-       785655 | Bdr.          | Davis, H.               | M.M.
-       786597 | Bdr.          | Brears, B.              | M.M.
-        81459 | Gnr.          | Mellor, T. H.           | M.M.
-        90085 | Gnr.          | Head, W.                | M.M.
-       811015 | Gnr.          | Fellows, A.             | M.M.
-        68531 | Gnr.          | Brackfield, E.          | M.M.
-       947529 | Gnr.          | Glass, A.               | M.M.
-       786570 | Gnr.          | Hollyhead, G.           | M.M.
-       165323 | Gnr.          | Holmes, T.              | M.M.
-       786409 | Gnr.          | Leaf, E.                | M.M.
-       786176 | Gnr.          | Noble, J.               | M.M.
-       785544 | Gnr.          | Clapton, G.             | M.M.
-       786216 | Gnr.          | Heaton, R.              | M.M.
-       686672 | Gnr.          | Potts, J.               | M.M.
-       785507 | Gnr.          | Heslam, W.              | M.M.
-        14394 | Gnr.          | Friend, F.              | M.M.
-        78372 | Gnr.          | Austin, E. J.           | M.M.
-       786188 | Gnr.          | Wakefield, E.           | M.M.
-       178962 | Gnr.          | Gething, H.             | M.M.
-       155862 | Sgnr.         | Hill, F.                | M.M.
-       403491 | Pte.          | Yates, C.               | M.M.
-       786267 | S.-Smith      | Wilthew, L.             | M.M.
-       775441 | Dr.           | Marsden, W.             | M.M.
-       795579 | Dr.           | Marks, H.               | M.M.
-       785515 | Dr.           | Ames, L.                | M.M.
-          670 | Dr.           | Morgan, D. E.           | M.M.
-       786427 | Dr.           | Whitaker, S.            | M.M.
-       786321 | Dr.           | Howard, G.              | M.M.
-       796698 | Dr.           | Taylor, E.              | M.M.
-       216999 | Dr.           | Willis, W.              | M.M.
-       786277 | Dr.           | Cartwright, M.          | M.M.
-       786245 | Dr.           | Utley, F. A.            | M.M.
-       786012 | Dr.           | Ellis, W.               | M.M.
-       785652 | Dr.           | Wheatley, G.            | M.M.
-       786070 | Dr.           | Parkinson, T.           | M.M.
-        11390 | Dr.           | Slater, B.              | M.M.
-       796529 | Dr.           | Edwards, H.             | M.M.
-        47715 | Dr.           | O’Reilly, M.            | M.M.
-       479981 | Spr.          | Butcher, C.             | M.M.
-       490257 | Spr.          | Fisher, H.              | M.M.
-       354350 | Spr.          | Starding, E.            | M.M.
-
-  293RD BRIGADE R.F.A.
-        48262 | Sgt.          | Mackrill, S. W.         | D.C.M.
-        52069 | Sgt.          | Rae, W.                 | M.M.
-       781506 | Cpl.          | Burton, E.              | D.C.M.
-       606140 | Gnr.          | Evans, J.               | M.M.
-
-  WEST RIDING DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN.
-
-              | Captain       | Long, V. H. S.          | Croix de Guerre
-              | Lieut.        | House, W. H.            | M.C.
-       796450 | Sgt.          | Mather, W.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       795060 | Sgt.          | Mallinson, G.           | M.M.
-       795531 | Sgt.          | Lacey, W.               | M.M.
-       796760 | Bdr.          | Bawn, A. S.             | M.M.
-       795487 | Bdr.          | Hattersley, J. W.       | M.M.
-       795655 | Bdr.          | Firth, A.               | M.M.
-       795432 | Gnr.          | Scott, E.               | M.M.
-       795519 | Gnr.          | Simmons, F. W.          | M.M.
-        68968 | Dr.           | Bain, W.                | M.M.
-       795469 | Dr.           | Wheater, T. W.          | M.M.
-       796096 | Dr.           | Morley, T. H.           | M.M.
-       745725 | Dr.           | Green, T. J.            | M.M.
-       796893 | Dr.           | Marton, W. J.           | M.M.
-
-  62ND TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY.
-
-              | Captain       | Bate, R. E. de B.       | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Schofield, H. O.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Wilson, E.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Gaulder, C. W. E.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hart, P. H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Doig, K. H.             | M.C.
-       786598 | Cpl.          | Firth, E.               | M.M.
-       781506 | Cpl.          | Burton, E.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       775751 | Cpl.          | Smith, H.               | M.M.
-       775939 | Cpl.          | Arundel, J. W.          | M.M.
-       781904 | Cpl.          | Adams, E.               | M.S.M.
-       776494 | Bdr.          | Mornan, J.              | M.M.
-       776523 | Bdr.          | Malhom, A.              | M.M.
-        26073 | Gnr.          | Windrop, E.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       190884 | Gnr.          | Newby, M. D.            | M.M.
-       200961 | Dr.           | Metcalf, J. F.          | D.C.M.
-
-  62ND (W.R.) DIVISIONAL ROYAL ENGINEERS.
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Chenevix-Trench, L.     | C.M.G.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Montgomery, R. V.       | M.C.
-              | Major         | Paul, A. F. B.          | M.C.
-              | Major         | Walthew, E. J.          | M.C.
-              | Major         | Seaman, W. A.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Phillips, C. K.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Stranger, J. R.         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Cooper, D. E.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Pearce, H. J.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | O’Dowda, B. F.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Collins, A. B. C.       | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Howard, A. H.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Shannon, J. A.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Smith, S. A.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Clarson, C. L.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Froggatt, W.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Graham, M. R.           | M.C.
-       480031 | C.S.M.        | Neale, R. C.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-       428181 | C.Q.M.S.      | Alexander. E. T.        | M.S.M.
-       482140 | Sgt.          | Ellis, H.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       482147 | Sgt.          | Anstwick, G. H.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       482032 | Sgt.          | McNeille, J. L.         | M.M.
-       482310 | Sgt.          | Laxton, T. J.           | M.M.
-       482134 | Sgt.          | Marples, N.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       482182 | Sgt.          | Barker, G. R.           | M.M.
-       484141 | Sgt.          | Dawson, H.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       482119 | Sgt.          | Harrington, W. J.       | M.S.M.
-       482348 | Sgt.          | O’Neill, J.             | M.S.M.
-       480057 | Sgt.          | Wood, T.                | M.M.
-       480070 | Sgt.          | Proctor, E.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-       480098 | Sgt.          | Williams, J. H.         | M.S.M.
-       480316 | Sgt.          | Bruins, F.              | M.M.
-       480315 | Sgt.          | Bailey, W.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-       478021 | Sgt.          | Chapman, F.             | M.M.
-       476246 | Sgt.          | Fox, W.                 | M.M.
-       476404 | Sgt.          | Edwards, C.             | M.M.
-       476392 | Sgt.          | Whitehead, J.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       476425 | Sgt.          | Elliott, E.             | M.M.
-       476433 | Sgt.          | Henry, J.               | M.M.
-       482190 | Cpl.          | Lodge, A.               | M.M.
-       482037 | Cpl.          | North, G. H.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       458759 | Cpl.          | Doyle, T.               | M.M.
-       482341 | Cpl.          | Squires, A.             | M.M.
-       481804 | Cpl.          | Bilton, W. H.           | M.M.
-       482353 | Cpl.          | Rogers, J.              | M.M.
-       482170 | Cpl.          | King, S.                | M.M.
-       482409 | Cpl.          | Mallinson, B.           | M.M.
-       482347 | Cpl.          | Spencer, R. H.          | M.M.
-       482180 | Cpl.          | North, H.               | M.M.
-       482135 | Cpl.          | Goodsir, T. B.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       482136 | Cpl.          | Marshall, W.            | M.M.
-       482138 | Cpl.          | Wallace, W.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       482124 | Cpl.          | Maxfield, T.            | M.M.
-       482421 | Cpl.          | Groocock, A. W.         | M.M.
-       479979 | Cpl.          | Blair, S.               | M.M.
-       552167 | Cpl.          | Ashby, S.               | M.M.
-       480443 | Cpl.          | Smith, B.               | M.M.
-       430042 | Cpl.          | Tyldesley, E.           | M.M.
-       476432 | Cpl.          | Field, L.               | M.M.
-       470888 | Cpl.          | Reay, G.                | M.M.
-       498457 | Cpl.          | Wilson, E.              | M.M.
-       482256 | L.-Cpl.       | Oven, H. G.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       482419 | L.-Cpl.       | Borthwick, T. D.        | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       282422 | L.-Cpl.       | Draycott, G.            | M.M.
-       482375 | L.-Cpl.       | Yeadon, L. W.           | M.M.
-       316723 | L.-Cpl.       | Piggott, E. C. C.       | M.M.
-       482271 | L.-Cpl.       | Lake, F. E.             | M.M.
-       482125 | L.-Cpl.       | Dixon, L.               | M.M.
-       492533 | L.-Cpl.       | Trueman, H.             | M.M.
-        37010 | L.-Cpl.       | Hearne, W.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        32675 | L.-Cpl.       | Randall, H.             | M.M.
-       482301 | L.-Cpl.       | Wallace, A.             | M.M.
-       482176 | L.-Cpl.       | Ebbatson, A.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       259377 | L.-Cpl.       | Williams, M. A.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       400195 | L.-Cpl.       | Craig, R.               | M.M.
-       476397 | L.-Cpl.       | Pettifer, W.            | M.M.
-       498404 | L.-Cpl.       | Arnold, G.              | M.M.
-       400622 | L.-Cpl.       | Nairn, J.               | M.M.
-        62366 | Spr.          | Read, D. W.             | M.M.
-       482385 | Spr.          | Adamson, —.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       268251 | Spr.          | Arch, J. C.             | M.M.
-       479989 | Spr.          | Wilson, H.              | M.M.
-       142357 | Spr.          | Gisby, S.               | M.M.
-       482169 | Spr.          | Meeks, —.               | M.M.
-       482239 | Spr.          | Beeley, A.              | M.M.
-       266449 | Spr.          | Lyle, J. A.             | M.M.
-       282274 | Spr.          | Steedman, A.            | M.M.
-       508141 | Spr.          | Hooper, G.              | M.M.
-       428148 | Spr.          | Marshall, E. H.         | M.M.
-       482313 | Spr.          | Pycock, E.              | M.M.
-       482131 | Spr.          | Snowden, W. H.          | M.M.
-       479981 | Spr.          | Butcher, C.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       322132 | Spr.          | Connelly, F. G.         | M.M.
-       548448 | Spr.          | Pearce, J.              | M.M.
-       325997 | Spr.          | Pitts, B.               | M.M.
-       482343 | Spr.          | Holmes, F. H. W.        | M.M.
-       166287 | Spr.          | Justice, W. C.          | M.M.
-        48049 | Spr.          | Middleton, J. A. R.     | M.M.
-       480641 | Spr.          | Green, J.               | M.M.
-       480637 | Spr.          | Goodrum, E.             | M.M.
-       476579 | Spr.          | Cross, J.               | M.M.
-       183791 | Spr.          | Critchley, F. D.        | M.M.
-       482130 | Pnr.          | Jackson, W. H.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       325692 | Pnr.          | Hayton, H. W.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       221657 | Pnr.          | Watton, F. G.           | M.M.
-       166154 | Pnr.          | Wright, E.              | M.M.
-       259599 | Pnr.          | Douglas, E. R.          | M.M.
-       267573 | Pnr.          | Douglas, H.             | M.M.
-
-  2/5TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Josselyn, J.            | D.S.O.
-              | Lieut.        | Skirrow, G.             | Croix de Guerre
-              |               |                         | (French)
-              | Lieut.        | Green, A. E.            | D.S.O.
-              | Lieut.        | Smith, A. W. L.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Sawyer, E. C.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Airey, J. C.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Riley, B. M.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Bardsley, E. H.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Anderson, J. M.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bailey, R.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Tewson, H. V.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Veal, L. T.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Simpson, J. H.          | Croix de Guerre
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Kermode, E. M.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Donkersley, R.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gwynn, A. J.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | McKintoch, W. J.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut. & Q.M. | Riley, T.               | M.C.
-       200372 | R.Q.M.S.      | Richmond, W. E.         | M.M.
-       200026 | C.Q.M.S.      | Pope, A.                | M.M.
-       200783 | Sgt.          | Abbott, J.              | M.M.
-       201195 | Sgt.          | Rathke, W. E.           | D.C.M.
-       201129 | Sgt.          | Pearson, H. A.          | M.M.
-       201012 | Sgt.          | Huggins, J. W.          | M.M.
-         4252 | Sgt.          | Symonds, W.             | M.M.
-       201115 | Sgt.          | Irving, J.              | M.M.
-       306966 | Sgt.          | Horner, J. W.           | D.C.M.
-       238027 | Sgt.          | Campbell, R. W.         | D.C.M.
-       201138 | Sgt.          | Wright, —.              | M.M.
-       200950 | Sgt.          | Sigsworth, W.           | M.M.
-       200047 | C.Q.M.S.      | Greaves, G. E.          | M.M.
-       252897 | L.-Sgt.       | Priestley, H.           | Bar to M.M.
-        42438 | Cpl.          | Moody, J. A.            | M.M.
-       200436 | Cpl.          | White, J. H.            | M.M.
-       200463 | Cpl.          | Hudson, T.              | M.M.
-       200985 | Cpl.          | Cole, A.                | M.M.
-        42436 | Cpl.          | Burdett, T. H.          | M.M.
-        42120 | Cpl.          | Raw, J. R.              | M.M.
-         4265 | L.-Cpl.       | Marston, T.             | M.M.
-         3717 | L.-Cpl.       | Crust, J. W.            | M.M.
-       305451 | L.-Cpl.       | Shepherd, H.            | M.M.
-        42032 | L.-Cpl.       | Briggs, F.              | M.M.
-       201126 | L.-Cpl.       | Bradley, J.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201557 | L.-Cpl.       | Newbank, J.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200094 | L.-Cpl.       | Lamb, C. W.             | M.M.
-       265469 | L.-Cpl.       | Crowther, C.            | M.M.
-       267154 | L.-Cpl.       | Brear, G. W.            | M.M.
-        20166 | L.-Cpl.       | Falconer, J. S.         | M.M.
-       202109 | L.-Cpl.       | Appleby, S. P.          | M.M.
-         3700 | L.-Cpl.       | Plumb, F.               | M.M.
-         5264 | L.-Cpl.       | Taylor, W.              | M.M.
-       268521 | L.-Cpl.       | Keteley, J. C.          | M.M.
-       201935 | L.-Cpl.       | Holliday, R.            | M.M.
-       200162 | L.-Cpl.       | Waite, R.               | M.M.
-        42044 | L.-Cpl.       | Damme, R.               | M.M.
-       203581 | L.-Cpl.       | Stones, J.              | Decoration
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-              |               |                         | (Belgian)
-        42028 | L.-Cpl.       | Bevens, G. H.           | M.M.
-       202019 | Pte.          | Collinson, A. E.        | M.M.
-       200858 | Pte.          | Foster, W. V.           | M.M.
-        20476 | Pte.          | McGrigor, J.            | M.M.
-       201361 | Pte.          | Grasby, J. W.           | M.M.
-       200982 | Pte.          | Doe, C.                 | M.M.
-        11307 | Pte.          | Bell, S. D.             | M.M.
-       202093 | Pte.          | Bingham, T.             | M.M.
-        38216 | Pte.          | Rushworth, A.           | M.M.
-        48379 | Pte.          | Haigh, W.               | M.M.
-        52035 | Pte.          | Cope, R.                | M.M.
-       203630 | Pte.          | Bryant, C. E.           | M.M.
-       201202 | Pte.          | Smith, J.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       203773 | Pte.          | Beetham, H.             | D.C.M.
-        57492 | Pte.          | Boult, J. R.            | M.M.
-        41785 | Pte.          | Page, P.                | M.M.
-        57460 | Pte.          | Ross, D. G.             | M.M.
-        42016 | Pte.          | Allen, A. E.            | M.M.
-        52004 | Pte.          | Aves, C. A.             | M.M.
-        20484 | Pte.          | Platt, A. T.            | M.M.
-        57191 | Pte.          | Plant, H. G.            | M.M.
-       241936 | Pte.          | Allinson, W. B.         | M.M.
-        53706 | Pte.          | Raynor, W.              | M.M.
-        59207 | Pte.          | Cross, A.               | M.M.
-        40973 | Pte.          | Dagg, J. T.             | M.M.
-       201163 | Pte.          | Sheard, B.              | M.M.
-        59588 | Pte.          | Johnson, J.             | M.M.
-        20928 | Pte.          | Smith, H.               | M.M.
-       201908 | Pte.          | Day, A.                 | M.M.
-       201906 | Pte.          | Broomfield, J.          | M.M.
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-  2/6TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Hastings, J. H.         | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Hoare, C. H.            | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Whiteaway, E. G. L.     | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Smith, H.               | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Ling, G. F. M.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Stewart, G. F.          | D.S.O.
-              | Lieut.        | Lawrence, F. C.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Frost, T.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Rhodes, H.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bickerdike, R.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Humphries, E. B.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Allett, J. R.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Brookbank, G. E. J.     | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hodgson, G. H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Worth, J.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Moor, J.                | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bonsor, G. F.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut. & Q.M. | Welch, A.               | M.C.
-         7840 | R.S.M.        | Brough, A.              | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-       240730 | C.S.M.        | Silkstone, M.           | D.C.M.
-       241831 | Sgt.          | Huggins, W.             | D.C.M.
-       201284 | Sgt.          | Banfield, H.            | D.C.M.
-       240954 | Sgt.          | Robinson, A.            | M.M.
-       240788 | Sgt.          | Aldrid, E.              | M.M.
-       241047 | Sgt.          | Pickles, H.             | M.M.
-       242062 | Sgt.          | Taylor, J. R.           | M.M.
-       202528 | L.-Sgt.       | Piper, A.               | D.C.M.
-       242001 | Cpl.          | Binnington, R.          | D.C.M.
-       241043 | Cpl.          | Sadler, F. N.           | M.M.
-         4995 | Cpl.          | Heart, A.               | M.M.
-       201126 | Cpl.          | Bradley, J.             | M.M.
-       241356 | Cpl.          | Ellis, E.               | M.M.
-       240069 | Cpl.          | Lawford, J.             | M.M.
-       241246 | Cpl.          | Westerman, A. W.        | M.M.
-       241718 | Cpl.          | Speight, E.             | M.M.
-        12078 | Cpl.          | Moore, J.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-       241124 | L.-Cpl.       | Sellers, H.             | M.M.
-       240105 | L.-Cpl.       | Sellars, E.             | M.M.
-       241744 | L.-Cpl.       | Boyle, T.               | D.C.M.
-        40152 | L.-Cpl.       | Gamble, R.              | M.M.
-       240132 | L.-Cpl.       | Healey, H.              | M.M.
-       306068 | L.-Cpl.       | Hudson, W. H.           | M.M.
-       200971 | L.-Cpl.       | Andrews, W.             | M.M.
-        24183 | L.-Cpl.       | Garbett, S.             | M.M.
-         2746 | Pte.          | Pickthall, W.           | M.M.
-       242987 | Pte.          | Russell, E.             | M.M.
-       240931 | Pte.          | Haseltine, L.           | M.M.
-       203744 | Pte.          | Hobson, J. A.           | M.M.
-       203487 | Pte.          | Allinson, J. H.         | M.M.
-       266968 | Pte.          | Hird, S.                | M.M.
-       306624 | Pte.          | Wright, A.              | M.M.
-        41950 | Pte.          | Matthews, L. G.         | M.M.
-       242462 | Pte.          | Mosley, A.              | M.M.
-        21529 | Pte.          | Self, R.                | M.M.
-       203058 | Pte.          | Brown, F.               | M.M.
-        41981 | Pte.          | Hambleton, F.           | M.M.
-       241211 | Pte.          | Benn, W.                | M.M.
-        17682 | Pte.          | Emmett, G.              | M.M.
-       240203 | Pte.          | Hard, S. H.             | M.M.
-       241866 | Pte.          | Busfield, J. H.         | M.M.
-       203442 | Pte.          | Gelby, W.               | M.M.
-        41973 | Pte.          | Johnson, A.             | M.M.
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-  2/7TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | James, C. K.            | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Cooper, S. R.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hannam, C. D.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hamilton, J. S.         | D.S.O.
-              | Lieut.        | Raven, G. E.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Chance, J.              | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Swaney, L. T.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hall, J.                | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ling, G. F. M.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Mowen, C. H.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Jones, L. R.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Sagar-Musgrave, C. L.   | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Fane, F. L.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bazley-White, J.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Edwards, C. G.          | D.S.O.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Brown, W. R.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Rugh, W.                | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Donne, P.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Tillotson, J. E.        | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-       238203 | C.S.M.        | Cropper, J.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              | C.S.M.        | Sykes, T.               | D.C.M.
-              | Sgt.          | Smith, A.               | D.C.M.
-       267100 | Sgt.          | Wells, T.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       202522 | Sgt.          | Lancaster, C. F.        | M.M.
-         3508 | Sgt.          | McHugh, J.              | M.M.
-         2929 | Sgt.          | Gavins, J.              | M.M.
-       265747 | Sgt.          | Dean, T.                | M.M.
-       267000 | Sgt.          | Holmes, H. E.           | D.C.M.
-       265918 | C.S.M.        | Rosindale, H.           | M.C.
-       303015 | C.S.M.        | Robson, J. M.           | D.C.M.
-       265720 | Sgt.          | Burns, W.               | M.M.
-       266033 | Sgt.          | Stead, H.               | M.M.
-         3038 | Sgt.          | Cooper, C.              | M.M.
-       267466 | Sgt.          | Smith, T.               | M.M.
-       203478 | L.-Sgt.       | Bone, C.                | M.M.
-       266385 | Cpl.          | Riley, O.               | M.M.
-       266407 | Cpl.          | Elsworth, C.            | M.M.
-       266325 | Cpl.          | Dutton, J.              | M.M.
-       267136 | Cpl.          | Little, W.              | M.M.
-       266165 | L.-Cpl.       | Yates, F.               | M.M.
-       275830 | L.-Cpl.       | Dickinson, —.           | Medaille
-              |               |                         | Militaire
-              |               |                         | (French)
-       365062 | L.-Cpl.       | Hirst, C.               | M.M.
-       266131 | L.-Cpl.       | Child, J. A.            | M.M.
-        39555 | L.-Cpl.       | Webb, H.                | M.M.
-        43338 | L.-Cpl.       | White, G. E.            | M.M.
-        16189 | L.-Cpl.       | Precious, G.            | M.M.
-        22211 | L.-Cpl.       | Metcalf, T.             | D.C.M.
-        39615 | L.-Cpl.       | Connor, T.              | M.M.
-       266411 | L.-Cpl.       | Arnold, G. C.           | M.M.
-       266418 | L.-Cpl.       | Izatt, R.               | M.M.
-         4940 | Rfm.          | Wells, T.               | M.M.
-         3443 | Rfm.          | Leach, A.               | M.M.
-       267274 | Rfm.          | Walker, J. W.           | M.M.
-       267313 | Rfm.          | Atkinson, H.            | M.M.
-       267121 | Rfm.          | Walker, A.              | M.M.
-       266124 | Rfm.          | Green, C.               | M.M.
-        17331 | Rfm.          | Oates, S.               | M.M.
-       403165 | Rfm.          | Bourn, W. O. H.         | M.M.
-        52083 | Rfm.          | Lordan, D.              | M.M.
-        52308 | Rfm.          | March, A.               | M.M.
-       265714 | Rfm.          | Walgate, G.             | M.M.
-       266240 | Rfm.          | Barker, W. W.           | M.M.
-        51881 | Rfm.          | White, F.               | M.M.
-       266494 | Rfm.          | Turner, E.              | M.M.
-        26449 | Rfm.          | Trench, W.              | M.M.
-       268661 | Rfm.          | Mortimer, R.            | M.M.
-       267621 | Rfm.          | Tompofski, M.           | M.M.
-       270176 | Rfm.          | Watson, C. H.           | M.M.
-       586317 | Rfm.          | Coinllault, L. H.       | M.M.
-        3-596 | Rfm.          | Leake, J. R.            | M.M.
-        24178 | Rfm.          | Roberts, D.             | M.M.
-       205542 | Rfm.          | Holmes, J.              | M.M.
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-  2/8TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | James, A. H.            | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | England, N. A.          | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Whiteaway, E. G. L.     | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Kinder, G. G.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wall, D. L.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hutchinson, B.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Reay, P. T.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Milligan, A.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Taft, C. F. T.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hirst, G. M.            | M.C.
-              | Capt. & Q.M.  | Farrar, B.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Jowett, P.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Burrows, H. R.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Lieut.        | Graves, H. J.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Friend, C.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Pyman, J.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Nicholson, F.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Nethercot, R. P.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Crabtree, R. M.         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hartley, W. H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bullock, A.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Naylor, A.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Harrison, I. R. S.      | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Henderson, A.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Oates, A. H.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Monkman, G.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Foster, S.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hauson, F.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | McLintock, W. C.        | Croix de Guerre
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Clay, G. F.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Stead, C. V.            | M.C.
-       306197 | C.S.M.        | Wheeler, W.             | M.M.
-         7047 | C.S.M.        | Winters, H. E.          | M.M.
-              | C.Q.M.S.      | Leisham, J.             | M.S.M.
-       18/209 | C.Q.M.S.      | Oliver, J.              | M.M.
-       305674 | Sgt.          | Gowar, T. H.            | M.M.
-       306265 | Sgt.          | Speight, H.             | D.C.M.
-       306251 | Sgt.          | Andrews, W.             | M.M.
-       303966 | Sgt.          | Horner, J.              | M.M.
-       305374 | Sgt.          | Elliott, G. N.          | M.M.
-       305960 | Sgt.          | Wilson, J.              | M.M.
-       306144 | Sgt.          | Crymble, A.             | M.M.
-       306795 | Sgt.          | Buttery, E. F.          | M.M.
-       306238 | Sgt.          | Bryce, J.               | M.M.
-       305700 | Sgt.          | Hutton, W. R.           | D.C.M.
-       305621 | Sgt.          | Bullock, F. H. T.       | M.S.M.
-       201685 | Sgt.          | Suffil, S. G.           | M.S.M.
-       305958 | Sgt.          | Hipps, J.               | M.M.
-       305213 | Sgt.          | Swarbeck, H.            | M.M.
-       306413 | Sgt.          | Lockridge, W.           | M.M.
-       306818 | Sgt.          | Stanhope, J.            | M.M.
-        59618 | Sgt.          | Hubbard, C. F.          | M.M.
-       305932 | Sgt.          | Richardson, J.          | M.M.
-       235234 | Sgt.          | Mulrooney, H.           | M.M.
-       265562 | Sgt.          | Trott, J. W.            | M.M.
-       265422 | Sgt.          | Elsworth, R. J.         | D.C.M.
-       306674 | Sgt.          | Booker, A.              | M.M.
-       365685 | Sgt.          | Gough, H. T.            | M.M.
-       305814 | Sgt.          | Threadgould, H.         | M.M.
-       305804 | Sgt.          | Broadley, G.            | D.C.M.
-       305904 | Sgt.          | Audsley, F.             | M.M.
-       306209 | L.-Sgt.       | Wallis, T.              | M.M.
-        42393 | L.-Sgt.       | Pamment, C.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       241935 | L.-Sgt.       | Hensey, R.              | M.M.
-       305183 | Cpl.          | Elliott, D. W.          | M.M.
-       305404 | Cpl.          | Dunant, E.              | M.M.
-        42378 | Cpl.          | Brown, H.               | M.M.
-       306280 | Cpl.          | Russell, F. T.          | M.M.
-       305066 | Cpl.          | Latts, A.               | M.M.
-        15760 | Cpl.          | Emms, F.                | M.M.
-       305726 | Cpl.          | Webster, F.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201025 | Cpl.          | Earl, H.                | M.M.
-        24535 | Cpl.          | Stevenson, J.           | M.M.
-      15-1744 | Cpl.          | West, W. B.             | M.M.
-        52909 | Cpl.          | Briggs, T.              | D.C.M.
-       240436 | Cpl.          | Hill, H.                | M.S.M.
-       305949 | L.-Cpl.       | Athe, F.                | M.M.
-       305208 | L.-Cpl.       | Markinson, J.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       236016 | L.-Cpl.       | Shepherd, H. R.         | M.M.
-       18-158 | L.-Cpl.       | Garside, G. F.          | M.M.
-       306898 | L.-Cpl.       | Sawyer, H.              | M.M.
-       201997 | L.-Cpl.       | Kelly, J. H.            | M.M.
-        37391 | L.-Cpl.       | Anderson, S.            | M.M.
-        20166 | L.-Cpl.       | Falconer, J.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         3370 | L.-Sgt.       | Potts, W. E.            | M.M.
-         4548 | L.-Cpl.       | Priestley, J.           | M.M.
-       306240 | L.-Cpl.       | McCourt, E. P.          | M.M.
-       13-383 | L.-Cpl.       | Emmett, S.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       241152 | L.-Cpl.       | Hollings, F.            | M.M.
-       305209 | L.-Cpl.       | Wise, W.                | M.M.
-       266418 | L.-Cpl.       | Izitt, R.               | M.M.
-        46068 | L.-Cpl.       | Caset, T. M.            | M.M.
-        -1226 | L.-Cpl.       | Todd, J. E.             | M.M.
-       265746 | L.-Cpl.       | Winn, W.                | M.M.
-       307403 | L.-Cpl.       | McCready, T. R. V.      | M.M.
-        20578 | L.-Cpl.       | Lewis, C.               | M.M.
-       266208 | L.-Cpl.       | Wainwright, R.          | M.M.
-         8171 | L.-Cpl.       | Carney, J.              | M.M.
-        58777 | L.-Cpl.       | Keen, W.                | M.M.
-       305223 | L.-Cpl.       | Slater, H.              | M.M.
-        59164 | L.-Cpl.       | Youds, G.               | M.M.
-       307755 | L.-Cpl.       | Sykes, A.               | M.M.
-        60286 | L.-Cpl.       | Swynhoe, J.             | M.M.
-        61028 | L.-Cpl.       | Leach, W.               | M.M.
-        20442 | L.-Cpl.       | Booth, C. L.            | M.M.
-        43397 | Rfm.          | Bird, W.                | M.M.
-       305111 | Rfm.          | Pratt, D. C.            | M.M.
-        42889 | Rfm.          | Stockdale, A.           | M.M.
-       306774 | Rfm.          | Greenwood, L.           | M.M.
-         8055 | Rfm.          | Cooper, F.              | M.M.
-       205144 | Rfm.          | Lumbley, G.             | M.M.
-        24144 | Rfm.          | Willoughby, J. H.       | M.M.
-        27605 | Rfm.          | Clunie, A.              | M.M.
-        58868 | Rfm.          | Hakey, J. H.            | M.M.
-       205506 | Rfm.          | Harrison, R. E.         | M.M.
-       205143 | Rfm.          | Collier, F.             | M.M.
-        63934 | Rfm.          | Routledge, W.           | M.M.
-       305447 | Rfm.          | Westerman, D.           | M.M.
-       306092 | Rfm.          | Schofield, A.           | M.M.
-        42440 | Rfm.          | Butler, W.              | M.M.
-        61033 | Rfm.          | Cooper, G.              | M.M.
-        60609 | Rfm.          | Dobson, G.              | M.M.
-       306746 | Rfm.          | Owens, W.               | M.M.
-        63912 | Rfm.          | Longbottom, E.          | M.M.
-        13633 | Rfm.          | Taylor, A.              | M.M.
-        60475 | Rfm.          | Reed, J. W.             | M.M.
-       16-107 | Rfm.          | Grayson, A.             | M.M.
-         2993 | Rfm.          | Preval, S.              | M.M.
-         3730 | Rfm.          | Draycott, B.            | M.M.
-       306873 | Rfm.          | Gough, W.               | M.M.
-       308646 | Rfm.          | Sutton, P.              | M.M.
-       306188 | Rfm.          | Harland, T.             | M.M.
-       306362 | Rfm.          | Hirst, J.               | M.M.
-       235247 | Rfm.          | McGowan, A.             | M.M.
-       306202 | Rfm.          | Morton, T.              | M.M.
-       307729 | Rfm.          | Schofield, J.           | M.M.
-       306218 | Rfm.          | Wilby, A.               | M.M.
-        39331 | Rfm.          | Ibbitson, J. H.         | M.M.
-       267732 | Rfm.          | Ibbitson, W.            | M.M.
-       307766 | Rfm.          | Rooney, J.              | M.M.
-     14-13409 | Rfm.          | Lunn, A.                | M.M.
-        57267 | Rfm.          | Jackson, A.             | M.M.
-       306506 | Rfm.          | Russell, R.             | M.M.
-       306113 | Rfm.          | Rawcliffe, H.           | M.M.
-       306297 | Rfm.          | Hallas, H.              | M.M.
-       306810 | Rfm.          | Gaunt, I.               | M.M.
-       306864 | Rfm.          | Issitt, R.              | M.M.
-        57449 | Rfm.          | Newrick, I. C.          | M.M.
-       306274 | Rfm.          | Hutchinson, M. A.       | M.M.
-        40210 | Rfm.          | Cross, S. L.            | M.M.
-        39497 | Rfm.          | Harrison, J. J.         | M.M.
-        61919 | Rfm.          | Marsh, G.               | M.M.
-       266321 | Rfm.          | Gibson, H.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        53953 | Rfm.          | Eagin, S. E.            | M.M.
-        61949 | Rfm.          | Robinson, W. E.         | M.M.
-       307254 | Rfm.          | Wilkinson, T.           | M.M.
-       305968 | Rfm.          | North, H.               | M.M.
-        16-62 | Rfm.          | Beasley, J.             | M.M.
-        58765 | Rfm.          | Shepherd, H.            | M.M.
-       267455 | Rfm.          | Colman, G.              | M.M.
-        60703 | Rfm.          | Barnett, C. H.          | M.M.
-       267197 | Rfm.          | Goodall, A.             | M.M.
-        27582 | Rfm.          | Bell, T.                | M.M.
-        42815 | Rfm.          | Allan, G.               | M.M.
-        40804 | Rfm.          | Palframan, J.           | M.M.
-        62441 | Rfm.          | Smith, P.               | M.M.
-        40633 | Rfm.          | Haywood, H.             | M.M.
-        39440 | Rfm.          | Hirst, A.               | M.M.
-        42395 | Rfm.          | Robinson, J. S.         | M.M.
-       307108 | Rfm.          | Lax, T.                 | M.M.
-        52337 | Rfm.          | Smith, W. T.            | M.M.
-       306703 | Rfm.          | Worrall, C. L.          | M.M.
-        58787 | Rfm.          | Darlington, J. R.       | M.M.
-       306731 | Rfm.          | Prentice, J. E.         | M.M.
-       266112 | Rfm.          | Collinson, J.           | M.M.
-        52471 | Rfm.          | Spurway, G.             | M.M.
-        59620 | Rfm.          | Emms, G.                | M.M.
-       305147 | Rfm.          | Mellor, J. L.           | M.M.
-        53747 | Rfm.          | Tinker, W.              | M.M.
-        38494 | Rfm.          | Hinchliffe, A.          | M.M.
-        39356 | Rfm.          | Kermody, C.             | M.M.
-        81373 | Rfm.          | Binns, J. H.            | M.M.
-        39568 | Rfm.          | Fairlie, C.             | M.M.
-        59620 | Rfm.          | Freeman, S.             | M.M.
-        49515 | Rfm.          | Haw, H.                 | M.M.
-       305868 | Rfm.          | Curry, J.               | M.M.
-       268038 | Rfm.          | Jeffrey, H.             | M.M.
-        52146 | Rfm.          | Warrell, W.             | M.M.
-        52119 | Rfm.          | Reading, F.             | M.M.
-       236316 | Rfm.          | Carter, F.              | M.M.
-        20366 | Rfm.          | Holdsworth, F.          | M.M.
-       306294 | Sglr.         | Curnock, B.             | M.M.
-        24323 | Sglr.         | Collephy, H.            | M.M.
-       267658 | Sglr.         | Scott, H.               | M.M.
-        63779 | Bdsmn.        | Clarke, J.              | M.M.
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-  2/4TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Nash, H. E. P.          | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Smithson, W.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Stocks, J.              | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Lupton, B. C.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Threappleton, —.        | Croix de Guerre
-              | Lieut.        | Sherrick, J. W. (U.S.)  | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Sayers, R. H.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Cordingley, L.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Knowles, W.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Castle, J. P.           | D.S.O.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Metcalf, H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Irons, J. H.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Duckett, R.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hully, M.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dunnett, J. H.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Scott, B.               | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Potter, A. C.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Cram, J. E.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Radcliffe, H.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Saunders, W.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Spafford, A. V.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bilsbrough, H. J.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Marsden, F. K.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Walker. H. W.           | M.C.
-       202040 | R.Q.M.S.      | Lowes, W. R.            | M.S.M.
-       203174 | C.S.M.        | Wilcox, R. P.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-       201254 | C.S.M.        | Taylor, L.              | D.C.M.
-       265479 | C.S.M.        | Peacock, E.             | M.M.
-        34578 | C.S.M.        | Elliott, J. J. S.       | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200455 | C.S.M.        | Hoyle, W. H.            | M.C.
-        10908 | C.S.M.        | Mann, J. H.             | D.C.M.
-       201134 | Q.M.S.        | Furness, F.             | M.M.
-       201170 | C.Q.M.S.      | Wood, A.                | M.M.
-       201583 | Sgt.          | Kingham, S.             | M.M.
-       201680 | Sgt.          | Spetch, J. R.           | M.M.
-       200709 | Sgt.          | Beverley, G.            | M.M.
-       201217 | Sgt.          | Heaton, H.              | M.M.
-       305265 | Sgt.          | Garrod, G.              | M.S.M.
-       201273 | Sgt.          | Harrison, E.            | M.S.M.
-       201066 | Sgt.          | Hipwood, J.             | M.M.
-       201458 | Sgt.          | Smith, W. H.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       202122 | Sgt.          | Haigh, A.               | M.M.
-       200735 | Sgt.          | Greenwood, E.           | M.M.
-       201000 | Sgt.          | Hay, H.                 | M.M.
-       306764 | Sgt.          | Redfearn, E.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201649 | Sgt.          | Thompson, A.            | D.C.M.
-       200707 | Sgt.          | Whitebread, F.          | M.M.
-       202257 | Sgt.          | Crabtree, A.            | M.M.
-       200798 | Sgt.          | Crossley, W.            | D.C.M.
-       200897 | Sgt.          | Hoyle, E. H.            | M.M.
-       263065 | Sgt.          | Clayton, F.             | M.M.
-       235044 | Sgt.          | Madden, D.              | D.C.M.
-       267261 | Sgt.          | Holmes, F.              | M.M.
-       266173 | Sgt.          | Blackburn, A.           | M.M.
-       201295 | Sgt.          | Nettleton, F.           | M.S.M.
-       205610 | L.-Sgt.       | Scott, A.               | M.M.
-       265081 | L.-Sgt.       | Scarborough, J. W.      | M.S.M.
-        49839 | Cpl.          | Smith, E.               | M.M.
-       201630 | L.-Sgt.       | Greenwood, H.           | M.M.
-       265294 | Cpl.          | Falkingham, H.          | D.C.M.
-        34628 | Cpl.          | Scotton, H.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       201774 | Cpl.          | Hanson, F.              | D.C.M.
-       200708 | Cpl.          | Berry, K.               | M.M.
-       266167 | Cpl.          | Rowley, C.              | M.M.
-       306966 | Cpl.          | Kirton, C. W.           | M.M.
-       201148 | L.-Cpl.       | Hanson, H.              | M.M.
-       200800 | L.-Cpl.       | Foulds, W.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        22406 | L.-Cpl.       | Atkins, G.              | M.M.
-        34721 | L.-Cpl.       | Cowell, A.              | M.M.
-       201544 | L.-Cpl.       | Matthews, P.            | M.M.
-        24981 | L.-Cpl.       | Waller, D.              | M.M.
-       263171 | L.-Cpl.       | Mitchell, G.            | M.M.
-       205531 | L.-Cpl.       | Hegarty, R.             | M.M.
-       241737 | L.-Cpl.       | Freshwater, E.          | M.M.
-       306026 | L.-Cpl.       | Haigh, G. A.            | M.M.
-       265844 | L.-Cpl.       | Smith, W.               | M.M.
-       202333 | L.-Cpl.       | Smith, S.               | M.M.
-       202398 | L.-Cpl.       | Horner, R.              | M.M.
-         3053 | Pte.          | Astin, W.               | D.C.M.
-         8825 | Pte.          | Allen, S.               | M.M.
-       202441 | Pte.          | Butterworth, S.         | D.C.M.
-       201484 | Pte.          | Greenwood, H.           | M.M.
-       200968 | Pte.          | Hind, S.                | M.M.
-         3562 | Pte.          | Sunderland, E.          | M.S.M.
-       201209 | Pte.          | Sutcliffe, W.           | M.M.
-       202253 | Pte.          | Barrett, W.             | M.M.
-        31910 | Pte.          | Calligan, S.            | M.M.
-       201051 | Pte.          | Smith, W. H.            | M.M.
-       202382 | Pte.          | Rawnsley, H.            | M.M.
-       202305 | Pte.          | Cotton, T. J.           | D.C.M.
-       238024 | Pte.          | Kershaw, A.             | M.M.
-       201294 | Pte.          | Nutton, E.              | M.M.
-       204069 | Pte.          | Hutchinson, N. B.       | M.M.
-       202075 | Pte.          | Kelly, T.               | M.M.
-       202017 | Pte.          | Walford, J.             | M.M.
-       256394 | Pte.          | Marshall, W. A.         | M.M.
-       245738 | Pte.          | Taylor, J.              | M.M.
-        49796 | Pte.          | Shackleton, R.          | M.M.
-       235728 | Pte.          | Heslop, W.              | M.M.
-       307574 | Pte.          | Maude, H.               | M.M.
-        35278 | Pte.          | Allen, A. V.            | M.M.
-        49836 | Pte.          | Lister, H.              | M.M.
-        44634 | Pte.          | Priest, F. C.           | M.M.
-        34718 | Pte.          | Ash, A. C.              | M.M.
-       201072 | Pte.          | Mitchell, B.            | M.M.
-       202236 | Pte.          | Dumstead, A.            | M.M.
-        22382 | Pte.          | Eastgate, S.            | M.M.
-       235572 | Pte.          | Hall, H.                | M.M.
-       202046 | Pte.          | Henley, C.              | M.M.
-        22484 | Pte.          | Johnson, J.             | M.M.
-       202066 | Pte.          | Ellis, C. H.            | M.M.
-       202227 | Pte.          | Woodhead, H.            | M.M.
-       350417 | Pte.          | Crabtree, W. H.         | M.M.
-        34327 | Pte.          | Cleghorn, R.            | M.M.
-        34720 | Pte.          | Cardon, J.              | M.M.
-        22367 | Pte.          | Tranter, W.             | M.M.
-        24135 | Pte.          | Rodgers, J.             | M.M.
-        34860 | Pte.          | McGarvey, M.            | M.M.
-        40086 | Pte.          | Reay, J. L. T.          | M.M.
-        26318 | Pte.          | Bennett, F.             | M.M.
-       267405 | Pte.          | Firth, H.               | M.M.
-       267199 | Pte.          | Richardson, F. L.       | M.M.
-       202133 | Pte.          | Massey, J. T.           | M.M.
-       201540 | Pte.          | Woodhead, A.            | M.M.
-       200620 | Pte.          | Jones, A.               | M.M.
-       202472 | Pte.          | Sunderland, W.          | M.M.
-       203564 | Pte.          | Shaw, H.                | M.M.
-       306781 | Pte.          | Fox, H.                 | M.M.
-       267128 | Pte.          | Feather, E.             | M.M.
-       201536 | Pte.          | Patchett, J. H.         | M.M.
-        31749 | Pte.          | Hamer, J. A.            | Croix de Guerre
-        17491 | Pte.          | Mote, F. T.             | M.M.
-       201239 | Pte.          | Patrick, A.             | M.M.
-        11760 | Pte.          | Lipman, J.              | M.M.
-       205560 | Pte.          | Robertshaw, P.          | M.M.
-       203075 | Pte.          | Allison, J.             | M.M.
-        46783 | Pte.          | Haines, E.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-         9154 | Pte.          | Blythe, T.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       266273 | Pte.          | Cockerill, B.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       322103 | Pte.          | Dodd, J. A.             | M.M.
-        22372 | Pte.          | Bailey, A.              | M.M.
-       235711 | Pte.          | Robinson, A.            | M.M.
-       201614 | Pte.          | Barber, V.              | M.M.
-        22506 | Pte.          | Atkins, D.              | M.M.
-        32836 | Pte.          | Bradley, A.             | M.M.
-       308095 | Pte.          | Whitehouse, H.          | M.M.
-        32417 | Pte.          | Hardcastle, F.          | M.M.
-        33475 | Pte.          | Bennett, G. H.          | M.M.
-       257247 | Pte.          | Livesey, P.             | M.M.
-       267774 | Pte.          | Cockerill, B.           | M.M.
-       266273 | Pte.          | Broughton, A.           | M.M.
-       308063 | Pte.          | Shannon, R.             | M.M.
-        10504 | Pte.          | Massheder, J.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       242061 | Pte.          | North, S.               | M.M.
-       202115 | Pte.          | Waterfield, C.          | M.M.
-        32641 | Pte.          | Lockwood, A.            | M.M.
-        26840 | Pte.          | Booth, G. R.            | M.M.
-        25125 | Pte.          | Pindred. J. W.          | M.M.
-       203844 | Pte.          | Hart, A. J.             | M.M.
-       202310 | Pte.          | Blacks, S.              | M.M.
-       265791 | Pte.          | Wood, T.                | M.M.
-        26376 | Pte.          | Glading, A.             | M.M.
-       266258 | Dmr.          | Lyons, F.               | M.M.
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-  2/5TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Best, T. A. D.          | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Walker, J.              | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Jackson, H. S.          | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Robinson, W.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Goodall, T.             | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Moxon, C. S.            | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Sykes, K.               | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Captain       | Watkinson, P. J.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Tinker, G. L.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Cockhill, J. B.         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Ellis, C. G. H.         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Harris, E. W.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Bernay, G. V.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Black, D.               | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Tod, J. McK.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Mollett, B.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Yates, W.               | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Osincup, G. S.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Walte, H. F.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Ridley, P. R.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Jack, A. S.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Morton, T. R.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dodd, G. M.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Chapman, F.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Barnes, P. R.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Machin, J. R.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Walker, L. F.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hogan, J.               | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Wright, A. B.           | M.C.
-         9323 | R.S.M.        | Earle, B.               | Italian Bronze
-              |               |                         | Medal
-       240139 | C.S.M.        | Hulse, W.               | M.M.
-       240358 | C.S.M.        | Fisher, W.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       240101 | C.S.M.        | Schofield, H.           | D.C.M.
-       240222 | C.S.M.        | Jones, G. V.            | D.C.M.
-       340598 | C.S.M.        | Waterhouse, C. E.       | D.C.M.
-        12275 | C.S.M.        | Handby, K.              | D.C.M.
-       240957 | C.S.M.        | Dennis, W. H.           | M.M.
-       240431 | C.Q.M.S.      | Pedley, J.              | M.S.M.
-       240829 | C.Q.M.S.      | Airey, W.               | M.S.M.
-              | C.S.M.        | Wilkinson, W. S.        | D.C.M.
-       241414 | Sgt.          | Priestley, E.           | M.M.
-       240950 | Sgt.          | Mitchell, R.            | M.M.
-        12391 | Sgt.          | Dean, F. E.             | M.M.
-       240719 | Sgt.          | Eastwood, H. R.         | M.M.
-       266035 | Sgt.          | Burrows, G.             | M.M.
-       241337 | Sgt.          | Siswick, B.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-        15807 | Sgt.          | Hamshaw, J.             | M.M.
-        12886 | Sgt.          | Greaves, G. R.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       306308 | Sgt.          | McNay, W.               | M.M.
-       242879 | Sgt.          | Hazle, R.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       202122 | Sgt.          | Haigh, A.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240156 | Sgt.          | Ware, G. A. W.          | M.M.
-       241704 | Sgt.          | Dyson, B.               | M.M.
-        15002 | Sgt.          | Judson, M.              | M.M.
-       240763 | Sgt.          | Hepworth, T.            | M.M.
-       235755 | Sgt.          | Pearson, A.             | M.M.
-       241596 | Sgt.          | Draper, F. N.           | M.M.
-       240320 | Sgt.          | Micklethwaite, F.       | M.S.M.
-       240076 | Sgt.          | Lee, S. H.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-       240008 | Sgt.          | Merriman, H. S.         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240219 | L.-Sgt.       | Field, R.               | M.M.
-       268050 | L.-Sgt.       | Spivey, F.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       306019 | L.-Sgt.       | Sykes, H.               | M.M.
-       266170 | L.-Sgt.       | Southgate, H.           | M.M.
-       240157 | Sgt.          | Allen, W. B.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        25069 | Cpl.          | Cockrane, J.            | M.M.
-       203206 | Cpl.          | Gledhill, J.            | M.M.
-       240970 | Cpl.          | Quarterman, R. C.       | M.M.
-       241689 | Cpl.          | Parker, C. F.           | M.M.
-       265094 | Cpl.          | Shires, H.              | D.C.M.
-        11099 | Cpl.          | Williams, C.            | M.M.
-       240832 | Cpl.          | Cox, A. F.              | M.M.
-       267955 | Cpl.          | Pemberton, P.           | M.M.
-       266325 | Cpl.          | Tillotson, S.           | M.M.
-       267226 | Cpl.          | Simpson, H.             | M.M.
-       308501 | Cpl.          | Hinchcliffe, J. T.      | M.M.
-       242106 | Cpl.          | Whitterton, W.          | M.M.
-       238190 | Cpl.          | Arnold, D.              | M.M.
-       305152 | Cpl.          | Buckley, T.             | D.C.M.
-         8397 | L.-Cpl.       | Priestley, H.           | M.M.
-       241742 | L.-Cpl.       | Johnson, G.             | M.M.
-       240981 | L.-Cpl.       | Eglinton, C.            | M.M.
-       240971 | L.-Cpl.       | Halliwell, J.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201484 | L.-Cpl.       | Greenwood, H.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       202472 | L.-Cpl.       | Sunderland, W.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       267064 | L.-Cpl.       | Bates, J.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        23773 | L.-Cpl.       | Chapman, J. G.          | M.M.
-       240464 | L.-Cpl.       | Fawcett, C.             | D.C.M.
-       306466 | L.-Cpl.       | Parker, A. E.           | M.M.
-       241549 | L.-Cpl.       | Armitage, J.            | M.M.
-       240954 | L.-Cpl.       | Nedderman, R. M.        | M.M.
-       205353 | L.-Cpl.       | Wilkinson, E.           | M.M.
-       241860 | L.-Cpl.       | Lockwood, H.            | M.M.
-        11013 | L.-Cpl.       | Grogan, J.              | M.M.
-        14870 | L.-Cpl.       | Watson, J.              | M.M.
-        10664 | L.-Cpl.       | Fairburn, J.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240604 | L.-Cpl.       | Ingram, G. E.           | M.M.
-       240320 | L.-Cpl.       | Whiting, W.             | M.M.
-        48495 | L.-Cpl.       | Bell, E. C.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        33488 | L.-Cpl.       | Ramsay, R. M.           | M.M.
-        30106 | L.-Cpl.       | Healey, T. A.           | M.M.
-       242979 | L.-Cpl.       | Keogh, J. W.            | M.M.
-        34410 | L.-Cpl.       | Donkin, A. S.           | M.M.
-        17016 | L.-Cpl.       | Chapman, J.             | D.C.M.
-       240204 | L.-Cpl.       | Buckley, J.             | M.M.
-       240205 | L.-Cpl.       | Shaw, L.                | M.M.
-       266072 | L.-Cpl.       | Rowley, G.              | M.M.
-        24726 | L.-Cpl.       | Ackroyd, J.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        49707 | L.-Cpl.       | Hall, R.                | M.M.
-       238188 | L.-Cpl.       | Straker, R.             | M.M.
-       240858 | L.-Cpl.       | Ball, E.                | M.M.
-       241907 | L.-Cpl.       | Garbutt, J.             | M.M.
-       241638 | L.-Cpl.       | Shoarsmith, E. W.       | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       241222 | L.-Cpl.       | Rhodes, C.              | M.M.
-       235629 | L.-Cpl.       | Levey, J.               | M.M.
-        34510 | L.-Cpl.       | Wild, F.                | M.M.
-       268800 | L.-Cpl.       | Barker, W.              | M.M.
-       241030 | L.-Cpl.       | Farrell, R. P.          | M.M.
-         5100 | Pte.          | Chapman, C.             | French Croix
-              |               |                         | de Guerre
-       263029 | Pte.          | Tipton, W. A.           | M.M.
-       203949 | Pte.          | Tewlett, S.             | M.M.
-       241049 | Pte.          | Moete, A.               | M.M.
-       265782 | Pte.          | Walker, W.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        25078 | Pte.          | Ellis, W.               | M.M.
-       241417 | Pte.          | Marsden, W.             | M.M.
-       235092 | Pte.          | Slater, H.              | M.M.
-       241688 | Pte.          | Robinson, G. G.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       242439 | Pte.          | Raistrick, T.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       242392 | Pte.          | Brook, H.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       205564 | Pte.          | Shaw, H.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240750 | Pte.          | Squires, A.             | M.M.
-        26337 | Pte.          | Glass, W.               | M.M.
-       242367 | Pte.          | Raynard, J.             | M.M.
-       242759 | Pte.          | Pearce, G. W.           | M.M.
-       265891 | Pte.          | Butterfield, J.         | M.M.
-       242466 | Pte.          | Wray, E. G.             | M.M.
-        23901 | Pte.          | Holroyd, B.             | M.M.
-       242859 | Pte.          | Ibbotson, P.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        29495 | Pte.          | Strafford, T.           | M.M.
-       241978 | Pte.          | Hartley, F.             | M.M.
-        25262 | Pte.          | Binsley, B.             | M.M.
-       266187 | Pte.          | Wiltham, J. S.          | M.M.
-       241045 | Pte.          | Dale, E.                | M.M.
-       240742 | Pte.          | Tomlinson, R.           | M.M.
-        22602 | Pte.          | Frank, T.               | M.M.
-       240159 | Pte.          | Dobson, G. B.           | M.M.
-       266281 | Pte.          | Ready, N.               | M.M.
-        34506 | Pte.          | Tandy, H.               | V.C.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       204703 | Pte.          | Appleyard, L.           | M.M.
-       241663 | Pte.          | Simpson, J.             | M.M.
-       241887 | Pte.          | Sutcliffe, S.           | M.M.
-        24603 | Pte.          | Marshall, H.            | M.M.
-       202639 | Pte.          | Gibbs, W.               | M.M.
-       241465 | Pte.          | Bonner, C.              | M.M.
-       204034 | Pte.          | Battye, H.              | M.M.
-       242392 | Pte.          | Brook, H.               | M.M.
-       241596 | Pte.          | Locking, A.             | M.M.
-        24165 | Pte.          | Robinson, G. D.         | M.M.
-       262472 | Pte.          | Baker, T.               | M.M.
-        25101 | Pte.          | Lee, A.                 | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       242683 | Pte.          | Beardsley, P.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       242607 | Pte.          | Taylor, R.              | M.M.
-       203539 | Pte.          | Sykes, J. W.            | M.M.
-       268909 | Pte.          | Denton, T. A.           | M.M.
-       240433 | Pte.          | Crossland, W. D.        | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       203121 | Pte.          | Mackrell, S.            | M.M.
-       268800 | Pte.          | Barker, W.              | M.M.
-        34561 | Pte.          | Walker, H.              | M.M.
-        34759 | Pte.          | McClintock, W.          | M.M.
-       241691 | Pte.          | Cook, L. H.             | M.M.
-       306313 | Pte.          | Stead, H. W.            | M.M.
-       241048 | Pte.          | Taylor, F.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       242034 | Pte.          | Castle, F.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       236722 | Pte.          | White, H. J.            | M.M.
-       201823 | Pte.          | Womersley, E.           | M.M.
-        26204 | Pte.          | Harris, B.              | M.M.
-        54426 | Pte.          | Hill, J.                | M.M.
-        34499 | Pte.          | Peel, B.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       241669 | Pte.          | Asquith, H. O. K.       | M.M.
-        34464 | Pte.          | Rider, A.               | M.M.
-        16100 | Pte.          | Overend, J.             | M.M.
-        34757 | Pte.          | Parkes, A.              | M.M.
-       340623 | Pte.          | Dondaband, E.           | M.M.
-       203562 | Pte.          | Armitage, H.            | M.M.
-       235598 | Pte.          | Bashford, J. E.         | M.M.
-        25098 | Pte.          | Jeffcott, H.            | M.M.
-       240674 | Pte.          | Middleton, W.           | M.M.
-        34588 | Pte.          | Williams, L.            | M.M.
-       241857 | Pte.          | Cox, P.                 | M.M.
-       235593 | Pte.          | Bell, M.                | M.M.
-       201575 | Pte.          | Birchenough, J.         | M.M.
-        26327 | Pte.          | Bale, P.                | M.M.
-        35158 | Pte.          | Charnock, W.            | M.M.
-        26304 | Pte.          | Tippett, C. T.          | M.M.
-       269234 | Pte.          | Laverock, W.            | M.M.
-       269091 | Pte.          | Baldwin, R.             | M.M.
-        34563 | Pte.          | Harrison, E.            | M.M.
-       241184 | Pte.          | Swale, S.               | M.M.
-        34552 | Pte.          | Snowden, J. W.          | M.M.
-       240885 | Pte.          | Holroyd, G. W.          | M.M.
-        34515 | Pte.          | Auton, T.               | M.M.
-       203657 | Pte.          | Darlington, H.          | M.M.
-        26663 | Pte.          | Cartledge, A.           | M.M.
-        35639 | Pte.          | Johnson, T.             | M.M.
-       266597 | Pte.          | Fletcher, C. H.         | M.M.
-       307334 | Pte.          | Talbot, N.              | M.M.
-        34408 | Pte.          | Dewhirst, J.            | M.M.
-       202065 | Pte.          | Ellis, E. D.            | M.M.
-        33500 | Pte.          | Gracie, D.              | M.M.
-        33754 | Pte.          | Pallett, A.             | M.M.
-       305187 | Pte.          | Hollingworth, H.        | M.M.
-       203297 | Pte.          | Daft, C.                | M.M.
-       263016 | Pte.          | Fox, A.                 | M.M.
-        17112 | Pte.          | Wilson, G.              | M.M.
-       205420 | Pte.          | Drake, B.               | M.M.
-       241352 | Pte.          | Haywood, H.             | M.M.
-       235653 | Pte.          | Ward, T.                | M.M.
-        34488 | Pte.          | Key, C.                 | M.M.
-       240883 | Pte.          | Jennings, R.            | M.M.
-       306037 | Pte.          | Shaw, H.                | M.M.
-        14367 | Cpl.          | Roberts, G.             | M.M.
-        17052 | Dmr.          | Moran, P.               | M.M.
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-  2/6TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT.
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-              | Captain       | Somervell, A.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Geldard, N.             | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Luckman, W. F.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Thompson, J.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Barraclough, G. W.      | M.C.
-         6872 | C.S.M.        | Gartside, C. H.         | M.C.
-       265530 | C.S.M.        | Maude, J.               | D.C.M.
-       265926 | Sgt.          | McLeod, J. T.           | D.C.M.
-       265690 | Sgt.          | Mason, R.               | M.M.
-       240661 | Sgt.          | Davies, W.              | M.M.
-       265835 | Sgt.          | Smith, A.               | M.M.
-       266926 | Sgt.          | Garnett, T. H.          | M.M.
-        10921 | L.-Sgt.       | Rigg, G.                | M.M.
-       266961 | Cpl.          | Constantine, T.         | M.M.
-       267272 | Cpl.          | Egan, M.                | M.M.
-       266956 | Cpl.          | Caton, W.               | M.M.
-       265828 | Cpl.          | Bowman, G.              | M.M.
-       265664 | Cpl.          | Metcalf, G.             | M.M.
-        26640 | Cpl.          | Carey, A.               | M.M.
-       266475 | Cpl.          | Midgley, J.             | M.M.
-       266876 | L.-Cpl.       | Hodkinson, A.           | M.M.
-       266022 | L.-Cpl.       | Patterson, J.           | M.M.
-         5107 | Pte.          | Nussey, J. T.           | M.M.
-         4564 | Pte.          | Williams, J.            | M.M.
-       267064 | Pte.          | Bates, J.               | M.M.
-       266338 | Pte.          | Birkett, J.             | M.M.
-       266771 | Pte.          | Mills, A. E.            | M.M.
-       266766 | Pte.          | Robinson, A. V.         | M.M.
-       266966 | Pte.          | Bateson, R.             | M.M.
-       266356 | Pte.          | Stevens, R.             | M.M.
-       267043 | Pte.          | Hodges, S.              | M.M.
-       300077 | Pte.          | Standish, A.            | M.M.
-        11628 | Pte.          | Devannie, F.            | M.M.
-       267279 | Pte.          | Cooks, H.               | M.M.
-       267212 | Pte.          | Simpson, B.             | M.M.
-       269304 | Pte.          | Mokes, W. H.            | M.M.
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-  2/7TH WEST RIDING REGIMENT.
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-              | Major         | Cockburn, G. E.         | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Miller, G. W. M.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Shearne, F. E. C.       | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hayward, S. P.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hopper, H. L.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Furniss, H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Tanner, E.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Vaughan, J.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gloag, A. F.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Muff, F.                | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Pepper, F. G. W.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Buckley, J.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hardaker, H.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-       305815 | Sgt.          | Robinson, B.            | D.C.M.
-       306155 | Sgt.          | Cooper, W.              | M.M.
-       305362 | Sgt.          | Holroyd, A.             | M.M.
-       305158 | Sgt.          | Hitchcock, A.           | M.M.
-       266285 | Sgt.          | Golding, G.             | M.M.
-       305544 | Sgt.          | Allen, H.               | M.M.
-       305852 | Cpl.          | Walton, G.              | M.M.
-        11826 | Cpl.          | Neatby, E.              | M.M.
-       306271 | Cpl.          | Holden, J.              | M.M.
-       265487 | Cpl.          | Alton, E.               | M.M.
-       306015 | Cpl.          | Baxter, E.              | M.M.
-        26695 | Cpl.          | Nutter, R.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       305907 | Cpl.          | Blakeley, J. E.         | M.M.
-        19370 | Cpl.          | Ramsden, T. V. C.       | D.C.M.
-       306568 | L.-Cpl.       | Heaton, H.              | M.M.
-        15005 | L.-Cpl.       | Robinson, E.            | M.M.
-         7302 | L.-Cpl.       | Wooley, R.              | Bar to M.M.
-       306779 | L.-Cpl.       | Marshall, H.            | M.M.
-       267177 | L.-Cpl.       | Hay, A.                 | M.M.
-        10926 | L.-Cpl.       | Holmes, J.              | M.M.
-       306861 | Pte.          | Crowther, F.            | M.M.
-        25139 | Pte.          | Smith, R.               | M.M.
-        28041 | Pte.          | Turnbull, G.            | M.M.
-       305946 | Pte.          | Hoyle, M.               | M.M.
-       306908 | Pte.          | Barron, B.              | M.M.
-       306231 | Pte.          | Jackson, J. M.          | M.M.
-        16300 | Pte.          | Crombie, A.             | M.M.
-        17275 | Pte.          | Tunney, M.              | M.M.
-       306811 | Pte.          | Smith, H.               | M.M.
-       306625 | Pte.          | Thornton, J.            | M.M.
-        25140 | Pte.          | Taylor, J.              | M.M.
-        91541 | Pte.          | Blythe, T.              | M.M.
-       305944 | Pte.          | Sykes, J.               | M.M.
-        16842 | Pte.          | Graham, W.              | M.M.
-        33484 | Pte.          | Smith, J.               | M.M.
-        23624 | Pte.          | Dyson, F.               | M.M.
-       266932 | Pte.          | Smales, —.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       306659 | Pte.          | Hainsworth, L.          | M.M.
-       305283 | Pte.          | Fisher, H. B.           | M.M.
-       267054 | Pte.          | Horner, T. M.           | M.M.
-        25336 | Pte.          | Gallagher, J.           | M.M.
-        32701 | Pte.          | Owen, F.                | M.M.
-        25265 | Pte.          | Stott, J. R.            | M.M.
-        23698 | Pte.          | Wilson, A.              | M.M.
-       306890 | Pte.          | Bancroft, H.            | M.M.
-       308112 | Pte.          | Armitage, W.            | M.M.
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-  2/4TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Chaytor, C. A.          | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Power, R. E.            | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Brook, —.               | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Shearman, C.            | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Beaumont, G.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wellington, J. H.       | M.C.
-              |               | (East Yorks, attached)  | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Bentley, P.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | 3 Bars to M.C.
-              | Captain       | McNicol, M.             | M.C.
-              | Capt. & Adjt. | Earle, A. E.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Clarke, J. T. E.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Lee, N.                 | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hale-White, R.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | McCausland, C. J.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Hirst, C.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Briggs, T. H.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Curtis, G. S. C.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Spencer, G. E.          | D.S.O.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ireland, C. A.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Rodger, J. L.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Cocker, F.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Schools, P.             | M.C.
-       240829 | R.S.M.        | Ledger, W. H.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-       201304 | R.Q.M.S.      | Townend, E. W.          | M.S.M.
-              | C.S.M.        | Hudson, R.              | D.C.M.
-        36812 | C.Q.M.S.      | Woods, E. S.            | M.M.
-       200649 | Sgt.          | Naylor, B.              | M.M.
-         8244 | Sgt.          | Fenton, J.              | D.C.M.
-       240961 | Sgt.          | Robinson, A.            | M.M.
-       242411 | Sgt.          | Howsley, J.             | D.C.M.
-       200797 | Sgt.          | Walsh, J.               | D.C.M.
-       241337 | Sgt.          | Andrew, R.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        34580 | Sgt.          | Stevens, W.             | M.M.
-       201539 | Sgt.          | Hunt, F. A.             | M.M.
-              | Sgt.          | Cater, W. W.            | M.S.M.
-        17262 | Sgt.          | Fox, W. R.              | M.M.
-       235661 | Sgt.          | Davenport, C.           | M.M.
-         8995 | Sgt.          | Hampson, E.             | D.C.M.
-        11787 | Sgt.          | Parker, J. W.           | M.M.
-       200866 | Sgt.          | Bryan, J.               | D.C.M.
-        63249 | Sgt.          | Shaw, D. R.             | D.C.M.
-        63250 | Sgt.          | Broughton, S.           | D.C.M.
-       300670 | Sgt.          | Auty, J.                | M.S.M.
-       202230 | Sgt.          | Hommingway, E.          | M.S.M.
-       200958 | Sgt.          | Walker, H. V.           | M.S.M.
-       240374 | L.-Sgt.       | Johnson, S.             | D.C.M.
-       201303 | L.-Sgt.       | Turpin, A.              | M.M.
-       201216 | Cpl.          | Maddox, E.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-        16933 | Cpl.          | Game, J. G.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201471 | Cpl.          | Baker, J.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        10400 | Cpl.          | Newbolt, A.             | M.M.
-       201693 | Cpl.          | Thompson, H.            | M.M.
-        39442 | Cpl.          | Carr, H.                | M.M.
-       201154 | Cpl.          | Hampson, H.             | M.M.
-       241765 | Cpl.          | Booth, H. E.            | D.C.M.
-       201402 | Cpl.          | Dakin, S.               | M.M.
-        35967 | Cpl.          | Barmby, F.              | M.M.
-        63264 | Cpl.          | Beardsley, T. C.        | M.M.
-        15780 | Cpl.          | Parr, G. H.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200948 | L.-Cpl.       | Taylor, G.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        35540 | L.-Cpl.       | Cooke, A. H.            | M.M.
-       201432 | L.-Cpl.       | Wimpenny, G. A.         | M.M.
-       200778 | L.-Cpl.       | Lee, G.                 | M.M.
-        47618 | L.-Cpl.       | Chatterton, V.          | M.M.
-       201213 | L.-Cpl.       | Shepherd, J. I.         | M.M.
-        39343 | L.-Cpl.       | Kennedy, T.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201517 | L.-Cpl.       | Scholey, J.             | M.M.
-       200267 | L.-Cpl.       | Benson, H.              | D.C.M.
-       238009 | L.-Cpl.       | Geary, J.               | M.M.
-       201388 | L.-Cpl.       | Simpson, E.             | M.M.
-       200807 | L.-Cpl.       | Elliott, R.             | D.C.M.
-       235834 | L.-Cpl.       | Newton, J.              | D.C.M.
-       201558 | L.-Cpl.       | Oakland, H.             | M.M.
-        43549 | L.-Cpl.       | Mattingley, H.          | M.M.
-       263112 | L.-Cpl.       | Sleightholme, A.        | M.M.
-       241771 | L.-Cpl.       | Eayling. H. W.          | M.M.
-        40620 | L.-Cpl.       | James, J. W.            | M.M.
-       263113 | L.-Cpl.       | Mitchell, R.            | M.M.
-        41329 | L.-Cpl.       | Kay, J. C.              | M.M.
-       201319 | L.-Cpl.       | Armitage, G. T.         | M.M.
-       202341 | L.-Cpl.       | Sheard, W.              | M.M.
-       201816 | L.-Cpl.       | Rooker, E.              | M.M.
-        41431 | L.-Cpl.       | Parker, L.              | M.M.
-       203928 | L.-Cpl.       | Hayes, H.               | M.M.
-        24729 | Pte.          | Sternburg, N.           | M.M.
-       201216 | Pte.          | Maddox, E.              | M.M.
-       238024 | Pte.          | Lockwood, M.            | M.M.
-       202835 | Pte.          | Fairburn, F.            | M.M.
-       201934 | Pte.          | Hazel, H. D.            | M.M.
-       245289 | Pte.          | Simpson, S. J.          | M.M.
-       200111 | Pte.          | Johnson, E.             | M.M.
-        37455 | Pte.          | Jackson, G. W.          | M.M.
-       263188 | Pte.          | Hum, W.                 | M.M.
-        63455 | Pte.          | Potts, W.               | M.M.
-        52885 | Pte.          | Posser, J.              | M.M.
-       201197 | Pte.          | Heaps, T.               | M.M.
-       201817 | Pte.          | Ward, K.                | M.M.
-       202215 | Pte.          | Wadsworth, F.           | M.M.
-       202313 | Pte.          | Williamson, A.          | M.M.
-       235832 | Pte.          | Haigh, W.               | M.M.
-       601457 | Pte.          | Burton, C.              | M.M.
-        63266 | Pte.          | Bosward, E. A.          | M.M.
-        63899 | Pte.          | French, A.              | M.M.
-        63940 | Pte.          | Strawbridge, W. P.      | M.M.
-        63935 | Pte.          | O’Neill, S.             | M.M.
-        32868 | Pte.          | Crookes, J.             | M.M.
-       204328 | Pte.          | Gill, W. H.             | M.M.
-        63899 | Pte.          | Cockman, V. C.          | M.M.
-       242510 | Pte.          | Senior, H.              | M.M.
-       253987 | Pte.          | Jones, J.               | M.M.
-        63336 | Pte.          | Clewlow, H. E.          | M.M.
-       200955 | Pte.          | Goodfellow, H.          | M.M.
-        36194 | Pte.          | Lawler, T.              | M.M.
-        38737 | Pte.          | Northin, G. J.          | M.M.
-        51840 | Pte.          | Peacock, T. R.          | M.M.
-       201288 | Pte.          | Whiteley, H.            | M.M.
-       202468 | Pte.          | Machin, W.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       202451 | Pte.          | Greaves, E.             | M.M.
-         5532 | Bugler        | Burkill, W.             | M.M.
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-  2/5TH KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Watson, O. C. S.        | V.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Peter, F. H.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Barton, B. J.           | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Bentley, P.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Oliphant, T. A. H.      | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Crawford, W. L.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Crow, W.                | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Spencer, G. E.          | M.C.
-              | Capt. & Adjt. | Robinson, A.            | M.C.
-              | Capt. & Adjt. | Lynn, A. C.             | M.C.
-              | Hon. Capt. &  | Barker, H.              | M.C.
-              |   Qr. Mstr.   |                         |
-              | Lieut.        | Rose, A. R.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Houghton, R. A.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Stansfield, J.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Townend, O. E.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Tomalin, H.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Champion, A. S.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Logan, R. B.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Trigg, G.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Prestall, W. G.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Doherty, F. J.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Moore, P.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Callear, E.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gray, G. C.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Crofts, C. H.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Jenkins, W. J.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Atkins, J.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Mottram, T. W.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Platt, O. G.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Morris, E.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | James, W. G.            | D.S.O.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Ibbott, W. C.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Haigh, E.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Douglass, A. F. S.      | M.C.
-       240650 | C.S.M.        | Sampson, B.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        63076 | C.S.M.        | Younghusband, W.        | D.C.M.
-         5541 | C.S.M.        | Watson, F. W.           | D.C.M.
-       240829 | C.S.M.        | Ledger, W. H.           | M.C.
-       242172 | C.Q.M.S.      | Wilson, G.              | M.M.
-       240012 | C.Q.M.S.      | Firth, E.               | M.M.
-       240020 | C.Q.M.S.      | Strudwick, E. E.        | M.S.M.
-       241146 | Sgt.          | Fox, P.                 | M.M.
-        18805 | Sgt.          | Drage, H.               | M.M.
-       241572 | Sgt.          | Ward, H. P.             | D.C.M.
-        11777 | Sgt.          | Tordoff, H.             | D.C.M.
-         8461 | Sgt.          | Boughby, E.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       205688 | Sgt.          | Hamilton, G.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        15368 | Sgt.          | Norbury, J.             | M.M.
-        63132 | Sgt.          | Dawson, E.              | M.M.
-       249099 | Sgt.          | Brooke, A. L.           | M.M.
-       241315 | Sgt.          | Raywood, E.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240231 | Sgt.          | Robinson, W.            | M.M.
-       240536 | Sgt.          | Chatterton, T. H.       | M.M.
-       240683 | Sgt.          | Mulligan, J.            | M.M.
-       240043 | Sgt.          | Westlake, F. A.         | M.M.
-       240194 | Sgt.          | Calvert, L.             | V.C.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       241658 | Sgt.          | Kirkham, B.             | M.M.
-       241326 | Sgt.          | Hasky, J. W.            | D.C.M.
-       241103 | Sgt.          | Thomas, O. C.           | D.C.M.
-       242191 | Sgt.          | Roberts, F.             | D.C.M.
-       240781 | Sgt.          | Foster, J. G.           | D.C.M.
-       240537 | Sgt.          | Guy, W.                 | D.C.M.
-       240415 | Sgt.          | Leng, R. A.             | M.S.M.
-       240349 | C.S.M.        | Fletcher, J. T.         | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       240075 | C.S.M.        | Cooper, C.              | D.C.M.
-       240890 | C.Q.M.S.      | Schmidt, A. W.          | M.M.
-       240675 | C.Q.M.S.      | Smith, H.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | M.S.M.
-       242072 | L.-Sgt.       | Stocks, J. D.           | M.M.
-        63846 | Cpl.          | Williamson, T. T.       | M.M.
-       202150 | Cpl.          | Essery, J.              | M.M.
-        42157 | Cpl.          | Close, S.               | M.M.
-       242869 | Cpl.          | McNamara, J.            | M.M.
-       242945 | Cpl.          | Machin, J.              | M.M.
-       240592 | Cpl.          | Wright, J.              | M.M.
-       235096 | Cpl.          | Womersley, H.           | M.M.
-       202196 | Cpl.          | Harris, W.              | M.M.
-        58137 | Cpl.          | Riddle, H. W.           | M.M.
-       240658 | Cpl.          | Foulstone, W.           | M.M.
-       242174 | Cpl.          | Wardle, S. G.           | M.M.
-       240699 | Cpl.          | Marchington, B.         | M.M.
-        58077 | L.-Cpl.       | Routledge, R.           | M.M.
-        58112 | L.-Cpl.       | Yates, L.               | M.M.
-         1336 | L.-Cpl.       | Martin, E.              | M.M.
-       242887 | L.-Cpl.       | Reynolds, A.            | M.M.
-        18329 | L.-Cpl.       | Jenkins, W.             | M.M.
-       241690 | L.-Cpl.       | Hawes, H. J.            | M.M.
-        65196 | L.-Cpl.       | Williamson, T.          | M.M.
-       205687 | L.-Cpl.       | Clazey, J.              | M.M.
-       263057 | L.-Cpl.       | Pallett, R.             | M.M.
-       240668 | L.-Cpl.       | Stocks, H.              | M.M.
-       241189 | L.-Cpl.       | Buck, G.                | M.M.
-        55081 | L.-Cpl.       | Errington, J.           | M.M.
-        35875 | L.-Cpl.       | Dungworth, W.           | M.M.
-        39734 | L.-Cpl.       | Ayre, F.                | M.M.
-       241455 | L.-Cpl.       | Porter, E. F.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        19117 | L.-Cpl.       | Bennett, F.             | M.M.
-       263053 | L.-Cpl.       | Crosland, J.            | M.M.
-        19091 | L.-Cpl.       | Williams, A.            | M.M.
-       241070 | L.-Cpl.       | Morris, B.              | M.M.
-        63215 | Pte.          | Shaw, J. W.             | M.M.
-        45520 | Pte.          | Turner, J.              | M.M.
-       263042 | Pte.          | Ledger, W. H.           | M.M.
-       241361 | Pte.          | Toplis, P.              | M.M.
-        26080 | Pte.          | Norfolk, E.             | M.M.
-        27233 | Pte.          | Smith, T.               | M.M.
-        35055 | Pte.          | Hunter, L.              | M.M.
-       240643 | Pte.          | Brompton, J.            | M.M.
-       242650 | Pte.          | Bower, H.               | M.M.
-       241920 | Pte.          | Spiers, T.              | M.M.
-       242640 | Pte.          | Bell, J.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        41157 | Pte.          | Broomhead, A.           | D.C.M.
-       142701 | Pte.          | Smith, S. H.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-              |               |                         | 2nd Bar to M.M.
-        62318 | Pte.          | Smith, E.               | M.M.
-        24084 | Pte.          | Rendle, W. H.           | M.M.
-        65193 | Pte.          | Bevans, G. H.           | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       205677 | Pte.          | Robinson, T.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       205708 | Pte.          | Shaw, A.                | M.M.
-        60872 | Pte.          | Ayscough, T. L.         | M.M.
-       240742 | Pte.          | Cragg, T.               | M.M.
-        14701 | Pte.          | Flynn, F.               | M.M.
-        60869 | Pte.          | Hooley, P.              | M.M.
-        11245 | Pte.          | Hooley, C. D.           | M.M.
-        63189 | Pte.          | Macfarlane, R. W.       | M.M.
-        42996 | Pte.          | Hinchcliffe, H.         | M.M.
-        27756 | Pte.          | Barnes, A.              | M.M.
-       263004 | Pte.          | Lingley, J. W.          | M.M.
-       202854 | Pte.          | Dickinson, W.           | M.M.
-       243047 | Pte.          | Wilkinson, J.           | M.M.
-        65183 | Pte.          | Duffy, L.               | M.M.
-        62969 | Pte.          | Clark, N.               | M.M.
-        36427 | Pte.          | Maiser, C.              | M.M.
-       205202 | Pte.          | Humphries, F.           | M.M.
-       203132 | Pte.          | Harrison, J. T.         | M.M.
-       205677 | Pte.          | Robinson, T.            | M.M.
-       203515 | Pte.          | Westoby, S.             | M.M.
-        38208 | Pte.          | Peters, A.              | D.C.M.
-        65177 | Pte.          | Allan, A. E.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-       201923 | Pte.          | Malham, E.              | M.M.
-        65192 | Pte.          | Shipley, M. C.          | M.M.
-        23016 | Pte.          | Ferguson, H.            | M.M.
-        64027 | Pte.          | White, J.               | M.M.
-       203132 | Pte.          | Harrison, T. J.         | M.M.
-        35035 | Pte.          | Graham, J.              | M.M.
-       240328 | Pte.          | Crowcroft, T. R.        | M.M.
-       240388 | Pte.          | Gladwin, C. H.          | M.M.
-       241508 | Pte.          | Woodall, J.             | M.M.
-       242605 | Pte.          | Greaves, G.             | M.M.
-         4170 | Pte.          | Clarke, F.              | M.M.
-       240990 | Pte.          | Beddoes, J.             | M.M.
-       241025 | Pte.          | Boyer, W.               | M.M.
-       242959 | Pte.          | Hird, H.                | M.M.
-        46423 | Pte.          | Petty, F.               | M.M.
-        40437 | Pte.          | Jessop, J.              | M.M.
-       241829 | Pte.          | Benson, H.              | M.M.
-       200765 | Pte.          | Hutchinson, A.          | M.M.
-        26226 | Pte.          | Godfrey, W.             | M.M.
-       241191 | Pte.          | Speight, B.             | M.S.M.
-        22262 | Pte.          | Budby, E.               | D.C.M.
-       242753 | Pte.          | Boam, H. J.             | M.M.
-        38454 | Pte.          | Muir, J.                | M.M.
-       242439 | Pte.          | Fennel, G.              | M.M.
-       242142 | Pte.          | Day, J. T.              | M.M.
-       240455 | Pte.          | Abbott, A.              | M.M.
-        42858 | Pte.          | Cooper, J. W.           | M.M.
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-  2/4TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Blacker, F. S. J.       | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Ludgrab, C. W.          | M.C.
-              | Major         | Stickney, J. E. D.      | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hill, C. M.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Smith, R.               | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Lucas, E.               | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Ormesher, A. H.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wilson, A. F.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Ellse, J.               | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Maxwell, S. C.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Rodgers, J.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pennington, B. C.       | M.C.
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Hart, L. H. P.          | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Lieut.        | Mitchell, A.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hedges, N. H.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Dixon, C. V.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Skrine, D. V. D.        | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Perkins, S. M.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Munro, M.               | M.C.
-              |               |                         | 2 Bars to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Halliday, A. H.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Carter, R. W.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Longmire, L. A.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Thackeray, E. A.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Revitt, C.              | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Penny, J. E.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bradbury, J. C. L.      | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Summerbell, A. W.       | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Murrell-Talbot, E. R.   | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Eckersley, J.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Simpkin, A. L.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | May, W. B.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dryden, G. A.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Fisher, T. D.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Proudfoot, F.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bailey, R.              | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-       200893 | C.S.M.        | Davis, J. C.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201402 | C.S.M.        | Fish, P. V.             | M.M.
-       200824 | C.S.M.        | Wyman, G.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       200850 | Sgt.          | Murfin, T.              | M.M.
-       200797 | Sgt.          | Elsworth, A.            | M.M.
-       201253 | Sgt.          | Turton, W.              | M.M.
-       201312 | Sgt.          | Nelson, L.              | M.M.
-       201861 | Sgt.          | Box, J. A.              | M.M.
-       200955 | Sgt.          | Levesley, G.            | M.M.
-       201006 | Sgt.          | Hunter, A. K.           | M.M.
-        15496 | Sgt.          | Bissel, A.              | M.M.
-       205353 | Sgt.          | Daykins, J.             | V.C.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-         2984 | Sgt.          | Blakemore, G.           | M.M.
-       200949 | Sgt.          | Askham, T. S.           | M.M.
-       201550 | Sgt.          | Hodgson, A.             | M.M.
-       263013 | Sgt.          | Murphy, G.              | D.C.M.
-        19731 | Sgt.          | Bowman, T. W.           | D.C.M.
-       202740 | Sgt.          | Slingsby, P.            | M.M.
-       201042 | Sgt.          | Pashby, T.              | M.M.
-       200971 | Sgt.          | Dickenson, A.           | M.M.
-       200931 | Sgt.          | Pemberton, A.           | M.M.
-        55779 | Sgt.          | Harrop, —.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        25989 | Sgt.          | Wellington, G.          | M.M.
-       241246 | Sgt.          | Orwin, R.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200202 | Sgt.          | Coldwell, B.            | M.M.
-        32819 | Sgt.          | Munn, W.                | M.M.
-       201350 | Sgt.          | Stephens, E.            | M.S.M.
-       200810 | Sgt.          | Birtles, J.             | D.C.M.
-       202582 | L.-Sgt.       | Robertson, A. H.        | M.M.
-       201258 | L.-Sgt.       | Priest, W.              | M.M.
-       202655 | L.-Sgt.       | Hulley, H.              | M.M.
-       201568 | Cpl.          | Simpson, T.             | M.M.
-       201432 | Cpl.          | Shelton, H. H.          | M.M.
-        38319 | Cpl.          | Turner, R.              | M.M.
-        24749 | Cpl.          | Park, J.                | M.M.
-       201064 | Cpl.          | Pettit, F.              | M.M.
-        19731 | Cpl.          | Bowman, T. W.           | M.M.
-        57603 | Cpl.          | Thompson, S.            | M.M.
-       205348 | Cpl.          | Coke, S. C.             | M.M.
-       235930 | Cpl.          | Elridge, H. J.          | M.M.
-       201906 | Cpl.          | Hudson, H.              | M.M.
-        55597 | Cpl.          | Roddy, F.               | M.M.
-       201884 | Cpl.          | Ibbotson, T. E.         | M.M.
-       3-1479 | Cpl.          | Guy, J.                 | M.M.
-         7551 | Cpl.          | Flintham, J.            | M.M.
-        58392 | Cpl.          | Leggett, G. T.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-              |               |                         | 2nd Bar to M.M.
-        37698 | L.-Cpl.       | Shelly, L.              | M.M.
-       201168 | L.-Cpl.       | Mann, A. E.             | M.M.
-       241908 | L.-Cpl.       | Corbett, H.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        39445 | L.-Cpl.       | Winterbottom, W.        | M.M.
-       235931 | L.-Cpl.       | Ferguson, J. E.         | D.C.M.
-       205319 | L.-Cpl.       | Aherns, A. G.           | D.C.M.
-        58246 | L.-Cpl.       | Lawson, M.              | D.C.M.
-        24245 | L.-Cpl.       | Buck, W.                | M.M.
-        57717 | L.-Cpl.       | Hill, L.                | M.M.
-        18786 | L.-Cpl.       | Waldron, J. J.          | M.M.
-          943 | L.-Cpl.       | Harrington C.           | M.M.
-       236171 | L.-Cpl.       | Nash, E.                | M.M.
-       235999 | L.-Cpl.       | McNeill, R.             | M.M.
-       235937 | L.-Cpl.       | Wood, W.                | M.M.
-       241934 | L.-Cpl.       | Riley, W.               | M.M.
-        35560 | L.-Cpl.       | Gibbons, W.             | M.M.
-        57269 | L.-Cpl.       | Jones, H.               | D.C.M.
-       321926 | L.-Cpl.       | Lumley, F.              | D.C.M.
-        27227 | L.-Cpl.       | Jackson, W. E.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200095 | L.-Cpl.       | Hattersley, A.          | M.S.M.
-       201406 | Pte.          | Rowe, H.                | M.S.M.
-       201712 | Pte.          | Coggin, J. M.           | M.M.
-       202468 | Pte.          | Machen, W.              | M.M.
-        35616 | Pte.          | Hainring, J.            | M.M.
-       204426 | Pte.          | Edwards, J. W.          | M.M.
-       202486 | Pte.          | Danby, W. J.            | M.M.
-       201180 | Pte.          | Bacon, W.               | M.M.
-       205355 | Pte.          | Denton, A. B.           | M.M.
-       202634 | Pte.          | Garside, A. B.          | M.M.
-          732 | Pte.          | Milner, A.              | M.M.
-       204405 | Pte.          | Willett, A.             | M.M.
-       202405 | Pte.          | Farnham, R.             | M.M.
-        37633 | Pte.          | Hewe, T. W.             | M.M.
-        32914 | Pte.          | Stainthorpe, N. T.      | M.M.
-       241683 | Pte.          | Greensmith, E.          | M.M.
-       241168 | Pte.          | Dale, W.                | D.C.M.
-         9578 | Pte.          | Turrell, J.             | M.M.
-       901955 | Pte.          | Bagshaw, B.             | M.M.
-        37618 | Pte.          | Vause, G. E.            | M.M.
-       240732 | Pte.          | Slater, F.              | M.M.
-       201540 | Pte.          | Bradley, O. H.          | M.M.
-       201084 | Pte.          | Slater, G.              | M.M.
-       202760 | Pte.          | Lewin, F. J.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        20491 | Pte.          | Adamson, F.             | M.M.
-       265175 | Pte.          | Platt, B. T.            | M.M.
-       200476 | Pte.          | Bradshaw, S.            | M.M.
-        56751 | Pte.          | White, F.               | M.M.
-       263185 | Pte.          | Kirton, T. W.           | M.M.
-       265255 | Pte.          | Dickenson, H.           | M.M.
-       202774 | Pte.          | Jubb, J.                | M.M.
-        58081 | Pte.          | Dickins, G.             | M.M.
-        57365 | Pte.          | Todd, E. J.             | M.M.
-         9610 | Pte.          | Spreckley, G.           | D.C.M.
-       241672 | Pte.          | Hinds, J.               | D.C.M.
-        57911 | Pte.          | Powner, S.              | D.C.M.
-       523874 | Pte.          | Horan, J.               | D.C.M.
-        21198 | Pte.          | Rankin, F.              | M.M.
-        57723 | Pte.          | Hill, J.                | M.M.
-       200763 | Pte.          | Clark, H.               | M.M.
-       204923 | Pte.          | Whyatt, J.              | M.M.
-       201457 | Pte.          | Lockwood, B.            | M.M.
-        58445 | Pte.          | Errington, W.           | M.M.
-       241678 | Pte.          | Slater, H.              | M.M.
-        58241 | Pte.          | Rogers, A.              | M.M.
-       235994 | Pte.          | Arnold, E.              | M.M.
-       203903 | Pte.          | Hammerton, P. W.        | M.M.
-        32878 | Pte.          | Graham, T. W.           | M.M.
-        35637 | Pte.          | Wigglesworth, T. H.     | M.M.
-        57753 | Pte.          | Beever, W. H.           | M.M.
-        58092 | Pte.          | Francis, J.             | M.M.
-        32688 | Pte.          | Rawcliffe, S.           | M.M.
-        57538 | Pte.          | Patterson, F. D.        | M.M.
-       202430 | Pte.          | Cragg, J. W.            | M.M.
-       222432 | Pte.          | Hunt, W. F.             | M.M.
-        58383 | Pte.          | Cockerill, J. W.        | M.M.
-        36446 | Pte.          | Spencer, A.             | M.M.
-        57675 | Pte.          | Venus, R.               | M.M.
-       240304 | Pte.          | Dye, J. C.              | M.M.
-       202350 | Pte.          | Oxley, E.               | M.M.
-       201164 | Pte.          | Mills, R.               | M.M.
-         4132 | Pte.          | Brown, P.               | D.C.M.
-        18786 | Pte.          | Waldren, J. J.          | D.C.M.
-        57603 | Pte.          | Thompson, S.            | D.C.M.
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-  2/5TH YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Prince, P.              | D.S.O.
-              | Cap.          | Wilson, A. F.           | M.C.
-              |   (R.A.M.C.)  |                         |
-              | Captain       | Surridge, S. O. R.      | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hall, R. C.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Lancaster, A. C.        | Chevalier de
-              |               |                         | l’Ordre de
-              |               |                         | Leopold Belgian
-              | Captain       | Bate, R. E. de B.       | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Stansee, J. R.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Hill, J. J.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Beetham, C. C.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Dunkerton, E. L. H.     | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Maxwell, S. C.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wells, D.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Shooter, J. H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Thompson, G.            | M.C.
-       240370 | C.S.M.        | Rudd, F. W.             | M.M.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-       240331 | C.S.M.        | Gray, G.                | M.M.
-         1772 | Sgt.          | Williams, J. F.         | M.M.
-       240791 | Sgt.          | Robinson, J.            | M.M.
-       240279 | Sgt.          | Shenton, A.             | M.S.M.
-       241974 | Sgt.          | Chadwick, A.            | M.M.
-       241760 | Sgt.          | Rollett, E.             | M.M.
-       240797 | Sgt.          | Gummer, T.              | M.M.
-       240268 | Sgt.          | Pennington, J.          | D.C.M.
-       242683 | Sgt.          | McGarrell, D.           | M.M.
-       240318 | L.-Sgt.       | Whitaker, J. W.         | M.M.
-       241248 | Cpl.          | Front, T.               | M.M.
-       240580 | Cpl.          | Bareham, F.             | M.M.
-       241363 | Cpl.          | Cutler, J. W.           | M.M.
-       241135 | L.-Cpl.       | Evans, E.               | M.M.
-       200637 | L.-Cpl.       | Jackson, A.             | M.M.
-         2920 | L.-Cpl.       | Auty, S.                | M.M.
-       241816 | L.-Cpl.       | Banks, H.               | M.M.
-         3086 | L.-Cpl.       | Gledhill, J. W.         | M.M.
-         3294 | L.-Cpl.       | Causer, J. H.           | M.M.
-         3295 | L.-Cpl.       | Parkinson, M.           | M.M.
-         3746 | L.-Cpl.       | Simpson, P.             | M.M.
-       241327 | L.-Cpl.       | Hewitt, S.              | M.M.
-       241714 | L.-Cpl.       | Guest, R. E.            | M.M.
-       241922 | L.-Cpl.       | Blenkharn, A.           | M.M.
-       242637 | L.-Cpl.       | Burn, M.                | M.M.
-       241704 | L.-Cpl.       | Corbett, M.             | M.M.
-       241047 | L.-Cpl.       | Cartledge, R.           | M.M.
-       240956 | L.-Cpl.       | Statham, W.             | M.M.
-       240042 | L.-Cpl.       | Longden, G.             | M.M.
-       241882 | L.-Cpl.       | Hogg, R.                | M.M.
-       240899 | L.-Cpl.       | Peat, W.                | M.M.
-       241246 | L.-Cpl.       | Orwin, R.               | M.M.
-       241949 | L.-Cpl.       | Smithson, J.            | M.M.
-       241208 | L.-Cpl.       | Shepherd, B.            | M.M.
-       241589 | L.-Cpl.       | Roberts, R.             | M.M.
-       241636 | L.-Cpl.       | Lodge, J.               | M.M.
-       240579 | L.-Cpl.       | Trout, G.               | M.M.
-          473 | L.-Cpl.       | Pickersgill, F.         | M.M.
-       203539 | L.-Cpl.       | Thompson, T. M.         | M.M.
-       241687 | L.-Cpl.       | Wilson, W. V.           | M.M.
-       241700 | L.-Cpl.       | Headley, T.             | M.M.
-       241022 | L.-Cpl.       | Bamforth, W.            | M.M.
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-  1/5TH DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT.
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Bastow, H. V.           | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Windeatt, J.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hamlyn, H.              | M.M.
-              | Captain       | Antony, G. H.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pitts-Lewis, G. F.      | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Treacher, H.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Bedford, R.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Edgar, J. H.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Steer, W.               | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Coleman, R. W.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Matthews, S. F.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Fisher, D. K.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Stanley, H.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Northey, T.             | M.C.
-       240062 | R.Q.M.S.      | Bessell, S. J.          | M.S.M.
-       240068 | C.S.M.        | Winsborrow, A. J.       | M.M.
-       204679 | Sgt.          | Hepper, E. T.           | D.C.M.
-       240601 | Sgt.          | Cowles, F. W.           | M.M.
-       240113 | Sgt.          | Crispin, E. J.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       240917 | Sgt.          | Hodge, C.               | M.M.
-       240586 | Sgt.          | Lethbridge, W. O.       | M.M.
-       240070 | Sgt.          | Woolcott, L. W.         | M.M.
-       240774 | Sgt.          | Sparkes, F. J.          | M.M.
-         8733 | Sgt.          | Pascoe, W. G.           | M.M.
-       240441 | L.-Sgt.       | Pook, F. E.             | M.M.
-       240473 | L.-Sgt.       | Aggett, S.              | M.M.
-       240034 | Cpl.          | Botterell, G.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        72002 | Cpl.          | Craigie, W.             | M.M.
-       240075 | Cpl.          | Yolland, Y. H.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        37057 | Cpl.          | Sullivan, B. T.         | M.M.
-       240682 | Cpl.          | Penwarden, W. T.        | M.M.
-       240967 | Cpl.          | Hudson, W. H. D.        | M.M.
-        67450 | Cpl.          | Matthews, W. H.         | M.M.
-       241056 | L.-Cpl.       | Tribble, W.             | M.M.
-       240124 | L.-Cpl.       | Radmore, W. G.          | M.M.
-       240258 | L.-Cpl.       | Heath, C.               | M.M.
-       240990 | L.-Cpl.       | Cooper, J. H. H.        | M.M.
-       240468 | L.-Cpl.       | Ashton, A. C.           | M.M.
-        23772 | L.-Cpl.       | Lang, J. J.             | M.M.
-        45643 | L.-Cpl.       | Short, A. T.            | M.M.
-       240452 | L.-Cpl.       | Phillips, P.            | M.M.
-       240755 | L.-Cpl.       | Collman, E.             | M.M.
-       240396 | L.-Cpl.       | Dollen, F. M.           | M.M.
-       240640 | L.-Cpl.       | Cox, W. J.              | M.M.
-       241182 | L.-Cpl.       | Walters, J. W.          | M.M.
-        63831 | L.-Cpl.       | Leach, A. J.            | M.M.
-       240176 | L.-Cpl.       | Willis, E. J.           | M.M.
-       315348 | Pte.          | Skinner, W. F.          | M.M.
-       240335 | Pte.          | Rice, S.                | D.C.M.
-       241029 | Pte.          | Hale, G.                | M.M.
-        67595 | Pte.          | Thomas, G.              | M.M.
-       240338 | Pte.          | Sillitoe, W. T.         | M.M.
-       241015 | Pte.          | Stone, G.               | M.M.
-       241398 | Pte.          | Stephens, H.            | M.M.
-       241072 | Pte.          | Martin, W. J.           | M.M.
-       240244 | Pte.          | White, C. W.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       203600 | Pte.          | Ponsford, M.            | M.M.
-       240159 | Pte.          | Mann, G. G.             | M.M.
-        67466 | Pte.          | Crawshaw, R. L.         | M.M.
-       241089 | Pte.          | Hooper, A. C.           | M.M.
-        67275 | Pte.          | Bates, H.               | M.M.
-       241046 | Pte.          | Foghill, J. L.          | M.M.
-       241090 | Pte.          | Jarvis, T. H.           | M.M.
-       240464 | Pte.          | Blight, A.              | M.M.
-        32370 | Pte.          | Morris, T. B.           | M.M.
-       240017 | Pte.          | Menhinnick, W.          | M.M.
-       241160 | Pte.          | Roberts, W. J.          | M.M.
-        65351 | Pte.          | Lawerence, W.           | M.M.
-       240291 | Pte.          | Ball, J. T.             | M.M.
-       240495 | Pte.          | Jolly, J. H.            | M.M.
-       240882 | Pte.          | Taylor, J. R. B.        | M.M.
-        67383 | Pte.          | Salter, H.              | M.M.
-       240526 | Pte.          | Leach, J.               | M.M.
-        32322 | Pte.          | Dunford, F. J. L.       | M.M.
-       206144 | Pte.          | Baker, J.               | M.M.
-       240233 | Pte.          | Warren, W.              | M.M.
-        24155 | Pte.          | Furneaux, L. G.         | M.M.
-        72039 | Pte.          | Brown, C. J.            | M.M.
-       345266 | Pte.          | Eddy, R.                | M.M.
-       241009 | Pte.          | Phillips, C. E.         | M.M.
-        67150 | Pte.          | Wilcoxon, A. H.         | M.M.
-        72015 | Pte.          | Arrowsmith, T.          | M.M.
-        24594 | Pte.          | Williams, H. J.         | M.M.
-       241253 | Pte.          | Metherell, W. G.        | M.M.
-       240937 | Pte.          | Ridge, C. L.            | M.M.
-       240324 | Pte.          | Potter, W. T.           | M.M.
-        67397 | Pte.          | Trinder, R. J.          | M.M.
-       206044 | Pte.          | Taylor, A. E.           | M.M.
-        51273 | Pte.          | Taylor, F.              | M.M.
-        30049 | Pte.          | Dean, A.                | D.C.M.
-        67550 | Pte.          | Matthews, W. H.         | M.M.
-        47479 | Pte.          | Duxbury, R.             | M.M.
-       241180 | Pte.          | Pearce, R. J.           | M.M.
-       240889 | Pte.          | Knight, S.              | M.M.
-       240998 | Pte.          | Flood, W. R.            | M.M.
-       240770 | Pte.          | Bearne, F.              | M.M.
-       241145 | Pte.          | Grate, W.               | M.M.
-       240713 | Pte.          | Southern, R. C.         | M.M.
-       241115 | Pte.          | Hill, F.                | M.M.
-       315728 | Pte.          | Johns, W. F.            | M.M.
-        77313 | Dmr.          | Edwards, C. J.          | M.M.
-
-  9TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY.
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Crouch, E.              | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | D.C.M.
-              | Major         | Wilson, P. P.           | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Jameson, T. B.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Thompson, W. D. B.      | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Captain       | Rickaby, J. D.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Marshall, C. A.         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Gee, C. H. R.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Weightman, J. G.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Johnson, H.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Armstrong, J. R.        | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Plummer, H. C. V.       | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Meikle, W. E.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Cowling, F. W.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Blakey, J. F.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dodds, L.               | M.C.
-       203361 | R.S.M.        | Johnstone, W.           | D.C.M.
-       S/1424 | Sgt.          | Simms, F.               | M.S.M.
-       325082 | Sgt.          | Noble, F.               | M.M.
-       327152 | Sgt.          | Carr, J. R.             | M.M.
-       325025 | Sgt.          | Munro, J.               | M.M.
-       325306 | Sgt.          | Wilson, G.              | D.C.M.
-       325036 | Sgt.          | Hutton, J.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       248045 | Sgt.          | Graham, F.              | M.M.
-       325066 | Sgt.          | Wilson, W. J. H.        | M.M.
-       325314 | Sgt.          | Mason, T.               | D.C.M.
-       327253 | Sgt.          | Paliant, E.             | M.M.
-       325854 | Cpl.          | Jones, A.               | M.M.
-       326790 | Cpl.          | Clay, H. S.             | M.M.
-        27629 | Cpl.          | Williams, H.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       325063 | Cpl.          | Holburn, R.             | M.M.
-       200536 | Cpl.          | Edmundson, F.           | M.M.
-       325637 | Cpl.          | Gill, E.                | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       276275 | Cpl.          | Fenwick, M.             | M.M.
-       327169 | Cpl.          | Outram, A.              | M.M.
-       325981 | Cpl.          | Bickerton, C.           | M.M.
-       348018 | Cpl.          | Scorer, W. H.           | M.M.
-       325224 | Cpl.          | Garrity, M.             | M.M.
-       325545 | L.-Sgt.       | Hammond, S.             | M.M.
-       201310 | L.-Cpl.       | Moore, J. G.            | M.M.
-       325617 | L.-Cpl.       | Waters, T.              | M.M.
-        76439 | L.-Cpl.       | Jones, A. E.            | M.M.
-       325586 | L.-Cpl.       | Farrow, R.              | M.M.
-       325465 | L.-Cpl.       | Masters, J.             | D.C.M.
-       325379 | L.-Cpl.       | Stirling, W.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       325479 | L.-Cpl.       | Landreth, G.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-              |               |                         | 2nd Bar to M.M.
-       325647 | L.-Cpl.       | Burnside, A.            | M.M.
-        40519 | L.-Cpl.       | Henry, P.               | M.M.
-       325709 | L.-Cpl.       | Cobb, C. J.             | M.M.
-       325498 | L.-Cpl.       | Hardy, J.               | M.M.
-       325910 | L.-Cpl.       | Leadbitter, T.          | M.M.
-        41052 | L.-Cpl.       | Smith, G. E.            | M.M.
-       325054 | L.-Cpl.       | Taylor, J.              | M.M.
-       325658 | L.-Cpl.       | Nobes, C.               | M.M.
-       325833 | L.-Cpl.       | Robson, T. W.           | M.M.
-       325832 | L.-Cpl.       | Hudson, T.              | M.M.
-        25115 | L.-Cpl.       | Nichol, —.              | M.M.
-       203391 | L.-Cpl.       | Wallace, G.             | M.M.
-       325497 | L.-Cpl.       | Norris, J.              | M.M.
-        39804 | L.-Cpl.       | Otley, R.               | M.M.
-       325156 | L.-Cpl.       | Quinn, R.               | M.M.
-       348014 | L.-Cpl.       | Nicholson, T.           | M.M.
-       327247 | L.-Cpl.       | Wood, B.                | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       235673 | L.-Cpl.       | Hindmarsh, E.           | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       325178 | L.-Cpl.       | Henderson, T.           | M.M.
-       204230 | L.-Cpl.       | Timothy, R.             | M.M.
-        52854 | L.-Cpl.       | Baxendale, W.           | M.M.
-       325054 | L.-Cpl.       | Carmichael, R.          | M.M.
-       348022 | L.-Cpl.       | Fenwick, J.             | M.M.
-        40531 | Pte.          | Gill, T.                | M.M.
-       325326 | Pte.          | Caygill, C.             | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       325604 | Pte.          | Howe, J. W.             | M.M.
-       203197 | Pte.          | Slack, J.               | M.M.
-       325886 | Pte.          | Moore, J. W.            | M.M.
-       325784 | Pte.          | Waterworth, J. W.       | M.M.
-        43084 | Pte.          | Annable, M.             | M.M.
-       325786 | Pte.          | Whittaker, S.           | M.M.
-       325979 | Pte.          | Galley, E.              | M.M.
-       325098 | Pte.          | Slater, D.              | M.M.
-       325253 | Pte.          | Johnson, C.             | M.M.
-       295094 | Pte.          | Todd, W.                | M.M.
-       203582 | Pte.          | Cranny, P.              | M.M.
-       325715 | Pte.          | Morgan, S.              | M.M.
-       325493 | Pte.          | Watts, J.               | M.M.
-       325111 | Pte.          | Timothy, F.             | M.M.
-       327171 | Pte.          | Forbes, T.              | M.M.
-       325513 | Pte.          | Parker, J.              | M.M.
-       325394 | Pte.          | Dempsey, G.             | M.M.
-       325474 | Pte.          | Morris, J.              | M.M.
-       325697 | Pte.          | Hewitt, W. R.           | M.M.
-       325055 | Pte.          | Cass, J.                | M.M.
-       325165 | Pte.          | Smith, J.               | M.M.
-       325952 | Pte.          | Fortune, A.             | M.M.
-       325915 | Pte.          | Williamson, J. H.       | M.M.
-        77892 | Pte.          | Skilbeck, G.            | M.M.
-       350981 | Pte.          | Wood, C.                | M.M.
-       325642 | Pte.          | Tebb, H.                | M.M.
-        61720 | Pte.          | Wright, F.              | M.M.
-       325392 | Pte.          | Newton, F.              | M.M.
-       200538 | Pte.          | Kitching, W.            | M.M.
-       375495 | Pte.          | Wiseman, H.             | M.M.
-        82592 | Pte.          | Munt, P.                | M.M.
-       325705 | Pte.          | Radford, J.             | M.M.
-        82159 | Pte.          | Jackson, —.             | M.M.
-       277132 | Pte.          | Atkin, T. E.            | M.M.
-       325492 | Pte.          | Byrne, F.               | M.M.
-       325212 | Pte.          | Edwards, R.             | M.M.
-        25803 | Pte.          | Purvis, J. W.           | M.M.
-        91404 | Pte.          | Holmes, C.              | M.M.
-       273099 | Pte.          | Gundry, J.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       325975 | Pte.          | Thompson, T.            | D.C.M.
-         8579 | Pte.          | O’Neill, P.             | M.M.
-        12217 | Pte.          | Coombes, J. T.          | M.M.
-        78047 | Pte.          | Jackson, W.             | M.M.
-        12165 | Pte.          | Cooper, J.              | M.M.
-       325410 | Pte.          | Prudham, T.             | M.M.
-        44760 | Pte.          | Burton, T.              | M.M.
-       203590 | Pte.          | Young, T.               | V.C.
-       325256 | Pte.          | Brown, G. W.            | M.M.
-       325977 | Pte.          | Laws, A. F.             | M.M.
-        72989 | Pte.          | Lowes, J. W.            | M.M.
-       325850 | Pte.          | Chambers, J.            | M.M.
-       325863 | Pte.          | Fodden, A.              | M.M.
-       302220 | Pte.          | McCoy, J.               | M.M.
-       325291 | Pte.          | Gray, G.                | M.M.
-       325091 | Pte.          | Wishart, W.             | M.M.
-        40529 | Pte.          | Glanville, J.           | M.M.
-       325623 | Pte.          | Taylor, F.              | M.M.
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-  2/4TH HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.
-
-              | Major         | Parsons, B. E. T.       | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Cave, W. S.             | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Pulley, C. P.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Ledgard, W. H.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Cottam, H. C. B.        | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Cotelee, R. H.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Willsher, H. L.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wheeler, H. F.          | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Wheeler, J. P.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Barker, A. H.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Neil, E. M.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Brierley, W.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gadcey, C. A.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Turner, T.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Dear, R. R.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Young, W. G.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Shorland, J. W.         | D.S.O.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Lane, J. H.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Bryant, H.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Fenn, R. P.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Greenhalgh, S. D.       | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Holbrook, F. C.         | M.C.
-         4893 | R.S.M.        | Hubert, A. R.           | D.C.M.
-       200027 | R.Q.M.S.      | Porter, S.              | M.S.M.
-       201105 | C.S.M.        | Dennett, H.             | D.C.M.
-       200343 | C.S.M.        | Rilson, J. H.           | M.M.
-       201335 | C.S.M.        | Corney, E. C.           | M.M.
-       200069 | C.S.M.        | Walsh, W. P.            | M.M.
-       201152 | C.Q.M.S.      | Barney, A. E.           | M.M.
-       200031 | Sgt.          | Hamilton, T.            | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-        39016 | Sgt.          | Morris, G.              | D.C.M.
-        12856 | Sgt.          | Jarvis, J.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       201328 | Sgt.          | Gundry, A.              | M.M.
-       200100 | Sgt.          | Meaden, G.              | M.M.
-       201109 | Sgt.          | Churcher, H. T.         | M.M.
-       205050 | Sgt.          | Moscrop, T.             | M.M.
-       306830 | Sgt.          | Redman, R.              | M.M.
-       230378 | Sgt.          | Sandy, W.               | M.M.
-         9657 | Sgt.          | Gardner, A. E.          | M.M.
-       201136 | Sgt.          | Raymont, D.             | M.M.
-       200183 | Sgt.          | Lansdowne, F.           | M.M.
-       209966 | Sgt.          | Painting, C.            | M.M.
-       201253 | Sgt.          | Samways, C.             | D.C.M.
-       200305 | Sgt.          | Shadwell, W.            | D.C.M.
-       202820 | Sgt.          | Tucker, M.              | M.M.
-        19706 | Sgt.          | Harrison, H. G.         | M.M.
-       205042 | Sgt.          | Charlton, T. C.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       202609 | Cpl.          | Williams, A.            | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       200534 | Cpl.          | Digweed, J. R.          | M.M.
-       200613 | Cpl.          | Bone, W.                | M.M.
-       202347 | Cpl.          | Hopkinson, J. J.        | M.M.
-        37635 | Cpl.          | Holles, W.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       202440 | Cpl.          | Kent, R. A.             | M.M.
-        40896 | Cpl.          | Brogden, E. G.          | M.M.
-       356847 | Cpl.          | Broadley, W.            | M.M.
-       200315 | Cpl.          | Hixon, H.               | M.M.
-       202740 | Cpl.          | Baldwin, F.             | D.C.M.
-        18801 | Cpl.          | Steere, W.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        21392 | Cpl.          | Hurford, E.             | M.M.
-       205032 | Cpl.          | Horner, G. W.           | M.M.
-       201193 | Cpl.          | Arnold, F. L.           | M.M.
-         1238 | L.-Cpl.       | Pulham, F.              | D.C.M.
-        12334 | L.-Cpl.       | Childs, F.              | M.M.
-       201562 | L.-Cpl.       | Allen, F. J.            | M.M.
-        11617 | L.-Cpl.       | Falder, C.              | M.M.
-       356621 | L.-Cpl.       | Jameson, G.             | M.M.
-        13714 | L.-Cpl.       | Langston, G.            | M.M.
-        33627 | L.-Cpl.       | Tonge, S.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        42296 | L.-Cpl.       | Ford, V.                | M.M.
-       200475 | L.-Cpl.       | Taylor, J. M.           | M.M.
-       201206 | L.-Cpl.       | Higgins, E. C.          | M.M.
-       357322 | L.-Cpl.       | Stevens, F.             | M.M.
-       202496 | L.-Cpl.       | Kearley, J.             | M.M.
-       201630 | L.-Cpl.       | Adams, T.               | M.M.
-        11417 | L.-Cpl.       | Cavell, C.              | M.M.
-        10161 | L.-Cpl.       | Ayling, P.              | D.C.M.
-        45716 | L.-Cpl.       | Ward, W.                | M.M.
-       201332 | L.-Cpl.       | Stewart, G.             | M.M.
-        14031 | L.-Cpl.       | Fox, A.                 | M.M.
-         8630 | L.-Cpl.       | Purkiss, F.             | M.M.
-        28438 | L.-Cpl.       | Tompkinson, J. L.       | M.M.
-       204788 | L.-Cpl.       | Simms, E. T.            | M.M.
-        20089 | L.-Cpl.       | Murrell, J.             | M.M.
-        27031 | L.-Cpl.       | Starr, G.               | M.M.
-         7728 | L.-Cpl.       | Marshall, W. C.         | M.M.
-       200298 | L.-Cpl.       | May, H.                 | M.M.
-       205440 | Pte.          | Buckett, W.             | M.M.
-       202427 | Pte.          | Kervill, A. E.          | M.M.
-       202711 | Pte.          | Mitchell, J.            | M.M.
-       201600 | Pte.          | Panker, A.              | M.M.
-       202475 | Pte.          | Carter, G. H.           | M.M.
-       202586 | Pte.          | Seevior, S.             | M.M.
-        17079 | Pte.          | Raybould, T.            | M.M.
-        31737 | Pte.          | Blunn, J.               | M.M.
-        55034 | Pte.          | Holland, A.             | M.M.
-       202848 | Pte.          | Hillier, J.             | M.M.
-       202244 | Pte.          | Charlton, T.            | M.M.
-       205041 | Pte.          | Austin, J.              | M.M.
-        27630 | Pte.          | Hewitt, H.              | M.M.
-       202423 | Pte.          | Earley, J. A.           | M.M.
-        27928 | Pte.          | Box, J.                 | M.M.
-       202875 | Pte.          | Mannock, F.             | M.M.
-        39033 | Pte.          | Hall, S.                | M.M.
-       202475 | Pte.          | Cawte, G. H.            | M.M.
-       236839 | Pte.          | Morson, F.              | M.M.
-       201339 | Pte.          | Brandon, S.             | M.M.
-       200757 | Pte.          | Ellis, J.               | M.M.
-       202461 | Pte.          | Clarke, F. W.           | M.M.
-       201652 | Pte.          | Banning, C. J.          | M.M.
-       201825 | Pte.          | West, P.                | M.M.
-       202815 | Pte.          | Tappenden, F.           | M.M.
-       202428 | Pte.          | Street, A. G.           | M.M.
-         8470 | Pte.          | Purdue, W.              | M.M.
-        33560 | Pte.          | Tonkin, F.              | M.M.
-        38473 | Pte.          | Stone, F. T.            | D.C.M.
-       201824 | Pte.          | Moody, H. J.            | M.M.
-       200464 | Pte.          | Bushby, S.              | M.M.
-       202479 | Pte.          | Cooper, F. W.           | M.M.
-        20570 | Pte.          | Ackerman, A. B.         | M.M.
-       200897 | Pte.          | Piper, A. J.            | M.M.
-       201459 | Pte.          | Stone, E.               | M.M.
-       205099 | Pte.          | Spencer, J.             | M.M.
-       200763 | Pte.          | Meager, W.              | M.M.
-        40672 | Pte.          | Cuthbert, G. W. R.      | M.M.
-        11227 | Pte.          | Bushell, S.             | M.M.
-        43613 | Pte.          | Phillips, G. H.         | M.M.
-       202769 | Pte.          | Hampton, W. J.          | M.M.
-        30911 | Pte.          | Kenny, A.               | M.M.
-        28714 | Pte.          | Vincent, A.             | M.M.
-       201752 | Pte.          | Bennett, V.             | M.M.
-       201452 | Pte.          | Richardson, A.          | M.M.
-       203833 | Pte.          | Trasher, F.             | M.M.
-       205037 | Pte.          | Anger, C.               | M.M.
-        19186 | Pte.          | Nolan, P.               | M.M.
-        55074 | Pte.          | Gleinster, F.           | M.M.
-       202534 | Pte.          | Parfoot, S. A.          | M.M.
-       202836 | Pte.          | Budden, B. C.           | M.M.
-        45673 | Pte.          | Pickard, H.             | M.M.
-        25199 | Pte.          | Kibby, A. E.            | M.M.
-        26566 | Pte.          | Surridge, W.            | M.M.
-        44119 | Pte.          | Dowie, J.               | M.M.
-       202490 | Pte.          | Sheath, A.              | M.M.
-        26452 | Pte.          | Fry, E.                 | M.M.
-       202527 | Pte.          | Trent, F.               | M.M.
-        21480 | Pte.          | Squires, J.             | M.M.
-       202746 | Pte.          | Chapman, D.             | M.M.
-        31551 | Pte.          | Besant, T.              | M.M.
-        45697 | Pte.          | Sellars, A.             | M.M.
-        45692 | Pte.          | Robinson, W. H.         | M.M.
-       201090 | Pte.          | Siggance, H.            | M.M.
-        40399 | Pte.          | Ellis, R.               | M.M.
-         2823 | Pte.          | Donsan, A.              | M.M.
-        26456 | Pte.          | Collins, T.             | M.M.
-        33126 | Pte.          | Lewington, E.           | M.M.
-        54883 | Pte.          | Seymour, S.             | M.M.
-        27705 | Pte.          | Frampton, E.            | M.M.
-        44940 | Pte.          | Sullivan, P.            | M.M.
-        17301 | Pte.          | Boyes, A. J.            | M.M.
-       205069 | Pte.          | Hogg, J.                | M.M.
-        38595 | Pte.          | Campbell, H.            | M.M.
-       200212 | Pte.          | Gosse, J.               | M.M.
-        28799 | Pte.          | Levey, E. F.            | M.M.
-       201140 | Pte.          | Rivers, H.              | M.M.
-       202792 | Pte.          | Newington, H. G.        | M.M.
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-  2/20TH LONDON REGIMENT.
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-              | Major         | Craddock, W. M.         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | D.S.O.
-              | Capt. & Adjt. | Elliot, W. R.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hunt, A. H.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Bacon, D. C.            | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Wilson, H. W.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Woolfe, B. T.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Pritchard, J. S.        | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Smout, P. L.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Rogers, W. J.           | M.C.
-         6530 | R.S.M.        | Skeer, W. T.            | D.C.M.
-       630283 | R.Q.M.S.      | Clyne, E. H.            | M.S.M.
-       630905 | C.S.M.        | Salkeld, J. B.          | M.M.
-       530828 | Sgt.          | Mahony, W.              | M.S.M.
-       630662 | Sgt.          | Powell, F.              | M.M.
-       630629 | Sgt.          | Cook, W.                | M.M.
-       632883 | Sgt.          | Cannon, H. F.           | M.M.
-       632750 | Sgt.          | Lewis, A.               | M.M.
-       630570 | Sgt.          | Dickens, C.             | M.M.
-       630957 | Sgt.          | Eames. J.               | M.M.
-       630386 | L.-Sgt.       | Beckley, C. R.          | M.M.
-       632492 | L.-Sgt.       | Graney, J.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       650720 | Cpl.          | Hadlow, H.              | M.M.
-       630986 | Cpl.          | Crate, A. C.            | M.M.
-       632016 | Cpl.          | Smith, G.               | M.M.
-       634492 | Cpl.          | Feaver, W. G.           | M.M.
-       630659 | Cpl.          | Challis, H. M.          | M.M.
-       630022 | Cpl.          | Smith, T.               | M.M.
-       630925 | Cpl.          | Robinson, C.            | M.M.
-       631887 | L.-Cpl.       | Giddings, G.            | M.M.
-       630313 | L.-Cpl.       | Crawley, C. F.          | M.M.
-       632665 | L.-Cpl.       | McRobie, J.             | M.M.
-        36678 | L.-Cpl.       | Gardner, J. H.          | M.M.
-       632034 | L.-Cpl.       | White, W.               | M.M.
-       632603 | L.-Cpl.       | Shaw, J.                | M.M.
-       630149 | Pte.          | Smith, A.               | M.M.
-       663040 | Pte.          | Westall, A.             | M.M.
-       630463 | Pte.          | Woolfe, D.              | M.M.
-       634306 | Pte.          | Hales, S. G.            | M.M.
-        38874 | Pte.          | Taylor, W. H.           | M.M.
-       630071 | Pte.          | Tapsfield, W. J.        | M.M.
-       633179 | Pte.          | Critchell, C.           | M.M.
-       632788 | Pte.          | Roberts, H. G.          | M.M.
-       630405 | Pte.          | Mardell, W.             | M.M.
-       630350 | Pte.          | Barron, A.              | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        36604 | Pte.          | Earl, G.                | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        36659 | Pte.          | Clark, J. D.            | M.M.
-        36617 | Pte.          | Bates, A.               | M.M.
-       645067 | Pte.          | Timms, S.               | M.M.
-       630780 | Pte.          | Owen, B. J.             | M.M.
-       633010 | Pte.          | Meade, H. J.            | M.M.
-      G/28610 | Pte.          | Allsopp, G.             | M.M.
-        36750 | Pte.          | Ross, P.                | M.M.
-       633837 | Pte.          | Barnett, J. T. P.       | M.M.
-       633077 | Pte.          | Marrison, T. R.         | M.M.
-       630061 | Pte.          | Haynes, J. L.           | D.C.M.
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-  BLACK WATCH.
-       241344 | Cpl.          | Graham, C.              | M.M.
-       268658 | Cpl.          | Simonette, E.           | M.M.
-      S/41332 | L.-Cpl.       | McMonagle, T.           | M.M.
-       267467 | L.-Cpl.       | Hopkins, R.             | M.M.
-       S/7978 | Pte.          | Prentice, A.            | M.M.
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-  62ND MACHINE GUN CORPS.
-
-              | Major         | Pollak, L. A.           | Croix de Guerre
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Major         | Lismore, F.             | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Major         | Gordon, A. D.           | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Croix de Guerre
-              | Captain       | McSweeney, D. L.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Lang, J. E.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Williams, N. V.         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | King, C. B. R.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Horsley, W. F.          | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Margerison, J.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Gulston, A. S.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Lane, G. H.             | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Gordon, K.              | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Crossman, A. A.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Mann, F.                | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Waterhouse, H. A.       | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Blundell, T. H.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Madge, G. M. A.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Long, A. J.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Gadsby, T.              | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Boyd, F. J.             | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Baxendale, J.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Mason, P. N.            | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Madge, M. H. A.         | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Trimlett, E.            | D.S.O.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | Newman, W. A.           | M.C.
-              | 2/Lieut.      | McFarlane, J.           | M.C.
-       141703 | R.S.M.        | Keane, S.               | M.S.M.
-         8238 | R.Q.M.S.      | Brown, J. K.            | M.S.M.
-         5518 | C.S.M.        | Vernon, H. S.           | M.S.M.
-        42523 | Sgt.          | Hazel, W.               | D.C.M.
-        27800 | Sgt.          | Hogg, T.                | M.M.
-         5828 | Sgt.          | Bennett, W.             | M.M.
-        16908 | Sgt.          | Little, A.              | M.M.
-        20100 | Sgt.          | Shepherd, J.            | D.C.M.
-        66665 | Sgt.          | Littlefair, A. G.       | D.C.M.
-        46188 | Sgt.          | Driver, H.              | M.M.
-        35035 | Sgt.          | Wilkinson, F. W.        | M.M.
-        65550 | Sgt.          | Carter, E.              | M.M.
-        17312 | Sgt.          | Still, G.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to D.C.M.
-              | Sgt.          | Donnelly, R. J.         | M.S.M.
-        23048 | Sgt.          | Macrea, M.              | D.C.M.
-         9632 | Cpl.          | Read, G. P.             | D.C.M.
-        67840 | Cpl.          | Turner, L. G.           | M.M.
-        89602 | Cpl.          | Hitchcock, H. J.        | M.M.
-        64401 | Cpl.          | Condon, T.              | M.M.
-        26630 | Cpl.          | Hindle, A.              | M.M.
-        34308 | Cpl.          | Todd, B. J.             | M.M.
-        67866 | Cpl.          | Gardner, T.             | M.M.
-        62735 | Cpl.          | Phillips, G.            | D.C.M.
-         3663 | Cpl.          | Chapman, R. F.          | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        22714 | Cpl.          | Torkington, A. J.       | M.M.
-        65650 | Sgt.          | Bate, F.                | M.M.
-       148291 | Cpl.          | Knowles, A.             | M.M.
-        81450 | Cpl.          | Newby, W.               | M.M.
-         6776 | L.-Cpl.       | Gibson, G.              | M.M.
-        63949 | L.-Cpl.       | Thorne, W. G.           | M.M.
-        54666 | L.-Cpl.       | Thornleigh, A.          | M.M.
-        63955 | L.-Cpl.       | Schofield, G. P.        | M.M.
-        87182 | L.-Cpl.       | Wilson, J. W.           | M.M.
-         7084 | L.-Cpl.       | Haigh, H.               | M.M.
-       119135 | L.-Cpl.       | Kelly, G.               | M.M.
-        66254 | L.-Cpl.       | Baseley, W.             | M.M.
-       142545 | L.-Cpl.       | Dye, A. E.              | M.M.
-         8546 | L.-Cpl.       | Tyles, F. W.            | M.M.
-        63891 | L.-Cpl.       | Laws, F.                | M.M.
-       126104 | Pte.          | Stiff, W.               | M.M.
-       127375 | Pte.          | Wood, L. H.             | M.M.
-       142589 | Pte.          | Spurr, A.               | M.M.
-        67088 | Pte.          | Tracey, J.              | M.M.
-       142099 | Pte.          | Howard, F.              | M.M.
-        86963 | Pte.          | Pallington, A.          | M.M.
-       146656 | Pte.          | McAlindin, J.           | M.M.
-       123701 | Pte.          | Robins, E.              | M.M.
-       117196 | Pte.          | Cawthan, C.             | M.M.
-       142534 | Pte.          | Ratcliffe, G.           | M.M.
-       136805 | Pte.          | Proctor, T.             | M.M.
-       119562 | Pte.          | Carter, W.              | M.M.
-        88251 | Pte.          | Compton, J.             | M.M.
-       128062 | Pte.          | Smith, F.               | M.M.
-       142612 | Pte.          | Beaumont, F.            | M.M.
-        68560 | Pte.          | Constables, C.          | D.C.M.
-       137277 | Pte.          | Whybrow, T. H. R.       | M.M.
-        60242 | Pte.          | Johnson, J.             | M.M.
-       126041 | Pte.          | White, F.               | M.M.
-        32796 | Pte.          | Russell, J. H.          | M.M.
-       105266 | Pte.          | France, W.              | M.M.
-        11266 | Pte.          | Wilson, J.              | M.M.
-        87841 | Pte.          | Munleck, H.             | M.M.
-        66254 | Pte.          | Webster, J.             | M.M.
-       142500 | Pte.          | Leake, M. G.            | M.M.
-       103908 | Pte.          | Pollard, J. W.          | M.M.
-       146183 | Pte.          | May, J. H.              | M.M.
-       132987 | Pte.          | Cawkwell, A.            | M.M.
-       121759 | Pte.          | Renalls, C.             | D.C.M.
-        66389 | Pte.          | Birkby, G. E.           | M.M.
-        34041 | Pte.          | Lovett, F. M.           | M.M.
-        67758 | Pte.          | Murray, G.              | M.M.
-        44307 | Pte.          | Henderson, P. A.        | M.M.
-        64420 | Pte.          | Bailey, A. D.           | M.M.
-        64406 | Pte.          | Downes, W.              | M.M.
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-  62ND (W.R.) DIVISIONAL R.A.S.C.
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-              | Lt.-Col.      | Wilberforce, H. H.      | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Wright, P. W.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Wooliscroft, W.         | M.C.
-       251981 | S.-Sgt.       | Park, J.                | M.S.M.
-    T4/250911 | Sgt.          | Hanstock, J.            | M.M.
-    T4/250951 | Sgt.          | Holdsworth, H.          | M.M.
-    54/252530 | Sgt.          | Close, J. W.            | M.M.
-    S/4251921 | Sgt.          | Martin, A. E.           | M.M.
-    M2/053265 | Sgt.          | Dobbyn, W.              | M.M.
-    M2/188488 | Sgt.          | Boyd, J.                | M.M.
-    M2/052965 | M. S. Sgt.    | Grimshaw, J. H.         | M.S.M.
-    M2/078332 | Cpl.          | Bailey, C. H.           | M.M.
-     S/253855 | Cpl.          | Shuttlesworth, F.       | M.S.M.
-    T4/253750 | Cpl.          | Carter, T.              | M.M.
-    T4/250935 | Cpl.          | Simpson, H.             | M.M.
-     T/249588 | L.-Cpl.       | Craven, W.              | M.S.M.
-    T4/251497 | Dr.           | Stabler, F.             | M.M.
-    T4/252514 | Dr.           | Nettleton, A.           | M.M.
-      T/24988 | Dr.           | Tuffley, H.             | M.M.
-    T4/260354 | Dr.           | Mackellor, A.           | M.M.
-     T/364956 | Dr.           | Jordan, A. S.           | M.M.
-    T4/253666 | Dr.           | Lockwood, W.            | M.M.
-    T4/252331 | Dr.           | Parkin, E.              | M.M.
-    T4/252477 | Dr.           | Faulkingham, H.         | M.M.
-      T/21788 | Dr.           | Mannering, J.           | M.M.
-    T4/253892 | Dr.           | Allet, J.               | M.M.
-     M/206143 | Dr.           | Prothers, D.            | M.M.
-
-  HEADQUARTERS, R.A.M.C.
-
-              | Major         | Steill, G.              | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Jack, G.                | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Scott, J. A.            | M.C.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.C.
-              |               |                         | 2nd Bar to M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hird, F. W.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pringle, J. H.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Frew, J. W.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hickey, W. J. L.        | M.C.
-       405380 | Sgt.          | Gregson, W.             | M.M.
-       401178 | Sgt.          | Hirst, E.               | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-       403156 | L.-Sgt.       | Barber, J. H.           | D.C.M.
-       403297 | Cpl.          | Langley, F. C.          | M.M.
-       403389 | Cpl.          | Squire, G. H.           | M.S.M.
-       405305 | L.-Cpl.       | Warner, T.              | M.M.
-       403343 | Pte.          | Marsden, W. H.          | M.M.
-       403640 | Pte.          | Green, A.               | M.M.
-       401255 | Pte.          | Braddock, J. W.         | M.M.
-       403533 | Pte.          | Edwards, N. E.          | M.M.
-       403358 | Pte.          | Bourke, T. E.           | M.M.
-        56962 | Pte.          | Thomas, L. J.           | M.M.
-       403150 | Pte.          | Allen, W. H.            | M.M.
-        79505 | Pte.          | Sayer, J.               | M.M.
-       405470 | Pte.          | Evers, O.               | M.M.
-       405300 | Pte.          | Charlesworth, C.        | M.M.
-        47867 | Pte.          | Scholes, C.             | M.M.
-        11445 | Pte.          | Smithson, W.            | M.M.
-       457517 | Pte.          | Dayment, W. J.          | M.M.
-       405223 | Pte.          | Smith, A.               | M.M.
-
-  2/1ST WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE.
-
-              | Major         | Pope, H. E.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Mackenzie, L. A.        | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Pickles, H. D.          | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Blackburn, J. H.        | M.C.
-       401327 | Sgt.          | Knaggs, H.              | D.C.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       401178 | Sgt.          | Hirst, E.               | M.M.
-       401144 | Sgt.          | Wood, F. D.             | M.S.M.
-       401173 | Sgt.          | Micklethwaite, G. J.    | M.M.
-       401152 | Pte.          | Odgers, A. D.           | M.M.
-       401160 | Pte.          | Summerscales, D. G.     | M.M.
-        22655 | Pte.          | Burdon, J.              | M.M.
-       461489 | Pte.          | Williamson, A.          | M.M.
-    M2/182142 | Pte.          | Titterton, W.           | M.M.
-        53660 | Pte.          | McLean, R. W.           | M.M.
-       401494 | Pte.          | Coates, R. W.           | M.M.
-       403494 | Pte.          | Yates, O.               | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-       401401 | Pte.          | Hunter, T. W.           | M.M.
-       401225 | Pte.          | Braddick, J. W.         | M.M.
-              |               |                         | Bar to M.M.
-        51846 | Pte.          | Goodwin, J.             | M.M.
-              | Pte.          | Wood, G. H.             | M.M.
-    M2/102446 | Pte.          | Coleahill, W.           | M.M.
-
-  2/2ND WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE.
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Eames, C. W.            | D.S.O.
-              | Captain       | Kenworthy, T. R.        | M.C.
-       403183 | Sgt.          | Tamar, T. A.            | M.S.M.
-       403173 | Sgt.          | Disbrey, W. T.          | M.S.M.
-       403420 | Sgt.          | Fuguel, A.              | M.S.M.
-       388039 | Sgt.          | Liddell, S.             | M.S.M.
-       405068 | Cpl.          | Lake, H. H.             | M.M.
-       403117 | Cpl.          | Thomas, G. F.           | M.M.
-       403567 | L.-Cpl.       | Hillaby, J.             | M.M.
-       403528 | Pte.          | Watkinson, F.           | M.M.
-       403249 | Pte.          | Peakman, G. J.          | M.M.
-       405142 | Pte.          | Barker, S.              | M.M.
-       403468 | Pte.          | Marshall, A.            | M.M.
-       403330 | Pte.          | Wright, C. V.           | M.S.M.
-       403642 | Pte.          | Cockerham, R.           | M.S.M.
-   DM2/190928 | Pte.          | Horton, R.              | M.S.M.
-       403410 | Pte.          | Boshell, A.             | M.S.M.
-       403500 | Pte.          | Chadwick, S. S.         | M.S.M.
-       402334 | Pte.          | Senior, J.              | M.S.M.
-       403295 | Pte.          | Dawson, A. J.           | M.S.M.
-
-  2/3RD WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE.
-
-              | Major         | Wrigglesworth, F.       | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Young, J. C.            | M.C.
-    T4/252459 | S.S.M.        | Roberts, F.             | M.S.M.
-       405375 | Q.M.S.        | Fowler, G.              | M.S.M.
-       405202 | S.-Sgt.       | Torr, J. W.             | D.C.M.
-       405051 | Sgt.          | Pattison, A.            | M.S.M.
-              |               |                         | M.M.
-        46986 | Sgt.          | Wignall, W.             | M.S.M.
-       405444 | Pte.          | Thornton, E.            | M.M.
-       405309 | Pte.          | Harris, G. B.           | M.M.
-       403103 | Pte.          | Robinson, H.            | M.M.
-        36280 | Pte.          | Richardson, F. W.       | M.M.
-       405052 | Pte.          | Shaw, N.                | M.M.
-     M/321557 | Pte.          | Kinnear, H.             | M.M.
-        65036 | Pte.          | Tipping, P. J.          | M.M.
-
-  MISCELLANEOUS UNITS ATTACHED TO 62ND (W.R.) DIVISION.
-
-  QUEEN’S OWN OXFORD HUSSARS.
-
-       285372 | Sgt.          | Jones, N. F.            | M.M.
-
-  KING EDWARD’S HORSE.
-
-              | Lt.-Col.      | Russell, C. G.          | D.S.O.
-
-  2/1ST (W.R.) MOBILE VETERINARY SECTION.
-
-     TT/03262 | Sgt.          | Mollekin,               | M.S.M.
-
-  ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.
-
-         5788 | Condtr.       | Bush, A. G.             | M.S.M.
-
-  MOUNTED MILITARY POLICE.
-
-       P/2367 | Sgt.          | Hood, W.                | M.S.M.
-       P/2899 | L.-Cpl.       | Jones, J.               | M.M.
-       P/5963 | L.-Cpl.       | Dent, J. W.             | M.M.
-
-  62ND DIVISIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL.
-
-       241941 | L.-Cpl.       | Whitehead, A.           | M.M.
-       623583 | Pte.          | Smale, A.               | M.M.
-
-  DIVISIONAL EMPLOYMENT COMPANY.
-
-       224596 | Sgt.          | Town, P. A.             | M.M.
-
-  CHAPLAINS.
-
-              | Revd.         | Chavasse, C. M.         | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Martin, O.              | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Harland, C. H.          | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Wood, D.                | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Moran, M.               | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Hindle, B. F.           | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Price, H. G.            | M.C.
-              | Revd.         | Thornhill, R. W.        | M.C.
-
-
-
-
-APPENDIX III.
-
-HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY WEST RIDING TERRITORIAL TROOPS NOT SERVING
-WITH THE 49TH AND 62ND DIVISIONS.
-
-
-  ------------+---------------+-------------------------+------------------
-   Regtl. No. |     Rank.     |           Name.         |     Award.
-  ------------+---------------+-------------------------+------------------
-              |               |                         |
-
-  YORKSHIRE HUSSARS
-
-              | Major         | Watts, A. F.            | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Pearson, R. S.          | O.B.E.
-              | Captain       | Collins, A. E. D.       | Knight of the
-              |               |                         | Crown (Belgian)
-              | Captain       | Howard, A. H.           | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Preston, T.             | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Slingsby, H.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Mars, L. J.             | M.B.E.
-              | Lieut.        | Ferrier, C. G.          | O.B.E.
-
-  YORKSHIRE DRAGOONS.
-
-              | Major         | Thompson, R.            | D.S.O.
-              | Major         | Brooke, R. W.           | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | M.C.
-              | Captain       | Hirst, C. J.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Barrett, F. P.          | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Sheppard, M.            | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Unwin, H. T. H.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Thompson, R. C.         | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Watson, R. A.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Beilly, R. B.           | M.C.
-              | Lieut.        | Snowden, S.             | M.C.
-         2484 | Sgt.          | Fanvel, L.              | M.M.
-         2650 | Sgt.          | Storer, J.              | M.M.
-         2361 | Sgt.          | Tinker,                 | M.M.
-         2172 | Cpl.          | Granswick, W.           | M.M.
-
-  WEST RIDING R.G.A.
-
-              | 2 Officers    |}                       {| M.C.
-              | 1 Other Rank  |} Names not obtainable  {| Croix de Guerre
-              | 18 Other Ranks|}                       {| M.M.
-              | 1 Other Rank  |}                       {| Bar to M.M.
-
-  NORTHERN SIGNAL COMPANIES R.E.
-
-              | Lieut.        | Jackson, W. F.          | M.C.
-
-  YORKSHIRE MOUNTED BRIGADE FIELD AMBULANCE.
-
-              | Captain       | Downie, J.              | D.S.O.
-              |               |                         | Order of St.
-              |               |                         | Anne, 4th Class
-              |               |                         | (Russia)
-         1147 | Cpl.          | Carey, H.               | D.C.M.
-
-
-
-
-APPENDIX IV.
-
-RETURN OF CASUALTIES UP TO THE END OF DECEMBER, 1918.
-
-This Return is provisional only, and, though so deplorably heavy, cannot
-be regarded as complete.
-
-
-  -----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
-                                     |            OFFICERS.            |
-  UNIT.                              +-------+--------+--------+-------+
-                                     |Killed.|Wounded.|Missing.| Sick. |
-  -----------------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------+
-  Yorkshire Hussars                  |    3  |     4  |        |    7  |
-  Yorkshire Dragoons                 |    2  |     4  |        |    5  |
-  West Riding R.H.A.                 |    1  |        |        |    4  |
-  Yorks. Mtd. Bde. R.A.S.C.          |       |        |        |       |
-  Yorks. Mtd. Bde. Field Ambulance   |       |     4  |        |    2  |
-  Signal Troops with Mtd. Bde.       |       |        |        |       |
-  Headquarters W.R. Division         |       |     4  |        |    1  |
-  245th Brigade R.F.A.               |    6  |    15  |        |    7  |
-  246th Brigade R.F.A.               |    9  |    10  |        |   16  |
-  247th Brigade R.F.A.               |    1  |     8  |        |   12  |
-  248th Brigade R.F.A. (Howitzer)    |       |     3  |        |    6  |
-  310th Brigade R.F.A.               |    1  |    26  |        |    3  |
-  312th Brigade R.F.A.               |    3  |    24  |        |    6  |
-  West Riding R.G.A. (Heavy Battery) |       |     1  |        |    2  |
-  Divisional Ammunition Column       |       |     5  |        |    7  |
-  Trench Mortar Batteries            |    2  |    18  |     2  |    2  |
-  W.R. Divisional Royal Engineers    |   19  |    26  |        |   27  |
-  5th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.          |   33  |   105  |    11  |   54  |
-  6th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.          |   38  |    96  |     5  |   48  |
-  7th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.          |   28  |    70  |     4  |   51  |
-  8th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.          |   46  |   116  |    11  |   60  |
-  4th Bn. West Riding Regt.          |   38  |   107  |     4  |   57  |
-  5th Bn. West Riding Regt.          |   28  |   121  |     9  |   64  |
-  6th Bn. West Riding Regt.          |   24  |    66  |     3  |   43  |
-  7th Bn. West Riding Regt.          |   22  |    70  |     2  |   66  |
-  4th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.                 |   48  |   138  |     2  |   83  |
-  5th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.                 |   48  |   103  |     7  |   58  |
-  4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.   |   36  |   113  |     4  |   56  |
-  5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.   |   35  |    83  |     5  |   40  |
-  5th Devon Regt.                    |   10  |    31  |        |    3  |
-  4th Hants. Regt.                   |    5  |    24  |        |    5  |
-  19th Lancashire Fusiliers          |       |     6  |        |    3  |
-  9th Durham Light Infantry          |    2  |    24  |        |       |
-  2/20th London Regt.                |    4  |    11  |        |    1  |
-  Machine-Gun Corps                  |    2  |    47  |        |    7  |
-  Divisional Cyclists Corps          |       |     1  |        |    4  |
-  West Riding Divisional R.A.S.C.    |       |     1  |        |    8  |
-  1st West Riding Field Ambulance    |    1  |     6  |        |   14  |
-  2nd West Riding Field Ambulance    |    1  |     5  |        |    8  |
-  3rd West Riding Field Ambulance    |       |     7  |        |    5  |
-  Casualty Clearing Station          |       |        |        |   11  |
-  Mobile Veterinary Section          |       |        |        |    1  |
-  Sanitary Section                   |       |        |        |       |
-  Chaplains                          |       |     2  |        |       |
-  243rd Employment Company           |       |        |        |       |
-  M.M.P.                             |       |        |        |       |
-  -----------------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------+
-            TOTAL                    |  496  | 1,505  |    69  |  857  |
-  -----------------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------+
-
-  -----------------------------------+---------------------------------+
-                                     |            OTHER RANKS.         |
-  UNIT.                              +-------+--------+--------+-------+
-                                     |Killed.|Wounded.|Missing.| Sick. |
-  -----------------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------+
-  Yorkshire Hussars                  |   11  |     42 |        |   120 |
-  Yorkshire Dragoons                 |    3  |     14 |        |    59 |
-  West Riding R.H.A.                 |    1  |        |        |     3 |
-  Yorks. Mtd. Bde. R.A.S.C.          |    1  |      2 |        |     3 |
-  Yorks. Mtd. Bde. Field Ambulance   |       |      4 |        |     8 |
-  Signal Troops with Mtd. Bde.       |       |      1 |        |     2 |
-  Headquarters W.R. Division         |    1  |      4 |        |     7 |
-  245th Brigade R.F.A.               |   36  |    173 |     1  |   184 |
-  246th Brigade R.F.A.               |   82  |    221 |     3  |   268 |
-  247th Brigade R.F.A.               |    4  |     19 |        |    92 |
-  248th Brigade R.F.A. (Howitzer)    |    4  |     20 |        |    61 |
-  310th Brigade R.F.A.               |   20  |    204 |     1  |   375 |
-  312th Brigade R.F.A.               |   47  |    177 |     1  |   291 |
-  West Riding R.G.A. (Heavy Battery) |    5  |     11 |        |    21 |
-  Divisional Ammunition Column       |   80  |    103 |     2  |   306 |
-  Trench Mortar Batteries            |   22  |    211 |     2  |    55 |
-  W.R. Divisional Royal Engineers    |  110  |    635 |    20  |   983 |
-  5th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.          |  497  |  1,902 |   323  | 1,339 |
-  6th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.          |  374  |  1,488 |   196  | 1,044 |
-  7th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.          |  433  |  1,642 |   145  | 1,535 |
-  8th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.          |  528  |  2,917 |   237  | 1,689 |
-  4th Bn. West Riding Regt.          |  720  |  2,651 |   251  | 1,731 |
-  5th Bn. West Riding Regt.          |  535  |  2,404 |   437  | 1,517 |
-  6th Bn. West Riding Regt.          |  252  |  1,396 |   131  |   868 |
-  7th Bn. West Riding Regt.          |  375  |  1,514 |   100  | 1,101 |
-  4th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.                 |  630  |  2,947 |   579  | 1,560 |
-  5th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.                 |  676  |  2,878 |   493  | 1,867 |
-  4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.   |  614  |  3,015 |   438  | 1,538 |
-  5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.   |  481  |  1,861 |   216  |   851 |
-  5th Devon Regt.                    |  138  |    645 |    60  |   353 |
-  4th Hants. Regt.                   |  157  |    662 |   105  |   422 |
-  19th Lancashire Fusiliers          |   18  |    433 |        |   194 |
-  9th Durham Light Infantry          |   93  |    506 |    46  |   345 |
-  2/20th London Regt.                |   91  |    421 |    40  |   210 |
-  Machine-Gun Corps                  |  109  |    702 |    16  |   627 |
-  Divisional Cyclists Corps          |    4  |     45 |        |    58 |
-  West Riding Divisional R.A.S.C.    |    4  |     25 |        |   300 |
-  1st West Riding Field Ambulance    |   11  |     61 |        |   161 |
-  2nd West Riding Field Ambulance    |    9  |     65 |        |   248 |
-  3rd West Riding Field Ambulance    |   18  |    162 |     1  |   201 |
-  Casualty Clearing Station          |    1  |      4 |        |    23 |
-  Mobile Veterinary Section          |       |      1 |        |    20 |
-  Sanitary Section                   |    1  |        |        |     1 |
-  Chaplains                          |       |        |        |       |
-  243rd Employment Company           |    1  |      4 |        |    10 |
-  M.M.P.                             |       |        |        |     2 |
-  -----------------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------+
-            TOTAL                    |7,197  | 32,192 | 3,844  |22,653 |
-  -----------------------------------+-------+--------+--------+-------+
-
-  REMARKS
-
-  Total     Officers        2,927
-            Other Ranks    65,886
-                           ------
-                           68,813
-
-
-
-
-BY THE SAME AUTHOR AND PUBLISHERS.
-
-_428 pages._ _12s. net._
-
-A GENERAL SKETCH OF EUROPEAN LITERATURE IN THE CENTURIES OF ROMANCE.
-
-  Chap. I    Story-Matters and Story-Writers.
-   ”    II   The Age of Dante.
-   ”    III  The Fourteenth Century.
-   ”    IV   1374 to 1492.
-   ”    V    The Transit through 1492.
-   ”    VI   Europe at School.
-   ”    VII  Europe at Large.
-   ”    VIII The Maturity of Romance.
-   ”    IX   The Age of Milton.
-   ”    X    The Watershed of 1637.
-
-BY LAURIE MAGNUS, M.A.
-
-
-    Starting at the twelfth century, “The Centuries of Romance”
-    brings down the history of literature in Europe to the year
-    1637 (including the works of Milton and Calderon), when the
-    French Academy was founded, and a natural break occurs between
-    the centuries of Romance and _Bon Sens_. It is intended to
-    provide English students, both professional and amateur, with a
-    measure and a standard of comparison for the true and correct
-    appreciation of the literature and literary history of our own
-    country.
-
-_The Spectator_ says: “Many people who are not students will find this
-survey of a wide field both interesting and useful, for few writers since
-Hallam’s day have attempted to envisage the literary activity of medieval
-and modern Europe as a whole.”
-
-_The Morning Post_ says: “Hitherto no guide-book of the kind has existed
-in the English language.... The author of this ample and learned book,
-which shows an amazing depth and range of reading, writes with power and
-precision, and has provided an invaluable literary map, so to speak, of
-that which is a _terra incognita_ to most English students of literature.”
-
-_The Times Literary Supplement_ says: “The mass of knowledge of which
-he disposes, if nowhere amounting to specialism, is in the aggregate
-extraordinarily copious and varied; and he handles it with an agility
-of mind, an openness to impressions, and a deftness in seizing salient
-points, which make his book constantly fresh and informing.”
-
-_The Journal of Education_ says: ... “The other and nobler way, of which
-Goldsmith (with all his shortcomings) and Hallam set the example, and
-which Mr. Laurie Magnus has followed, gives us something different from
-a ‘cram’ book or a book of reference. The student is led by his guide to
-the summit of hills that command a great stretch of plain: he views the
-country spread out as a map before him, and places that he has passed
-through or will visit in days to come are seen in their right relations
-to each other. To attempt this kind of conspectus is incomparably
-the more difficult task, and success in it seems to require the wide
-knowledge and power of generalization of a Lord Acton. Mr. Laurie Magnus
-would doubtless disclaim the ambition to ‘rival the cultivated mind of
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-<p style='display:block; margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0; margin-left:2em; text-indent:-2em'>Author: Laurie Magnus</p>
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-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_i"></a>[i]</span></p>
-
-<h1>THE WEST RIDING TERRITORIALS<br>
-IN THE GREAT WAR</h1>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_ii"></a>[ii]</span></p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_iii"></a>[iii]</span></p>
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-<div class="figcenter illowp64" id="illus01" style="max-width: 37.5em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus01.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">MAJOR-GENERAL T. S. BALDOCK, C.B.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_iv"></a>[iv]</span></p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_v"></a>[v]</span></p>
-
-<p class="titlepage larger">The West Riding Territorials<br>
-in the Great War</p>
-
-<p class="titlepage">With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Haig,<br>
-<span class="smaller">O.M., K.T., G.C.B., G.C.V.O.</span></p>
-
-<p class="titlepage"><span class="smaller">BY</span><br>
-LAURIE MAGNUS</p>
-
-<p class="titlepage"><i>Fully Illustrated</i></p>
-
-<p class="titlepage">LONDON<br>
-<span class="smcap">KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRUBNER &amp; Co., Ltd.</span>,<br>
-BROADWAY HOUSE, 68-74, CARTER LANE, E.C.<br>
-1920</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_vi"></a>[vi]</span></p>
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-<p class="titlepage smaller">PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY<br>
-BEN JOHNSON AND CO., LTD., YORK, ENGLAND.</p>
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-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
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-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_vii"></a>[vii]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak">CONTENTS</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<table class="contents">
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2"></td>
-    <td class="tdpg">Page</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2">FOREWORD. <span class="smcap">By F.M. EARL HAIG</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#FOREWORD">xi</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2">PREFACE</td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#PREFACE">xiii</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3" class="book"><a href="#BOOK_I">BOOK I—BEFORE WAR.</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER I</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">The West Riding Association</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_I">3</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER II</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">The West Riding Troops</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_II">15</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER III</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">Mobilization</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_III">29</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3" class="book"><a href="#BOOK_II">BOOK II—WAR.</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER IV</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">‘Malbrouck s’en va-t’en Guerre’</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_IV">43</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER V</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">The Day’s Work</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_V">57</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER VI</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">Serving in Reserve</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_VI">69</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER VII</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">I—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Preparations on the Somme</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_VII">83</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">II—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Operations on the Somme</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_VII_2">88</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER VIII</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">I—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Operations on the Somme</span> (<i>contd.</i>)</td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_VIII">99</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">II—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Winter, 1916-17</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_VIII_2">111</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER IX</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">With the 62nd in France</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_IX">126</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER X</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">I—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">The Northern Ridges</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_X">138</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">II—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Between the Battles</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_X_2">143</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">III—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Battle of Cambrai (1st Phase)</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_X_3">146</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">IV—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Battle of Cambrai (2nd Phase)</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_X_4">156</a><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_viii"></a>[viii]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3" class="book"><a href="#BOOK_III">BOOK III—WAR’S END.</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER XI</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">Fateful Days in 1918</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_XI">163</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER XII</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">With the 62nd at Bucquoy</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_XII">172</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER XIII</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">With the 49th in the Valley of the Lys</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_XIII">180</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER XIV</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">The Yeomanry</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_XIV">195</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3">CHAPTER XV</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l2"><span class="smcap">The Last Hundred Days</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">I—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Second Battle of the Marne</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_XV">203</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">II—</td>
-    <td><span class="smcap">The Final Offensive</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_XV_2">211</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3" class="book">APPENDIX I</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l1"><span class="smcap">West Riding County Association Members and Officials: 1908-1920</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#APPENDIX_I">222</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3" class="book">APPENDIX II</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l1"><span class="smcap">A—Honours and Awards, 49th Division</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#APPENDIX_II_A">227</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l1"><span class="smcap">B—Honours and Awards, 62nd Division</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#APPENDIX_II_B">274</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3" class="book">APPENDIX III</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l1"><span class="smcap">Honours and Awards obtained by
-    West Riding Territorial Troops not serving with the 49th and 62nd Divisions</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#APPENDIX_III">322</a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="3" class="book">APPENDIX IV</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="l1"><span class="smcap">Casualties</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#APPENDIX_IV">323</a></td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_ix"></a>[ix]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak">LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<table class="contents">
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Major-General T. S. Baldock, C.B.</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus01"><i>Frontispiece</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Merville Church</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus02"><i>Face page 4</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Casualty Clearing Station</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus03"><i>Face page 34</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Cologne to Calais</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus04"><i>Page 47</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: About Ypres</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus05"><i>Page 47</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Lille-Lens-Douai</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus06"><i>Page 49</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Plan: Ruined Buildings</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus07"><i>Page 52</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">‘Modern Wooden Horse’</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus08"><i>Face page 54</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Plan: Awkward Angle</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus09"><i>Page 58</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Lieut.-General Sir W. P. Braithwaite, K.C.B.</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Major-General Sir R. D. Whigham, K.C.B.</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Major-General Sir J. K. Trotter, K.C.B.</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Major-General E. M. Perceval, C.B.</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Major-General N. J. G. Cameron, C.B.</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus10"><i>Face page 64</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Tower of Cloth Hall, Ypres</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus11"><i>Face page 68</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Pelican with Foot Raised</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus12"><i>Page 76</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Douai-Arras-Bapaume</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus13"><i>Page 90</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Somme Front</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus14"><i>Page 92</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Thiepval Defences</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus15"><i>Face page 104</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Amiens-Cambrai-Douai-Doullens</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus16"><i>Page 116</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">‘Good-Night, Tommy’</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus17"><i>Page 118</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Lens-Douai-Arras-Bapaume</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus18"><i>Page 124</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Drocourt-Quéant Switch-Line</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus19"><i>Page 133</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Hendecourt from the Air</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus20"><i>Face page 134</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Coliseum (German Crater)</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus21"><i>Face page 136</i></a><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_x"></a>[x]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Havrincourt</span>—</td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="l1"><span class="smcap">Canal du Nord Bridge</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="l1"><span class="smcap">In the Park</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus22"><i>Face page 150</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Christmas Card, 1917</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus23"><i>Page 159</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: March 21st, 1918</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus24"><i>Page 168</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Bucquoy Church</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus25"><i>Face page 174</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Bucquoy</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="l1"><span class="smcap">A Street</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="l1"><span class="smcap">Market Place</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus26"><i>Face page 178</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Ypres: In the Ramparts</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus27"><i>Face page 182</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: April 11th, 1918</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus28"><i>Page 183</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Meteren and Bailleul</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus29"><i>Face page 188</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: April 25th, 1918</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus30"><i>Page 190</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: July 20th, 1918</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus31"><i>Page 205</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: Hindenburg Line</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus32"><i>Page 214</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Rhonelle: River Crossing</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus33"><i>Face page 218</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Douai: The Belfry</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus34"><i>Face page 220</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Map: War’s End</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus35"><i>Page 220</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Pelican with Foot Down</span></td>
-    <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus36"><i>Tailpiece</i></a></td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xi"></a>[xi]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="FOREWORD">FOREWORD</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>When all Divisions, Regular, Territorial and New Army, from
-whatever part of Great Britain or quarter of the Empire they were
-drawn, have rendered such splendid service, it is difficult to refer
-particularly to individual units or formations.</p>
-
-<p>The pages of this book, however, furnish in detail an account
-of the exploits of two gallant Territorial Divisions, to one of which,
-the 62nd, it fell to carry out an operation of outstanding brilliance
-on the occasion of the Cambrai attack on the 20th November, 1917.</p>
-
-<p>Moreover, the history of both Divisions helps to emphasize
-the greatness of the debt due to the Territorial Force as a whole.
-The value to the State of the Territorial Force organisation at the
-outbreak of the war was immense. By volunteering freely for overseas
-service, the pre-war Territorials enabled the necessary reinforcements
-for the Army in the field to be maintained while the New Army
-was in the making. The gallantry of their subsequent performances
-should not be allowed to obscure the service they then rendered.</p>
-
-<p class="right">HAIG,<br>
-<i>Field-Marshal</i>.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xii"></a>[xii]</span></p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
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-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xiii"></a>[xiii]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="PREFACE">PREFACE</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>While this book has been at press, the Territorial Force has
-passed into the Territorial Army, thus closing another chapter in
-the history of the British citizen-soldier. That closed chapter has
-still to be written, as a complete history of the Territorial Force,
-called into being by Mr. (Lord) Haldane, when Secretary of State
-for War, in 1907, struggling against adverse circumstances for
-existence and recognition from 1908 to 1914, and approving itself
-from 1914 to 1919, by the testimony of Mr. Secretary Churchill and
-Field-Marshals Earl Haig and Viscount French, as a saviour of the
-Empire in the Great War.</p>
-
-<p>The present volume may supply material for one chapter of that
-history. In Book I, I try to trace the early annals of the Force within
-the confines of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and in Books II and III,
-I follow the Troops which were raised in that Riding to their war-stations
-overseas. As far as possible, I have observed the limits set
-by the scope of my narrative. General history before the war has
-been subordinated to the experience of the West Riding Territorial
-Force Association, and the history of the war has been told in relation
-to the part of the 49th and 62nd (West Riding) Infantry Divisions,
-which went to France in 1915 and 1917.</p>
-
-<p>Principally, then, this book is concerned with the work of the
-Infantry. A brief account of the experience of the Yeomanry is
-given in Chapter XIV, and one or two other units (notably, a Company
-of the R.E., which served with the 29th in the Dardanelles, and a
-Casualty Clearing Station in France) are included in the main narrative.
-Another volume might well be filled with the doings of West Riding
-Territorials attached to other units during the war, but these records
-seem to belong to the units concerned more appropriately than to the
-present narrative. The story of the 2nd and 3rd Northern General
-Hospitals is likely to be fully told in the Medical History of the war,
-and will be found to reflect the utmost credit on the responsible
-authorities. These Hospitals were freely used by wounded men of
-all units from the front, and became the radiant centres of a large
-number of War Hospitals in the county. From the parent institutions
-in Leeds and Sheffield, Auxiliary Hospitals sprang up throughout
-the West Riding of Yorkshire, as many as 6,500 beds being affiliated
-to the 2nd Northern General Hospital alone. From August, 1914,
-till late in 1919, this splendid work, of which the foundations were
-laid in peace-time, was in full swing, and should form an important
-chapter in a complete history of the Territorial Force.</p>
-
-<p>Special mention is also due to the uniformly brilliant record of
-the West Riding Divisional Artillery, which was employed throughout<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xiv"></a>[xiv]</span>
-the war in all parts of the field. It has not proved possible in this
-volume to select its Brigades and Batteries for special treatment:
-the effect would have been too much disjointed; but, wherever
-they covered the Infantry, their work always won the highest praise,
-and their skill under arduous conditions is one of the marvels of the
-war. Something, too, should be said about Mechanical Transport,
-re-organized, like so much else, at the hour of trial in March, 1918,
-and of other Arms of the Service, subordinate to the Infantry
-Divisions. I must be content, however, with this passing reference
-to their exploits, and with such tributes to them as occur in the course
-of the main narrative.</p>
-
-<p>My own connection with my subject is very slender. It happened
-that, in 1917, I was lent to the War Office by the Royal Defence Corps
-in order to do some special work in a branch then known as T.V.I.
-(in the Territorial and Volunteer Forces Directorate). The Director-General,
-Major-General the Earl of Scarbrough, had been Chairman
-from the start of the Territorial Force Association of the West Riding;
-and it happened again, in 1919, when the History Committee of his
-Association had been disappointed of the services of Professor G. S.
-Gordon, of Leeds University, a Captain in the 6th West Yorkshire
-Regiment, 62nd Division, and now Official Military Historian of the
-war, that Lord Scarbrough recommended me to write this local history
-in his stead. In the earlier chapters of the book, I had the advantage
-of Professor Gordon’s assistance, and I gladly take this opportunity
-of thanking him for his valuable help. My work is also much
-indebted to the care of several of the General Officers Commanding
-the two Divisions; particularly, of Major-General Sir James Trotter
-in connection with Chapter VI, and of Lieut.-General Sir Walter
-Braithwaite, in connection with the important period of his Command
-of the 62nd in France. Lord Scarbrough’s personal interest in all
-that concerns his Association has been extended, with great benefit,
-to this book in all its stages, and I have also to thank Brig.-General
-Mends, Secretary of the Association, and Captain Mildren, his
-assistant, for their unremitting trouble. The list of Officers from
-the Riding, who have placed at my disposal diaries, photographs,
-letters, notes, and valuable advice, is too long to enumerate. I should
-like specially to thank Major E. P. Chambers, Captains Tom Goodall,
-R. M. Robinson and J. C. Scott; but I will ask all, comprehensively,
-to accept the expression of my gratitude, and of my hope that I have
-not altogether failed to do justice to the praises which they have united
-in bestowing on the men whom they led.</p>
-
-<p>For this, when all is said and done, is the beginning and the end
-of any instalment of a history of the Territorial Force. ‘This
-wonderful force,’ as Lord French has called it in his book, <i>1914</i>, was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_xv"></a>[xv]</span>
-founded on the ‘patriotic spirit which has always been the soul of
-the Volunteers. It was reserved for Lord Haldane,’ adds the Field-Marshal,
-‘to devise the scheme which was to make the fullest use
-of the Volunteers and bring them to the zenith of their reputation.’
-How high in military ardour and achievement that zenith proved
-during the Great War, may be judged, I hope, from this record,
-however incomplete and at second-hand, of the Territorial Troops
-from the West Riding, which it has been my privilege to compile.</p>
-
-<p class="right">L.M.</p>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">London</span>, <i>March 23rd, 1920</i>.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
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-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_1"></a>[1]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="BOOK_I"><span class="smaller">BOOK I</span><br>
-BEFORE WAR</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_2"></a>[2]</span></p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
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-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_3"></a>[3]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_I"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER I</span><br>
-THE WEST RIDING ASSOCIATION</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>At half-past five in the afternoon, on Monday, April 12th, 1915,
-the first detachment of troops in the West Riding (1st Line) Territorial
-Division left England for France. Their going, like all English
-goings and most English home-comings, was quiet and unobserved:
-the War Diary of the Division merely states that thus ‘the move to
-France commenced’; further, that Divisional Headquarters left
-Doncaster the next day, embarked at Folkestone on the <i>Invicta</i>, and
-reached Boulogne 9-50 p.m.; that the General Officer Commanding
-the Division, accompanied by five Staff Officers, travelled by motor-car
-on April 14th through St. Omer and Hazebroucke to Merville, where
-Divisional Headquarters were established in the Mayor’s house,
-40 rue des Capucines; and that a telegram was received by the General
-from H.M. the King, and a loyal reply was despatched. So, the time of
-preparation was over, the time of action had begun.</p>
-
-<p>The new adventure, which was to prove so searching, was founded
-securely in the past, and this latent sense of tradition explains, or helps
-to explain, why over 30,000 recruits were taken by the West Riding
-Territorial Force Association between the date of the outbreak of war
-and April 14th, 1915; why the strength of the County units had
-reached three-quarters of the pre-war establishment<a id="FNanchor_1" href="#Footnote_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> fully as early as
-that date, and why the expedition to France proceeded in the ordinary
-course of duty. For the spirit of adventure was not new, though
-overlaid by many years of ease. Deep in the consciousness of Yorkshiremen,
-as of men ‘from every shire’s end of England’, were echoes
-of long-ago wars in defence of their country on foreign soil, under
-Wellington, under Marlborough, under the Houses of York and
-Lancaster, and away back to the Plantagenet kings, when the first
-‘verray parfit gentil knight,’ with his squire, ‘as fresh as in the
-month of May’, led his troops to fight for the right,</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-  <div class="stanza">
-    <div class="verse indent0">‘In Flaundres, in Artoyes and Picardye.’</div>
-  </div>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<p>Thus Lord Haldane wrote correctly, in December, 1908: ‘The
-organization of the Territorial Force, ... novel as in material
-respects it is, ... is the outcome of a process of development,
-the beginnings of which lie far back in the past.’<a id="FNanchor_2" href="#Footnote_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a></p>
-
-<p>Some account of that ‘organization’ in the West Riding, remembering
-its roots in the past, is necessary in advance of a history of what
-the troops wrought in the field. They did not spring fully armed
-from the head of Mars. On the contrary, their martial equipment<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_4"></a>[4]</span>
-was a long and complicated affair, mixed up with questions of finance
-and administration, which were left, in the worst years of military
-ardour, to the public spirit of a few local men. The menace of
-foreign aggression in the consulship of Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman
-and Mr. Asquith was not a popular subject, and the Haldane Act,
-1907, ‘to provide for the reorganization of His Majesty’s military
-forces, and for that purpose to authorize the establishment of County
-Associations, and the raising and maintenance of a Territorial Force,’
-was let loose on the counties of the United Kingdom at a time when,
-twice in one year, a general election was to be held on domestic issues
-unconnected with peace and war. There was worse than public
-apathy to contend with. Public apathy might retard enlistment under
-Section IX. of the Act, but a part of the opposition to the new measure
-was founded on more positive grounds. Speakers who went up and
-down the Riding to explain and recommend the scheme had to lay
-the spectre of ‘compulsion’: in those days of tumbling privileges
-the one unanswerable argument before which even duty was dumb.
-Thus, there is a report of a speech at Malton by Mr. (the late Colonel
-Sir) Mark Sykes on May 4th, 1908, in which,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Surveying the present conditions of England in case of an
-attack, he said they had nothing to fall back upon but members
-of Rifle Clubs and Cadets. Should this Army scheme fail,
-they would have to look to conscription.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">There was a meeting at York on the same day, at which the elders
-of the Council discussed a recommendation of the Finance Committee
-‘to encourage corporation employees to join the Territorial Army.’
-On that occasion one councillor was of opinion, that</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘there appeared to be a movement on foot throughout the
-country to induce large companies to close down their works
-and simply compel men to enlist in the Territorial Force,
-or be idle and have no wages at all.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">Another councillor considered that ‘this was an attempt to
-establish municipal conscription.’ Another gravely pointed out that
-‘to encourage’ did not necessarily mean ‘to force,’ but might be
-stretched as much as to mean ‘persuade.’</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus02" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus02.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">Merville Church</p>
-  <p class="caption"><span class="smcap">49th DIVISION, APRIL, 1915.</span></p>
-</div>
-
-<p>We shall not attach names to these dead controversies. They
-have buried their dead to-day, and the graves of Flanders and Gallipoli
-bear mute but eloquent witness to the sudden glory of patriotism which
-dissolved ‘encouragement,’ ‘force,’ ‘persuasion,’ ‘compulsion,’
-and ‘conscription’ in the single light of national defence. But this
-perception was not yet, and the passive and active resistance which
-sections of opinion in the country, not excluding the West Riding,
-presented to Lord Haldane’s Act was recognized by its author himself.
-Speaking at Leicester in the same week as the elders of York met in
-council, the Secretary for War declared—</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘We are not militarists.... All we want is to feel<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_5"></a>[5]</span>
-secure in our hearths and homes, and to have the feeling that
-labour and commerce are alike adequately protected.... He
-was against conscription and compulsion.... He
-wanted to make the Army a people’s Army’;</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">and when a man at the back of the hall shouted that the scheme would
-lead to compulsory service, ‘he was caught hold of by half a dozen
-police, and flung out’—to join the suffragettes. We cannot neglect
-these facts, old echoes though they be to-day. Nor shall we pause
-to ask if a bolder policy might not have been more successful, and if
-the appeal should have been directed to the real menace of German
-aggression. The whole tendency of the times was against emphasizing
-that aspect, and the pacific instinct of the nation was fostered rather
-than rebuked by the voices of responsible authority. It was not a
-healthy atmosphere for the New Act, and the Roman author of the
-maxim, <i>si vis pacem, para bellum</i>, never explained how to do it if a
-Government cried peace, and the Government was the people.</p>
-
-<p>Still, the Act was launched, and the counties had to make the
-preparations.</p>
-
-<p>There were two difficulties inherent from the start, and it is probably
-correct to associate them with the public apathy towards the scheme.
-For one thing, the burden of preparation fell a little obviously on a
-class, which, in the years before the war, lay under a cloud of misrepresentation.
-That it was a simulated and a temporary cloud, at
-least in its chief manifestations, the war itself was to prove; but it was
-spread fast enough and thick enough at the time to darken initiative
-and counsel. Not the best Government imaginable could contrive
-to have things both ways. If they chose to load certain classes in the
-community with the reproach of obstructing the ‘people’s will,’ it
-was unseemly to rely on individuals from those classes to popularize
-a branch of their legislation. Thus, the recommendation of a ‘people’s
-budget’ by abusive ridicule of landowners, and the promotion of a
-reform of the Second Chamber as the cause of ‘people <i>versus</i> peers,’
-however expedient as a means of affixing a stigma for abuses, would
-prove impolitic, to say the least of it, when members of those orders
-were invited to take a leading part in recruiting for a ‘people’s army.’
-The same ‘people’ might not see the point of leading and following
-at the same time. Yet the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act constituted
-‘the Lieutenant of the County.. . president of the
-Association,’ and the Lieutenant, thus placed in power, was, almost
-without exception, either a peer or a landowner or both. Next, it
-assigned to the Association the duty of ‘recruiting for the Territorial
-Force both in peace and in war,’ and we have seen that this duty was
-liable to be misconstrued as legalized conscription. The risk of such
-misconstruction was certainly not diminished by the obloquy which
-was poured, for other purposes of the legislature, on the order to which
-the presidents and some other of the more leisured members of the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_6"></a>[6]</span>
-recruiting Associations belonged. Secondly, these political conditions
-reacted on the Government to some extent. For good or ill, the
-success of their plans for social betterment and domestic reform was
-a little obscurely involved with the maintenance of the open door to
-foreign imports, the rejection of commercial preference within the
-Empire, and, as a necessary corollary, with the doctrine that ‘free
-trade’ would keep the peace. This avoidance, on the highest principles,
-of any action likely to seem provocative abroad, so firmly upheld
-at the Foreign Office till the sixtieth minute of the eleventh hour,
-made us rig Dreadnoughts with apologies and raise recruits with
-muffled drums. It followed from all these causes-the preoccupation
-of Ministers, the social status of county leaders, the talking peace to
-ensure peace—that, once the Territorial Act was launched, no member
-of the Government except Lord Haldane appeared openly anxious to
-make it go. The early annals of Territorial Force Associations, as
-they came into being under the Act, are plaintively and miserably
-punctuated by what Sir William Clegg, in the West Riding, used to
-call the ‘pin-pricks of the Army Council,’ and a large part of their
-work of initiation, which is always the most difficult part, was achieved
-by personal effort against alternate or simultaneous doses of public
-indifference and official neglect.</p>
-
-<p>Still, the Territorial Force grew. Its foundations were well and
-truly laid on that old inexpugnable spirit which, as we saw above, was
-already alive in Chaucer’s England, and which, when the new summons
-came, flared up through disappointment to success. The six and a
-half years’ record of the West Riding Territorial Force Association,
-from its inaugural meeting on January 17th, 1908, till the outbreak of
-war in 1914 is typical of the experience of other counties, alike in the
-obstacles which were encountered and in the resolution which partially
-overcame them. It derives special interest from the fact that the
-population of the West Riding is much more than twice as large as
-that of any county outside London, except only Lancashire; but the
-chief interest of the record lies in the after-history of the Association.
-The achievement of its units in the field is a final, triumphant vindication
-of the confidence of those who helped to raise them, a complete
-reward for the courage they displayed, and a proof, if proof were
-wanted, that the nation’s need is the measure of the nation’s power.
-Hence, if we dwell more particularly on some of the difficulties which
-confronted that Association during the epoch of preparation, the true
-merits of the Territorial Army scheme, when tried by the supreme
-test of action, will be more abundantly manifest.</p>
-
-<p>First, as to <i>personnel</i>, H.M. Lieutenant for the Riding since 1904
-had been Colonel the Earl of Harewood, A.D.C., of the Yorkshire
-Hussars, and formerly of the Grenadier Guards, who, accordingly,
-became first president of the Association. With him were united as
-chairman and vice-chairman, respectively, Colonel the Earl of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_7"></a>[7]</span>
-Scarbrough, A.D.C., commanding the Yorkshire Mounted Brigade,
-and formerly of the 7th Hussars, and Sir William Clegg, J.P.,
-sometime Lord Mayor of Sheffield. These formed a powerful triumvirate,
-and ‘had done their best,’ as Lord Harewood remarked on
-January 17th, 1908, ‘to set matters on a preliminary footing.’ The
-president and chairman were still in office in 1920, but in February,
-1917, Lord Scarbrough had received the appointment of Director-General
-of the Territorial and Volunteer Forces at the War Office,
-with the temporary rank of Major-General, and was thereafter compelled
-to interrupt his closer supervision at the Association. ‘Our
-loss,’ the president said at the next quarterly meeting, ‘is a great gain
-to the country,’ and the compliment paid to Lord Scarbrough by
-this appointment was appreciated by the Association as a whole.
-Sir William Clegg continued in office till the end of 1915, when, to
-his colleagues’ great regret, his election as chairman of the Appeal
-Committee under Lord Derby’s scheme and the pressure of other
-duties caused his necessary resignation. He was succeeded as vice-chairman
-of the Association by Brig.-General (Sir) R. C. A. B.
-Bewicke-Copley, (K.B.E.), C.B., in April, 1916.</p>
-
-<p>It will be no derogation from the importance of the military
-members of the Association appointed by the Army Council, of the
-representative members similarly appointed on the recommendation
-of the West Riding County Council, the County boroughs of Bradford,
-Halifax, Huddersfield, Leeds, Rotherham, Sheffield and York, and the
-Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, and of the members co-opted by
-the Association to complete its statutory establishment,<a id="FNanchor_3" href="#Footnote_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a> if we turn
-next to the person of the secretary. The right choice of a candidate
-for this post was properly regarded as an essential condition of success,
-and at the inaugural meeting of the Association (January 17th, 1908),
-no other name was proposed but that of Brig.-General Horatio Mends,
-C.B., formerly of the 60th Rifles, at that time Brigadier General-in-charge
-of Administration, Northern Command. To the immense benefit
-of the Association, General Mends’ term of office as secretary, except
-for a short interruption due to ill-health in 1909, continued right
-through the twelve years under review, and, alike in peace and in war,
-he has amply and fully sustained the confident belief expressed at the
-time of his appointment, that ‘he combined every requisite which
-Mr. Haldane had laid down as essential for the secretary of an Association.’
-His assistants came and went according to the claims of other
-duties. They have included Captain J. U. M. Ingilby, Captain M. L.
-Porter, Major A. B. Boyd-Carpenter (later, Deputy Assistant-Director
-under Lord Scarbrough at the War Office, and, since December, 1918,
-M.P. for East Bradford), Major H. C. E. Smithett and Captain W.
-Mildren, M.B.E., of the T.F. Reserve, formerly Staff Q.M.S. in the
-Army Pay Corps, York, who was appointed superintending clerk at
-the beginning, and who has rendered admirable service.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_8"></a>[8]</span></p>
-
-<p>Second only in importance to a secretary was a place of meeting
-for the Association. It would need the powers of an epic poet to
-invoke the muse to sing the rival claims of Leeds and Sheffield as
-headquarters of the West Riding, and the historian who is not a Yorkshireman
-must be content to set the fact on record that York was
-finally selected for reasons which seemed sufficient to the high contracting
-parties. Once in York, there was no hesitation in approving
-premises at 9, St. Leonard’s as a permanent local habitation.</p>
-
-<p>We need not set out in detail the obvious necessary business of
-the appointment of committees, the distribution of duties, the drafting
-of regulations, and so forth. It was new work, and not very easy work,
-but the Association commanded the services of men of experience
-and affairs, and some spade work had been done in advance. One
-point particularly occurs to a reader of the Association archives: the
-concentration on the magical word, <i>Mobilization</i>. This event governed
-the deliberations of all concerned: not as a shadowy abstraction, which
-superior authority set them to work at in the dark, still less as a haunting
-terror, created by a jingoistic press, but as a real, present and an urgent
-duty, and as the test of validity for all their acts. This idea so constantly
-before them lent actuality to their proceedings. They spent
-no time in discussing if and when a state of war might arise. Their
-practical function was to assume the war and to prepare for it.</p>
-
-<p>Apart from the recruiting problem proper, the provision, that is
-to say, of the full number of officers and other ranks required to complete
-the establishment of the units to be raised in the West Riding, there
-was an immense amount of work to be done, military as well as administrative,
-before the Association could say to the War Office: press the
-button, and the troops will march out. The Haldane Act had created
-the machinery, and the Association had been formed to make it work;
-and, since, at any moment from that date, the crisis of 1914 might have
-been precipitated, the new local authorities were well advised in aiming
-at instant readiness. But if we project ourselves back into the chaos
-of 1908, out of which Lord Harewood and his colleagues were entrusted
-with the task of evoking order, if we sympathize with their sense of
-responsibility, and recognize how gravely it was increased by lack of
-knowing when the crisis would occur; in other words, if we look at
-the problem through the spectacles of the West Riding Association,
-we must be equally just to other aspects. The Haldane Act set up
-ninety-four Associations: ninety-four engines wanting fuel, ninety-four
-skeleton organisms awaiting breath and articulation, ninety-four
-committees hard at work as if each was solely responsible for building
-the Territorial Force. Translate this conception into the terms
-familiar to official routine in the placid years before the war. Imagine
-the accumulation of papers, the multiplication of minutes, and the
-comparative unexpectedness of the call to decide a series of questions
-which lengthened with the life of the Associations. True, a Central<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_9"></a>[9]</span>
-Council of Associations was formed at an early date,<a id="FNanchor_4" href="#Footnote_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a> which served as a
-kind of clearing-house between the counties and Whitehall, and which,
-while it did not preclude the independent access of Associations, submitted
-as many as thirty-two recommendations from November, 1908, to
-July, 1909. A few of these topics are worth recalling. On November
-9th, 1908, the Central Council recommended ‘that travelling grants
-be given to individuals coming to Section, Company and Battalion
-drills over a distance of two miles.’ A deputation waited on the
-Secretary of State on the following February 27th. In May, an intimation
-was sent that a circular Memorandum might be issued on the
-subject. In July, the matter was raised again, and another deputation
-was received on the 23rd of that month. On August 7th, the War
-Office decided not to make any grant for the payment of men in towns
-coming to drill. ‘In rural corps, in which the companies, etc., are
-recruited over a scattered area, the War Office will consider an extra
-grant based on the cost of bringing in men of outlying sections for
-Company drill two or three times a year, and will shortly issue a letter
-asking for the necessary information on which a grant should be based.’
-That letter was issued on September 9th. On the 13th of the next
-month, the Central Council expressed the opinion that, ‘if the Territorial
-Force is to be made of real value, ... this can only be
-done ... by giving financial assistance to men to enable them
-to come into drill.’ On March 16th, 1910, a War Office letter was
-issued, granting a small allowance towards the cost of bringing in
-outlying sections to enable them to carry out squadron, battery or
-company training, but refusing to authorize as a charge on Association
-public funds, any expenses incurred by individual officers or men in
-travelling from their homes to their local troop or section headquarters
-to carry out their ordinary drills. A wise decision, no doubt; certainly,
-a carefully considered one; but, perhaps, a little disheartening in its
-extreme regard for the public purse and in the consumption of sixteen
-months during which voluntary recruits were not told what their
-patriotism would cost them. Sometimes the decisions came more
-quickly, but then they were usually in the negative. A proposal in
-February, 1909, ‘that boots other than lace-up be supplied for wear
-by mounted men with overalls when walking out’ was refused in the
-following May. A recommendation during that May ‘that a special
-grant of 6d. a head be allowed to Associations for provision of refreshments
-to men who are detained on parade, or on actual military duty,
-for not less than four consecutive hours,’ was turned down on August
-7th.</p>
-
-<p>The general tendency should be clear from these examples.
-At the one end, in Yorkshire and elsewhere, throughout the ninety-four
-headquarters, were brand-new Associations, eager to sweep clean and
-to sweep swiftly. At the other end, in Whitehall, were the War Office<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_10"></a>[10]</span>
-and the Treasury, fast bound by the traditions of their code, and tied
-particularly by a Government committed to retrenchment on Army
-estimates. We hardly know which to pity more, the Minister responsible
-to the House of Commons or the Territorial Force Associations
-which his Act had called into being.</p>
-
-<p>Meanwhile, for historical purposes, it is essential to remember
-that, during this period of preparation, the Territorial Force was the
-Associations. It depended on them for recruits, premises, ranges,
-arms, equipment, clothing (even to ‘boots other than lace-up for wear
-by mounted men with overalls when walking out’), everything that
-makes an Army; and they depended in turn, far more closely than they
-had anticipated, on the decisions of a harassed Army Council and the
-resources of a depleted Treasury. Happily, this period was protracted
-by the repeated postponement of war. In 1908 and, again, in 1911,
-the threat of war was averted, as we are now aware. Time was given,
-accordingly, if not for the complete fulfilment, at least for the partial
-satisfaction of the means devised for the fulfilment of the chief object
-of the Haldane Act. This was, as we saw,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘To provide for the reorganization of His Majesty’s military
-forces, and for that purpose to authorize the establishment of
-County Associations, and the raising and maintenance of a Territorial
-Force.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>No time limit was laid down for the period of incubation in the
-Associations, and it is difficult to estimate what would have been our
-degree of unpreparedness if the accidents of European politics had
-allowed less than the six and a half years from 1908 to 1914.</p>
-
-<p>A rough estimate can be formed, and it is worth computing in
-the present context, and in the security of peace after war, by reference
-to an open letter, dated February 26th, 1913, which was addressed
-by the Committee of the National Defence Association to Mr. Asquith,
-as President of the Committee of Imperial Defence.<a id="FNanchor_5" href="#Footnote_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> The signatories
-included the Duke of Bedford, Lord Fortescue, Lord Glenconner,
-Lord Scarbrough and Sir Richard Temple (who were all connected
-with County Associations), Lord Lovat, Mr. Walter Long, Lord
-Methuen, Lord Peel, Sir Samuel Scott and other men of weight.
-While drawing attention to their consistent support of the Territorial
-Force scheme, they felt bound to point out ‘that neither the Territorial
-Associations, nor the Territorial Force have yet taken sufficiently
-deep root as national institutions.’ They stated ‘with the utmost
-emphasis’ that ‘no remedy involving extra financial assistance to the
-Territorial Force at the expense of the Navy or Regular Army would
-receive their support,’ but they did not conceal their conviction that,
-‘if such a situation as existed in the autumn of 1911 recurred’, ‘the
-present training, equipment and numbers of the Territorial Force
-are inadequate for the task that would only too probably be laid upon<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_11"></a>[11]</span>
-it.’ ‘It has come to the knowledge of this Association,’ they remarked
-in another paragraph of the letter, ‘that a large proportion of Officers
-responsible for the training and administration of the Force now hold
-the view that it is incapable under present conditions of carrying out
-the duties allotted to it in any sudden emergency. We desire most
-strongly to support and emphasize this opinion.’</p>
-
-<p>The warning was too grave to be ignored. The Territorial Act
-had been on trial for five years, and the war, which actually arrived
-in the summer of the following year, might break out at any moment.</p>
-
-<p>Urgent action was taken, accordingly, by the Council of Territorial
-Associations, and it is particularly interesting to the present
-record to note that the basis of their action was a scheme submitted by
-the Earl of Scarbrough on behalf of the West Riding Association.
-After passing a strong resolution in April, 1913, pointing out the
-‘continued inefficiency’ in the establishment of Territorial units,
-and even stating that the success of the Force on a voluntary basis
-could be achieved ‘only by a considerable improvement in the terms
-and conditions of service,’ they lost no time in circulating the West
-Riding scheme through other Associations. So, at the October
-meeting of the Central Council, when replies and comments had come
-in, they were ready to ask the Prime Minister to receive a deputation,
-with a view to considering the whole matter.</p>
-
-<p>This important interview took place on November 26th, 1913.
-On the one side were Mr. Asquith and General Seely, then Secretary
-of State for War; on the other were Lord Dartmouth (Chairman),
-Lord Fortescue and Sir Hugh Shaw-Stewart, Bt. (Vice-Chairmen),
-and the following Members of the Council of the County Territorial
-Associations: Lord Scarbrough, Sir Richard Temple, Bt., Sir Hugh
-Bell, Bt., Lord Cheylesmore, Sir Edward Elles, Sir Arthur Anstice,
-Mr. Tonman Mosley, Lord Glenconner, Mr. Dalgleish, Mr. Adeane,
-Colonel Colvin, Colonel Lambert White, General Tyler, Lord Denbigh,
-General Mends, and the Secretary of the Council, Major Godman.
-The deputation represented eighty-one out of the ninety-four Associations,
-and was recognized by the Prime Minister as ‘authoritative.’</p>
-
-<p>It is well to recall at this point the essential dates in the situation.
-The Territorial and Reserve Forces Act ‘for the reorganization of
-His Majesty’s military forces’ became law in 1907. Early in 1908
-the West Riding Territorial Force Association was brought into being
-under the Act, and set to work in a practical way to raise, clothe, train
-and otherwise prepare its troops for the day of mobilization. They
-had worked hard for six years, with the shadow of coming war across
-their path. Yet at the end of 1913, when the substance behind the
-shadow was apparent to all who knew, the chairman of the West
-Riding Association, one of the most populous County areas, administered
-by men of public spirit, and possessing in General Mends an
-untiring and a highly efficient secretary, came to the Prime Minister<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_12"></a>[12]</span>
-to say: Our proper establishment of troops is little more than 18,000;
-we fall short by 52 officers and 2,724 other ranks; and ‘that is roughly
-typical of the general shortage, which, with a few exceptions, exists
-throughout the Counties.’ The failure was deplorable: ‘It is the
-fact that the strength to-day is less than it was in the last year under
-the old Volunteer system.’ But even more deplorable was the danger:
-‘In spite of all the efforts which have been made in these six years,
-it would appear that the high-water mark of voluntary effort in normal
-years and under present conditions falls greatly below the minimum
-laid down by the General Staff as necessary for National Defence’.</p>
-
-<p>November 26th, 1913: This was the date of the interview,
-and it was too late then to remedy the scheme. The total
-shortage of 1,400 officers and 66,000 other ranks; the 40,000
-members of the Force under nineteen years of age and ‘only fit to be
-in a Cadet corps’; the absence from the annual camp of 1,362 officers
-and 33,350 other ranks, including 37 officers and 6,019 men ‘absent
-without leave’: these facts and figures might be cured by personal
-allowances to officers, efficiency bounties to other ranks, income-tax
-relief to employers for each qualified Territorial officer or soldier in
-their employ, grants to Associations for social purposes and for the
-provision of boots, shirts and socks, and by the rest of the moderate,
-wise and carefully devised recommendations which the Council of
-County Associations felt bound to propose to the Government, as
-‘the minimum improvement in the terms and conditions of service
-that we think would be effective in attracting the right class of men
-in sufficient numbers.’ Public apathy, official discouragement, and
-the burden of other calls on the Exchequer might be purged of their
-worst effects by thorough changes of this kind. Even the evils pointed
-out by Sir H. Shaw-Stewart, that, ‘owing to the exigencies of political
-combat, these same classes that I speak of (<i>i.e.</i>, landowners and employers)
-are just now being held up to the public as parasites, oppressors
-and robbers of the poor,’ and that, ‘except for Lord Haldane and his
-successor at the War Office, not one Cabinet Minister has ever had a
-good word to say for the work we are doing or, indeed, for the system
-we are endeavouring to carry out,’ might at last prove capable of
-adjustment. But time was essential for such experiments, and the
-sands of time were running out. Mr. Asquith, indeed, in his reply
-to the deputation, affected to believe it all remediable. There were
-the proper compliments to ‘the value of the work that has been and
-is being done.’ There were other aspects of the numbers and the
-training, and certain ‘encouraging features’ to be dwelt upon. There
-was a general undertaking that the Council’s recommendations ‘will
-be not only considered, and not lightly dismissed, but considered in
-a thoroughly sympathetic spirit.’ There was the final valediction,
-as suave as it was impenetrable: ‘We shall endeavour to produce as
-great an impression as we can on the Chancellor of the Exchequer<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_13"></a>[13]</span>
-consistently with his other requirements to meet your legitimate
-demands.’<a id="FNanchor_6" href="#Footnote_6" class="fnanchor">[6]</a> And the Archduke Francis Ferdinand was assassinated,
-June 28th, 1914.</p>
-
-<p>These, briefly, are the facts on which an estimate may be formed
-of the degree of preparedness reached by the Territorial Force more
-than six years after it came into being. Very happily, as we said above,
-this period was thus protracted. The defects were serious enough,
-but, had the crisis come earlier, Associations would have missed what
-the evidence of results proved to be valuable, that varied experience
-of organization, that knowledge of their own weak points, that sense of
-contact with officers and men, as well in their civilian relations as in
-their military capacity, and, generally, that power, essential to the
-satisfactory working of ‘a highly complex structure o’ various an’
-conflictin’ strains,’ which Mr. Kipling has illustrated in his story of
-<i>The Ship that Found Herself</i>. The consolation administered by the
-Prime Minister to the deputation of November, 1913, though a commonplace,
-or because it was a commonplace, was justified in the succeeding
-years of war:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘While we do not say that the present organization is in all
-respects satisfactory, we do believe that it is based on sound lines,
-and, so long as the same spirit which has existed from the beginning
-continues to animate officers and men, that the Force will increase
-every year in efficiency and capacity for the special functions
-which are assigned to it in our scheme of defence.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">The vista of years was contracted to less than one, our ‘scheme of
-defence’ was unrecognizably extended, but the animating spirit did
-not fail.</p>
-
-<p>How fortunate for the country it was that time was given to
-Associations to find themselves may be judged from the growing
-tension between the West Riding Association and the War Office.
-Sir William Clegg, speaking from the Chair on February 7th, 1910,
-complained of ‘a kind of attempt on the part of the Army Council
-to treat the Association as a mere adjunct of the Army Council, and
-not as a free and independent body. If their deliberations and resolutions
-were to be treated in such a high-handed manner, he for one
-was not prepared to devote his time to the duties of the Association.’
-A few months later, on the motion of Alderman F. M. Lupton, of
-Leeds, seconded by Mr. A. J. Hobson, of Sheffield, a resolution was
-passed urging His Majesty’s Government ‘to give further effect to
-their own policy of placing the Territorial army under the control of
-the County Associations, and to permit these Associations, without
-undue interference, to perform their duty of providing a properly<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_14"></a>[14]</span>
-equipped Force on the grants allotted to them.’ Relations became a
-little less strained after a personal interview between Lord Harewood
-and the Secretary of State, when a conciliatory reply was sent to the
-Association by the War Office. But in 1912 the situation had grown
-acute again, and Lord Harewood did not hesitate to describe it as a
-‘tension which had existed for a long time between the Army Council
-and that Association, especially the Finance Committee of the Association.’
-Sir William Clegg repeated his former protest, which was
-supported by Colonel Hughes and other members, while Lord Scarbrough
-referred to the case of the Association against the Army
-Council as, in fact, ‘unassailable.’ We shall not further recall the
-features of this dispute, which turned on a question of accountancy.
-It was not the details but the principle which mattered, and the principle
-which governed the deliberations of members of the West Riding
-Association was amply vindicated in their resolution, carried on July
-1st, 1912:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘That the Association welcomes the reply of the Secretary
-of State, as indicating complete satisfaction with the financial
-position of the Association, and notes with pleasure that, as a
-result of the protest made, there is now every reason to hope that
-the relations between the Army Council and the Association will
-be cordial and harmonious in future.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>So, the Association ‘found itself’ at last. But the reconciliation
-came too late to make a prosperous new beginning. If war had still
-been postponed, opportunity might have been given to build up the
-Territorial Force on more generous and sympathetic lines, as suggested
-in the scheme of the West Riding, and to repair the disappointment
-of Associations. But, though Sir William Clegg spoke of ‘a clean slate,’
-and Lord Scarbrough wrote more hopefully to General Bethune,<a id="FNanchor_7" href="#Footnote_7" class="fnanchor">[7]</a>
-there was no time to take advantage of the change. The long threatened
-war was upon them, and, meanwhile, they had to encounter what
-Mr. Asquith, in November, 1913, called ‘the abstraction, whatever
-Government is in power, who has the public purse under his immediate
-control.’ This ‘abstraction’ proved a very real obstruction.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_15"></a>[15]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_II"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER II</span><br>
-THE WEST RIDING TROOPS</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The civilian effort before the war to create a ‘people’s army’
-under the provisions of the Territorial Force Act, was a fine national
-exploit, whether in the West Riding or elsewhere. Equally fine, if not
-finer, though no basis of comparison can be fixed, was the response
-of the men, including officers and other ranks, to whom the appeal
-was made.</p>
-
-<p>It is essential to see this clearly. Parliament might pass the best
-Act which ever adorned the legislature. The Secretary of State for
-War and His Majesty’s other Ministers might use all the eloquence
-at their command to popularize the Act in the country. The Territorial
-Force Associations, which were called into being under the Act,
-might attract the best brains in every county to crown the scheme with
-success. Throughout the complex organization, avoidable mistakes
-might be avoided, unavoidable obstacles might be overcome, and a
-kind of conspiracy of good luck might have surrounded the enterprise
-from its initiation. And yet, in the ultimate resort, one first condition
-must be satisfied: the men must be willing to come forward. For
-the Act spoke, as we have seen, of a ‘reorganization of His Majesty’s
-military forces’; and no power on earth, certainly no political power
-in England, could organize a voluntary force which was unwilling.
-If the troops out of whom the Territorial army was to be made were
-not willing to enrol in that army, and to bring to it the loyalty and
-devotion which had characterized voluntary service in the past, legislation
-would prove a dead letter. With or without the conditions
-which we have enumerated above (and some were lacking, as we are
-aware) the primary factor was the personal one; conversely, if the
-heart of the nation was sound, no weakness in the Army Council
-or at the Treasury could wreck the scheme beyond repair.</p>
-
-<p>Accordingly, it is useful at this point to look at events before the
-war from a different angle of vision. Men in high places, ‘dressed
-in a little, brief authority,’ have always this consolation, when they
-contemplate their shortcomings, whether within or without their own
-control, that the near view is fuller than the distant. If every Territorial
-soldier in the West Riding had been privy to Lord Harewood’s
-difficulties, if every unit awaiting a headquarters had been admitted
-to the heart-breaking negotiations which preceded each grant of an
-eighth of an acre of ground, if every recruit grumbling at his boots
-had known how many pairs of boots were included in General Mends’
-requisitions, no progress at all would have been made with the raising
-of the Force or its equipment. But the men who were raised and
-equipped were spared these disappointments and dubieties. They<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_16"></a>[16]</span>
-took their troubles in single spies, not battalions; and the single
-troubles which they encountered—too much rain, too few blankets,
-insufficient transport, and so forth—were counted as part of a day’s
-work, not as items in a quarterly return. They did not multiply their
-grievances by the calculus familiar to an Association; and it is precisely
-this restricted point of view which is valuable as a contrast and a
-corrective to Associational experience. For the final triumph of the
-Territorial scheme, as proved in the searching test of war, was a triumph
-achieved by individuals within the limits of their personal capacity.</p>
-
-<p>It is well to recapture the spirit in which this triumph was achieved;
-and, fortunately for that purpose, we can refer to a West Riding unit,
-whose records go back from its War Diary of 1914 to the date of its
-original inception in 1859. A happy feature of this possession, unique
-and valuable in itself, is that the unit in question became in the fulness
-of time the same 4th Battalion of the West Riding Regiment, whose
-transport left England for France first of the 49th Division<a id="FNanchor_8" href="#Footnote_8" class="fnanchor">[8]</a>; and, with
-the added interest of that coincidence, its faded pages may be searched
-for evidence to the men’s point of view. It was Lord Haldane who
-wrote (December, 1908), in a passage referred to above<a id="FNanchor_9" href="#Footnote_9" class="fnanchor">[9]</a>:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The abstract and dry language of Statutes and Army
-Orders may command our rational assent, but what Cardinal
-Newman was fond of speaking of as real assent it will never command
-unless it is interpreted in the light which the historical
-method throws on it.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Such a light is thrown by this record on the history of the previous
-half-century.</p>
-
-<p>It began on May 25th, 1859, when Major-General Jonathan Peel,
-a brother of the great Sir Robert, and a predecessor of Lord Haldane’s
-at the War Office, issued a circular to authorize the formation of Volunteer
-corps. Two days later, a requisition was addressed to the Worshipful
-the Mayor of Halifax by a hundred and twenty-five inhabitants of
-the borough and its neighbourhood, praying him to convene a public
-meeting in order to consider ‘the propriety of forming a Volunteer
-Rifle Corps for this district.’ The propriety was duly considered on
-the following Friday, June 3rd, in the Town Hall at Halifax, when
-and where a hundred and twenty good citizens, with Mr. Edward
-Akroyd<a id="FNanchor_10" href="#Footnote_10" class="fnanchor">[10]</a> at their head, professed themselves willing to enrol as members
-of a Volunteer Rifle Corps for this Town and District, ‘provided the
-cost of uniform, arms and accoutrements does not exceed £9 per
-annum.’ The crest selected was the Borough Arms; the head-dress,
-familiar in caricature, was ‘shako and plume’; the uniform
-a dark-green tunic; the arms, a short Enfield muzzle-loader, and
-bayonet; and the title of the corps was the 4th West Yorks Rifle<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_17"></a>[17]</span>
-Volunteers. Seldom have small beginnings been more amply fulfilled
-by noble ends.</p>
-
-<p>The Rifle Corps grew and prospered. Colours, with crest and
-title, were worked by the ladies of Halifax and presented in September,
-1860,<a id="FNanchor_11" href="#Footnote_11" class="fnanchor">[11]</a> and Captain Akroyd had the satisfaction in that month of
-parading 455 men at a Review in York, and of publishing in Orders
-the next day, that ‘the 4th West Yorks Rifle Volunteers, by their
-soldier-like bearing, their excellent discipline, and the steadiness of
-their movements, have earned for the Corps a high reputation among
-the Riding and County Battalions.’ On March 10th, 1863, they
-paraded at the marriage of the Prince of Wales. They furnished
-a Guard of Honour, and guards and sentinel for the night, when His
-Royal Highness, on the following August 3rd, visited Halifax to open
-the Town Hall. In the same year, a capitation grant of 20/- for
-each efficient man was authorized for issue by the Government, thus
-relieving all ranks of a part of their voluntary expenditure; and it is
-observed in the same context, though its precise bearing escapes us
-to-day, that the Government ‘also repeated the gracious permission
-accorded by George II. of wearing hair-powder untaxed.’ A drill-hall,
-designed by an assistant to Sir Gilbert Scott, and intended to
-serve both as the head quarters of the corps and as a public hall and
-concert-room, was started in 1868 and available in 1870. In 1874,
-the busby head-dress was adopted; the tunic was altered to scarlet
-with dark-blue facings, and the long Enfield was substituted for the
-short. At the same time, the maximum establishment was fixed at
-600 all ranks. The next year saw the first Camp, in tents on Castle
-Hill, Scarborough. In 1880, the Battalion was armed with the Snider
-breech-loader and bayonet, and the common helmet replaced the busby.
-In July, 1881, the Battalion, 480 strong, represented the county of
-Yorkshire at a Royal Review of Volunteers in Windsor Great Park.
-In 1883, a step forward was taken in the direction completed by the
-Territorial Act of 1907: the 4th, 6th and 9th West Riding of Yorkshire
-Volunteer Corps were renamed the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Volunteer Battalions
-of the West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellington’s); the old
-Arms of Halifax were replaced by the badges of the West Riding
-Regiments; and in 1887 the Battalion was re-clothed in a manner
-similar to the Line Battalions with which it had been affiliated, but
-with silver lace, buttons and badges. Ten years later, in 1897, a
-detachment of the Battalion was bivouacked in the ditch of the Tower
-of London, and did duty on London Bridge, on the occasion of Queen
-Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. A more serious call was to follow.
-On December 19th, 1899, after the so-called ‘black week’ in the
-Transvaal, it was announced that ‘Her Majesty’s Government have
-decided to accept offers of service in South Africa from the Volunteers....
-The terms of enlistment for officers and men will be for<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_18"></a>[18]</span>
-one year, or for not less than the period of the War.’ Three days
-later, on December 22nd, Major W. H. Land, commanding the 1st
-Volunteer Battalion, West Riding Regiment (our old friend, the 4th
-Rifle Volunteers), was prepared to place the Battalion at the disposal
-of the Government, and an Active Service Company of Volunteers, with
-Lieut. H. S. Atkinson at their head, was complete for embarkation
-early in 1900, when they were entertained at a farewell banquet in
-Halifax. The occasion, historically so inspiring, has several features
-of present interest. Colonel (later, Sir) E. Hildred Carlile, remarked
-on the sense of ‘promotion,’ and the ‘feeling that more would be
-required,’ in the call to Volunteers to take a place side by side with
-Regulars in Line Battalions. Colonel Le Mottee discussed the
-‘spirit of militarism,’ drawing a clear distinction between its fair
-and evil aspects; and other speakers who followed referred with gravity
-and emphasis to the future needs of national defence. The draft
-sailed on February 17th, reaching Table Bay on March 14th, and,
-exactly a year later (March 16th, 1901), the Relief Company of the
-Battalion left Halifax for the same destination. Needless to say, their
-fighting record in South Africa was worthy of their regiment and Riding.
-They contributed to the final victory of British arms; and, when the
-first members of the first Service Company returned to Halifax in
-the following May, they received the welcome which they deserved.
-A presentation of medals took place later in 1901, and inspired a prophetic
-speech by Colonel Le Mottee, which is well worth recalling
-to-day:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The Volunteer movement,’ he said, ‘never stood higher
-in the estimation of the military authorities than it did now.
-The behaviour of the Volunteers showed that the spirit of the
-nation was as high as it ever was, and the question was how to
-utilize this fine material to the best advantage. Conscription
-was out of the question at present, and the only alternative was
-the extension of the Volunteer movement for the securing of
-efficiency for all who joined.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>This perception carries us a long way from 1859 and the Halifax
-Rifle Corps. We reach in the new century and the new reign, and
-in the brief peace after the South African War, the problem, or series
-of problems, which were honestly attacked, if not, as we have seen, fully
-solved, by the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act of 1907. But note
-the continuity of the history, and the secure foundation of that Act on
-material already existing. The Territorial scheme, like the British
-Constitution, grew up and developed by its own strength; it was never
-imposed from without. Herein lay the secret of such measure of
-success as it achieved. The war in South Africa had revealed grave
-defects in military resources and in the means of national defence.
-‘Conscription was out of the question at present,’ but the war of
-1914 found the counties of Great Britain at least organized for an<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_19"></a>[19]</span>
-emergency which surpassed in its demands and its extent the most
-serious anticipations of the most foresightful. And the organization
-(this is the important point) was based on a tradition which could not
-fail. Everywhere in England, not in Halifax alone, had been men of
-public spirit, like Edward Akroyd, to petition their worshipful mayor
-on behalf of the Volunteer movement. Everywhere in England, for
-fifty years, the Volunteers had drilled and camped, had exchanged
-their shakoes for busbies, and their muzzle-loaders for breech-loaders,
-and had converted public ridicule into tolerance, and tolerance into
-appreciation, and appreciation at last into heartfelt gratitude to the
-‘people’s army’ which sprang from English soil. We turn the old
-pages of <i>Punch</i>, and smile at John Leech’s pictures of ‘The Brook-Green
-Volunteers’ and others; but behind our laughter is the sense
-that these long-ago, long-whiskered men were the true makers and
-only begetters of the Territorial Army in the Great War, and that
-Edward Akroyd and the hundred and nineteen who signed the resolution
-of enrolment at the public meeting in Halifax Town Hall on June
-3rd, 1859, showed the way to the fighting men of the West Riding who
-helped Marshal Foch and Earl Haig to turn the tide of German
-advance in the summer of 1918.</p>
-
-<p>This historic sense deepens as we approach the period immediately
-before the war. In May, 1902, the honorary rank of Lieutenant in
-the Army was granted to Captain H. S. Atkinson, with an award of
-the Queen’s Medal with three clasps, in recognition of his services
-in South Africa. So, the Volunteer and the Regular had coalesced.
-In the following December, Lord Savile accepted the honorary
-Colonelcy of the Battalion, in succession, after a long interval, to its
-virtual founder, Colonel Akroyd, and testimony was borne to the fact
-that the troops were ‘working on lines which lead to real efficiency
-of mobilization for home defence.’ In 1905, the writing on the wall
-was conspicuous for all to read. Colonel Land observed, at the annual
-prize-giving, that the choice for the future now lay between ‘the
-more effective training of the Volunteer forces, or compulsion. It
-rested entirely with the authorities and employers of labour to decide
-which alternative to adopt. One or the other was inevitable.’ In
-1907, the inevitable occurred, and early in 1908, when the Territorial
-Act was on the Statute-book, the Secretary of State for War addressed
-a stirring appeal to the male youth of Great Britain:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The foundation of a Territorial Force or Army for home
-defence,’ he wrote, ‘is no light matter. The appeal which I
-am making to the nation is that its manhood should recognize
-the duty of taking part, in an organized form, in providing for the
-defence of the United Kingdom. The science of war is, like
-other sciences, making rapid strides, and if we would not be left
-behind and placed in jeopardy, we must advance. That is why
-it was necessary that the old Volunteer and Yeomanry forces should<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_20"></a>[20]</span>
-pass, by a process of evolution, into the organization of the new
-Territorial or Home Defence Army.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Our survey of the progress of a single unit from 1859 to 1908
-should enable us better to understand the precise bearing of Lord
-Haldane’s language. What is true of a unit is true of the whole;
-and we shall see, in the further annals of this corps of old Rifle Volunteers,
-who now bore ‘South Africa’ upon their Colours, and counted
-a Regular officer among their Captains, how gallantly the Yeomanry
-and Volunteers responded to the call of tradition, and how fully ‘a
-process of evolution’ describes the action which they took.</p>
-
-<p>For they ‘passed into’ the Territorial Army. As Colonel Land
-said to his men on a day in 1908: ‘The word “conscription” appears
-to be repulsive to the vast majority of Englishmen.’ He did not
-share that repulsion, but for those who shared it ‘What was the alternative?
-Mr. Haldane thought the alternative was to enlarge and make
-effective use of the present auxiliary forces by reorganization.’ So
-be it. A ‘voluntary Territorial force stood between the country and
-conscription.’ But in certain districts of England the Volunteer law
-was current among men, as the Scout law is, or should be, among
-boys: ‘The Army Council was only asking all Volunteers to do what
-they in Halifax had done for years’; and, when only two alternatives
-were presented for selection, either to attest under the new Act, or to
-retire from the auxiliary forces and unwrite a chapter of local history
-which had been opened in 1859, ‘they in Halifax’ were never in doubt.
-The 4th West Yorks Rifle Volunteers had changed their name in 1883,
-when they became the 1st Volunteer Battalion of the West Riding
-(Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment. On April 1st, 1908, they consented
-to change their name again. The 1st West Riding Volunteers
-became now the 4th Battalion of the West Riding Regiment, with
-their uniform similar to the Line Battalion’s, and scarlet facings for
-white and gold lace, gilt ornaments for silver and white, and the letter
-‘T’ to indicate Territorial. <i>Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose</i>;
-the ‘process of evolution’ was complete.</p>
-
-<p>We come back from the part to the whole, from Halifax to the
-West Riding. Our choice of Halifax has not been due to any exceptional
-conditions in that borough. In some respects, indeed, it lagged
-behind. Its city fathers contained at least their full proportion of
-anti-‘militarists’ and anti-‘conscriptionists,’ and its recruiting record
-was never the best in the Riding. It has been clearer and more convenient,
-however, to illustrate the movement from start to finish, or,
-at least, from 1859 to 1908, by means of a concrete example, than to
-deal vaguely with the mass.</p>
-
-<p>When the mass-problem was approached by Lord Harewood, as
-Lieutenant of the Riding, and his colleagues in the County Association,
-they found that the old Volunteer and Yeomanry forces were required
-to ‘pass into’ the new Territorial Army to the number of about<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_21"></a>[21]</span>
-18,300 of all ranks. On March 31st, 1908, the actual strength of
-those old forces was 414 officers and 9,683 other ranks; so that,
-roughly, 8,000 in all had to be found additionally in the West Riding:
-eight more for every ten on the strength. The quota allotted to the
-Riding were a whole Division, a Mounted Brigade, and Army Troops.</p>
-
-<p>We have already viewed this problem through the eyes of the
-West Riding Association, when we saw that the full numbers were
-never reached, and that a big new scheme was devised, and brought
-to the notice of the Prime Minister, in order to render the terms of
-service more attractive. We propose to look at the problem here through
-the eyes of the men themselves: not of those who did not enrol, but
-of the personnel which actually joined up. It is important to emphasize
-this aspect. A sermon preached at absent congregants always hits
-the regular church-goers; and the repinings of Associations at a
-deficiency in establishment are apt to distract attention from the merits
-of the men on the strength. Thus, the keen inheritors of the tradition
-of the 4th West Yorks Rifle Volunteers were not less but, rather, more
-praiseworthy because their strength as a Territorial unit, after April,
-1908, was always below establishment. Take the three last returns
-before the war:—</p>
-
-<p class="center">4th BATTALION, WEST RIDING REGIMENT, HALIFAX.</p>
-
-<table class="borders">
-  <tr>
-    <th rowspan="2">Date.</th>
-    <th colspan="2">Establishment.</th>
-    <th colspan="2">Total Strength.</th>
-    <th colspan="2">Deficiency.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <th>Officers.</th>
-    <th>Other Ranks.</th>
-    <th>Officers.</th>
-    <th>Other Ranks.</th>
-    <th>Officers.</th>
-    <th>Other Ranks.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>31-12-1912</td>
-    <td class="tdr">29</td>
-    <td class="tdr">985</td>
-    <td class="tdr">20</td>
-    <td class="tdr">747</td>
-    <td class="tdr">9</td>
-    <td class="tdr">238</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>31-12-1913</td>
-    <td class="tdr">28</td>
-    <td class="tdr">978</td>
-    <td class="tdr">21</td>
-    <td class="tdr">596</td>
-    <td class="tdr">7</td>
-    <td class="tdr">382</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>31-5-1914</td>
-    <td class="tdr">28</td>
-    <td class="tdr">978</td>
-    <td class="tdr">20</td>
-    <td class="tdr">613</td>
-    <td class="tdr">8</td>
-    <td class="tdr">365</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>This was the kind of disheartenment which General Wright,<a id="FNanchor_12" href="#Footnote_12" class="fnanchor">[12]</a>
-Commanding the Division, had to face at the outset of his task; and,
-since it was the function of the Association to rebuke the absent 37 per
-cent., let us praise the present sixty-three. When three or four men
-in ten abstain, the virtue of the assentients is more conspicuous.</p>
-
-<p>Certainly, it was easier not to join. We are not referring now to
-what we may call the permanent handicap: the passive resistance of
-some employers, the active dislike of others: the wave of pacific
-sentiment, fanned by hot blasts from Labour circles, and the acute<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_22"></a>[22]</span>
-suspicion of the hidden hand of compulsion. Nor are we referring
-now to merely local conditions, such as points of precedence and procedure,
-and minor grievances and jealousies, almost inevitable at the
-start of a novel and complex organization in an area as wide as the West
-Riding. These things loom large in the beginning, but the incidents
-of the quarrels disappear when the decisions shine in their results,
-and the wisest course is to believe that every honest conflict of interests
-is inspired by generous emulation. This, at least, is how we shall
-recall the discussion in 1908 whether the West Riding Horse Artillery,
-which was to form part of the Yorkshire Mounted Brigade, should be
-raised by the borough of Sheffield or by Earl Fitzwilliam, with its
-headquarters at Wentworth Woodhouse, and the ultimate acceptance
-of the latter offer in the public spirit in which it was made. No:
-the task set to General Wright and his colleagues, the purely military
-task, that is to say, was formidable enough, without attempting to
-weigh the imponderable. His record of service shows that he was
-least of all likely to be satisfied with a hollow or an illusory success.
-On July 7th, 1908, for instance, on the occasion of a visit to Leeds by
-their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra, Regular and
-Territorial Troops were paraded to line the streets and to furnish
-Guards of Honour; and the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief,
-Northern Command, in publishing the King’s gracious message,
-expressed his personal</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘gratification, that, on this the first occasion on which a
-portion of the recently-formed Territorial Troops of the
-Northern Command has paraded before the Sovereign,
-they should have merited the Royal approbation.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The fact was gratifying, no doubt, but the responsible military
-authorities were probably much more concerned with the further
-facts that, at the same date, no equipment had been received for the
-Horse Artillery, only part equipment for the Royal Field Artillery
-and the Royal Engineers, and that the Infantry equipment had to be
-reported as ‘generally bad, of obsolete pattern, and useless for active
-service.’ It was not to earn Royal compliments on parade, but to
-have the Troops ready for mobilization, that these authorities were
-primarily concerned.</p>
-
-<p>We are constrained to dwell upon this feature, because of its
-obvious connection with future deficiencies in numbers. Take the
-first Annual Training in Camp of the West Riding Division in the
-summer of 1908. Over 97 per cent. of other Ranks attended, of
-whom 72 per cent. were in attendance for the fifteen days: a very
-commendable record. The results on the whole were good. The
-Redcar Urban District Council expressed ‘high appreciation of the
-gentlemanly conduct’ of the Troops, and hoped to welcome them again.
-There was not a single case tried for drunkenness, and discipline and
-bearing were notably improved. But, when we turn to the Report of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_23"></a>[23]</span>
-the Divisional Commander, what do we gather as to his views, and
-what can we read between the lines?</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘As regards the equipment necessary,’ he wrote, ‘this is
-very far from being complete, and I hope, before many months
-pass, steps will be taken to remedy this great and dangerous defect.
-The Artillery were deficient of guns and wagons, and the harness
-is unsuitable for issue to Territorial Troops.... The
-Engineers were deficient in necessary equipment, consequently
-all ranks suffered as regards instruction and training.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Danger and suffering are strong words, which General Wright
-would not have used without good cause. In the previous chapter
-we attempted to translate these grievances into the language of War
-Office routine, and after multiplying them by the ninety-four Associations,
-we were able to find some excuse for official hesitation in
-removing them. Here it is appropriate to translate them into the
-language of the rank and file, and to imagine, by no great effort, how,
-when the Camp was broken up, drivers of teams ‘unsuitably’ harnessed
-and victims of even worse defects would deter, unconsciously, it might
-be, their brothers and friends from joining up.</p>
-
-<p>It may be urged that 1908 was the first summer in the life of the
-Force. Let us turn to the following year. At the Divisional Camp
-in 1909, the attendance of all ranks below officers reached 94 per cent.,
-of whom 71 per cent. attended for fifteen days. But the Chairman’s
-October report stated, with reference to an Army Council Order as
-to the purchase of boots: ‘Under present conditions, should the Force
-be mobilized, it would be found to be incapable of marching.’ Moreover,
-there were sundry deficiencies of guns, limbers, wagons, etc.,
-and it is significantly observed:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The Officer Commanding 2nd West Riding Brigade, R.F.A.,
-has had a set of harness (six horses) converted from neck-collar
-to breast, at a cost of £9 10s. 5d. The Army Council has been
-asked to sanction and provide funds for the conversion of the
-remainder.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Here, perhaps, we may interpolate a note, that in January, 1910,
-instructions were issued from the War Office,<a id="FNanchor_13" href="#Footnote_13" class="fnanchor">[13]</a> authorizing County
-Associations, ‘in view of the great influence and local knowledge’ at
-their disposal, to add to their existing heavy duties by making arrangements
-for the provision of the vehicles and animals required on mobilization
-for the Regular Army as well as for the Territorial Force. The
-West Riding Association, acknowledging this letter, remarked drily,
-that, while it was not aware that the provision of horses for the Regular
-Army on mobilization formed any part of its statutory duties, ‘it is
-quite willing to undertake the work, subject to a clear understanding
-that adequate funds will be provided, sufficient, in its judgment, to
-carry out the work effectively.’ And, if any reader is inclined to cavil<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_24"></a>[24]</span>
-at the tautology in the last phrase, he may be recommended to study
-the experience of the West Riding Association as to the Army Council’s
-view of the meaning of ‘adequate funds.’</p>
-
-<p>General Bullock<a id="FNanchor_14" href="#Footnote_14" class="fnanchor">[14]</a> succeeded General Wright as Officer Commanding
-the Division in January, 1910. His first Camp was held partly
-in the Isle of Man, where, unfortunately, the weather was very bad.
-The attendance was 93 per cent. of other ranks, of whom 69 per cent.
-trained for fifteen days. ‘No change’ was reported in the condition
-of the supply of guns, wagons, and saddlery; most of the units were
-still deficient of binoculars; ‘the supply of horses was, on the whole,
-satisfactory,’ and the provision of machine-guns in all units was
-complete. His second Camp (1911) showed a further fall in the percentages:
-89 per cent. of other Ranks attended, of whom 58 per cent.
-trained for fifteen days. The Troops were encamped in various
-places, including Salisbury Plain, Ripon, Scarborough, Marske,
-Skegness and Aldershot. A Review of the Ripon Camp was witnessed
-by Major-General (Sir) John Cowans, afterwards Quartermaster-General,
-and at that time Director-General of the Territorial Force.</p>
-
-<p>Sir George Bullock’s command of the Division coincided with the
-pressure of three problems: the provision of horses on mobilization,
-to which reference was made above; the formation of the Territorial
-and Veteran Reserves, with which progress proved very slow; and
-the formation of Voluntary Aid Detachments, which it was decided to
-raise in the West Riding in accordance with the scheme of the St.
-John’s Ambulance Association under the provisional name of County
-Companies (men’s and women’s). The first work of getting these
-companies afoot devolved upon General Mends, who, with customary
-zeal, doubled the duties of Association Secretary with those of County
-Director. In the Autumn of 1912, the designation of County Company
-was changed to Voluntary Aid Detachment, and shortly afterwards,
-when General Mends resigned the direction to Major G. D. Symonds,<a id="FNanchor_15" href="#Footnote_15" class="fnanchor">[15]</a>
-he was able to hand over to his successor as many as fifty Voluntary
-Aid Detachments (16 men’s, 34 women’s), and at the same time to
-state his confident belief that the initial stages were safely passed and
-the movement was firmly established.</p>
-
-<p>But these, after all, were side-shows, and, whatever success they
-achieved, or whatever labour they involved, they must not deflect
-attention from the main military business, which was always present
-to the minds of the Commanding Officers, and of non-Commissioned
-officers as well. It was their business to train for mobilization the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_25"></a>[25]</span>
-Territorial troops of the Riding. The more keen and conscientious
-they were, the more they were haunted in their dreams by the shadow
-which took substantial shape on August 4th, 1914, and which grew so
-rapidly to dimensions undreamed of even by Lord Roberts. Yet
-this urgent business was performed, like the tasks of the Israelites
-in Egypt, without the necessary materials. Mr. Churchill, Secretary
-of State for War, at a meeting of representatives of Associations held
-in London on April 1st, 1919, in announcing his preliminary plans
-for the reconstitution of the Territorial Force, was moved to speak
-as follows:—</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I hope we shall always look forward rather than look back,
-so far as difficulties are concerned. The grievances of the Territorial
-Force in the years immediately preceding the war ...
-are well known to most of those who are gathered here to-day;
-and we should bear them in mind for the purpose of making
-sure that, so far as possible, a repetition of these hardships is
-avoided in the future.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">And the Minister went on to point out that—</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘We have two great advantages which we have never enjoyed
-before.... The days are past when the Territorial Force
-will have to put up with second- and third-rate weapons, and when
-every item of equipment and supply which it needed had to be
-obtained on painfully limited Army Estimates.... But,
-still more important than this, we have at the present time enormous
-numbers of war-trained veteran soldiers fresh from victorious
-fields,’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">on whom to draw for the reconstituted Force. A happy state of things
-indeed: ‘immense supplies, even immense surplus supplies of the
-very finest equipment in the world,’ and numberless recruits ‘versed
-in every aspect of war, who have the records of their achievements
-and of their experience vividly in their minds.’ How many members
-of Associations, remembering the days that were past, must have
-listened to Mr. Churchill’s words with more sorrow than anger in
-their hearts. The anger had faded and died in the fiercer emotions of
-the war, in part-preparation for which an earlier Secretary of State,
-just eleven years before, had reconstituted the old Yeomanry and
-Volunteers into the new Territorial Force. Now the new Territorial
-Force (after all, it was only eleven years of age) was to be reconstituted
-in another peace-time out of its own ‘war-trained veteran soldiers’.
-It had sent, as Mr. Churchill stated, 1,045,000 men to fight against
-the best troops of Germany and Turkey. Six thousand five hundred
-of its officers and a hundred and five thousand other ranks had laid
-down their lives in that fight, out of a total casualty list of nearly
-600,000 throughout the Force. Twenty-nine of its officers and forty-two
-of its men in other ranks had won the supreme honour of the
-Victoria Cross; and there might well be sorrow in the hearts of many<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_26"></a>[26]</span>
-present at that meeting, not only for the dead, the missing, and the
-maimed, but for the ‘painfully limited Army Estimates’ from 1908
-to 1914; for the ‘second- and third-rate weapons,’ or no weapons
-at all, with which Territorial troops had been armed; for the standing
-order to train for mobilization and the recurring refusal to provide
-the means, for all the unrecognized sacrifices of officers, N.C.O.’s
-and men, badly clothed, badly housed, badly equipped, and for the
-contrast between the generous recognition of what the Territorial
-Force had done and the ungenerous treatment meted out to it in its
-years of preparation for the doing. If Mr. Churchill’s audience that
-day agreed with him not to look back upon past grievances, at least
-they might welcome his praise of</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The vital part which the Territorial Force played at the
-beginning of the war.... Had its organization been used
-to build up the War Army,’ he remarked, ‘as was originally
-intended and conceived by Lord Haldane, to whom we owe a
-great debt, we should have avoided many of the difficulties that
-confronted us at the outset, and we should have put a larger
-efficient force in the field at an earlier stage.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Our account of the West Riding Troops in the period before the
-war were best concluded on this note. Up to the measure of their
-achievement, they are entitled to their share of the praise, and no
-useful purpose would be served by recounting in terms of drill-hall
-and barrack-room accommodation the same tale of official procrastination
-and delay, some features of which we have noted in relation
-to equipment and arms.</p>
-
-<p>In September, 1911, General Baldock<a id="FNanchor_16" href="#Footnote_16" class="fnanchor">[16]</a> succeeded Sir George
-Bullock as General Officer Commanding the Division, and his term
-of service extended into the war epoch. His summer camp in 1912
-trained partly on Salisbury Plain (where the Mounted Brigade encamped
-for the first time outside Yorkshire), partly at Ad Fines, Buddon,
-Skegness, and other places, with the 2nd and 3rd General Hospitals
-at Netley. The weather was uniformly bad, so much so that a letter
-was addressed by the Army Council to Northern Command, expressing
-‘their appreciation, and that of the Secretary of State for War, for the
-excellent spirit which was shown by the Territorial Troops in Camp
-this year. The weather has been most inclement, and the soldierly
-spirit in which the Troops bore their discomfort was most praiseworthy.’
-The attendance of ranks below officers reached 85 per cent.
-of strength, of whom 60 per cent. trained for fifteen days. The corresponding
-percentages for 1913, when the weather was remarkably
-fine, rose to 88 and 66 respectively. Full arrangements were made
-for an Annual Camp in 1914, at dates between May 21st and August<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_27"></a>[27]</span>
-16th, and many units, as we shall see, were in training when the summons
-came to mobilize.</p>
-
-<p>We may note, for historical completeness, some of the activities
-of the Command which were interrupted by that sudden summons.
-The whole machine was working steadily and regularly, but with slightly
-diminished velocity, and a certain sense, which is developed in fine
-machinery, of insufficient encouragement from above. Probably, from
-the point of view of the rank and file, the call seemed likely never to
-arrive. Even the keener officers and more intelligent N.C.O.’s might
-not unreasonably have begun to believe that the leisurely methods of
-the War Office still corresponded, as politicians certified, to a clear
-sky in Europe and a firm friendship with all foreign Powers, so that
-they, too, might pick their way slowly. Such pressure as was exerted,
-at any rate, came from within, not from without. As late as April,
-1914, the new Headquarters at Halifax for the 2nd West Riding
-Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, and at Ripon for the Detachment of
-the West Riding Regiment, still awaited inspection by the Army
-Council. These were the last of a long series of premises, the acquisition
-and building of which had given endless trouble to the Association,
-not without serious detriment to the efficiency of the Troops. At
-the end of May, 68 Voluntary Aid Detachments (19 men’s, 49 women’s)
-had been recognized by the War Office, covering the following districts:
-Settle (1), Skipton (1), Ripon (1), Harrogate (12), York (5),
-Otley (7), Leeds (4), Aberfordia (9), Halifax (1), Wakefield (9),
-Osgoldcross (9), Huddersfield (3), Doncaster (2), Sheffield (2), Rotherham
-(2). The number of National Reservists had reached a total
-of 10,853, including 2,404 not classified in respect to their service-value.
-But of all the statistics available, the most interesting, finally,
-are numbers. On May 31st, 1914, the Establishment of the West
-Riding Territorial Force was 574 officers and 17,680 other ranks,
-18,254 in all. Its total strength on that date was 537 officers and
-14,699 other ranks, showing a shortage of 37 officers and 2,981 other
-ranks. In real numbers, the shortage amounted to 58 and 3,082
-respectively, the discrepancy in figures being due to occasional surpluses
-in certain units.</p>
-
-<p>Finally, we reproduce below a tabulated statement of the
-designations and peace-stations of the Corps which formed the Territorial
-Force of the West Riding shortly after the outbreak of war,
-and in the third column of that table we add the names of their then
-Commanding Officers. This, in fine, was the outcome of the six and
-a half years’ work of the Lord Lieutenant and his colleagues in the
-Association. These Corps of gallant officers and other ranks were
-the open and visible sign of the response of the West Riding to the
-appeal of 1908. The Association might not have succeeded in discharging
-fully the duties numbered from (<i>a</i>) to (<i>l</i>) in Section II.,
-Sub-section (2) of the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act. They<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_28"></a>[28]</span>
-might not have provided all the necessary buildings, nor have arranged
-with all employers of labour as to holidays for training, nor have supplied
-all the requisites on mobilization, nor have done half a dozen
-more things which they tried to do in the face of obstruction, and would
-have liked to do if they had been allowed. Their shortcomings were
-their misfortune, not their fault, and they have served since as a warning
-to the Army Council to prevent their repetition in the future. But
-in the spirit of the officers and men who were on the strength of the
-units in 1914, the West Riding had given overrunning measure.
-‘Any part of the Territorial Force,’ it is written in Section XIII.
-(1) of the Act, ‘shall be liable to serve in any part of the United Kingdom,
-but no part of the Territorial Force shall be carried or ordered
-to go out of the United Kingdom.’ The Act of Parliament limited
-the liability; we shall see how the action of West Yorkshiremen
-broke those limits, when the day came.</p>
-
-<p class="center">WEST RIDING TERRITORIAL FORCE<br>
-<span class="smaller">AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT WAR.</span></p>
-
-<table class="borders max50">
-  <tr>
-    <th colspan="2">Unit.</th>
-    <th>Peace Station.</th>
-    <th>Commanding Officer.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2"><span class="smcap">Yorkshire Mounted Brigade.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">Yorkshire Hussars (less 1 North Riding Squad.)</td>
-    <td>York</td>
-    <td>L.-Col. E. W. Stanyforth, D.L., T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">Yorkshire Dragoons</td>
-    <td>Doncaster</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. Mackenzie Smith, T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">W.R. Roy. Horse Artillery</td>
-    <td>Wentworth Woodhouse, Rotherham</td>
-    <td>Capt. H. Walker.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2"><span class="smcap">Mounted Brigade.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">T. and S. Column</td>
-    <td>York</td>
-    <td>Capt. J. Brown, I.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">Field Ambulance</td>
-    <td>Wakefield</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. K. Clayton.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2"><span class="smcap">Divisional and Army Troops.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">1st W.R. Brigade, R.F.A.</td>
-    <td>Leeds</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. E. A. Hirst.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">2nd <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Bradford</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. E. N. Whitley.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">3rd <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Sheffield</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. C. Clifford, V.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">4th <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Otley (Howitzer)</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. S. Dawson, T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">W.R. Div. R.G.A.</td>
-    <td>York (Heavy Battery)</td>
-    <td>Major W. Graham.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1 nw">W.R. Div. R.E. and Telegraph Cos.</td>
-    <td>Sheffield</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. A. E. Bingham, V.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">5th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td>York</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. C. E. Wood, V.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">6th <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Bradford</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. H. O. Wade.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1 br0">7th</td>
-    <td rowspan="2" class="valign nw">} (Leeds Rifles)</td>
-    <td rowspan="2" class="valign nw">Leeds</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. A. E. Kirk, V.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1 br0">8th</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. E. Kitson Clark, T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">4th Bn. W.R. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Halifax</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. H. S. Atkinson, T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">5th <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Huddersfield</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. Cooper. V.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">6th <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Skipton</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. J. Birkbeck.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">7th <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Milnsbridge</td>
-    <td>Col. G. W. Treble, C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">4th Bn. K.O. Yorks. L.I.</td>
-    <td>Wakefield</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. H. J. Haslegrave, T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">5th <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Doncaster</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. C. C. Moxon, T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">4th Bn. York &amp; Lancs. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Sheffield</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. B. Firth, V.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">5th <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Rotherham</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. C. Fox, T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">R.A.M.C., 1st F.A.</td>
-    <td>Leeds</td>
-    <td>Major A. D. Sharp.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1"><span class="ditto">”</span> 2nd</td>
-    <td>Leeds</td>
-    <td class="nw">Lt.-Col. W. Macgregor Young, M.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1"><span class="ditto">”</span> 3rd</td>
-    <td>Sheffield</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. J. W. Stokes.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">Div. T. and S. Column</td>
-    <td>Leeds</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. J. C. Chambers, V.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">Northern Signal Cos.</td>
-    <td>Leeds</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. J. W. H. Brown, T.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">2nd Northern Gen. Hospital</td>
-    <td>Leeds</td>
-    <td>Major J. F. Dobson, M.B., F.R.C.S.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">3rd <span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>Sheffield</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. A. M. Connell, F.R.C.S.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="2" class="in1">W.R. Div. Clearing Hospital</td>
-    <td>Leeds</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. A. E. L. Wear.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_29"></a>[29]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_III"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER III</span><br>
-MOBILIZATION</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>No one in the present generation is likely to forget Tuesday, August
-4th, 1914. A greater complexity of emotions was crowded into the
-twenty-four hours which ended at 11 p.m. (midnight by mid-European
-time) that day than was known before or has been known since. We
-moved from war to peace in 1918-19 through a gradual series of experiences:
-relief from fear, even from anxiety, growing hope, moral
-certainty, real conviction, the armistice, the surrender of ships, the
-peace conference, civil unrest, the return of troops, and so forth.
-We moved from peace to war in the space of a single night’s experience.
-Who slept in the night of August 4th awoke the next morning
-to war. The more sanguine might hug the dream of a quick walk-over
-for the Allied Armies; of France, with England’s assistance,
-fighting victoriously on the West, while Russia, the ‘steam-roller’
-as they called her, crushed the soil of the enemy on his Eastern frontier.
-But not even the most credulous was immune from that sense
-of something new and unexpected which all the circumstances of the
-hour conspired to create. The extended holiday, the swollen bank-rate,
-the moratorium, the sessions of the Cabinet, the balance of
-responsibility which made Sir Edward Grey’s least utterance an oracle;
-the contrast between the dead tissue of domestic politics—Ireland,
-the House of Lords, the Welsh Church—and the living body of
-Belgium, already shaking at the thunder of German guns; the quickened
-interest in foreign history, foreign policy, foreign naval and military
-resources; the strange names of Treitschke, Nietzsche, and the
-vision of Professor Cramb; above all, the sudden, overwhelming
-rush on respectable, commonplace minds of new, strange facts and
-ideas, and the haunting fancies which they evoked, in the midst of
-that August procession of harvest, foliage and heat, combined to produce
-an effect of change which no effort of ‘reconstruction’ can unmake.</p>
-
-<p>It fell least heavily on the Royal Navy and the Regular Army,
-which proceeded to or were found at their appointed stations, in calm
-reliance on the traditions behind them and without fear of the ordeal
-in front; and next only to the service-men, who turned from peace
-to war as from one day’s work to another, and changed their habits
-of life as quickly as a man might change his clothes, were the citizen-soldiers
-of the Territorial Force: landowners and tillers of the soil,
-doctors, lawyers and business-men, clerks, warehousemen and factory-hands,
-all the components of a great country’s complex mechanism,
-united by the Haldane scheme to serve side by side in a ‘people’s
-army.’</p>
-
-<p>The evidence may be sought from many quarters, but it is the
-source not the stream which varies. Take, summarily, General
-Bethune’s tribute to the Force which he directed from 1912 to 1917<a id="FNanchor_17" href="#Footnote_17" class="fnanchor">[17]</a>;</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_30"></a>[30]</span></p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘A few days after mobilization, the Territorial Force were
-asked by telegraph the number that would volunteer for foreign
-service. Ninety-two per cent. responded within a few weeks,
-and the complete total, I think, rose to ninety-six per cent....
-Before the end of September, we had doubled the Territorial
-Force, and were proceeding to form 3rd Lines.... Recruits
-from August 4th, 1914, to January 19th, 1916, amounted in round
-numbers to 732,000.... The Territorial Force Associations,
-composed, as they are, of representatives of every class in a County,
-were eminently adapted for the work which they undertook and
-carried out so well.... They relieved the War Office of an
-enormous amount of work which would not have been done in
-any other way.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>We shall have occasion to return to this official document.</p>
-
-<p>Take, summarily, again, Lord French’s tribute to the Territorial
-Force, based on his experience in Command at the front, in
-his book, <i>1914</i> (pages 293-94):—</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘It is true that by the terms of their engagement, Territorial
-Soldiers were only available for Home Defence;... The
-response to the call which was subsequently made upon them
-shows quite clearly that, had they been asked at first, they would
-have come forward almost to a man.</p>
-
-<p>‘However, as it turned out, they were ignored....
-Officers and men alike naturally made up their minds that they
-were not wanted and would never be used for any other purpose
-than that for which they had originally taken service, namely,
-the defence of the United Kingdom.</p>
-
-<p>‘But the time for the employment of troops other than the
-Regulars of the Old Army arrived with drastic and unexpected
-speed.... It was then that the Country in her need turned
-to the despised Territorials.</p>
-
-<p>‘The call came upon them like a bolt from the blue. No
-warning had been given. Fathers and sons, husbands and
-brothers left their families, homes, the work and business of
-their lives, almost at an hour’s notice to go on Active Service
-abroad.</p>
-
-<p>‘It seems to me we have never realized what it was these
-men were asked to do. They were quite different to professional
-soldiers, who are kept and paid through years of peace for this
-particular purpose of war; who spend their lives practising their
-profession and gaining promotion and distinction; and who,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_31"></a>[31]</span>
-on being confronted with the enemy, fulfil the great ambition
-of their lives.</p>
-
-<p>‘Equally distinct were the Territorials also from what has
-been called the New Army, whose Officers and men had ample
-time to prepare themselves for what they were required to do.
-I wonder sometimes if the eyes of the country will ever be opened
-to what these Territorial soldiers of ours have done. I say without
-the slightest hesitation that, without the assistance which the
-Territorials afforded between October, 1914, and June, 1915,
-it would have been impossible to have held the line in France
-and Belgium, or to have prevented the enemy from reaching
-his goal, the Channel seaboard.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Take, in detail, the War Diaries of Officers Commanding Territorial
-Force units in the West Riding; and first, for the sake of completing
-the record followed in the last chapter, that of the 4th Battalion,
-Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. On July 26th, we
-read, they left Halifax for their Annual Training at Marske-by-the-Sea:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The times were very unsettled, there were rumours of war,
-and it was thought that at any moment the order for mobilization
-would come. The training proceeded amidst intense excitement,
-and finally word came that Germany and Austria had declared
-war on England, France and Russia. The Special Service Section
-of the Battalion, consisting of two officers, Captain R. E. Sugden
-and Lieut. H. N. Waller, and 100 men were at once despatched
-to Grimsby. On August 3rd, the Battalion was ordered to return
-to Halifax, and at 7 p.m. on August 4th the order to mobilize
-was received.... At about 1-30 p.m. on August 5th, the
-Battalion marched down Horton Street to the station, and took
-train to Hull, their allotted station, where the men were billeted.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Among the officers who left Halifax with the Battalion were
-Lieut.-Col. H. Atkinson (the Lieutenant Atkinson of South Africa
-days<a id="FNanchor_18" href="#Footnote_18" class="fnanchor">[18]</a>) and Major E. P. Chambers.<a id="FNanchor_19" href="#Footnote_19" class="fnanchor">[19]</a> A few days were spent in making
-ready, and</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘On August 13th, the Battalion marched to Great Coates,
-where the men were billeted in the village. The training was
-now commenced, and the days were spent in route-marching,
-Company and Battalion training, special attention being paid to
-musketry. The weather during the whole stay at Great Coates
-was absolutely perfect, glorious sunshine day after day.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>So the news reached Headquarters at Halifax.</p>
-
-<p>Take the evidence of the 6th Battalion of the West Yorkshire
-Regiment. On August 5th, at 6 p.m., there were present at Headquarters
-in Bradford 575 members out of a total strength of 589.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_32"></a>[32]</span>
-Before the close of that day 215 men had re-engaged and re-enlisted.
-On August 8th the Commanding Officer was in a position to telegraph
-to York that his Battalion was up to War Establishment; 29 officers,
-979 other ranks, 57 horses and the necessary transport: not bad
-going in August, 1914, for a unit of the Force, which, through its
-administrative council, had waited on the Prime Minister as recently
-as November, 1913, to discuss grave deficiencies in its numbers.</p>
-
-<p>It is worth while to piece together this Unit’s record, which may
-fairly be taken to typify that of the Territorial Force as a whole, within
-the West Riding or beyond, in these early weeks of the Great War.
-There is the detail of the horses, for example, insignificant, of course,
-in the perspective of a history of the Great War, but significant as an
-item of preparation in the sum of the country’s enormous effort. The
-57 horses were all purchased locally, 10 for officers, 16 pack, and 31
-draught; ‘the latter being a good, heavy stamp from carters’ wagons.’
-There is evidence of foresight in that touch. On August 11th the
-Battalion went by rail to its war-station at Selby, where Captain
-Anderton, billeting officer, had been making arrangements since the
-9th. Ten men were discharged as undesirable, and it is observed
-that the enlisting was done at such high speed during mobilization,
-‘that it was impossible to inquire into the characters of many of the
-men.’ About a hundred National Reservists, Class II, had been
-enlisted into the Battalion on August 8th, who proved ‘a boon to the
-Battalion,’ and repaid the hard work of General Mends and his assistants
-in this department. As old soldiers they served, despite their
-age, to steady the recruits. Recruit-training had to be started at
-once, in view of the many enlistments, and a special staff was organized
-for this purpose in order that the main business of training might be
-interrupted as little as possible. A welcome move from billets to
-camp (near Selby) was made on August 19th, and on the 24th they
-moved by rail and road to the Knavesmire Common, York, where
-Brigade Orders were received that the Battalion had been selected as
-the Service Battalion of the 1st West Riding Infantry Brigade: on
-the whole, a cheerful account of twenty days’ experience of war conditions.</p>
-
-<p>The newly selected Service Battalion was formed into complete
-Companies, which consisted entirely of personnel volunteering for
-service overseas, and in which the men from each Company were kept
-as far as practicable together. The remaining Companies were made
-up from Units, kept together in the same way, provided by the 5th,
-7th and 8th Battalions of the West Yorkshire Regiment. After some
-practice in night-entraining and other exercises, the Battalion moved
-on August 31st, and marched with 1st Line Transport to take its place
-in the Brigade: ‘a great change for the better,’ it is added. Next
-day, the Brigadier-General addressed the Territorial troops of the
-Brigade on the subject of voluntary active service abroad, and by<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_33"></a>[33]</span>
-September 15th the Battalion mustered 800 strong for overseas.
-Some strenuous weeks of training followed. On November 3rd,
-when the men were back in York, sounds of heavy firing in the North
-Sea raised a temporary alarm of German Dreadnoughts and Cruisers
-working North. ‘In two hours,’ we are told, ‘the Battalion was
-ready to move off with transport loaded’; so, down South, we might
-sleep o’ nights. At this date, too, we read of an ‘enormous improvement
-in the general behaviour of the N.C.O.’s and men. Conduct
-excellent in the town.’</p>
-
-<p>We come to November 22nd, 1914. Half the Battalion moved
-to Redcar, complete with transport, ammunition and tools, on trench-digging
-duty. Their place was taken by five Home Service Companies,
-who arrived, it is observed, without greatcoats or equipment. On
-December 2nd, the Machine-Guns with their detachments were
-ordered to Redcar, and proceeded under Captain R. G. Fell. On
-the 10th, an exchange was effected between the four Reserve Companies
-and the half-battalion at Redcar, which returned accordingly to York.
-A new programme of training was arranged, which lasted through
-January, 1915, and on February 1st came a welcome leave for twenty
-per cent. of officers and other ranks. At the end of February, the
-Battalion moved to Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, to relieve the 4th
-Battalion K.O.Y.L.I., and were billeted on the inhabitants, four men
-in each dwellinghouse, ‘a change for the better’, remarks the diarist,
-‘after being a platoon in a hired empty house at York’. The Battalion
-remained at Gainsborough till April 15th, when they proceeded in two
-trains to Folkestone, reaching Boulogne at 10-45 that night. Their
-transport and machine-guns, which had left Gainsborough the day
-before, and which travelled via Southampton and Havre, joined them
-at Boulogne. There for the present we may leave them to spend the
-night of the 15th in a Rest Camp, eight months and ten days after the
-order to mobilize had been received at Bradford.</p>
-
-<p>Take the evidence of a unit in a different arm. Colonel A. E. L.
-Wear,<a id="FNanchor_20" href="#Footnote_20" class="fnanchor">[20]</a> C.M.G., of the Army Medical Service, was in camp at Scarborough
-on August 4th, 1914, with the cadre of the 1/1st West Riding
-Casualty Clearing Station, later the 7th C.C. Station. The unit
-returned at once to its Headquarters at Leeds, where mobilization to
-war strength was completed, with the exception of the full complement
-of officers. Great care was taken to select men for the sake of their
-skill in special trades: joiners, tailors, boot-repairers, First-Aid
-experts, and so forth; and the wisdom of this foresight was fully
-justified by events. Intensive training was started forthwith, in the
-French language, the duties of cooks and orderlies, field work by means
-of week-end bivouacs, and other practical departments, with the result<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_34"></a>[34]</span>
-that Colonel Wear was able to inform the War Office as early as October
-that his unit was ready for overseas. Orders were received to proceed
-to France, and the officers scheduled on a waiting-list were enrolled,
-clothed and equipped. On November 1st, the passage was made to
-Boulogne, and on the 6th a detachment was employed in dealing at
-Poperinghe with the wounded from the first Battle of Ypres.</p>
-
-<p>As this Medical unit from the West Riding preceded the Divisions
-to France, it will be convenient in this place to follow its fortunes a
-little further. Towards the end of November, 1914, it took over the
-Monastery of St. Joseph, which is situated just North of Merville,
-and which had been used in turn by German, French, English and
-Indian troops. A Casualty Clearing Station needs quiet and cleanliness,
-among the major virtues, and a perfect economy of minor details
-in order to ensure them. Colonel Wear proved equal to these demands.
-He apportioned the building into wards, stores, operating-theatre,
-dispensary, offices, etc., cleaned it all up and made it ready, and,
-after a little discussion with the Church authorities, turned the roomy
-main chapel of the Monastery into a serious case ward. Members of
-the unit (observe here the C.O.’s foresight in his selection of personnel)
-installed the heating-stoves, and concreted the paths, and built a large
-destructor to hold a 400-gallon iron tank, which supplied hot water to
-a bath-hut. They also did the washing for some time, but, later,
-arrangements were made for French female labour, and a regular
-laundry was fitted up. This feature was novel and successful. The
-work, seldom light, came in rushes, when day and night shifts (at times,
-even four-hour shifts) were organized, so as to carry on with the
-minimum of fatigue by means of a limited personnel. The unit
-numbered at full strength eight Medical Officers, a Quartermaster,
-a Dentist, two Chaplains, seven Nurses, eighty-four rank and file,
-nine A.S.C. and seventeen P.B. men. Perhaps its own simple statement
-gives its record in the most effective language: ‘No man ever
-left the station without having his wound examined and dressed,
-and receiving a meal and a smoke.’ From frost-bite, La Bassée,
-Neuve Chapelle, Aubers and Festubert, came the first streams of
-clients to this station.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus03" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus03.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">A CASUALTY CLEARING STATION.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>We return to the centre of war activity at the Territorial Headquarters
-in York.</p>
-
-<p>In a little book, written chiefly for America and published early
-in 1918, Major Basil Williams, later employed under Colonel Lord
-Gorell on educational Staff Duties, described in adequate terms the
-<i>Raising and Training the New Armies</i><a id="FNanchor_21" href="#Footnote_21" class="fnanchor">[21]</a>. We are not immediately concerned
-with the decision which called those Armies into being. Lord
-Kitchener was Secretary of State for War, and on August 8th, 1914,
-he called for that ‘first hundred thousand’ whose spirit was so brilliantly
-conveyed in Mr. Ian Hay’s volume of that name. He got them over<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_35"></a>[35]</span>
-and over again, and it is no part of our purpose to discuss the Parliamentary
-Recruiting Committee’s output of speeches, posters and
-‘literature,’ by which, partly, under the grace of England’s effort,
-the result was obtained. Nor shall we examine the evidence on which
-Mr. Churchill, as Secretary of State for War, based his expression
-of opinion, already quoted above, that, had the Territorial Force
-organization ‘been used to build up the War Army, as originally
-intended and conceived by Lord Haldane, we should have avoided
-many of the difficulties that confronted us at the outset, and we should
-have put a larger efficient force in the field at an earlier stage.’ What
-Lord Haldane intended in 1908 and what Lord Kitchener demanded
-in 1914 might well be corrected in the light of what Mr. Churchill
-knew in 1919. But even without the wisdom which is garnered after
-the event, we are entitled to quote one sentence from Major Williams’
-account of the New Armies. Towards the close of his review of ‘the
-great awakening of the nation by the recruiting campaign,’ 1914-1915,
-he wrote:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘All this time the Territorial Force, the original home defence
-force, nearly the whole of which had originally volunteered for
-service overseas, had been quietly raising recruits for itself, supplementary
-to the recruits raised by these different methods’.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">‘All this time’ and ‘quietly’ are the <i>mots justes</i>. The ‘time’
-as we have observed, dated back through the Volunteer movement
-of 1859 to the immemorial tradition of shire-loyalty; the ‘quiet’
-was that of boroughs and countryside, of mayors’ parlours and manorial
-halls, of town-marts and village-greens in England—</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-  <div class="stanza">
-    <div class="verse indent0">‘Grave mother of majestic works,</div>
-    <div class="verse indent2">From her isle-altar gazing down,</div>
-    <div class="verse indent0">Who, God-like, grasps the triple forks,</div>
-    <div class="verse indent2">And, King-like, wears the crown.’</div>
-  </div>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">Her possession of the trident was first definitely challenged<a id="FNanchor_22" href="#Footnote_22" class="fnanchor">[22]</a> since
-Trafalgar on August 4th, 1914, and in the West Riding of Yorkshire,
-as elsewhere, the means of defence were swiftly organized.</p>
-
-<p>Swift forethought in County areas, it should be noted, did not
-invariably lead to sound action at the executive centre. A trivial
-example will suffice. Three weeks after the outbreak of war, a letter
-was written to the Army Council suggesting that the West Riding
-Association should make provision for cardigan jackets, warm drawers,
-and other articles of clothing, which the troops would require in the
-winter months. The Army Council sent a dignified reply, thanking
-the Association for their offer, but stating that these articles would be
-provided by the Army Council itself. Later, on October 9th, the
-Army Council intimated its inability to supply cardigan jackets, warm
-drawers, and other articles of winter clothing for the Troops, and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_36"></a>[36]</span>
-requested the Association to make provision. So far the experience
-was merely funny, but the sequel had a Gilbertian touch. When the
-Association made inquiry at the contractors, they were informed that
-all manufacturers of the articles in question had been forbidden by
-the Army Council to supply anyone else than the War Office. ‘These
-facts are brought before the Association’, remarked the Chairman in
-his quarterly report, ‘in order that members may know that everything
-possible was done to anticipate the requirements of the Troops,
-and that any failure in this respect is due to causes beyond its control.’
-It was well and temperately said.</p>
-
-<p>The heavy increase of work in the secretariat was fairly met by
-the voluntary help of the Hon. G. N. de Yarburgh-Bateson, Mr.
-Talbot Rice, Mr. Peter Green, some eighteen or twenty volunteers
-from the close of their day’s work till late at night, two clerks from the
-North Eastern Railway Company, a clerk from the York Probate
-Office, twenty-six additional full-time clerks, Boy Scouts and other
-useful helpers. The County Director was assisted by Col. Sir Thomas
-Pilkington, Bt.,<a id="FNanchor_23" href="#Footnote_23" class="fnanchor">[23]</a> and Lieut.-Col. Husband, whom the G.O.C. had
-appointed as officers superintending the Lines of Communication and
-the arrangements for the care of the sick and wounded. Advisory
-Boards were formed for the 2nd and 3rd Northern General Hospitals
-at Leeds (Training College, Beckett’s Park) and Sheffield (Collegiate
-Hall) respectively, which as early as the end of August had already
-many patients from France and Belgium. These Boards, consisting,
-at Leeds, of the Lord Mayor, Alderman F. Kinder, Lt.-Col. Shann and
-the Matron of the Infirmary; and, at Sheffield, of the Lord Mayor,
-Lord Wharncliffe, Col. Hughes, Lt.-Col. Sinclair White and the Matron
-of the Infirmary, were intended to relieve the Commanding Officers
-of the Hospitals of some portion of their administrative functions,
-leaving them freer for professional work and discipline.</p>
-
-<p>We omit the long figures and many Army Forms with which
-General Mends and his Staff had to wrestle. The 5,000 blankets
-and 2,000 sets of saddlery, the 32,887 complete suits of service-dress,
-the 16,803 water-bottles and 4,242 bandoliers; these requisitions and
-the rest of them are as tiresome and uninteresting in retrospect as they
-were absorbing and urgent at the time. There is one feature of their
-work, however, familiar by the mystic letters S/A, which cannot be
-passed over without notice, for it imposed a very severe strain on the
-Association’s capacity for expansion. S/A stands for separation
-allowance, and the regular issue of this grant to the wives and dependents
-of serving soldiers had been assigned by the Act of Parliament as part
-of an Association’s duty. It was by no means an easy task. Allowance
-has to be made for an inconvenient distribution of functions.
-A soldier, whether Regular or Territorial, drew his pay from his<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_37"></a>[37]</span>
-Commanding Officer out of the monies supplied on vouchers presented
-to the Regimental Paymaster. In the Regular Army the same Paymaster
-kept the soldier’s domestic account with his wife and children
-or other dependents; and, though errors inevitably occurred even when
-the accounts were thus linked, they could be checked and more readily
-adjusted, inasmuch as all the information was available in the same
-office. For the domestic account, it should be observed, was extremely
-sensitive to variations in the soldier’s rate of pay, and was affected by
-the soldier’s ‘casualties,’ whether major ones of death or desertion,
-or minor ones of leave, punishment and so forth. In the Territorial
-Force, however, the soldier’s domestic account was kept by his County
-Association, presumably owing to the fact that they were more likely
-to be in touch with the personnel of the units which they administered.
-In peace-time this worked very well. When a Territorial soldier
-went into camp for a week or fortnight in the summer, it was comparatively
-a simple matter for the local Territorial Force Association
-to pay the corresponding days’ allowances to those whom he left at
-home. But the immense expansion of the Force in 1914, and the
-extraordinarily complicated system of accountancy, added to the
-distribution of pay-duties between the Regimental Paymaster for the
-man and the County Association for his dependent, overtook these
-heavily burdened bodies at a time when they were least well qualified
-to discharge the work effectively. They did not understand it. It
-was difficult to engage clerks. The Army Pay Department of the
-War Office could not spare sufficient trained instructors; and, generally,
-the urgent problems of the mobilization, equipment and (as we
-shall see) the duplication of the Force, tended to postpone attention
-to what seemed less pressing domestic matters. The early war annals
-of the West Riding Association are full of evidence to these conditions:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The duty devolving on the Association of paying Separation
-Allowances and Allotments of Pay to the wives and families of
-the Territorial Troops entails very heavy work and responsibility....
-The first payment was due to be made on the 9th August,
-and consisted of Separation Allowance only up to the 31st of the
-month. The September payment was duly made on the 31st
-August. The number of Money Orders sent out up to and for
-that date was 13,328, and on 3rd September, orders were received
-to also pay a compulsory Allotment of Pay for each married soldier.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Though they split an infinitive in doing so, this payment, too,
-was duly made on September 11th; but it involved a further 5,430
-Money Orders with the corresponding, inevitable Army Forms.</p>
-
-<p>It is no part of our present purpose to enquire into the possibilities
-of simplifying Army Pay; least of all, to suggest the simplest
-method of a flat rate like the wage of a civilian. But it is within our
-province to point out the almost infinite possibilities of mistakes (even
-of the fraud which is so elaborately excluded) in the family register<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_38"></a>[38]</span>
-for each soldier of the number, sex and age of his children, in the
-paraphernalia of coupons, Postal Draft-books and Money-Orders,
-in the calculation and readjustment of rates owing to information
-advised from the soldier’s unit or to domestic changes reported or
-detected, in the grading of ‘unofficial wives’ and other official relationships,
-and, summarily, in the invention of a system which seems
-expressly designed to squeeze out of the officers administering it the
-last drop of the milk of human kindness without any compensating
-gain in the civil virtues of economy and efficiency.</p>
-
-<p>In January, 1915, nearly 15,000 books of Postal Drafts, representing
-approximately £210,000, were issued to Postmasters by a
-directing staff at York, which consisted entirely of voluntary workers.
-In the following April, steps were taken to regularize the position of
-these gentlemen, in anticipation of the approval of the Army Council,
-in which connection notice was drawn to the ‘unjustifiable system of
-differential treatment as between the clerical staff in Regular and
-Territorial Pay Offices,’ clerks in the former being engaged at 35s.
-a week and in the latter being offered only 23s. In June, the number
-of cases in pay and in action for payment amounted to 36,538, while
-the Pay Department was working with 41 per cent. below the equivalent
-establishment of the Regimental Paymaster’s Office. At last, on
-August 18th, 1915, more than a year after the outbreak of war, the
-War Office appointed an expert Paymaster to take charge of this heroic
-band of amateurs, a Government audit was instituted, and the Association
-was thankful to report that the department ‘is now working
-in as satisfactory a manner as the complicated and constantly changing
-regulations will permit.’ We shall leave the present branch of our
-subject on this note of moderate transport. That the Association
-had carried on so well is a proof of the continuity of function which
-won through to quicker results in other branches of its manifold
-activity.</p>
-
-<p>We followed one or two units from the sudden hour of mobilization
-to the sea-ports of France and beyond. We may now look at
-this achievement, ‘quietly’ performed, as we are aware, in the midst
-of the recruiting for the New Army, through the spectacles of the
-County Association. Thus, the Chairman’s Progress Report, dated
-August 14th, 1914, referred to the confusion which was caused by the
-Division being in Camp when the fateful hour struck, but added that
-the task of mobilization ‘may be considered as satisfactorily carried
-out.’ A month later, he reported, in view of ‘the present grave
-emergency,’ that every West Riding unit in the Mounted Brigade,
-the Division and the Army Troops had qualified as a ‘General Service’
-unit, which meant service overseas. Consequently, the Association
-became responsible—this gives us a glimpse through its spectacles—for
-raising Reserve units in each case, which meant a duplication of
-the Force, or, roughly, another 18,000 of all ranks. Note here the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_39"></a>[39]</span>
-‘which meant’ in each context. The plain meaning of the situation
-within a few weeks of the outbreak of hostilities, was that the pre-war
-units would be sent to France at full Establishment, and that the
-West Riding would have to supply equivalent units in their home-stations.
-The rapid march of events soon caused names to be given
-to these facts. In January, 1915, the Chairman stated in his Report
-that ‘the first Reserve units are about to be organized as a Division,’
-and that ‘as soon as the Imperial Service Division leaves for abroad,
-the first Reserve Division will take its place and a second Reserve
-Division will be raised. Orders have now been received to commence
-recruiting for the latter up to 30 per cent. of its Establishment.’
-Meanwhile, more than 7,000 National Reservists had rejoined the
-Colours in the West Riding, of whom about 2,000 had been mobilized
-for duty on Lines of Communication and in Prisoners of War Camps.
-This force was organized by Colonel G. E. Wilkinson, D.S.O., and
-‘the clothing and equipment,’ it is added, ‘have been provided by
-the Association.’ In other directions, too, the energies of the Association
-were fully engaged. The 2nd Northern General Hospital
-at Leeds and the 3rd at Sheffield had treated over 4,000 and 3,000 cases
-respectively; twenty-eight Auxiliary Hospitals had been approved,
-of which seventeen had been mobilized up to date, the whole of the
-staffs, except professional Trained Nurses, being provided free by
-the Voluntary Aid Detachments, whose beginnings we read of in
-the last chapter. Further, the West Riding Branch of Queen Mary’s
-Needlework Guild had sent 91,866 articles for the use of the Troops
-abroad and at home.</p>
-
-<p>And still the war went on. We are to imagine this machine,
-invented in an epoch of peace to raise 18,000 men for mobilized service
-at home, stretched now to more than twice its capacity and creaking
-under unexpected burdens, operated by a shifting personnel of recalled
-officers, part-time clerks, and inexperienced, however enthusiastic,
-voluntary workers, overwhelmed with Army Forms and Returns and
-the necessary business of accountancy, storing trousers by tens of
-thousands in a space provided for a quarter of the supply, yet vexed
-that ‘certain articles, such as greatcoats, still come in very slowly,
-and boots, puttees, and gloves are extremely difficult to get,’ and always
-overtaken by the demands of the inexorable German advance, which
-did not wait upon decisions by the Army Council. The essential
-letter was issued by the War Office, from the Adjutant-General’s
-branch, on February 24th, 1915. It was numbered 9/Gen. No./4747,
-and it directed that the Imperial Service, first Reserve and second
-Reserve Units of the Territorial Force should be designated respectively,
-1st, 2nd and 3rd Line. The organization of the West Riding
-Territorial Troops was altered, accordingly, to the West Riding
-Division, 1st Line; the West Riding Division, 2nd Line; and a 3rd Line
-on a Depot basis, with a strength temporarily limited to two-thirds of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_40"></a>[40]</span>
-War Establishment. The Yorkshire Mounted Brigade was similarly
-re-organized. The 3rd Line was eventually to furnish drafts for the
-1st and 2nd Lines, and until it should be in a position to do so the 2nd
-Line was to provide drafts for the 1st, which went overseas, April,
-1915.</p>
-
-<p>So, we reach along another route the same point to which we followed
-certain units through their months of training at home. Many
-details have necessarily been omitted: that the Association’s extra
-expenditure ‘due entirely to the war’ between August 4th, 1914,
-and April 17th, 1915, amounted to £349,902; that 551 men of the
-2nd Line Units responded to an appeal for volunteers to transfer to
-the Reserve of the Regular Battalions of the West Yorkshire, West
-Riding, K.O. Yorkshire L.I., and York and Lancaster Regiments;
-that a Sanitary Section was added as a new unit to each 1st and
-2nd Line; that Territorial Depots were henceforth to be known as
-Administrative Centres, and to be manned by Home Service members
-of the Territorial Force<a id="FNanchor_24" href="#Footnote_24" class="fnanchor">[24]</a>; that up to March 31st, 1915, nearly 2,000
-patients had been admitted to the Auxiliary Hospitals in the West
-Riding; and so on, and so forth. For the local machine had many
-wheels, and every wheel was kept moving all the time. It revolved
-as smoothly as it might, but the motive force was not in York, nor
-in London, but, in the German Headquarters on the Western Front,
-and in the hate, which, reversing Dante’s cosmogony, seemed, through
-those fateful months, ‘to move the sun and other stars.’</p>
-
-<p>Only one more change need be recorded before we follow General
-Baldock abroad. In May, 1915, his Division was re-entitled the 49th
-(West Riding) Division. At the same time its Infantry Brigades
-(the 1/1st, 1/2nd and 1/3rd) were re-named the 146th, 147th and
-148th Infantry Brigades respectively.<a id="FNanchor_25" href="#Footnote_25" class="fnanchor">[25]</a> A few months later, the 2nd
-Line Division, which was still in training at home, and to some features
-in whose early history we shall come back, was re-entitled the 62nd
-(West Riding) Division.<a id="FNanchor_26" href="#Footnote_26" class="fnanchor">[26]</a> Under these names they won renown in
-the Great War.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_41"></a>[41]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="BOOK_II"><span class="smaller">BOOK II</span><br>
-WAR</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_42"></a>[42]</span></p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_43"></a>[43]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_IV"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER IV</span><br>
-‘MALBROUCK S’EN VA-T’EN GUERRE’</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Once more the point of view changes. We have seen the 49th
-Division nursed by its ministering Association into the semblance of
-a military force. We have noted its cheerful submission to the discipline
-of drill and camp, and its fine-strung spirit of renouncement when
-the vague thought of active service at a remote date broke on the urgent
-call of the country’s immediate need. Either aspect has been encouraging.
-Whether viewed individually or in the mass, this Territorial
-Division, one of many, which took the Imperial Service obligation
-and joined the Expeditionary Force in the spring of 1915, fills the
-spectator of so much courage and the narrator of so much effort with
-high hope for the Force as a whole.</p>
-
-<p>Henceforth, we are to see the Division under a new aspect.
-Certain units from the West Riding were already in the field. We
-have visited a Casualty Clearing Station near Merville, and presently
-we shall come to the fine record of the 1st Field Company, West
-Riding Royal Engineers, which served in Gallipoli with the ‘incomparable’
-29th Division. But, except for these isolated units, the war
-so far had passed it by. In its organic, military capacity, it had merely
-guessed at the course of the war from signs and tokens vouchsafed by
-the Army Council, from the duplication and triplication of its units,
-from the extreme difficulties of equipment, and from a general sense
-of haste without method. From this time forward, for four years and
-more, it was to learn warfare at first hand. It was to forget its separate
-existence as the sheltered nursling of a County Association, and to
-become a part, however small a part, of the British Expeditionary Force.</p>
-
-<p>The B.E.F., France, at this date (April, 1915), needed all the
-reinforcements it could muster, and Sir John French<a id="FNanchor_27" href="#Footnote_27" class="fnanchor">[27]</a> had already
-borne witness in his Fifth Despatch (February 2nd, 1915), to his hopes
-from the Territorial Force:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The Lords Lieutenant of the Counties and the Associations
-which worked under them bestowed a vast amount of labour and
-energy on the organization of the Territorial Force; and I trust
-it may be some recompense to them to know that I, and the
-principal Commanders serving under me, consider that the
-Territorial Force has far more than justified the most sanguine
-hopes that any of us ventured to entertain of their value and use
-in the field. Army Corps Commanders are loud in their praise
-of the Territorial Battalions which form part of nearly all the
-brigades at the front in the first line.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">And he had written again, as recently as April 5th:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Up till lately, the troops of the Territorial Forces in this<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_44"></a>[44]</span>
-country were only employed by Battalions, but for some weeks
-past I have seen formed Divisions working together, and I have
-every hope that their employment in the larger units will prove
-as successful as in the smaller.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">Territorial soldiers had made good, and Major-General Baldock,
-Commanding the Division, as a complete unit from the West Riding,
-found his confident welcome assured.</p>
-
-<p>He arrived at a critical time. It was the spring of 1915. At
-home, public opinion was to be convinced of the thoroughness of
-German methods by the sinking of the ‘Lusitania’ on May 7th. A
-reconstruction of the Cabinet by Coalition was announced on May
-19th, and a Ministry of Munitions, with Mr. Lloyd George at its head,
-took shape on June 16th. This innovation was due to several causes,
-the ultimate origin of which is to be sought at a date a long way back
-from the outbreak of war. Accordingly, we may be absolved from
-any attempt to adjudicate between a Prime Minister, a Field Marshal,
-and a Secretary of State for War, as to the responsibility for the
-shortage of munitions which was revealed after war broke out. They
-did fall short of requirements, and high explosive shells had been
-postponed to shrapnel; and, as far as public opinion could judge,
-the decision to repair these deficiencies (the political decision, that is
-to say) was expedited to some extent by the immediate effect of one
-sentence in a speech by Mr. Asquith, at Newcastle-on-Tyne, on April
-20th. He was speaking, as he has since stated, to British workmen,
-with the object of speeding-up their output, but not without a proper
-regard to the cocked ears of the German Military Command; and,
-partly in reliance on the expert information which he had sought, he
-said in the course of his speech:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I saw a statement the other day that the operations, not only
-of our own Army, but of our Allies, were being crippled, or at
-any rate hampered, by our failure to provide the necessary ammunition.
-There is no truth in that statement.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The assurance seemed to contradict the experience of gunners at
-the front. In his Seventh Despatch of June 15th, 1915, Sir John
-French affirmed quite clearly that,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Throughout the whole period since the first break of the
-line on the night of April 22nd, all the troops in this area had been
-constantly subjected to violent artillery bombardment from a
-large mass of guns with an unlimited supply of ammunition.
-It proved impossible, whilst under so vastly superior a fire of
-artillery, to dig efficient trenches, or properly to re-organize the
-line.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Indeed, on the very night when Mr. Asquith was speaking at
-Newcastle, a Territorial Force Officer (2/Lieutenant Geoffrey Woolley,
-of the 9th London Regiment) was earning his Victoria Cross for
-defending a position on Hill 60 against overwhelming enemy cannonade.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_45"></a>[45]</span></p>
-
-<p>Hill 60, which was not a hill at all, but merely a hummock of
-railway earthwork, was in any case not visible from the Tyne, but the
-general disquietude at home at the time of the formation of the Coalition
-Cabinet reflected accurately enough the conditions which marked the
-place and time of General Baldock’s arrival in France, with which we
-are immediately concerned. One word more will complete this
-impression:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I much regret,’ wrote Sir John French in the same Despatch,
-‘that during the period under report the fighting has been
-characterized on the enemy’s side by a cynical and barbarous
-disregard of the well-known usages of civilized war and a flagrant
-defiance of the Hague Convention. All the scientific resources
-of Germany have, apparently, been brought into play to produce
-a gas of so virulent and poisonous a nature that any human being
-brought into contact with it is first paralysed and then meets with
-a lingering and agonizing death.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">The first such gas attack was launched at Ypres, on Thursday,
-April 22nd. On the previous Thursday night (the 15th), we left a
-West Yorkshire Battalion spending its first night in France at a Rest
-Camp, near Boulogne.</p>
-
-<p>So the 49th went to the war on the eve of the Second Battle of
-Ypres, at a time of an outrage of gas and a shortage of shells.</p>
-
-<p>They went in eighty-four trains and on five days between April
-12th and 16th, embarking at Southampton Docks, Avonmouth and
-Folkestone for Havre, Rouen and Boulogne respectively, and they
-joined the 4th Corps of the 1st Army, commanded by Lieut.-General
-Sir Henry Rawlinson. Corps Headquarters were posted at Merville,
-and there the Divisional Commander reported with five of his Staff
-Officers, and established, as we saw<a id="FNanchor_28" href="#Footnote_28" class="fnanchor">[28]</a>, Divisional Headquarters in the
-mayor’s house, 40 rue des Capucines. On April 18th, the following
-message was received from His Majesty the King:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I much regret not to have been able to inspect the Division
-under your Command before its departure to the Front. Please
-convey to all ranks my best wishes for success, and tell them that
-I shall follow with pride the progress of the West Riding Division.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">A loyal reply was dispatched by General Baldock, and on the same
-day parties of Officers and N.C.O.’s, followed on the 19th by complete
-platoons, from the Battalions of the 2nd and 3rd West Riding (147th
-and 148th) Infantry Brigades were attached to units of the 23rd and
-25th Brigades, 8th Division, for instructional duty in the trenches.
-On the 22nd, the 1st (146th) Brigade moved from Merville to Estaires,
-and was attached to the 7th Division, and placed under their orders.
-Sir Douglas Haig visited units of the Division on the following day.
-Divisional Headquarters were moved on the 27th to two houses and
-a farm in Bac St. Maur, and at 6 a.m. on the 28th, the Division took<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_46"></a>[46]</span>
-over a front of its own at Fleurbaix, covering sections 3, 4, 5 and 6 of
-the IV Corps sector.</p>
-
-<p>We may fill in a few details in this outline. After all, it was a
-wonderful fortnight in the experience of the men from the West
-Riding. A war on the Western front had been waged for more than
-eight months, but it was all strange to new arrivals. Take, for instance,
-the 1/6th Battalion of the West Riding (Duke of Wellington’s)
-Regiment, which slept at S. Martin’s Rest Camp, about three miles
-out of Boulogne, on the night of April 14th. The next day, which
-was fine and warm, they marched nine miles to Hesdigneul, and
-waited two hours at the railway station before entraining for Merville.
-The entraining of a thousand and fifteen men presented no difficulty
-to troops which had long since become expert in such drill. It was
-carried out in batches of eight-and-forty, with a frontage of six men,
-eight deep. At a given signal three men entered the truck; the centre
-man took the rifles of the rest, whom the two flank men helped in.
-Merville was reached at 10-45 p.m. and the Battalion, preceded by its
-Billeting party in a motor-car, marched four miles to their billets at
-Neuf Berquin, turning in after 3 a.m.: a long and tiring day’s work.
-The 16th and 17th were spent quietly. On the 18th there was Church
-Parade, and in the afternoon motor-’buses were provided for a party
-of fifty officers and N.C.O.’s to proceed to Fleurbaix, where they were
-attached to the 13th Kensingtons for twenty-four hours’ instruction
-in the trenches. Even instruction had its perils, and this trench-party
-returned one casualty; Sgt. T. Richardson, ‘slightly wounded.’
-On the 20th, the motor-’bus came again for a party of twenty-six in
-all, and next day a platoon from each Company in the Battalion studied
-trench-warfare as pupils of the 25th Brigade. This instruction, which
-included bomb-throwing, was continued till April 26th, when the
-Battalion paraded at 4-45 p.m. and marched to new billets at Fleurbaix,
-reaching Rue de Quesne at 8 o’clock. The next night at 11 p.m.
-Pte. J. Walsh was killed by rifle fire, and on Thursday, April 29th,
-Fleurbaix was shelled by heavy guns, which found the billets occupied
-by this Battalion. A single shell killed two privates and wounded a
-third: ‘the dead were buried where the shell fell, owing to Pte. Pickles
-being so mutilated. No service: Chaplain not available.’</p>
-
-<p>This unhouselled grave may be taken as the initiation of the
-Division into war, rumours of which, set flying in the Second Battle
-of Ypres, reached units of the Division in their billets.<a id="FNanchor_29" href="#Footnote_29" class="fnanchor">[29]</a> Their turn
-was to come a little later, but the fighting throughout April and May
-was so much of one piece and with one object that we may start, as the
-battle started, on April 17th.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus04" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus04.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>A straight line, 260 miles long, drawn from a point on the Rhine
-midway between Cologne and Bonn, and terminating at the French<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_47"></a>[47]</span>
-coast about six miles north of Boulogne, will pass through Brussels
-and Ypres. That heroic town, in other words, the ‘great nerve-ganglion,’
-as it has been called,<a id="FNanchor_30" href="#Footnote_30" class="fnanchor">[30]</a> was not merely the symbol and shrine
-of Belgium’s resistance to the invader; it was also a necessary stage
-in the German attempt at the Channel ports. They battered the line
-up and down, in the hope of breaking a way through, but their
-worst and heaviest blows were levelled at Ypres itself, which they
-wrecked but they did not capture. The second of these desperate
-assaults opened as we saw, at Hill 60, two and a half miles to the
-south-east of Ypres, where it flared into the horror of poison-gas
-on April 22nd. A week of heroism and endurance brought this episode
-to a close by the withdrawal of the defence to a depth of about two<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_48"></a>[48]</span>
-miles on a semi-circular front of nearly eight. An intensified
-fierceness of attack marked the renewal of the battle in
-May. The hottest days were the 13th and 24th, between
-which there was a kind of lull; and thereafter the centre of
-fighting sagged away a few miles to the south, where the 49th Division
-was in waiting. The assault on Ypres had failed. Exhaustion-point
-had been reached on either side, but the defenders had paid an awful
-price. Their casualties numbered tens of thousands, and thousands
-had died in choking agony. The salient or semi-circle of troops,
-Belgian, French, Indian, Canadian and English, which had never
-stretched more than five miles out from its diameter on the Yser Canal,
-was flattened in even at the furthest to as little as two or three. Langemarck,
-the pivot of the first episode, which had lain on the rim of the
-salient, now lay more than two miles outside it; Bellewaarde Lake,
-the pivot of the second, which had lain two miles inside the rim, was
-now on the edge of it or without. If the last stronghold of Belgium
-was to be saved, and the gate to the Channel ports kept locked, at
-least an equal power of resistance was required from the defenders in
-the next phase.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp80" id="illus05" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus05.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>Moreover, we must look at a bigger map. Behind the actual
-fighting line lay Lille and Douai, railway-junctions of cardinal importance
-for the communication and supplies of the German armies. To
-strike at these towns through Lens, at the south-west corner of the
-triangle of which Lille formed the apex and Douai the heel, was an
-object desirable on its own account and full of promise for the succour
-of Ypres. If these plans, concerted with high hopes between General
-Foch and Sir John French, succeeded in threatening the railway-system
-behind, they were bound to react unfavourably on the German
-occupation of Belgium. And even if these larger plans failed, partly
-in consequence of the indentation of the semi-circle of troops guarding
-Ypres, there might still be a sufficient gain of ground and a sufficient
-slaughter of the enemy to affect his distribution of forces between the
-Western and the Eastern fronts. For the situation in Russia was
-already causing anxiety to her Allies.</p>
-
-<p>Hostilities were opened on May 9th by an intense attack of French
-artillery to the south-west of Lens on the road from Arras to Béthune,
-between La Targette and Carency. ‘That bombardment,’ says a
-graphic writer,<a id="FNanchor_31" href="#Footnote_31" class="fnanchor">[31]</a> ‘was the most wonderful yet seen in Western Europe.
-It simply ate up the countryside for miles.’ Unfortunately, the
-mileage was not wide enough to open the way to Lens, and day by day
-the French advance was held up, pressed forward and held again, in
-a series of almost Homeric combats, which were measured by yards,
-even by feet, and in which the conspicuous names were White Works,
-Notre Dame de Lorette, Ablain, the Sugar Refinery, Souchez, the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_49"></a>[49]</span>
-cemetery at Neuville St. Vaast, and a terrible labyrinth of underground
-fortifications. The whole area, working up from the River Scarpe,
-was on a frontage of about seven miles, with Lens about six miles to
-the north-east. Each obstacle had to be surmounted not once only,
-but in many instances several times, and when, at the end of May,
-the German salient from the Lille-Douai road was flattened back at
-its southern extremity to the outskirts of Lens, which did not fall, the
-French success in the three weeks’ fighting seemed hardly commensurate
-with the cost. We shall be in a position to estimate it more
-precisely when we have taken into account the results which were
-attained further north.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp55" id="illus06" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus06.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>The French advance towards Lens from the south-west was
-supported by a British attack on a front facing east-south-east and
-aimed through Festubert and Aubers towards La Bassée and Lille.
-We noted just now the triangle which is formed with Lille at<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_50"></a>[50]</span>
-the apex, Douai at the eastern and Lens at the western foot. On the
-Lille-Lens line of that triangle, another and smaller triangle will be
-found, of which La Bassée forms the westernmost angle. The French,
-we are aware, came up on a front converging on Lens from Arras and
-the valley of the Scarpe. The British advanced from the north-west
-with a view to investing La Bassée, and if Lens and La Bassée had
-both fallen, as the issue of these heroic endeavours, the double triangle,
-or kite, would have been rolled up to its apex at Lille.</p>
-
-<p>The British assault, like the French, opened on Sunday, May 9th.
-The task of the IV Corps in the battle was assigned to the 7th and
-8th Divisions, while the 49th Division took over the greater part of the
-trench-line held by the Corps. Their first object was to gain Fromelles,
-but their main and ultimate objective was the Aubers Ridge. The
-general scope of the attack was disclosed confidentially to the troops
-about to be engaged. It was ‘not a local effort for the capture merely
-of Fromelles and Aubers villages,’ but was ‘part of a much larger
-operation designed to break the enemy’s line on a wide front.’ The
-importance of the forces employed was also emphasized. ‘Not only
-is the offensive being undertaken by the First Army’, we read, but a
-force of ‘the best French troops, amounting to 300,000 or 400,000
-men, is likewise advancing to the attack north of Arras.’ The disposition
-of the British troops made their objective quite clear. They
-faced the Lille-La Bassée road, curving round La Bassée at the
-extreme right. Their line was extended on the left to cover about
-half the road to Lille. The furthest point of that line from Le Bridoux
-to Cordonnerie Farm was held by the 49th (West Riding<a id="FNanchor_32" href="#Footnote_32" class="fnanchor">[32]</a>) Division,
-and two of its Infantry Brigades, the 147th and 148th, were detailed
-to occupy the German trenches which the 8th Division, followed by the
-7th, and thus supported by the 49th, was to compel the enemy to vacate<a id="FNanchor_33" href="#Footnote_33" class="fnanchor">[33]</a>.
-Unfortunately, the whole plan miscarried. The first artillery attack
-could not be sustained in sufficient strength to wipe out the barbed-wire
-entanglements and free the way for the Infantry. It followed
-that the 8th Division could not press its heroic advance home, and the
-West Riding Infantry Brigades were never called upon to discharge
-their allotted task. The first day’s programme was thrown out from
-the start. Its features on the British front bore a tragic and curious
-resemblance to those of the later days further south, when the advantage
-won by the French bombardment had been neutralized by German
-local fire. The advance was broken, that is to say, into little pockets
-and blood-spots of fighting, which sank into the soil where they occurred.
-If the courage displayed in these encounters had been combined for<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_51"></a>[51]</span>
-the united effort which was intended, no troops born of woman could
-have withstood it. The record of every fighting unit tells the same
-tale of desperate valour; of a few exhausted and staggering survivors
-hardly able to remember their own exploits, of endurance strained to
-the limit of capacity, and of unwilling admiration extorted even from
-a grudging foe. But the net result on May 9th was failure; it was
-necessary to retire and to repair, and the part of the West Riding units,
-to their own deep disappointment, was confined to occasional supporting
-fire, to relief-duty in the trenches, marked by little more than
-its normal dangers, and, on the whole, to a comparatively quiet day.</p>
-
-<p>This battle of Fromelles, or of Aubers Ridge, which had the indirect
-success of engaging sufficient German forces to assist the French
-advance to Carency, was renewed a week later at Festubert, and was
-not broken off till May 26th. ‘I had now reason,’ wrote Sir John
-French in his Seventh Dispatch, ‘to consider that the battle, which
-was commenced by the First Army on the 9th May and renewed on
-the 16th, having attained for the moment the immediate object I had
-in view, should not be further actively proceeded with; and I gave
-orders to Sir Douglas Haig to curtail his artillery attack and to strengthen
-and consolidate the ground he had won ... on a front of four
-miles to an average depth of 600 yards.’ We may add that, if Lille
-was not taken, Ypres, too, with its narrower front, still stood with its
-back to the wall; and behind that wall lay the Channel ports. Moreover,
-the southern approach had been partially blocked by the reduction
-of the German salient from Lens, and the fighting quality of our troops
-was such as to deter the enemy from attempting a break-through on
-one line without adequate resources on the rest. In other words, a
-see-saw movement was the chief obvious conclusion from the six weeks’
-spurts of battle-fury to the east and south-east of Ypres. A new
-direct frontal attack would mean a new risk to Lens and on to Lille;
-a new attempt to throw out the Lens salient would mean a protrusion
-of the British salient from the Yser Canal. The third or middle
-course was to accept stalemate; and to the limited but useful extent
-of forcing this decision on the enemy, the heroes of the Second Battle
-of Ypres, of the French pocket-battles in the Artois, and of the British
-struggles round Aubers and Festubert are entitled to the full measure
-of their renown. Moreover, taking a wider survey, the stalemate
-suited the combatants on other accounts besides exhaustion. Germany
-was waging war on two fronts. Having pushed her western pieces
-into positions, in which, save for minor attacks, they might be left
-undisturbed for a time, she was anxious to concentrate on the east.
-England, too, had another foe, whom it might be too late to overtake
-unless she set about the work at once. It became known as shortage
-of shells, and Mr. Lloyd George, as we saw, was appointed in June to
-devise rapid measures for its defeat.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_52"></a>[52]</span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus07" style="max-width: 56.25em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus07.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>Turning back to the 49th Division, we note that on May 16th it
-occupied, again with the 8th Division, the extreme left of the British
-line. On the 22nd, orders were received for the 148th Brigade (the
-4th and 5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry and the 4th and 5th<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_53"></a>[53]</span>
-York and Lancasters) to throw forward the line to two ruined houses
-on the Bois Grenier-Le Bridoux road. (A panorama sketch of the
-site is given opposite). This meant the laying-out and preparation
-of a new front-line trench astride the road, and the necessary tools,
-sandbags, stakes, barbed-wire, and other paraphernalia were collected
-during the day of the 22nd and the early part of that night. Work was
-started about 11 p.m., when two Companies of the K.O.Y.L.I. under
-Major P. T. Chadwick and Captain Critchley, traced out and began
-digging the new trench. The two ruined houses, situated about half
-way between the British and the German lines, were found to be
-occupied by the enemy, who brought heavy rifle fire into play and
-considerably worried the working parties. In this encounter, Lieut.
-R. T. S. Gwynne was wounded, and died the next day. On the 23rd
-the same Companies went out again in order to strengthen the work
-commenced on the previous night. Heavy fire was drawn from the
-ruined buildings, but the enemy was forced to retire. Work was
-continued till daylight with satisfactory results, the cover being much
-improved and the communication-trench up to the new line being
-practically completed. By this means, certain operations which had
-been ordered by the Corps Commander on May 20th were enabled to
-be carried out. On the 24th these were opened by a bombardment
-from the ninety-six guns in the line at short intervals between 8 and
-9 p.m. At 8-50 two Companies of the same 4th K.O.Y.L.I., under
-Captain A. C. Chadwick and Captain L. M. Taylor crossed the parapet
-of No. 6 trench and advanced up to the new trench prepared on the
-preceding nights: a journey of about seventy yards. The German
-machine-gun and rifle fire was exactly one second too late to find this
-party. The Companies quickly took position, and dug themselves in,
-and the ruined houses were put in a state of defence by a section
-working under Captain Creswick. Next morning, two Companies
-from the 5th K.O.Y.L.I. relieved their comrades of the 4th, and continued
-operations. From the 26th of May onwards for some days
-the Germans left them no peace, and a number of casualties ensued.
-But the operation had been carried out, and Sir Henry Rawlinson,
-Commanding the IVth Army Corps, desired that his high appreciation
-should be conveyed to the officers and other ranks of the 4th King’s
-Own Yorkshire Light Infantry for the ‘gallantry and precision’ which
-had been displayed.</p>
-
-<p>Further compliments followed. On June 12th, a message was
-received from the Adjutant-General at General Headquarters:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The Commander-in-Chief notices with gratification the
-record of the 49th (West Riding) Division for the month of May,
-which shows that no single conviction by Court-Martial has
-occurred, a condition which does not obtain in any other Division
-of the Armies. He desires that his appreciation of this fact be
-duly conveyed to the 49th Division.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_54"></a>[54]</span></p>
-
-<p>And Major-General Baldock, commanding the Division, was
-informed by the General Officer Commanding the First Army, to which
-the Division had been transferred at the end of May:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Sir Douglas Haig wishes to add an expression of his great
-satisfaction at the state of discipline in the 49th (W.R.) Division,
-and also desires to congratulate the Division on its soldier-like
-bearing and efficiency.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>A month later, the Division was re-transferred from the First
-Army, Indian Corps, to the Second Army, VIth Corps, commanded
-by Major-General Sir John Keir, when it moved to Proven, north-west
-of Poperinghe, and the surrounding villages in Belgium. The weather
-after May 23rd had become very hot, and there was one case of sun-stroke
-in the trenches.</p>
-
-<p>We shall return to the fortunes of the Division in the alternating
-periods of trench-life and billets which succeeded the intenser fighting
-of May. The whole Western front settled down to what seems like a
-phase of inactivity, but what was really a broken succession of diverse
-minor experiences, the monotony of which, like the sea’s, was always
-movement, more apparent at close quarters than afar. Meanwhile,
-it will be appropriate to pick up the record of that isolated unit of West
-Riding Divisional Engineers, which, as we mentioned above, preceded
-the Division overseas. They, too, reached the scene of war in April,
-1915. They fought in a different field, and were even more heavily
-engaged, but they earned by conspicuous gallantry not less honour
-than their comrades in France.</p>
-
-<p>This unit, the 1/1st Field Company of West Riding Royal
-Engineers, under the command of Major Dodworth, formed one of
-three Companies which served under Lt.-Col. G. B. Hingston,
-C.R.E., in the 29th Division. Their original destination was
-France, but in February, 1915, it was decided to ship the Division
-with all possible speed to the Dardanelles, and, had this decision been
-carried out, the fate of British arms in the Peninsula might have been
-brought to a different conclusion. As a fact, owing to causes which
-have been made public, its departure was postponed till March, and,
-after a troublesome delay at Alexandria, the Field Company, with a
-strength of 6 officers, 201 other ranks, 62 horses and mules, and 12
-vehicles, reached Tenedos on April 24th. At midnight on the same
-day they were selected, much to their delight, to sail with the covering
-force on the ‘River Clyde’ to the South Point of the Peninsula, and
-there, below Sedd-el-Bahr, the modern model of the Trojan wooden
-horse was beached at 7 a.m. on April 25th.</p>
-
-<p>The events of that day of death and glory have been sung, and
-painted, and told, and require but brief reference here. ‘No army in
-history,’ says the poet who wrote a prose-epic called <i>Gallipoli</i><a id="FNanchor_34" href="#Footnote_34" class="fnanchor">[34]</a>, ‘has
-been set such a task. No other troops in the world would have made<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_55"></a>[55]</span>
-good those beaches,’ and it is heartening to recall that troops from the
-West Riding of Yorkshire were included in this unique band.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus08" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus08.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">“MODERN MODEL OF TROJAN WOODEN HORSE.”</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>For five months, from April till September, our Field Company
-of Royal Engineers remained on the Gallipoli Peninsula. The roads,
-the water-supply, the trenches, the night-wiring, the bridges, the
-jetties: every kind of engineering job came their way. They even
-manufactured hand-grenades, and gave practical lessons in the use of
-them, and they took their bellyful of fighting and of experience of
-Turkish shells. In June, for example, two of their sappers, A. Jennett
-and G. Packard, were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for
-their gallant rescue of Captain Todd, of the Argyll Mountain Battery,
-who was lying with a leg blown off under heavy fire on the other side
-of a barbed-wire entanglement; and the same decoration was bestowed
-on Lance-Corporal W. B. Owen, who snatched another wounded
-Officer out of a trench in actual enemy occupation, and carried him to
-a dressing-station two miles off, for the most part under fire. On
-September 22nd came a welcome fortnight’s rest. They were back
-again early in October, and had a terrible spell of work after the great
-gale of November 26th, which helped to confirm the decision for
-evacuation. For the end of the adventure was approaching, and our
-Engineers remained till the end. After helping to clear Suvla and
-Anzac, they moved in January, 1916, to Helles, where they cut steps
-down the cliff to W. Beach. Thence they sailed at last in two parties
-reaching Suez, January 16th.</p>
-
-<p>The rest of their story belongs to the Division in which they became
-absorbed. But the praise of their famous work in Gallipoli, to which
-they went straight from home, redounds to the credit of the West
-Riding, and may be added to the praises which we have quoted from
-Sir Henry Rawlinson, Sir Douglas Haig and Sir John French:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The 1/1st West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers,
-which forms part of the “incomparable” 29th Division,’ wrote
-Lieut.-General Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston, Commanding that
-Division, ‘did grand service on the Gallipoli Peninsula....
-Engineers have always the post of honour in war, having to make
-entanglements, to mine, to sap and to carry out many dangerous
-jobs in the very forefront of the fray. Of all this work the 1/1st
-West Riding Field Company Royal Engineers had its full and
-more than its full share, and right well did all ranks rise to the
-occasion.... The casualties among them have been heavy
-... but the results achieved by them have more than counterbalanced
-the loss incurred. They have covered themselves, their
-Unit, and the rest of the West Riding Divisional Royal Engineers
-with glory.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>This passage occurs in a letter written by Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston
-on September 9th, 1915, and published with the next Quarterly
-Report of the West Riding County Association. In that Report,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_56"></a>[56]</span>
-Lord Scarbrough included an account of a visit paid to Flanders by
-himself, as Chairman of the Association, and by Brig.-General Mends,
-the Secretary. Their ‘object was to ascertain in what ways the
-Association might best provide for the needs and comfort of the troops,
-and to study the conditions under which they have to work’; and it
-will not be out of place to examine Lord Scarbrough’s conclusions in
-those respects in anticipation of what we shall find in the ensuing
-chapter.</p>
-
-<p>He recalled to the memory of local patriots that the 49th Division
-was composed of Field and Heavy Artillery raised from Leeds, Bradford,
-Sheffield, Otley and York; of Engineers from Sheffield; of
-three Infantry Brigades from the West Yorkshire, West Riding, Yorkshire
-Light Infantry, and York and Lancaster Regimental Districts;
-of Army Service Corps from Leeds and York; and Field Ambulances
-from Leeds and Sheffield. They had left for France in April, and had
-been ‘continuously in the fighting line ever since.’ It would stimulate
-local patriotism to know that a Staff Officer wrote of the Division:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I am very proud to have been connected with it. They are
-a real good lot, and I don’t think there is a better Division in the
-country.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>To the ‘amenities of war,’ as likewise to the ‘other side of the
-picture’, we shall presently come back: such facts may be recovered
-from written evidence; but what Lord Scarbrough and General
-Mends saw in the ‘smiling faces’, the ‘spirit of cheerfulness’ and the
-‘sense of mastery over the enemy,’ is contained in no formal War
-Diary, and is the more valuable and vivid on that account. It brought
-comfort and encouragement to the West Riding in the dark days of the
-autumn of 1915; not merely to members of the Association, struggling,
-as we know, against the flood, but also to many wives and mothers,
-realizing that, ‘in a campaign like this,’ as the Report stated, ‘casualties
-come fast,’ and, lastly, to the various committees, Parliamentary
-Recruiting, Trades Union, and so on, which based their appeal for
-fresh efforts, in the last stages of voluntary enlistment, on the valorous
-record of the ‘boys’ who had already gone to the front. Alike in
-Flanders and in Gallipoli, that record was worthy of the West Riding.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_57"></a>[57]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_V"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER V</span><br>
-THE DAY’S WORK</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>During January, 1916, the 49th Division was ‘in rest’: the
-first period of complete rest which the Division as a whole had enjoyed
-since the previous April, when it first entered the field.</p>
-
-<p>Even before this complete rest the Division could look back on
-some months of comparative military inactivity. It had not been
-called upon to take part in the severe fighting at Loos in September,
-1915; and no other big operations, on the scale of the warfare in
-May and June, had occurred since the Battle of Festubert. Yet there
-had been fighting every day. Every day of the intervening weeks and
-months between the close of the spring campaign and the order to
-rest in January had brought difficulties and dangers here and there,
-up and down the line of trenches in the neighbourhood of Ypres
-and the Canal, in which the 49th was engaged, and which it was
-essential to maintain as a barrier between the invader and the sea.</p>
-
-<p>It is not easy to write the history of those days, when the Division
-was neither ‘in rest’ nor in action. We might review them in numerical
-sequence, long day after long day, when according to the Battalion
-chroniclers, ‘nothing of importance happened,’ or one unit relieved
-another, or there was an inspection by the Corps or Army Commander,
-or there was a ‘bombardment of the whole line, varying
-in severity throughout the day and night.’ These entries, and entries
-like these recur again and again in the Diary of every unit in the
-Division. Or, again, when autumn arrived, the weather compelled
-attention. ‘Rained. Trenches very bad; practically no work
-could be done. Heavy bombardment all day from 4 a.m.,’ is a
-typical entry in October; and we are left to read between the lines
-the accumulated miseries of that day’s work, in which the worst hardship
-of all was that ‘practically no work could be done,’ in evil
-trenches sodden with rain and shaken by continuous fire. Minor
-miseries, perhaps, and less epical in retrospect than the Homeric combats
-of the spring, or the campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula; yet
-real and serious enough in their hourly call on a man’s endurance to
-warrant an attempt at narration.</p>
-
-<p>We are told, for instance, that Sir Herbert Plumer was pleased
-if the Second Army casualties did not exceed two hundred a day in
-ordinary trench work, and a division of this figure into the Army total
-will yield a quotient from which we may deduce the average chance
-of danger in a quiet time. Or we may observe that the British first
-line trenches were distant from the line of German trenches by about
-80 to 150 yards, but that where the line bent back on the north to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_58"></a>[58]</span>
-the bank of the Yser Canal the distance from the German line was only
-30 yards, with a very nasty corner at the bend. We may note, too,
-the lack of rest at night: the constant flare of Very Lights across the
-trenches, and the incessant contest of wit (and luck) between the
-men repairing trenches or bringing up rations or ammunition and the
-snipers watching their opportunity.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp93" id="illus09" style="max-width: 31.25em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus09.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>Certain days at any rate may be selected for somewhat more detailed
-description, not because they differed essentially from the days that went
-before and that came after, but because, in the cycle of days, as in a
-cycle of numbers at a gaming-table, they are marked with adventitious
-interest.</p>
-
-<p>Take, for instance, July 29th (we are writing of 1915 throughout)
-in the story of the 7th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment.
-They were in dug-outs on the Canal, having completed a turn in the
-trenches just before midnight on the 25th. On the 26th, 27th and 28th,
-nothing of importance happened. On the 29th from half-past eight
-till noon, there was a heavy shelling of the dam at the rate of two
-shells every five minutes; this rate was reduced by a half from noon
-till an hour after midnight, when the shelling ceased. The dam
-was untouched, but the adjoining bridge was damaged in three places.
-One officer was killed and ten men were wounded. Even so, the
-story is not exceptional, despite the 230 odd shells falling in sixteen
-hours. But there is a sequel to the story, which is told in the
-following words: The Military Cross was awarded to 2nd Lieut. A. R.
-Glazebrook ‘for conspicuous and gallant conduct, on the 29th July,
-in helping to dig out, at great personal risk, an officer and ten men
-whose dug-outs had been blown in, thus saving nine lives,’ and
-Riflemen J. Bentley and H. Garrity received the Distinguished
-Conduct Medal ‘for working with Lieut. Glazebrook.’</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_59"></a>[59]</span></p>
-
-<p>Take July 16th. On the 15th the Germans had shelled the
-Canal bank, and had fired three salvoes of shells into Divisional
-Headquarters at the Château des Trois Tours. Advanced Headquarters
-remained there, including the G.O.C. himself, the General
-Staff Officers, 1st and 2nd Grade, the Brigade Major of the Royal
-Artillery, and the Signal Company. The rest moved back to St.
-Sixte. On the 16th, at 4-30 p.m., the grounds of the Château were
-shelled again, and the grave difference between this day and that,
-otherwise so alike in experience, was the inclusion of the General’s
-name in the casualty list. He was just crossing a bridge which connected
-the Château with the mainland when he heard the shell coming,
-and, though he doubled back to cover, he did not reach it in time,
-and suffered a severe wound in the head. It was the only casualty
-at the time, though the house was riddled with shrapnel, and as soon
-as the shelling had ceased, the gallant Officer was taken to Poperinghe,
-where Sir Thomas Bowlby attended him. Advanced Headquarters
-were withdrawn to Hospital Farm. The retirement was completed
-on July 18th, on which day the grounds of the Château were
-once more heavily shelled soon after the General Staff had left.</p>
-
-<p>The loss of Major-General Baldock’s services was deeply regretted
-by the Division, which he had commanded since September, 1911.
-He had accompanied it from peace to war and commanded with
-conspicuous success during the heavy fighting of May and June, and
-‘the whole Division loved him’, it has been written. Happily,
-he recovered from his wound, though he was not able to resume command,
-and on July 17th, 1915, Major-General E. M. Perceval<a id="FNanchor_35" href="#Footnote_35" class="fnanchor">[35]</a>, C.B.,
-was appointed in his place.</p>
-
-<p>Take the events of July 15th, in the new line of trenches occupied
-by the 146th Infantry Brigade. The 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire
-Regiment, had relieved the 7th at midnight on the 13th, and came
-in for some desultory shelling the next day. On the 15th, the usual
-patrol went on tour in front of the trenches. It was composed of
-Lieut. E. F. Wilkinson, and two Riflemen, Mudd and Clough.
-By bad luck, Mudd was shot through the chest, and his cries
-of pain attracted the German fire. It was a very ordinary little
-scene, but it is appropriate to imagine the sudden call on two lonely
-men’s courage and resourcefulness. They carried the wounded
-man back from in front of the German parapet under the heavy fire,
-and were pulled up by their own barbed-wire mesh. Clough went
-in to find cutters, and Lieut. Wilkinson stayed out with Mudd. The
-tool was brought, the wire was cut, and the patrol came back with two<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_60"></a>[60]</span>
-candidates for decoration. Lieutenant Wilkinson was awarded the
-Military Cross and Rifleman Clough the Distinguished Conduct
-Medal for their cool and gallant action in this exploit. Next day,
-as war’s tricky fortune had it, Lieut. C. Hartnell, of the same Battalion
-was killed by a shell in the front-line trench: the first officer casualty
-in that unit.</p>
-
-<p>Take a few incidents in the trench life of the 4th and 5th Battalions
-of the York and Lancaster Regiment. On July 11th, the 4th relieved
-the 5th in an advanced trench on the East side of the Yser Canal,
-where the German and English lines met at an angle, with the French
-on the other side of the Canal, and were separated, as we saw, by a
-distance of only 30 yards. It was a recent capture from the enemy,
-and the trenches, we read, were ‘in an awful state with both English
-and German dead. No work could be done on them because of shell
-fire.’ Again, quite an ordinary experience, as trench life went in
-those days, but full of horror to its participants, and exacting to endure.
-On July 13th, the day was ‘much quieter’—plainly a comparative
-term—till in the evening about half-past seven a heavy bombardment
-was opened all along the line, punctuated by explosions of gas shells,
-and followed by rapid rifle-fire. There was just a breath of wind
-blowing, but not enough to disperse the poisonous fumes, and for some
-hours the corner was unhealthy. The total casualties for the two
-days were 13 officers wounded, 17 other ranks killed and 55 wounded,
-and at 10 o’clock next night the 5th Battalion again relieved the 4th.
-Meanwhile, Sergt. W. Hutchinson and Ptes. J. W. Biggin and
-J. Cowlishaw were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘for holding the flank of an advanced trench, which was partially
-demolished for 24 hours on the 13th July, in an isolated position,
-extricating themselves and the gun after they had been buried,
-and keeping the gun in action.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">Eighty-five casualties and three D.C.M.’s for two days’ turn in the
-trenches: the period of standstill had its chances.</p>
-
-<p>Take the worse experience of the 5th Battalion on July 10th,
-when they first took over these newly captured trenches. All day
-long the incessant German batteries poured their hail and thunder on
-the line, and not a single quiet hour was given for cleaning, clearing
-or repairing. The casualties mounted fast. Twenty-seven men were
-killed, and the list of wounded and missing included one Officer and
-129 other ranks. Next day the following telegram was received:
-‘Army Commander desires to commend prompt action of troops
-49th Division when attacked last night’; and the severity of the ordeal
-may be judged from the records of Lance-Corporals J. Yates and A.
-Calvert and of Pte. A. Gwynette, who were all awarded the D.C.M.:
-Yates,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘for attending with great gallantry, on the 10th July, under heavy
-fire and in full view of the German lines, to two wounded men
-who were cut off from the rest of the Platoon’;</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_61"></a>[61]</span></p>
-
-<p class="noindent">Calvert,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘for assisting the Platoon Commander in steadying the men and
-keeping up their spirits, on the 10th July, when many other
-N.C.O.’s had been killed or wounded’;</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">and Gwynette,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘for attending to about twenty wounded men on the 10th July,
-during the heaviest part of the bombardment, and for keeping up
-the spirits of the men by his general bearing and conduct under
-heavy fire.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>These, surely, are the tests that tell. In these typical examples,
-selected almost at random from the day’s work, we see in the making,
-as it were, that ‘sense of mastery over the enemy,’ which the Chairman
-and Secretary of the Association had observed on their visit to the front,
-and which was ultimately to dictate the terms of the Peace of Paris.
-On the East bank of the Yser Canal in the Summer of 1915, in stinking
-trenches filled with human wreckage, and exposed to a pitiless bombardment,
-the prospect of ‘ease after war’ might well seem too remote for
-realization. It might seem, too, an idle thing, and below the fever-point
-of warfare, to respond in such dismal surroundings and with
-so dull a hope of martial glory to the constant, recurrent calls on a
-courage screwed to the sticking-place or a sense of duty as its own
-reward. Yet, somehow, in justice to the heroic dead, and to those
-who earned as well as to those who received decorations, the perception
-must be aroused that the war was won in the last resort by the private
-soldier, whether Regular, Territorial or New Army. In our Military
-Headquarters calculus he is not <i>Kanonenfutter</i>, food for guns: he is
-always, potentially, the wearer of a medal for the distinguished conduct,
-which he always seizes an opportunity to display; and a period of
-comparative inactivity may provide more memorable opportunities
-of this kind than the stress and press of a big battle, precisely because the
-velocity of effort is measured by the daily round of marching from
-billets to trenches or of carrying out a normal patrol.</p>
-
-<p>The word ‘always,’ though a big word, is appropriate, because
-this display of distinguished conduct is found to become a man’s
-second nature and not to depend on a sudden impulse. Take the
-records, for example, of Drummer F. Thickett, of the 4th York and
-Lancasters, and Lance-Cpl. T. Best, of the 4th King’s Own Yorkshire
-Light Infantry. On that night of the 13th-14th July, when the new
-trench was so heavily attacked, Thickett succeeded in wading through
-the Canal in order to carry a message from the firing-line to Headquarters,
-although the bridges had been broken and the telephone
-wires had been cut<a id="FNanchor_36" href="#Footnote_36" class="fnanchor">[36]</a>. <i>He did it again</i> on the night of 8th-9th August.
-Under heavy shell and rifle fire, and when all mechanical communication<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_62"></a>[62]</span>
-had broken down, he crossed the Canal on a single plank, and
-took the necessary message to its destination. Best’s record is in the
-same kind. On July 20th and <i>again</i> on August 5th, a part of the trench
-where he was posted was blown in by enemy fire. On each occasion
-he kept his men in hand, and started digging-out and rebuilding at
-once, with the utmost pluck and coolness, and without regard to German
-rifles and trench-mortars. Best and Thickett were both awarded the
-D.C.M., which it will be agreed that they thoroughly deserved; and
-we see in this habit of duty, acquired in daily experience and when
-no big forward movement set the pace, the ultimate secret of the
-success of British arms.</p>
-
-<p>One more sample from these records may be selected.</p>
-
-<p>On November 15th, the 6th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment,
-relieved the 8th Battalion in a line of trenches about two miles north-north-east
-of Ypres. The weather was frosty, and the evil condition
-of the trenches was not improved by the fall of about a hundred
-‘whiz-bangs’<a id="FNanchor_37" href="#Footnote_37" class="fnanchor">[37]</a> and thirty ‘heavies’ between 9-0 a.m. and 3-30 p.m.
-on the 16th. On the 17th, the shelling continued, with a regular
-reply by our Howitzers, and there was the ‘usual sniping’. On the
-18th, as on the 17th. On the 19th, the chronicler says: ‘One of
-our Companies heavily shelled by enemy, six being killed and seven
-wounded.... Battalion relieved by 1/5th West Yorks. Regt.,
-and went into Divisional Reserve near Poperinghe.’ So far, the day’s
-work was not exceptional, but there was to be a notable sequel to the
-day’s story. ‘For most conspicuous bravery near the Yser Canal,
-on November 19th, 1915,’ the supreme decoration of the Victoria
-Cross was awarded to Corporal Samuel Meekosha, of the 6th Battalion,
-in the following circumstances:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘He was with a Platoon of about twenty Non-commissioned
-Officers and men who were holding an isolated trench. During a
-very heavy bombardment by the enemy six of the Platoon were
-killed and seven wounded, while all the remainder were more or
-less buried. When the senior N.C.O.’s had been either killed or
-wounded, Cpl. Meekosha at once took command, sent a runner for
-assistance, and, in spite of no less than ten more big shells falling
-within twenty yards of him, continued to dig out the wounded
-and buried men in full view of the enemy and at close range from
-the German trenches. By his promptness and magnificent
-courage and determination he saved at least four lives’.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">It was the first V.C. in the 49th Division, and Captain Meekosha,
-who rose to Commissioned rank, reflected credit on the Riding which
-had raised it.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_63"></a>[63]</span></p>
-
-<p>Three hundred and seventy-six Honours in all, including 178
-Mentions in Despatches, fell to the share of the Division during its
-first year’s service in the field. Of these, the Victoria Cross, 16 Military
-Crosses and 71 Distinguished Conduct Medals were Immediate Awards
-for specific acts of gallantry. A few of those gallant acts have been
-brought back to memory here, not because they differed in kind from
-others for which awards were made (or, indeed, from many others for
-which, from lack of evidence or other causes, no recommendation was
-forthcoming), but rather to illustrate a catalogue which might prove
-wearisome <i>in extenso</i>. Thus on one day, December 19th, as many
-as ten M.C.’s and twenty-nine D.C.M.’s were won by Officers and
-Other Ranks, as the reward of valorous deeds on the occasion of a
-sudden gas-attack, which opened at 5-15 a.m. and continued for
-forty or fifty minutes. The fumes, reaching the support trenches,
-found many men still asleep, and these were gassed before they
-could be roused. The gas-attack preceded intense shelling, which
-went on, with a slacker daylight interval, until three o’clock the
-following morning. ‘It was the most awful yet magnificent sight
-that I have ever seen,’ writes a R.F.A. Officer: ‘The whole country
-shaking with the explosion of shells, mostly big; and a church near
-my Headquarters was hit with a 17-in. shell and blown to bits. The
-sky was one great glow like a vast electric light, and the atmosphere
-was laden with a choking and sickly heaviness. Our men are splendid,’
-he added. The total casualties of the day mounted up to:</p>
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <th></th>
-    <th>OFFICERS.</th>
-    <th></th>
-    <th>OTHER RANKS.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Killed</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td><a id="FNanchor_38" href="#Footnote_38" class="fnanchor">[38]</a></td>
-    <td class="tdr">46</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Wounded</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr">106</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Gassed</td>
-    <td class="tdr">8</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr">191</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr total">14</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr total">343</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p class="noindent">The decorations were presented by General Sir Herbert Plumer,
-Commanding the Second Army, on the following January 23rd; and
-a week later the same Army Commander once more paraded the
-Division, in order to present awards for good service brought to notice
-in Dispatches. On the latter occasion he told the Division:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘This is a very pleasant ceremony to me, and I hope to you,
-with which to finish, for the time being, my connection, and that
-of the Second Army, with this Division. I have had the pleasure
-on two occasions lately; one some weeks ago when you came
-out of the Line, and one the other day, when I gave ribbons
-representing decorations to Officers, N.C.O.’s and men of the
-Division after the recent gas-attack; and on those two occasions
-I expressed briefly, but I hope quite distinctly, my appreciation<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_64"></a>[64]</span>
-of the way in which the 49th Division has carried out the
-duties entrusted to it during the last few months. But now
-that it is settled for the time being that the 49th Division is to
-leave the Second Army, and go into another area, while I have
-nothing to add as regards appreciation of the work you have
-done, I should like to say to you how sorry I am that you are
-leaving the Second Army.... I cannot expect you to share
-my regret. No one so far as I know, has felt any deep regret
-at quitting the Ypres salient; but, while you will not regret
-your change of scene, when you look back at the time you have
-spent up here, notwithstanding the arduous time you have gone
-through, notwithstanding the losses of your comrades, whom we
-all deplore, you will, ... I know, have some pleasant memories
-to carry away with you of your comrades of the Second Army.
-We, I can assure you, will follow your doings with the deepest
-interest, ... and shall always feel a kind of reflected glory
-when we hear of the gallant deeds which I am quite sure you are
-going to accomplish both individually and as a Unit.’—</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">Stirring words, and a fine farewell, after what Major-General Perceval
-has described as ‘nearly six months’ continuous duty in the worst
-trenches of the Allied lines. During the whole of this period,
-runs the statement of the Divisional Commander, the men ‘had
-unflinchingly sustained an unrelaxing bombardment,’ and had borne
-‘with unfailing cheerfulness the most trying conditions of weather
-in permanently flooded trenches.’</p>
-
-<p>So much for this aspect of siege warfare.</p>
-
-<p>Before following the 49th Division from its well-earned period
-in Rest Billets to its next area of activity, we shall pick up some threads
-in the history of the 62nd Division (the West Riding 2nd Line, it will
-be remembered) from February, 1915, when Major-General Sir James
-Trotter assumed Command. But, first, in order to complete the
-present picture, brief reference is due to what Lord Scarbrough,
-after his visit to the front, described as ‘the amenities of warfare.’
-For these, too, were a part of the day’s work, just as the hours of
-recreation are a part of a schoolboy’s day.</p>
-
-<p>The following are the relevant dates and facts:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="hanging">July 28th. Divisional Baths opened at Steenje.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Aug. 5th. Divisional Armourer’s Shop opened at Steenje.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Aug. 22nd. ‘The Tykes’ Entertainment Troupe gave their
-opening performance at Peselhœk, near Poperinghe.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Aug. 23rd. Divisional Technical School of Instruction opened
-near Hospital Farm.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Sept. 10th. Divisional Farrier’s Shop opened.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Sept. 15th. Divisional Band’s first performance.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Oct. 11th. Divisional Horse Show held.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Oct. 15th. Divisional Grocery, Canteen and Coffee Bar opened.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_65"></a>[65]</span></p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Nov. 9th. Divisional Shop for repair of Gum Boots opened.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Dec. 6th. Divisional Tailor’s Shop opened.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">There was also the Divisional Dump, where 6,000 rifles, for example,
-were salvaged in four months; and, more definitely among amenities,
-there was the <i>Buzzer</i>, published as the organ of the Divisional Signal
-Company, which enjoyed a wide circulation and scattered enjoyment
-as it circulated.</p>
-
-<p>The gracious visit of His Majesty the King on October 27th,
-when all Arms of the 49th Division were represented at an inspection
-of contingents from the Second Army, belongs to a different category,
-but it is gratifying to recall His Majesty’s comment to General Perceval
-on the appearance and bearing of his men.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp48" id="illus10" style="max-width: 28.125em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus10.jpg" alt="">
-  <table>
-    <tr>
-      <td><p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Lt.-Gen. Sir W. P. Braithwaite</span>,
-  <span class="allsmcap">K.C.B.</span></p></td>
-      <td><p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Maj.-Gen. E. M.
-  Perceval</span>, <span class="allsmcap">C.B.</span></p></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td><p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Maj.-Gen. Sir R. D. Whigham</span>,
-  <span class="allsmcap">K.C.B.</span></p></td>
-      <td><p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Maj.-Gen. N. J.
-  G. Cameron</span>, <span class="allsmcap">C.B., C.M.G.</span></p></td>
-    </tr>
-    <tr>
-      <td colspan="2"><p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Maj.-Gen. Sir J. K. Trotter</span>, <span class="allsmcap">K.C.B., C.M.G.</span></p></td>
-    </tr>
-  </table>
-</div>
-
-<p>Plainly, the items in the above list owe their invention and
-inclusion to a common aim at recreation. This aim might be simple
-and direct, as in the construction of a Dump for restoring derelict
-war material; it might be a little less direct, as in the foundation of
-the Baths<a id="FNanchor_39" href="#Footnote_39" class="fnanchor">[39]</a>, which served partly for refreshment, and partly, taken
-in connection with their laundry, drying-sheds, etc., for the prevention
-of ‘trench feet’ and kindred ills; it might be purely recreative, again,
-as in the programmes of the <i>Buzzer</i> and ‘The Tykes’; or it might
-be recreative-utilitarian, in the Gladstonian sense of a change of
-occupation, as in the establishment of workshops and schools; and,
-in referring to any of these aspects, we should always keep clearly
-in mind the sharp contrast which they presented to the constant experience
-in the trenches, to and from which the men went and came.</p>
-
-<p>Consider, first, this question of ‘trench-feet.’ It was the fate
-of the 49th Division to occupy during this winter the most water-logged
-trenches of the line. They were ‘permanently flooded,’ as
-General Perceval said. Yet he had the satisfaction of reporting that
-the number of cases of ‘trench-feet’ was among the lowest in any
-Division. The total number was 760; the average number was six
-a day. We have to add this feature to the day’s work, but, with it,
-we add the measures that were taken to counteract the evil. Not
-merely the three or four pairs of socks which each man took with him
-into the trenches, the arrangements for washing and drying them,
-and the provision of anti-frostbite grease and oil; but also the care
-of the inner man; soup-kitchens, hot cocoa and chocolate, supplies
-of Oxo and pea-soup, and the stress laid by the Divisional Commander
-on the importance of keeping the men’s vitality high. Nor should
-the gifts of the Association at home be forgotten in this context; they
-sent the portable bath-house with oil-pumping engine and piping
-complete; they sent 5,000 tins of ‘Tinned Heat’ (which sounds like
-an import straight from Hades); 10,000 small tins for anti-frostbite
-grease, 15,000 small cans for whale-oil, 4,885 short gum-boots, 722<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_66"></a>[66]</span>
-thigh gum-boots, 7,000 mittens, 9,300 socks, oilskin-jackets, oilskins
-and sou’-westers, besides other contributions in kind. There were
-still six cases every day, but the day’s work was mollified by these
-means.</p>
-
-<p>Another gift which reached the Division from the West Riding
-Association was the furniture and accessories for the theatre of ‘The
-Tykes.’ This capable troupe of entertainers had begun in a very
-modest way on improvised platforms in the open air. Perhaps they
-did not know, or were indifferent to the fact, that European drama,
-consummated in Shakespeare, had precisely similar beginnings.
-Though ‘The Tykes’ did not produce a Shakespeare, they hardly fell
-short of his success in the pleasure which they afforded to their own
-audiences. Historically, they were fourth on the list of Divisional
-Concert Parties, and it was on Christmas Day, 1915, that they definitely
-started on their career as a theatrical company. In January, 1916,
-and again in the December of that year, they went home to the West
-Riding, where they played at the Empire Palace, Leeds, the Opera
-House, Harrogate, and the Empire Palace, Sheffield, exhibiting to
-enthusiastic houses the simple joys of the men at the front. They
-performed in all in about fifty places, in improvised barns or converted
-stables, or very rarely in genuine halls, and they had the honour
-to be the first company to appear on the boards at Arras and Cambrai
-after their capture in 1918. Even more impressive and gratifying is
-the fact that over 80,000 francs was handed by ‘The Tykes’ to the
-Institutes’ of the Division between 1916 and 1919, for the provision of
-additional comforts, sports, etc., to its units. The original ‘Tyke’
-was Lieut. J. P. Barker, A.S.C., who was evacuated sick to England
-in September, 1918. He really started and made them, and, if other
-names may be mentioned, we would refer to Lance-Cpl. A. Coates,
-of the Army Service Corps, and Pte. H. Marsden, formerly R.E., of
-the 243rd Employment Company, who were members of the troupe
-right through from August 22nd, 1915, to February 2nd, 1919. A
-Divisional cinema, we may add, was established in March, 1917, and,
-after narrowly escaping destruction in the German advance at Berthen,
-April 9th, 1918, it survived to hand over a profit of 27,900 francs for
-the worthy objects of the Institutes’ Fund.</p>
-
-<p>Turning next to the facilities for education which were gradually
-developed in this period, we note the technical character of the instruction
-provided. Thus, a Drainage Section was organized in the
-Ypres Salient, which laid down nearly 9,000 yards of main and subsidiary
-drains, with valuable results in the trenches. Mining Sections
-were also formed to help Tunnelling Companies, and did excellent
-work while they lasted. A Divisional Gas School gave lessons in the
-use and care of anti-gas appliances, and doubtless contributed to keep
-down the list of casualties on December 19th. There were always
-Ambulance courses, and local opportunities for instruction in Sniping,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_67"></a>[67]</span>
-Scouting, Signalling, Bombing and other special branches. The
-Divisional Technical School taught the use of Trench Warfare appliances,
-keeping parties of newly-arrived troops for twenty-four hours in
-mimic trenches, with the enemy trenches opposite also faithfully
-reproduced; and a Divisional Training School was established to give
-both practical and theoretical instruction to junior Officers and N.C.O.’s
-of Infantry.</p>
-
-<p>The workshops of the Royal Engineers turned out a quantity of
-stuff which was really remarkable in the circumstances. All the
-made-up material for use in the trenches was prepared there, as well
-as the work in connection with the accommodation of men in the
-Rest Area. When we read of one and three-quarter million sandbags,
-or of fifteen miles of road maintained and drained by civilian labour
-under the supervision of the R.E., or of seventeen bridges kept up and
-seven constructed by this Arm, or of four thousand tons of bricks
-drawn from ruined houses for horse-standings, or of thirty miles of
-trench-gridding<a id="FNanchor_40" href="#Footnote_40" class="fnanchor">[40]</a> laid and fifteen miles of trenches maintained, we are
-able to form some idea of the unremitting toil and admirable skill
-displayed by the Divisional Engineers.</p>
-
-<p>Reference, too, should be made to the fact that the grave defects
-in Field Artillery, which that Arm of the Division was so well aware of,
-and which it so particularly and gallantly endured, were to some extent
-corrected by the issue on October 29th of 18-pounder Quick-Firer
-Field Guns, instead of the existing 15-pounders, and on January 30th
-in the next year of 4.5-inch Howitzers instead of the 5-inch
-Howitzers in possession.</p>
-
-<p>One more item of statistics may be mentioned. In a year’s
-constant journeys on bad roads for long distances, amounting in all
-to a total mileage of 900,000 miles, no lorry had to be replaced: an
-extremely creditable record for the Divisional Supply Column.</p>
-
-<p>But these details are carrying us too far. Our purpose in the
-present chapter has been to preserve an impression of the daily experience
-of the 49th Division from the end of June to the end of December,
-1915. The same things happened every day, though they might
-happen with a difference. The day was fine, or the day was wet;
-the patrol got back, or the patrol was wounded; a shell exploded,
-or a shell fell ‘dud’; distinguished conduct found a grave, or distinguished
-conduct won a medal: but always it was relieving or being
-relieved, throughout this long tour of duty under the exhausting conditions
-of the Ypres Salient. We have sought to illustrate the life
-by selecting certain days for description, and we have sought, too, to
-set off that description by an account, however inadequate, of the other
-side of the picture: of the means provided from home or improvised
-on the spot, and alike approved by the Divisional Commander, to
-bring touches of warmth and colour into the chilling monotony of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_68"></a>[68]</span>
-trench-warfare. How far such aim has been accomplished, even
-how far it is capable of accomplishment at this distance from 1915
-and the bank of the Yser Canal, where the general gloom of the outlook
-was almost as difficult to banish as the mud on the physical horizon,
-cannot be predicated with any certainty. What is clear to the present
-writer, however, and what he should have made clear to his readers,
-is that no opportunity was let go of doing a full day’s work every day.
-They all pulled together all the time. The result was that, though the
-long strain told on the physique of the Division, it did not tell on their
-spirits or their resolution, and, inasmuch as their appointed day’s work
-was essential to the conduct of the war, and to the maintenance of
-equilibrium on the Western front, the 49th (West Riding) Division
-deserved well of their King and country in the last six months of the
-year 1915.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus11" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus11.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">Tower of the Cloth Hall Ypres</p>
-</div>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_69"></a>[69]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_VI"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER VI</span><br>
-SERVING IN RESERVE</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The intensive training of a 2nd Line Division, which was to take a
-conspicuous part in the battles of 1917 and 1918, is the subject of the
-present chapter.</p>
-
-<p>The military confusion at home during the period prior to the
-passing of the first National Service Act, and prolonged to some extent
-through 1916, though it never affected the keenness and enthusiasm
-of the 2nd Line troops themselves, has yet to be taken into account
-in any impression which may be given of the conditions under which
-training was carried out. Reference to this factor will be found in
-the Memorandum on the Territorial Force written by General Bethune
-at the War Office, of which mention has been made before.<a id="FNanchor_41" href="#Footnote_41" class="fnanchor">[41]</a> The then
-Director-General remarked: ‘Great difficulty was experienced in
-training, as, with so many new Armies to be formed, the majority of
-capable instructors went to them, and our 2nd Line Territorial Force
-had to train themselves as best they could. The result,’ he added,
-‘was extraordinarily good and surprised anyone who had anything
-to do with it.’ We shall reach the element of surprise in due course.
-Here, for the moment, we are concerned with the ‘great difficulty’
-which was encountered, and more particularly with those aspects
-of the difficulty which lay outside the cognizance of the Territorial
-Force personnel, or, at any rate, outside their control.</p>
-
-<p>Let us go back to first principles. The idea of a voluntary Army,
-despite the wastage of war and the unequal distribution of patriotic
-sentiment, or of the capacity to respond to it, was still, late in 1914,
-a sacred article of British faith. Another accepted article, if not of
-faith, at least of British practice, was the enlistment of that
-voluntary Army on a County basis. This procedure, which was
-laid down in Section IX. (I.) (a) of the Territorial and Reserve
-Forces Act, followed a similar provision in the Militia Act of 1882,
-and, tracing it back to that source, we discover that its primary
-cause was ‘to estimate the extent of the County’s liability in the
-event of the ballot being enforced.’<a id="FNanchor_42" href="#Footnote_42" class="fnanchor">[42]</a> The tradition survived the
-ballot, and the rule of County enlistment was incorporated, as we have
-seen, in the organization of the Territorial Force. This rule worked
-well enough in peace-time, and might conceivably have continued to
-work well if it had been the only rule to be applied when war broke
-out on a scale not dreamed of by the authors of the Act of 1907.<a id="FNanchor_43" href="#Footnote_43" class="fnanchor">[43]</a> But,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_70"></a>[70]</span>
-historically speaking, and without attempting to judge the issue, it
-was decided very early in the war to vary that rule, and to raise recruits
-for the new Armies on a system which crossed the method handed
-down to the Territorial Force by the old Militia and Volunteers.
-The Counties were reaped of their best men by a Secretary of State
-who knew not Lord Haldane. The first hundred thousand disappeared
-into the vast abyss of war from every town and village in the country.
-Members of Parliament came down to recruit for Kitchener’s Army,
-and forgot, or were not reminded by the Mayor, of the claims of
-Haldane’s Force. Bonds of brotherhood in arms, by trades, professions,
-even by height or religion (<i>e.g.</i>, ‘Bantams,’ ‘Jewish’ Regiment,
-etc.) drove their wedges through the County bond; and under
-these new and distracting conditions, the old rule of enlistment by
-Counties became to a large extent a pious memory of peace, and enlistment
-by hook and crook, by picture-posters, white feathers, and worse
-devices, became the feverish rule of war.</p>
-
-<p>This was the 2nd Line problem viewed through the spectacles of
-Territorial Force County Associations. The men themselves did
-not see it from the same angle. Their great desire, with insignificant
-exceptions, was to prepare themselves for service overseas with the
-utmost possible expedition. In their camps or billets or drill-halls,
-they were probably as unconscious of as they were indifferent to the
-serious administrative difficulties created for their County chiefs
-by the constant changes of policy on the part of the Army Council.
-Nor is the Army Council unduly to be blamed. The pace of the war
-itself was quicker than anyone had anticipated, and social and industrial
-conditions at home did not readily adapt themselves to its imperious
-needs. If we refer to these forgotten problems, out of which the successive
-National Service Acts were forged, as a partial solution, we shall
-be understood to refer to them solely in explanation of the ‘great
-difficulty’ which was experienced, and not in the least in derogation
-of the great zeal with which that difficulty was surmounted to the
-‘surprise’ of everyone concerned.</p>
-
-<p>We have further authority as to the difficulties. In a Memorandum
-kindly prepared by Major-General Sir James K. Trotter, K.C.B.,
-who was appointed to command the West Riding 2nd Line Division<a id="FNanchor_44" href="#Footnote_44" class="fnanchor">[44]</a>
-in February, 1915, he writes as follows of the early days of his Command:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The difficulties affecting training were at this stage very
-serious. The troops were not all provided with uniform. They
-were without equipment; the Infantry had no arms, except a
-few d.p. rifles; the Artillery no guns; the Mounted Troops,
-Artillery and Engineers no horses, and the Transport nothing
-but a few hired carts. But the want most sorely felt was that of
-the young, active, trained N.C.O. to instruct and to give life to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_71"></a>[71]</span>
-the movements of the young soldiers. Competent instructors
-were not to be had. Every available N.C.O. was taken up by
-the 1st Line Territorials and the New Service Army units, and
-this Division was at this time left to its own very limited resources.
-The Regimental Officers were in the main new and untrained,
-and though the Command Schools of Instruction gave short
-courses to as many as possible, it was very remarkable to observe
-the time necessary to convert the raw recruit into a trained soldier
-under these conditions.... What was lacking was the atmosphere.
-Nevertheless, some real progress in elementary training
-was made in the early Spring (1915), and some young officers
-displayed considerable energy and initiative.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Lack of atmosphere is the burden of this complaint, and a brief
-map of the conflicting winds which were blown across the path of
-Territorial Force organization may account, in part, at least, for these
-disturbed atmospheric conditions. Summarily, the war policy of
-the Army Council in regard to the Territorial Force may be marked
-by the following five steps: (1) They decided to raise Reserve or 2nd
-Line units behind the Imperial Service Units of the original or 1st
-Line. The practical distinction between the two was based on their
-state of preparedness to fulfil the overseas obligation. Thus, the distinction
-was always fluid. It varied, that is to say, according to the
-degree of training reached by the individual personnel, and there
-were always frequent exchanges between the 2nd and 1st Lines. The
-only constant element in the Reserve units were the men, who, owing
-to age or health or other conditions, would never be fit for Imperial
-Service. Divisional and other military organization was the same in
-both Lines, but the 1st was composed of Officers and other Ranks
-ready for service abroad, the 2nd was composed partly of surplus
-Imperial Service personnel, partly of troops prepared, so far, only
-up to Home Service, which still formed the statutory function of the
-Territorial Force. (2) The next stage occurred when the 1st Line
-units went overseas. Then a 3rd Line, or 2nd Reserve, was authorized
-for formation, behind the Home Service units composed partly, as we
-have seen, of men ready, in a military sense, to go overseas, and this
-3rd Line was presently constituted into a series of (3) Draft-producing
-Depots, with establishments varying from time to time according as
-their corresponding 1st Line units were stationed at home, or on garrison
-duty abroad, or with an Expeditionary Force. A little later (4) steps
-were taken to weed out the Home Service personnel still remaining
-with the 2nd Line units and to distribute them into newly-constituted
-Home Service units, and finally (5) the National Reservists were formed
-into Supernumerary Territorial Force Companies, with a fixed establishment
-of about 120 all Ranks, for the protection of Lines of Communication
-and Vulnerable Points at home. To complete a brief
-account of a long process which was not worked out with a very clever<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_72"></a>[72]</span>
-perception of its intention from the start, we may add that these Supernumerary
-Companies were transformed by Royal Warrant, in 1916,
-into the Royal Defence Corps, when they passed out of the County
-administration. But all through 1915 the position was extraordinarily
-complex from an administrative point of view. Territorial Force
-Associations were responsible for maintaining their 1st Line units
-overseas, their 2nd Line units at home, their 3rd Line Draft-producing
-Depots, their Provisional Home Service units and their Supernumerary
-Territorial Force Companies.</p>
-
-<p>In justice to the West Riding Association, which was hard put to
-it to keep an even keel in this welter of conflicting currents, we may
-examine the policy which they pursued, in somewhat more detail.
-From the first they declined to be hustled. As early as October, 1914,
-the Chairman, Lord Scarbrough, remarked in his Quarterly Report
-to members of the Association, that ‘In consequence of the great
-difficulty of obtaining supplies of clothing, boots, necessaries, etc.,
-and the lack of Officers and qualified Instructors, it was considered
-best not to push recruiting for the Reserve units, but to endeavour to
-raise them very gradually as Instructors and clothing and equipment
-could be provided. By so doing,’ he pointed out, ‘the efficiency of
-these units is not likely to be retarded, and the waste of time and discouragement
-entailed by collecting large numbers of men without
-Officers, Instructors, arms, uniform, boots, or any provision for their
-well-being, has been to a large extent avoided.’ But his policy,
-however sound at the outset, could not be indefinitely maintained.
-The time came, and it came more quickly than some even of the shrewdest
-of observers had foreseen, when the Reserve, or 2nd Line, units
-had to be allowed to recruit up to full establishment, despite those
-deficiencies in equipment which so seriously embarrassed their
-Commanding Officers, in the urgent work of training them for service
-overseas. So the ‘large numbers’ continued to come forward, and
-might not be refused. As early as November, 1914, for example,
-the 2/6th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment had a strength
-of over 1,400, and this splendid record was not unique in the 2nd
-Line Division. The real problem faced by General Trotter in the
-Spring of 1915 was not shortness of numbers, though this, too, became
-a source of some anxiety at County Headquarters, when the new
-Armies were competing with the Territorial Force; it was still less
-lack of keenness for foreign service, but it was always the old problem
-of Israel in Egypt—how to make bricks without straw. We quoted
-just now the General’s own account of the problems which he had to
-face in this regard. We may quote here his further account, by no
-means too rosy in certain aspects, of the progress in elementary training
-which was made in the early Spring of 1915. It will be remembered
-that the 1/1st West Riding (49th) Division went abroad in the middle
-of April. The 62nd Division was then appointed to take over its<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_73"></a>[73]</span>
-duties. The Infantry, it is reassuring to find, were now in possession
-of rifles, which had been obtained from Japan, and the Artillery,
-about the same time, received an armament of French guns, made in
-1878, and ‘evidently discarded,’ writes General Trotter, ‘for many
-years. The tangent scales were graduated in metres, and the shells
-were provided with a graduated time-fuze. But no one could be found
-to connect the graduation with the range scales, and no book of instructions
-existed.... No ammunition was available for practice,
-and the whole time this weapon was in the hands of the Artillery, <i>i.e.</i>,
-till December, 1915, it was only used for training purposes, and then
-only to a limited extent, the breech action and sights being of obsolete
-pattern. If,’ adds the General, ‘the Artillery had, according to the
-plans in force, been called upon to take part in the defence of the
-coast, the casualties it would have caused would have been at the breech-end
-of the guns’. There were other interruptions to training, as seen
-from a Commanding Officer’s point of view. The competition in
-recruiting, to which so frequent reference is necessarily made at this
-period, produced, in places, almost humorous results. Thus, a
-Divisional Commander of the Territorial Force units would be pressed
-in some places by the local authorities to supply bands for recruiting-meetings
-held for the purpose of enlisting men in units of the New
-Armies. Again, industrial conditions created unforeseen anomalies.
-It often happened that the first men to enlist were the key-men in their
-respective factories, and these men, after having been put through a
-course of military training, and having become efficient soldiers in the
-comparatively shorter time corresponding to their superior capacity,
-had eventually to be returned to the works from which they came, or
-to other works engaged in producing war-materials. Another increasing
-source of embarrassment to the Divisional Commander and his
-subordinate Officers lay in the calls which were made on the 62nd
-Division, during 1915, to supply drafts for service overseas. Even
-the extraction from 2nd Line units of the men fit only for Home
-Service upset the composition of those units, and interrupted the
-continuity of training and the growth of an <i>esprit de corps</i>. Take,
-merely as an example, the experience of the 2/8th Battalion of the
-West Yorkshire Regiment. On March 8th, 1915, ten of their men
-were drafted to the 1/8th. Sundry other exchanges of personnel
-between the 2/8th and 1/8th, before the latter went to France, in April,
-resulted in a numerical loss to the unit remaining at home. On May
-17th, 4 Officers and 188 other Ranks were transferred to the 26th
-Provisional Battalion for coast defence, and were followed at subsequent
-dates by a further 17 men. On August 15th, 54 men went out
-to the 1/8th Battalion. On the 27th came the gratifying news that
-Lieut. E. F. Wilkinson, formerly of the 2/8th Battalion, had been
-awarded the Military Cross in France: <i>sic vos, non vobis</i>. In October,
-orders arrived that the Battalion was to be reduced to 600 all ranks,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_74"></a>[74]</span>
-that unfit men were to be posted to the 26th Provisional Battalion, and
-the remaining surplus over the new establishment, to the 3/8th Battalion
-West Yorkshires. It is obvious that changes of this kind, which
-may be paralleled in any other unit, were no light drawback. The
-success of the training of the Division during the period, May to
-October, 1915, when it was in camp in Sherwood Forest, might have
-been even more seriously affected except for the loyal co-operation of
-Officers, N.C.O.s and men in carrying out the programmes arranged
-for them. They were moved by an increasing resolve to prepare
-themselves for the call for embarkation, the hope of which, though
-renewed from time to time, seemed always so slow to materialize.<a id="FNanchor_45" href="#Footnote_45" class="fnanchor">[45]</a>
-Meanwhile, work was carried on with this object always in view.
-Particular attention was devoted to the duties of the Platoon Officers
-and Company Commanders, and General Trotter bears witness that
-‘during the summer and autumn months, the Division made remarkable
-progress in training, administrative work and discipline.’ In
-October, they left their encampments, and were stationed, at the end
-of November, in the Northern Command, with Headquarters at
-Newcastle-on-Tyne, where the Brigades were allotted to the Tyne
-defences, and the units were occupied in making and improving the
-trenches. About this time the Artillery at last had received a serviceable
-weapon; 18-pounder, breech-loader guns were issued to three
-Brigades, and 5″ Howitzers to the fourth. In December, news arrived
-that the Division had been selected as the first of the 2nd Line Territorials
-Divisions for service in France, and orders were issued to move
-to Salisbury Plain. Sir James Trotter, whose organizing ability had
-so well and truly laid the foundations of the military efficiency of the
-Division, was succeeded in its Command, on December 24th, by
-Major-General Walter Braithwaite, C.B.,<a id="FNanchor_46" href="#Footnote_46" class="fnanchor">[46]</a> who took over the Division
-at Newcastle.</p>
-
-<p>It is interesting to dovetail the accounts of the retiring and succeeding
-Divisional Commanders. General Braithwaite notes that
-‘the Battalions were commanded mostly by Territorial Force Officers
-of a certain age and standing, with personal knowledge of the men in
-their units, and with experience, in many cases, of Territorial Force
-conditions as they existed before the war, but, naturally, with no
-experience of war as it was being waged. The material was excellent,
-and all that was lacking was to adapt it to the conditions obtaining at
-the Front.’ Accordingly, at Lark Hill Camp on Salisbury Plain,
-where the Division arrived in January, 1916, application was at once
-made to the War Office for men with fighting experience to fill posts
-on the Divisional Staff, and for the appointment of Brigade Majors<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_75"></a>[75]</span>
-of the Infantry Brigades in order to set to work to make the Division
-completely war-worthy. The response was prompt and satisfactory,
-and perhaps the most satisfactory feature from the Divisional Commander’s
-point of view was the loyal readiness of individual Officers
-who felt themselves and were too old for the strain of active service
-to make way for younger men, who had either been wounded or
-invalided from France. An ideal General Staff Officer, 1st Grade,
-was found in Lieut.-Colonel the Hon A. G. A. Hore-Ruthven, V.C.
-Lieut.-Colonel R. M. Foot, to the great benefit of the Division, was
-appointed Q.M.G.; Brig.-General A. T. Anderson arrived from
-France to take command of the Divisional Artillery, with Capt. W. J.
-Lindsell as his Brigade Major, and these Officers, with Lieut.-Colonel
-Gillam in command of the Royal Engineers, made, we are assured,
-‘an excellent beginning.’ Mention is also due to the arrival at this
-date of the Rev. C. M. Chavasse as S.C.F., and we may add here
-that he served with the 62nd Division for the whole period of its
-active service, with the exception of a very short time when he was
-promoted to be Senior Chaplain of the Corps. The Brigadiers of
-the 185th, 186th and 187th Infantry Brigades, respectively, who were
-also appointed about this time, were Generals V. W. de Falbe, who
-had commanded a Battalion in France; F. F. Hill, who had been
-invalided from Gallipoli, and R. O’B. Taylor, who happened to be
-home from leave in Egypt, and who had also been in Gallipoli. These
-arrivals, as might be expected, added immensely to the strength of
-the Division. Its efficiency, from February onwards, increased by
-leaps and bounds, and the Division was fortunate, too, in receiving
-from time to time the latest ‘tips’ from Officers serving in or invalided
-home from France, and anxious to place their experience at the disposal
-of those about to proceed there.</p>
-
-<p>Still, it was not all smooth sailing. In May, 1916, after service
-rifles had been issued, and when training was in full swing, orders
-were suddenly received for the Division to find a draft of over 4,000
-men for France, and it looked as if the Division was to be turned into
-a mere draft-producing unit, and its fighting efficiency to be impaired
-accordingly. Happily, this order, like so many others, was cancelled.
-A further and more actual disappointment ensued a month or so later,
-when the Division was sent to the East Coast to be employed in reserve
-for the defences, with the intimation that it was likely to stay there.
-We are left to imagine the consternation of the troops, already straining
-at the leash, and the difficulty of the Divisional Commander and his
-subordinate Officers in accommodating their programmes and policy
-to these shifting counsels from above. Certainly, the East Coast was
-not as convenient for training, and did not provide the same facilities
-as were available on Salisbury Plain. The Brigades were separated
-by some distance: the Headquarters of one Brigade and the bulk
-of the Artillery being round about Bungay, another group being at<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_76"></a>[76]</span>
-Henham Hall (Lord Stradbroke), and a third at Somerleyton (Lord
-Somerleyton, formerly Sir Savile Crossley), near Lowestoft. But
-once more the prospects changed. Fresh orders presently arrived,
-stating that the Division was selected for service in France. On July
-26th, the King came down to inspect the Division prior to embarkation,
-and His Majesty expressed himself extremely satisfied with all that he
-saw.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp46" id="illus12" style="max-width: 12.5em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus12.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>Time went on, however, and no embarkation orders came. Drafts
-for Service units abroad and for Service units definitely allotted to
-home duties continued to be called for throughout this Summer and
-Autumn, and still the Division was in doubt as to its ultimate use and
-destination. Still the Divisional Pelican waited to put his foot down
-on German soil. The men now enjoyed opportunities,
-of which they gladly availed
-themselves, of working on training instructions
-which had been received direct from the front.
-Trench-digging, air-raid duty, rifle-practice
-with Charger-Loading Lee Enfields, gas-drill,
-concentration-marches, musketry and Lewis-gun
-courses, assaults-at-arms, aquatic sports,
-and other martial exercises and recreations,
-were all included in the preparation for battle.
-The whole life of the soldier in France was,
-so far as was possible, copied as faithfully as
-it could be during this strenuous period.
-Officers on light duty in England, who had been
-wounded, were sent down in batches and
-distributed among the Battalions, which were eager, as we saw above,
-to take advantage of the benefit of their experience. Young Officers,
-with a war record behind them, were appointed to command
-Battalions, Batteries and Companies. Sketches of the latest types
-of trenches were received and re-produced in practice; and, briefly,
-except for the actual atmosphere of active service, the Division became
-during these months a living organism capable of assimilating all the
-lessons which experience could teach it, and likely, with its splendid
-material, to give a good account of itself at the Front.</p>
-
-<p>And, at last, the summons arrived. In October, 1916, orders
-were received to proceed to Bedford and Wellingborough in order to
-complete the Division with all necessary stores, and to hold itself in
-readiness to go overseas. The actual order for the move was still
-postponed till the last days of December, and the final scenes may
-be quoted from the War Diary of one of the West Riding Battalions:—</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘January 4th, 1917.—Order of the Day issued by Major-General
-Braithwaite, containing farewell message from His Majesty the
-King to 62nd Division, on the eve of their departure overseas.</p>
-
-<p>‘January 4th, 1917, 9 a.m.—Farewell service of Holy Communion<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_77"></a>[77]</span>
-at St. Paul’s Church, Bedford, before proceeding on Active Service.</p>
-
-<p>‘January 11th, 1917.—Left Bedford for France. Right half
-Battalion left the Ballast Pit Sidings, Bedford, at 3-25 a.m. Left
-half Battalion left at 5 a.m.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>‘I do not think,’ writes General Sir Walter Braithwaite, at the
-conclusion of the Notes with which he has been kind enough to supply
-the present writer, ‘a more happy and contented Division, or one better
-found and equipped, ever left the shores of England, and I think it
-was as well trained as a Division could be, thanks to all the help I
-received from the Staff and Commanding Officers, and to all the kind
-friends in France, who kept us supplied with the latest training instructions.<a id="FNanchor_47" href="#Footnote_47" class="fnanchor">[47]</a>
-I cannot close this short sketch of our training period without
-alluding to the great help we received throughout the period from
-Lord Scarbrough and Brig.-General Mends. They were “father and
-mother” to the Division; made several visits to us; took endless
-trouble to help us, and, in fact, made all the rough places smooth.
-Also, I cannot but acknowledge the patriotism of those Commanding
-Officers who, feeling themselves too old for active service, made way
-for young up-to-date Commanders.’</p>
-
-<p>It will be interesting to conclude this account with a conspectus
-of the Order of Battle of the 62nd Division from February, 1917,
-when it first entered the field, during the 22 months of its brilliant
-fighting record, till February, 1919, when demobilization was in
-active course. The purpose of this information, which is arranged
-for convenience in tabular form, is to show, in the first column, the
-units which composed the Division when it first landed in France;
-in the second column, the units which joined the Division between
-that date and February, 1919; in the third column, remarks explanatory
-of the information in columns one and two; and in column four
-the names of the respective Commanding Officers at the time of the
-embarkation of the Division. It will be observed that certain Battalions
-of the 1st and 2nd Lines were amalgamated during 1918, and
-these tables should be referred to, accordingly, in cases where any
-consequent changes in nomenclature may puzzle the reader of later
-chapters.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_78"></a>[78]</span></p>
-
-<p class="center">ORDER OF BATTLE OF 62nd (WEST RIDING) DIVISION between February, 1917, and February, 1919.</p>
-
-<table class="borders max70">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Landed with Division, Jan.-Feb., 1917.</th>
-    <th>Joined Division between Feb., 1917, and Feb., 1919.</th>
-    <th>Remarks.</th>
-    <th>Commanding Officer (Jan., 1917).</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Divisional F.A.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">310th Brigade, R.F.A.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. G. R. V. Kinsman, D.S.O., R.A.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">311th Brigade, R.F.A.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Became Army Brigade early 1917.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. A. Gadie</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">312th Brigade, R.F.A.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. E. P. Bedwell, R.A.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">62nd Div. Ammunition Col.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. F. Mitchell</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">62nd T.M. Batteries</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>14th Bde. R.H.A. &amp; B.A.C.</td>
-    <td>Joined November, 1918.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Divisional Engineers.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">457th Field Company, R.E.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Major W. A. Seaman</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">460th Field Company, R.E.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Major L. St. J. Colley</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">461st Field Company, R.E.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Major E. J. Walthew</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">Signal Company.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Capt. R. V. Montgomery (Som. L.I.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">185th Infantry Brigade.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/5th West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Amalgamated with 8th W. Yorks., August, 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. J. Josselyn</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/6th West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Amalgamated with 6th W. Yorks, to 49th Div., Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. J. H. Hastings</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/7th West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Disbanded June, 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. Hon. F. S. Jackson<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_79"></a>[79]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/8th West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Amalgamated with 1/8th W. Yorks, Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. Hepworth, V.D.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">185th T.M. Battery.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>1/8th Bn. W. Yorks, from 49th Div.</td>
-    <td>Amalgamated with 2/8th W. Yorks., Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>1/5th Bn. Devon Regt.</td>
-    <td>Joined June, 1918, from Egypt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>2/20th Bn. London Regt.</td>
-    <td>Joined August, 1918, from Egypt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">186th Infantry Brigade.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/4th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. H. E. P. Nash (R. Scots)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/5th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Amalgamated with 1/5th Bn., Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. T. A. D. Best, D.S.O., (R. Innis. Fus.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/6th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>To 49th Div. for amalgamation with 1/6th, Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. J. Mackillop</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/7th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Disbanded June, 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. Clifford, D.S.O. (North. Fus.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">186th T.M. Battery</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>1/5th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td>From 49th Div. Amalgamated with 2/5th, Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>2/4th Hants. Regt.</td>
-    <td>From Egypt, June, 1918.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">187th Infantry Brigade.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/4th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. E. Hind, V.D.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_80"></a>[80]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/5th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Amalgamated with 1/5th Bn., Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. Watson (Som. L.I.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/4th Bn. Yorks. &amp; Lancs. Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. F. St. J. Blacker</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/5th Bn. Yorks. &amp; Lancs. Regt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Disbanded Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. P. Prince (Shrops. L.I.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">187th T.M. Battery</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>1/5th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.</td>
-    <td>From 49th Div. Amalgamated with 2/5th, Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Pioneer Battalion</span></td>
-    <td>9th Bn. Durham Light Inf.</td>
-    <td>From 50th Division, Feb., 1918.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Divisional Train.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">62nd Divisional Train</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. H. H. Wilberforce</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">525 Company, R.A.S.C.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Major A. P. Wright</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">526 Company, R.A.S.C.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt. S. G. Shaw</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">527 Company, R.A.S.C.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt. W. N. Roberts</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">528 Company, R.A.S.C.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Capt. H. P. Peacock</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Divisional R.A.M.C.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/1st (W.R.) Field Ambulance</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. Lister</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/2nd (W.R.) Field Ambulance</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. C. W. Eames<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_81"></a>[81]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/3rd (W.R.) Field Ambulance</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. S. Keer</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">62nd Divl. Sanitary Section</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Capt. Moss-Blundell, C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/1st Northn. Cas. Clearing Stn.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col. W. A. Wetwan</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>33rd Sanitary Section.</td>
-    <td>Joined after Armistice.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Divisional Machine Gun Bn.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>201st M.G. Company.</td>
-    <td class="br0">Joined 1917 }</td>
-    <td rowspan="4" class="valign">Formed into 62nd Bn. Machine-Gun Corps, Feb., 1918</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>208th M.G. Company.</td>
-    <td class="br0">Joined 1917 }</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>212th M.G. Company.</td>
-    <td class="br0">Joined 1917 }</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>213th M.G. Company.</td>
-    <td class="br0">Joined 1917 }</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Divisional M.T. Company.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">62nd Div. M.T. Company</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Major H. J. C. Hawkins</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Mobile Veterinary Section.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">2/1st (W.R.) Mob. Vet. Sect.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Remained throughout.</td>
-    <td>Capt. P. Abson, A.V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">Divisional Employment Co.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1"></td>
-    <td>252nd Employment Co.</td>
-    <td>Joined June, 1917, and remained throughout.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_82"></a>[82]</span></p>
-
-<p>The Staff Officers in January, 1917, were as follows:—</p>
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">G.O.C.</td>
-    <td>Major-(Lieut.-) General (Sir) W. P. Braithwaite, (K.) C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">A.D.C.</td>
-    <td>Lieut. G. H. Roberts.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">A.D.C.</td>
-    <td>Sec.-Lieut. J. C. Newman.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">G.S.O. (I.)</td>
-    <td>Lieut.-Col. Hon. A. G. A. Hore-Ruthven, V.C., D.S.O., Welsh Guards.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">G.S.O. (II.)</td>
-    <td>Major W. G. Charles, Essex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">G.S.O. (III.)</td>
-    <td>Capt. J. A. Batten Pooll, 5th Lancers.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">A.A. and Q.M.G.</td>
-    <td>Lieut.-Col. T. M. Foot, C.M.G., R.L., late R. Innis. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1 nw">D.A.A. and Q.M.G.</td>
-    <td>Major H. F. Lea, R.L., late Yorks. Regt.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">D.A.Q.M.G.</td>
-    <td>Capt. F. J. Langdon, R.L., late The King’s.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">A.D.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Col. de B. Birch, C.B., R.A.M.C. (T).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">D.A.D.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Major T. C. Lucas, R.A.M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">D.A.D.O.S.</td>
-    <td>Lieut. R. M. Holland.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">A.D.V.S.</td>
-    <td>Major F. J. Taylor.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">A.P.M.</td>
-    <td>Major G. D’Urban Rodwell.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">C.R.A.</td>
-    <td>Brig.-Gen. A. T. Anderson, R.A.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">A.D.C.</td>
-    <td>Lieut. Anderson, R.A.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">Bde. Major</td>
-    <td>Capt. W. G. Lindsell, R.A.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">S./Capt.</td>
-    <td>Capt. A. J. Elston.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">C.R.E.</td>
-    <td>Lieut.-Col. F. Gillam, R.E.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">Adjt.</td>
-    <td>Capt. G. D. Aspland.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">185th Inf. Bde.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">G.O.C.</td>
-    <td>Brig.-Gen. V. W. de Falbe, C.M.G., D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">Bde. Major</td>
-    <td>Major R. E. Power, The Buffs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">S./Capt.</td>
-    <td>Capt. W. A. C. Lloyd.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">186th Inf. Bde.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">G.O.C.</td>
-    <td>Brig.-Gen. F. F. Hill, C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">Bde. Major</td>
-    <td>Major C. A. H. Palairet, The Fusileers.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">S./Capt.</td>
-    <td>Capt. W. O. Wright.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="smcap">187th Inf. Bde.</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">G.O.C.</td>
-    <td>Brig.-Gen. R. O’B. Taylor, C.I.E.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">Bde. Major</td>
-    <td>Major R. B. Bergne, Leinster Regt.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="in1">S./Capt.</td>
-    <td>Capt. F. M. Lassetter.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_83"></a>[83]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_VII"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER VII</span></h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<h4>I.—PREPARATIONS ON THE SOMME</h4>
-
-<p>We return from the 62nd Division in England to the 49th in
-France, in the same year, 1916. The battles of the Somme were fought
-mid the pleasant, folded hills of Picardy, where the Sussex Weald
-almost seems to have crossed the Channel into France, and Spring
-renews every year the glad tokens of that poets’ May, when the sons of
-Champagne and Picardy, between the valleys of the Marne and the
-Somme, made France splendid in history as the mother of fable and
-romance: classic soil, a French writer tells us, ‘entre Orléans, Rouen,
-Arras et Troyes, en pleine terre française, champenoise et picarde,
-dans toutes ces bonnes villes et villages.’<a id="FNanchor_48" href="#Footnote_48" class="fnanchor">[48]</a></p>
-
-<p>Classic, too, in another aspect, as the scene of repeated assaults,
-in the Hundred Years’ War, and before and after, by invaders envious
-of Paris. The last and heaviest of those assaults, since Paris fell in
-1871, now occurred in 1916, between February and June, at the eastern
-gate guarded by Verdun. In 1914 and again in 1918 the invader
-pushed nearer to Paris; but neither in the first year nor in the last
-year of the War were his hammer-blows quite so destructive or his
-heart of hate quite so hot as in the middle year, 1916, when the Crown
-Prince Wilhelm of Prussia staked his army and his dynasty on the
-attempt. We are not directly concerned with all that Verdun means
-to France. Vaguely we read from the map that it is distant about a
-hundred and fifty miles from Paris, and dimly we perceive that its fall,
-like the surrender of Strasbourg and Metz, might well, if swiftly
-accomplished, have brought disaster on the capital. But what even
-an Englishman cannot realize, despite the <i>entente cordiale</i> and the
-fellowship binding the <i>entente</i>, is the intense passion of the cry of
-General Petain’s troops on the Meuse: <i>Passeront-pas</i>, they shall not
-pass. The Crown Prince threw his brave soldiery (for their valour
-is the measure of French endurance), first, against the series of forts of
-which Verdun was the citadel, next against Verdun itself, which was
-no longer an objective but a symbol, and lastly, and vainly at the last,
-against a resolve not to yield the pass, even when the force of the
-resistance had robbed the passage of all profit.</p>
-
-<p>This, briefly, is the story of Verdun in the early months of 1916.
-It is French history from start to finish. The wider vision of fuller
-knowledge is aware that there was unity of purpose even before there
-was unity of command. Sir Douglas Haig’s great Second Despatch
-contains several references to this feature: ‘The various possible
-alternatives on the Western front had been studied and discussed by
-General Joffre and myself, and we were in complete agreement as to<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_84"></a>[84]</span>
-the front to be attacked.’ ‘It was eventually agreed between General
-Joffre and myself that the combined French and British offensive
-should not be postponed beyond the end of June.’ ‘To cope with
-such a situation unity of command is usually essential, but in this case
-the cordial good feeling between the Allied Armies, and the earnest
-desire of each to assist the other, proved equally effective.’ The
-French time-table at Verdun was partly regulated in conformity with
-these counsels. Partly, too, the situation at Verdun was affected by
-movements outside France: by Russia’s successes against Austria,
-and by the Battle of Jutland on May 31st, from which the Germans
-brought back so little except damaged ships and a broken moral to
-support their loud claims to victory. But the German tidal wave at
-Verdun, whatever considerations intervene, was repelled finally by
-French bayonets and by the spirit of France behind her steel:</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-  <div class="stanza">
-    <div class="verse indent0">‘They lie like circle-strewn soaked Autumn-leaves</div>
-    <div class="verse indent0">Which stain the forest scarlet, her fair sons!</div>
-    <div class="verse indent0">And of their death her life is.’</div>
-  </div>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<p>The place and the time, as we see—The Somme valley and the
-end of June—had been agreed between General Joffre and Sir Douglas
-Haig; and, in accordance with their decisions, the three-fold object
-of which was:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="hanging">‘(i.) To relieve the pressure on Verdun,</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">(ii.) To assist our Allies in the other theatres of war by
-stopping any further transfer of German troops from
-the Western front,</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">(iii.) To wear down the strength of the forces opposed to
-us’<a id="FNanchor_49" href="#Footnote_49" class="fnanchor">[49]</a>,</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">steps were taken betimes to make the necessary, elaborate preparations.
-It will be appropriate to follow those preparations in connection with
-one or more units of the 49th (West Riding) Division, which we left,
-it will be remembered, enjoying a welcome term of rest after their tour
-of duty on the east bank of the Yser Canal.</p>
-
-<p>Take, for instance, the 7th Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment.
-We select it partly for the chance that Lt.-Col. Tetley, D.S.O.,
-then Major, 2nd in Command,<a id="FNanchor_50" href="#Footnote_50" class="fnanchor">[50]</a> kept a separate diary of the Battalion,
-which we have had the advantage of perusing, partly because, as will
-appear, the second Victoria Cross in the Division was awarded to a
-non-commissioned officer of this unit for conspicuous gallantry on the
-first day of the Somme campaign.</p>
-
-<p>The first fortnight of 1916 was spent by the Brigade<a id="FNanchor_51" href="#Footnote_51" class="fnanchor">[51]</a> at Wormhoudt,
-where, after Company training every forenoon, ‘the men had<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_85"></a>[85]</span>
-plenty of time to themselves.... The Tykes gave their entertainment
-every night.’ On January 15th, this easeful life ended,
-and a march of eight miles to Merckeghem was followed on the 16th
-by a sixteen-mile march to Zutkerque, which the men ‘stood very well.’
-On the 17th, another sixteen miles brought the Brigade as far as Calais,
-where they went into camp on a ‘sandy common, which was very like
-Strensall Common’ in Yorkshire: there is a family likeness in gorse-bushes.
-The New Year Honours of that date brought Major H. D.
-Bousfield’s D.S.O. and Captain J. D. Redmayne’s Military Cross.
-From 8-30 p.m. on February 1st till 3 a.m. on the 2nd the Brigade
-travelled by rail from Calais to Longeau, just east of Amiens, with all
-transport and baggage on board: the relief of Verdun had begun.
-About a week was spent near Amiens, where the Yorkshiremen found
-the landscape a pleasant ‘contrast to that round Poperinghe,’ and
-‘not unlike the Yorkshire wolds.’ From February 10th to 12th the
-march was resumed to Authuille, where the 5th and 7th Battalions
-were in support and the 6th and 8th in the trenches. The 7th remained
-in support for eight days. On February 20th they went into the
-trenches on the north-east edge of Thiepval Wood. On the whole,
-the trenches were good and dry, but they ran down on the left to a
-marsh made by the River Ancre, and on the right they had been
-damaged by trench-mortar fire; still, it was a change for the better
-from the Yser. Snow was falling heavily at this time, and the trench-tours
-were kept down to four or five days. After three weeks of this
-experience, the Battalion was relieved on March 5th by the 9th Inniskilling
-Fusiliers, of the 36th (Ulster) Division, and went into billets
-at Harponville. It is observed that ‘during the three weeks the
-Brigade had been in the trenches, a great deal of work was done by
-the newly appointed Intelligence Officers, and practically everything
-possible was known about No Man’s Land.’ The Intelligence
-Officer in the 7th West Yorkshires was 2/Lieut. Beale, but for old
-acquaintance’ sake, we select an example of such service, which provided
-valuable knowledge for future use, from the record of Lieut.
-E. F. Wilkinson, M.C., of the 8th Battalion of the same Regiment.
-At mid-day on February 28th he went out to certain cross-roads. Again,
-on the afternoon of March 2nd, he waded up the stream which flowed
-under a stone bridge just west of these cross-roads, and found a plank
-bridge twenty-five yards up-stream, which, judging by the marks on it,
-was regularly used by the Germans. The information which this
-officer obtained in his daylight prowlings helped to compose the map
-of No Man’s Land; and it is worth observing that a German War
-Diary (2nd Guard Reserve Division), to which we refer later on,
-acknowledges that British Officers ‘were provided with excellent maps,
-which showed every German trench systematically named, and gave
-every detail of our positions.’</p>
-
-<p>We are writing of the preparations for the Somme battles. ‘These<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_86"></a>[86]</span>
-preparations’, said Sir Douglas Haig,<a id="FNanchor_52" href="#Footnote_52" class="fnanchor">[52]</a> ‘were necessarily very elaborate
-and took considerable time. Vast stocks of ammunition and stores
-of all kinds had to be accumulated beforehand within a convenient
-distance of our front. To deal with these, many miles of new railways,
-both standard and narrow gauge, and trench tramways were laid.’
-In the Harponville period, we now read, all the Companies of the 7th
-West Yorkshires ‘were employed in working on a new railway, which
-was in course of construction from Daours to Contay.’ This work,
-assisted by good weather, ‘nearly every day being warm and sunny,’
-was finished on March 26th. On the 30th, there was an inspection
-by Lord Kitchener, who expressed his approval of the appearance
-and turn-out of the men. The 5th Battalion of the West Yorkshires,
-which was billeted in Harponville at the same time, shared in the work
-and the inspection. Day by day they were called upon for working-parties
-to construct new roads, new railways, or both; and ‘all this
-labour,’ Sir Douglas Haig reminds us, writing of the Army as a
-whole, ‘had to be carried out in addition to fighting, and to the
-everyday work of maintaining existing defences. It threw a very
-heavy strain on the troops, which was borne by them with a cheerfulness
-beyond all praise<a id="FNanchor_53" href="#Footnote_53" class="fnanchor">[53]</a>.’ Certainly no sign of lack of cheerfulness is
-revealed in the diary of any unit. ‘The men liked the change of
-work,’ we are told.</p>
-
-<p>Throughout April and May Battalions were busily engaged in
-various forms of training and fatigues. On May 29th, while in the
-billets at Vignacourt, orders were received by the 7th West Yorkshires
-to march to Aveluy Wood, just east of Martincourt, in order to provide
-working-parties to dig a buried-cable trench for the 36th (Ulster)
-Division. The move was accomplished in two days’ marches, and
-the 8th Battalion of the same Regiment joined them in Aveluy Wood
-on June 1st. The weather here was bad, the accommodation poor,
-and German shells were rained on the camp from an early hour in the
-morning on June 2nd. But the work of preparation went on apace,
-and the Battalion remained in Aveluy Wood till June 19th. Meanwhile,
-the King’s Birthday on June 3rd had brought further honours
-to the 49th Division. The Distinguished Conduct Medal awarded to a
-Company Sgt.-Major ‘for general good work and devotion to duty
-since the Battalion came to France in April, 1915,’ and the Military
-Medals awarded to a Sergeant, a Lance-Corporal and a Rifleman for
-devotion to duty on December 8th, 1915, when their Battalion, in
-front-line trenches on the Yser, was exposed to heavy shell fire, are
-typical of the record of the whole Division.</p>
-
-<p>The time of preparation was nearly over. The appointed hour
-of action was close at hand. ‘It was agreed’, we remember, between
-General Joffre and Sir Douglas Haig, ‘that the combined French and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_87"></a>[87]</span>
-British offensive should not be postponed beyond the end of June.’
-Before the curtain rises on that drama, opened punctually on July 1st,
-and on the part taken at the opening by the gallant Battalion which
-we have accompanied from Wormhoudt, we may glance more rapidly
-at the experience of other units in the Division which Major-General
-Perceval led to the Somme.</p>
-
-<p>Take the 5th Battalion, York and Lancasters. On February 3rd,
-they entrained for Longeau, marched four hours to Ailly, and reached
-Oissy by motor-’bus on the 4th. ‘Hilly country,’ they note again
-with satisfaction. Their machine-gunners were struck off strength
-to form a Machine-Gun Company under Captain Rideal. March was
-spent in railway work and training: ‘Regular hours and a fortnight’s
-rest have worked wonders with the Battalion,’ we read after a month’s
-manual labour. ‘The slackness due to nearly a year’s trench-life is
-no longer apparent, and an entirely new stock of N.C.O.’s are beginning
-to give promise for the future.’ And the future began to show more
-clearly. A whole week’s work at the end of April was ‘devoted to
-training,’ especially to an ‘attack on trenches south of Naours, which
-undoubtedly represent the German lines opposite the Authuille
-Section. The 49th Division in reserve attacks the German 3rd Line,
-the 1st and 2nd Lines already having been taken by other Divisions,
-probably of the Corps’ (we are quoting from an account of training-practice);
-and the Officer Commanding the Battalion, Lt.-Col.
-Shuttleworth Rendall, D.S.O., added with keen anticipation: ‘All
-training and the similarity of the ground seem to point to the fact that,
-at a date not far distant, the 49th Division will attack the actual 3rd
-Line of the German trenches in front of Authuille.’ It happened very
-much as Colonel Rendall foresaw; and, when we come presently to
-the actual fighting, we shall see that this gallant Officer was, unfortunately,
-severely wounded shortly after the ‘date not far distant’
-from the rehearsal which he here reports. Meanwhile, on June 26th,
-Brigade Operation Orders were received at Battalion Headquarters:
-‘the utmost secrecy still preserved. Day of attack, alluded to as Z
-day, not yet notified. On Z day at Zero hour, artillery bombardment
-will lift from German front line and attack will commence.’</p>
-
-<p>There were four X and Y days still to run. Bad weather accounted
-for a postponement from the 28th to the 30th June; and, while awaiting
-the summons to the Assembly-trenches in Aveluy Wood, we may
-follow the story of preparation in the log-book of yet another unit,
-the 4th West Riding (Duke of Wellington’s) Regiment, with which we
-first made acquaintance in Chapter II.</p>
-
-<p>On January 15th they marched from Houtkerke, where they had
-lived for a fortnight in farm-billets, to similar accommodation at
-Wormhoudt. The Battalion remained in rest: ‘Company-drill,
-bayonet-fighting, route-marching, bomb-throwing, etc., have been
-carried out, and the men appear to have greatly benefited by the change’.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_88"></a>[88]</span>
-On February 2nd came the move to Longeau, and the march through
-Amiens to Ailly, which preceded, as with other units of the Division,
-the tours in the trenches north of Authuille and the working-parties
-of March to May. Lt.-Col. (later, Brig.-General) E. G. St. Aubyn,
-D.S.O., at that time in Command of the Battalion, was allotted special
-duties at Corps Headquarters at the end of June, when Major J. Walker
-took Command. (Major E. P. Chambers had been attached since
-early in April as Claims Officer to the Division). The Birthday
-Honours included a D.S.O. for Major R. E. Sugden, two Distinguished
-Conduct Medals and a Military Medal. At 2 p.m. on the last day of
-June, the Battalion moved to Senlis, ‘to take part in operations.’</p>
-
-<p>Every unit repeated the same experience: rest and recuperation
-in January from the severe strain of the trenches on the Yser; a move
-south-south-west early in February to the hilly country about Amiens;
-trench-work and trench-warfare in the valleys of the Somme and the
-Ancre; intensive training in offensive; elaborate, tireless fatigue-duty
-in all kinds of labour behind the line: railways, tramways, causeways,
-dressing stations, magazines, water-mains, communication-, assembly-
-and assault-trenches, mining operations, and so forth; often under
-enemy fire, with the weather ‘bad, on the whole,’ and ‘the local
-accommodation totally insufficient,<a id="FNanchor_54" href="#Footnote_54" class="fnanchor">[54]</a>’ and, at last, at the end of June,
-on the agreed date, ‘to relieve the pressure on Verdun.’</p>
-
-<h4 id="CHAPTER_VII_2">II.—OPERATIONS ON THE SOMME</h4>
-
-<p>We are to remember in the first instance that the French and
-British objective was limited. In order to relieve the German pressure
-on Verdun, it was not necessary, however desirable it might be, to drive
-the enemy out of France and Belgium. Strictly speaking, he was
-never driven out; he begged an armistice for retirement; and, though
-his retreat became a rout, it falls into its place in the war-history, as
-Sir Douglas Haig indicated in his last Despatch, as the final stage of a
-gradual process, in which, compared with older battles, months and
-miles were consumed like hours and yards. A fairly clear perception
-of what was happening, albeit two years before the end, was present
-to the mind of the British Commander when he wrote his Second
-Despatch in December, 1916. There he represented the Battles of
-the Somme as a phase, or stage, in a longer battle, and the objects of
-the fighting on the Somme as subsidiary to the objects of the war.
-Accordingly, we are not to expect, as at home, and racked with acute
-anxiety, we were eager to expect at the time, that the German defeat
-on the Somme would be equivalent to an Allied victory in the war.
-Still less are we to repeat the practice, too common in 1916, of dividing
-the yards of Allied gains into the miles of territory in German occupation,
-in order to calculate a time-ratio from the quotient. Space<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_89"></a>[89]</span>
-and time were never measurable by one calculus. Even a surrender
-of space, as General Petain proved on the Meuse, and as Marshal Foch
-was to prove in 1918, might diminish instead of increasing the force
-of the enemy’s offensive. Always the war was greater than its battles,
-and always a chief object at every stage was to wear down the enemy’s
-resistance. Sir Douglas Haig, as we saw in the last chapter, was well
-aware that the Battles of the Somme had not broken the enemy’s
-strength, ‘nor is it yet possible to form an estimate of the time the war
-may last before the objects for which the Allies are fighting have been
-attained. But the Somme battle,’ he declared with conviction, ‘has
-placed beyond doubt the ability of the Allies to gain those objects.’
-This, after all, was all that mattered, and we do well to see the view
-from Olympus before descending into the valley of the Somme.</p>
-
-<p>It is the evening of June 30th, 1916. The diaries of units agree
-in their accounts of these crowded, fateful hours. The 1/7th West
-Yorkshires’ record says:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘June 30th. Battalion marched to Aveluy Wood, <i>via</i> Hedauville,
-Englebelmer and Martinsart, after dark. All transport moved to
-position south-east of Hedauville, between that village and
-Bouzincourt.</p>
-
-<p>‘Not more than 25 Officers per Battalion were allowed to go
-into action; the remainder, with a certain number of Signallers,
-Lewis Gunners and Bombers went to Bouzincourt, ready to be
-called upon when wanted.</p>
-
-<p>‘July 1st. Battalion received orders about 8 a.m. to move to
-assembly-trenches in Thiepval Wood, and all had arrived there by
-noon. There was a good deal of shelling of the assembly-trenches
-while we were getting into them, and a good many casualties were
-caused, especially among the Lewis gun teams.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">The 1/5th York and Lancasters state:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘June 30th. 11 p.m. Battalion clear of Warloy on road to
-assembly-trenches.</p>
-
-<p>‘July 1st. 3-45 a.m. Whole Battalion in assembly-trenches,
-Aveluy Wood.</p>
-
-<p>—— 6-20 a.m. Intense bombardment commenced, and lasted
-for one hour.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">The 1/6th West Yorkshires write:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘June 30th. Battalion marched to assembly-trenches in Aveluy
-Wood.</p>
-
-<p>‘July 1st. 6-30 a.m. Heavy bombardment by our artillery of
-enemy trenches. Battalion moved across the River Ancre and took
-up a position in Thiepval Wood.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">The 1/4th West Ridings’ record runs:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Battalion moved from Senlis at 11-7 p.m. (30-6-16), marching to
-assembly-trenches in Aveluy Wood, arriving about 2 a.m. (1-7-16)
-under heavy shell-fire.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_90"></a>[90]</span></p>
-
-<p>We need not multiply this evidence. We should already be able
-to imagine the quick, dark scheme of concentration, so far as the 49th
-Division was concerned, in the first stage of the Allied programme for
-the relief of the pressure on Verdun.</p>
-
-<p>At this point we may look at the map (<a href="#illus14">page 92</a>).</p>
-
-<p>We spoke on a previous page<a id="FNanchor_55" href="#Footnote_55" class="fnanchor">[55]</a> of the line drawn from Douai
-to Lens, working from east to west, on which a break-through by
-the French would have shaken the defences of Lille at the apex of a
-triangle formed with Lens and Douai at its bases. We are now to
-strike south of this line, and taking Douai as our apex to draw a second
-triangle with Arras and Bapaume at the lower angles (the further
-extension of this sketch is explained at <a href="#Page_124">page 124</a> below):</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus13" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus13.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>For the great battle for Paris or the coast, the great German
-invasion of France, which was also an attack on British sea-power,
-has shifted its centre from Ypres; and, while the Crown Prince of
-Prussia is hammering at Verdun, as the eastern gate to Paris, the
-French and British Army Commanders in the north-west of France
-have resolved to try to advance (to push the Germans further back,
-that is to say), on, roughly, a north-easterly front, looking from Amiens
-through Albert to Bapaume. This, broadly, is the key to a situation,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_91"></a>[91]</span>
-which we have been following in diminishing degrees from the big,
-strategic plans in high places to the disposition of units and individuals.
-We have watched the preparations for that advance: the
-movements of troops by rail and road; the eyes of the army in the air;
-the ears of the army underground; the elaborate collection of war-material;
-the construction of permanent ways, and so forth. We see
-now the relation in space of the campaign of 1916 to the campaign of
-1915. The tidal wave has ebbed away from Ypres, and has surged
-more furiously against Verdun; we are to change our focus, accordingly,
-from the Yser Canal to the River Somme, and from the Channel
-ports to Paris; and in this sector, narrowing our survey, as the vast
-movement unfolds into details, we are most particularly concerned
-with the straight line, laid on a Roman road, which runs south-west
-from Bapaume to Albert. It is rather more westerly in direction, and about
-half the length of the road down to Bapaume from Douai. Travelling
-along its well-laid surface from north-east to south-west, we pass
-through Le Sars, Pozières and La Boisselle, the last a little to the left
-of the line. The nodal point, or meeting-place, or starting-place, is
-the town of Albert on the Ancre, ‘a small, straggling town built of red
-brick along a knot of cross-roads at a point where the swift chalk-river
-Ancre, hardly more than a brook, is bridged and so channelled that it
-can be used for power.’<a id="FNanchor_56" href="#Footnote_56" class="fnanchor">[56]</a> Westward from Albert is Amiens; eastward
-we saw, Bapaume. Next, follow the chalk-stream of the Ancre,
-northward under Albert’s bridges, through its native banks and braes.
-For our range of vision is being contracted, and we are
-coming through Army Commanders’ plans to the men appointed
-to carry them out in their destined stations along the line. About two
-miles north of Albert on the west bank of the Ancre are the first trees
-of Aveluy Wood, where our assembly-trenches lay. Martinsart lies
-behind this Wood, Mesnil and Hamel are beyond it, Bouzincourt just
-below it to the rear. Opposite, on the east bank of the Ancre, about
-three miles to the north of Albert, lies the village of Authuille, north of
-which again is Thiepval Wood, looking backwards at Hamel and Mesnil
-on the safe, west side of the little river, and facing ‘the German line
-opposite the Authuille section,’ just as Colonel Rendall (and, doubtless,
-many others) had imagined the situation in that dress-rehearsal
-by Naours which we attended at the end of April. Thiepval village
-is on the German side of our front line.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_92"></a>[92]</span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp64" id="illus14" style="max-width: 39.0625em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus14.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">THE SOMME FRONT. BRITISH.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>So we reach by gradual delimitation, by a <i>diminuendo</i> process,
-as it were, the task allotted to Major-General Perceval, Commanding
-the 49th Division, on July 1st, 1916.<a id="FNanchor_57" href="#Footnote_57" class="fnanchor">[57]</a> ‘Z’ day has arrived at last.
-The vast plans for the relief of Verdun are now about to be set in motion.
-Home Governments have expressed their approval, and have sent the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_93"></a>[93]</span>
-munitions and the men. Due weight has been given to outside considerations
-in this war on many fronts: to the needs of Italy and Russia,
-the disappointment of Germany at sea, the inclination of the United
-States of America. From the dunes of Calais to the Picardy hills,
-north-west France has become an armed camp, with the ceaseless
-movement of the immense accumulation of animate and inanimate
-material which nearly two years’ experience has proved to be essential
-for modern warfare. All the while, as Sir Douglas Haig reminds us
-in his great Second Despatch, ‘the rôle of the other armies holding
-our defensive line ... was neither light nor unimportant.
-While required to give precedence in all respects to the Somme battle,
-they were responsible for the security of the line held by them and for
-keeping the enemy on their front constantly on the alert.’ Verily, a
-huge organization to be stated in terms of unit action and of the prowess
-of individual men. It was a long way from Sir Douglas Haig to
-Aveluy Wood: the 49th was only one of five Divisions (the 12th,
-25th, 32nd, 36th and 49th), which composed the Xth Corps of the
-Fifth Army.</p>
-
-<p>Our business lies between Authuille and Thiepval. We have
-fined down the vaster issues to the operations east of Authuille, where
-the British line bulged towards the Ancre in an ugly angle known as
-the Leipsic Salient. The fighting to which we now come is all round
-and about that Salient, between the point where the British front line
-crossed the River Ancre at Hamel to the point where it met the Albert-Bapaume
-road. If we realize that the object of this fighting was to
-straighten and push back that bulge, and so to contribute to the advance
-of the long Allied line on the Somme battlefield, we may return to the
-men who fought there in the early days of July, 1916. It is one thing
-to show on a map, on however large a scale, the increasing depth of
-the British front line at various dates after July 1st; it is another thing
-to visualize that line in the actual mud, trees, slopes, which composed
-it, and to recount the conditions day by day, under which it swayed
-forward and back, in front and beyond and across the magnificently
-fortified German trenches.</p>
-
-<p>Take the 7th West Yorkshires, for example.</p>
-
-<p>We left them at noon on July 1st in their assembly-trenches in
-Thiepval Wood. While the sun was still high in the heaven, about
-half-past five in the afternoon, Brigade orders (146th Infantry) arrived
-for the attack. The 5th and 6th Battalions of the Regiment were to
-go over the top in an attempt to capture Thiepval village, the 8th was
-detailed for support, and the 7th for reserve. Some hot hours of
-confused fighting ensued. The 7th Battalion was told off to man the
-original British front line trench, from the point where it touched the
-east bank of the Ancre to a point known as Hammerhead Gap, at the
-top of Thiepval Wood. This move was being completed with great
-difficulty, owing, mainly, to the congestion of the trenches by the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_94"></a>[94]</span>
-wounded and stragglers of the 36th (Ulster) Division, when an Officer
-of that Division, Commanding the 9th Royal Irish Rifles, made an
-earnest request for help to reinforce his men in the German lines.
-Two Companies (C and D) of the 7th West Yorkshires made their
-way to these captured trenches, leaving A and B Companies to hold
-the British front and support lines. The fall of night brought no rest
-to this unit. The 36th Division became able to hold its own, and the
-half-Battalion from the 49th was ordered to withdraw. This order
-was not easy to carry out in the darkness, weariness and general <i>mêlée</i>,
-and about forty men of C Company found themselves stranded for
-the night (July 1st-2nd) in the disagreeable hospitality of the German
-line. They were well led by a non-commissioned Officer, Corporal
-(later, Sergeant) George Sanders, who was recommended for his valuable
-work and great personal bravery by the Officers of the Royal Irish
-Rifles. Later, Sanders received the supreme decoration of the Victoria
-Cross<a id="FNanchor_58" href="#Footnote_58" class="fnanchor">[58]</a> for his gallant conduct in this action, and six of the brave men
-with him were awarded Military Medals. The whole Battalion was
-withdrawn to Aveluy Wood, and reached the assembly-trenches about
-11 o’clock on the night of July 2nd; thirty-six hours, or a little less,
-after they had assembled on the 1st. They had lost 16 killed, 144
-wounded and about 20 missing; they had gained a Victoria Cross,
-some experience, and—four days’ rest.</p>
-
-<p>Take another unit of the 49th Division: the 5th Battalion of the
-York and Lancaster Regiment, in the 148th Infantry Brigade. We
-left them proceeding to Aveluy Wood just before midnight on June
-30th. The first instalment of their story in the present action is to last
-almost exactly a week: from 1-30 p.m. on July 1st, when the Battalion
-moved out of the assembly-trenches, till 8-30 p.m. on July 8th, when
-they were relieved by the 7th West Ridings, and went into huts in
-Martinsart Wood. The story makes sad but gallant reading. They
-sustained in those seven days and nights a total of 307 casualties.
-Their Commanding Officer was wounded and missing, their Officer
-2nd in Command was killed, another Officer had died of wounds,
-thirteen more were wounded or missing. In other Ranks, 56 were
-killed and three had died of wounds; 204 were wounded and 44
-missing: a heavy toll to be extracted from one Battalion towards the
-relief of the pressure on Verdun.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_95"></a>[95]</span></p>
-
-<p>The price was paid without reckoning the cost, and we shall not
-follow in detail the experiences of this unit during that week. They
-moved first to where the British front line touched the left bank of the
-Ancre. Major Shaw took A and B Companies to the north side of
-that line; Lt.-Col. Rendall, with C and D Companies was posted on
-the south side. Captain G. A. G. Hewitt at this juncture retired to
-hospital suffering from shock. The fighting went on from hour to
-hour with very varying fortune: at one time, there seemed a possibility
-of a successful assault on St. Pierre Divion, the next village north
-of the line; at other times, the utmost efforts were required to extricate
-the wounded. On July 5th, Aveluy Wood was shelled practically for
-the first time. High explosive, shrapnel and lachrymatory shells were
-employed, and found all the assembly-trenches; captured maps and
-prisoners’ information were no doubt responsible for this disaster.
-Early in the morning of the 6th, seven officers and eighty other ranks
-went out in two bombing parties to capture a front-line trench; no
-Officer and twenty-two other Ranks returned. It was in this action
-that Lt.-Col. Rendall, D.S.O., Commanding the Battalion, had to be
-left wounded in a German dug-out, and that Major Shaw, 2nd in
-Command, was killed. The failure was due to the good German
-sniping, too heavy bombs for effective throwing, and a communication-trench
-not deep enough to pass them through. It was stubborn
-fighting, we see, and very difficult progress was made. But one
-Division in one Corps of one Army was not the whole fighting force
-which the Allies brought to the Somme, and some relief may be found
-by looking through German eyes at the results on July 1st in another
-sector. We have already referred to the War Diary for this period of
-the 55th Reserve Infantry Regiment (the 2nd Guard Reserve Division),
-which was holding the German line in front of Gommecourt six or
-seven miles north of Hamel. Their experience is no doubt typical
-of the enemy’s sufferings all along the line. Thus we read of an intense
-bombardment, ‘overwhelming all the trenches, and sweeping away
-the wire’; of the ‘thick charging waves of English infantry’; of every
-round from the English guns pitching into the trench, ‘thus rendering
-its occupation even by detached posts impossible’; of telephonic
-communication destroyed by the bombardment, so that ‘Regimental
-Headquarters were without news of the progress of events’; of the
-English ‘excellent maps,’ and the ‘most disturbing effect’ of English
-aeroplanes: and, so reading, we begin to perceive another side to the
-picture. Such records of failure and disappointment, of forlorn hopes
-and forfeited successes, as occur in the journals of our own units are
-seen in a truer perspective when the long line of battle is displayed.
-Even the rain in which some wet Yorkshiremen spent a miserable
-night (July 7th) by the roadside fell impartially on the other side of the
-road, and was duly chronicled by dripping Germans; and, when we
-are told that C and D Companies of the 6th Battalion of the West<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_96"></a>[96]</span>
-Yorkshires, who ‘went over the parapet to the attack’ at 4 p.m. on
-July 1st, had to retire to their own trenches with their Signalling
-Officer (Lieut. Dodd) killed, their Commanding Officer (Lt.-Col.
-Wade) and two other Officers wounded, we take consolation from the
-entry which follows next in the same journal: ‘Enemy reported to
-be massing opposite our front for a counter-attack, which, however,
-did not develop.’ ‘Enemy’ did not have it his own way all the time.</p>
-
-<p>Let us follow this unit a little further. During the first fortnight
-of July, step by step, and with many a step backward before two steps
-forward could be taken, German trenches in the Leipsic Salient had
-been occupied, and improved footholds had been won. Every effort
-was being made to consolidate and extend the new positions, and it
-happened on July 14th, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, that this Battalion
-(the 6th West Yorkshires) took over that portion from the 7th.
-The 7th had had a rough experience. In the early morning of July
-13th they had been attacked by German bombers, who, according to
-Colonel Tetley’s testimony, evinced ‘great bravery and disregard of
-danger.’ At one time they rushed a British trench, ‘but were bombed
-out by 2/Lieut. F. J. Baldwin and men of A Company....
-Practically all our bombers were casualties.’ The Battalion lost 15
-killed and 92 wounded in this exploit, but Major-General Perceval
-assured them that their ‘stubborn fighting had materially assisted in
-the success of the larger operation on the British front,’ and Lieut.
-Baldwin was awarded the Military Cross and two N.C.O.’s the Distinguished
-Conduct Medal.</p>
-
-<p>The night of the 14th-15th was fairly quiet. Both sides were
-attending to their wounded. But early in the morning of July 15th,
-when the 6th Battalion had relieved the 7th, the Germans returned
-to the attack, and this attempt, very pluckily repulsed, is memorable
-for the use of a weapon, new in the experience of the defenders, and
-hardly less horrible in its first effect than the surprise of poison-gas
-at Ypres. We have the advantage of a graphic description of the three
-hours’ fighting on that morning from the pen of Lieut. Meekosha, V.C.,
-who took part in it as a non-commissioned Officer.<a id="FNanchor_59" href="#Footnote_59" class="fnanchor">[59]</a> He writes:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘About 3-30 a.m. the Germans launched their dastardly
-attack with liquid fire, the only warning we received being the
-terrifying shrieks of those unfortunate sentries who came into
-contact with the flame. Then came a hail of hand grenades, a
-few of the Boches coming as far as our own parapet, hoping to
-find our men demoralized. For their pains they were each presented
-with at least one well-aimed bullet. Our men then lined the
-parapet with as much speed and ammunition as possible, and let
-the Hun have it for all they were worth. Another party of Boches,
-well stacked with bombs, had already stormed one of our saps,
-which had been blocked about half way. Our Battalion bombers<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_97"></a>[97]</span>
-were at once called out to deal with this party, and, fighting their
-way foot by foot, cleared every living Boche from the sap, a fact
-which reflected no little credit on our men, being, as they were,
-at a disadvantage from the very beginning. Our Stokes Mortar
-Battery was then set to work on the German front line, and to see
-old Fritz jump on to his own parapet, run a few yards as hard as
-he could go, and then into his own trench again (provided that he
-did not get a bullet in the attempt, our machine-guns and rifles
-being on the look out for opportunities) was the best amusement
-I had had for weeks. This went on for about three hours, during
-which time the work of our Officers and N.C.O.’s was cut out in
-stopping our men from rushing headlong into the Hun trenches
-in their eagerness to kill as many Boches as possible in as little
-time as possible. Unfortunately, a few of the good men lost their
-lives during this fighting, but we had the satisfaction of knowing
-that, for every one lost, the Hun lost at least four.</p>
-
-<p>‘Thus ended our first experience under liquid fire.</p>
-
-<p>‘After this, our boys set to and cooked for themselves the
-breakfast they so richly deserved.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>It was after this fashion that the pressure on Verdun was relieved.
-Sir Douglas Haig is quite clear on this point. He admitted that,
-‘north of the valley of the Ancre, on the left flank of our
-attack, our initial successes were not sustained’; that ‘the
-enemy’s continued resistance at Thiepval and Beaumont Hamel
-(29th Division) made it impossible to forward reinforcements
-and ammunition, and, in spite of their gallant efforts, our troops
-were forced to withdraw’; and that ‘the subsidiary attack at
-Gommecourt also forced its way into the enemy’s positions; but there
-met with such vigorous opposition that ... our troops were
-withdrawn’<a id="FNanchor_60" href="#Footnote_60" class="fnanchor">[60]</a>. These were the first day’s experiences. The succeeding
-days, as we have seen, brought certain adjustments for the better, even
-in the difficult region where General Perceval’s gallant troops had to
-fight their troublesome way up slopes of mud from the valley of the
-Ancre to the deeply fortified positions which the Germans held with
-machine-guns, rifles and liquid flame. But they did not bring conspicuous
-success. They were not expected to bring it, as a fact.
-As we have looked at the fighting at close quarters, so we are to look
-at the results through Command spectacles. The Battle of the Somme
-was not won, nor was it intended to be won, between Thiepval village
-and Authuille, where the Leipsic Salient bulged inwards. ‘The
-British main front of attack,’ we are told in the same Despatch, ‘extended
-from Maricourt on our right, round the Salient at Fricourt,
-to the Ancre in front of St. Pierre Divion’; that is, from the bank of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_98"></a>[98]</span>
-the River Somme to the Albert-Bapaume road and north of it. But
-‘to assist this main attack by holding the enemy’s reserves and occupying
-his Artillery’ (not, note, by capturing his defences), ‘the enemy’s
-trenches north of the Ancre, as far as Serre inclusive, were to be assaulted
-simultaneously’; and, further north, ‘a subsidiary attack’ was to be
-made at Gommecourt. So clear did this distinction become in the
-early stages of the battle, and so plain was the dividing line between
-the holding and the pushing forces, that Sir Douglas Haig decided to
-separate the Commands: ‘In order that General Sir Henry Rawlinson
-might be left free to concentrate his attention on the portion of the front
-where the attack was to be pushed home, I also decided to place the
-operations against the front, La Boisselle to Serre, under the command
-of General Sir Hubert de la P. Gough.... My
-instructions to Sir Hubert Gough were that his Army was to maintain
-a steady pressure on the front from La Boisselle to the Serre Road, and
-to act as a pivot, on which our line could swing as our attacks on his
-right made progress towards the north.’ Moreover, ‘our attacks on
-his right’ (Sir Henry Rawlinson’s on Sir Hubert Gough’s) must be
-associated, in a larger survey, with the simultaneous French attacks
-under their own Command. Accordingly, it is wholly just to say that
-the containing action of the 49th Division, when the first impetus of
-the units had been checked, developed exactly according to plan, in a
-military phrase rendered famous by another Army. Up to July 7th,
-the enemy’s forces north of La Boisselle ‘were kept constantly engaged,
-and our holding in the Leipsic Salient was gradually increased’;
-and, after July 7th, as the Commander-in-Chief wrote, ‘the enemy
-in and about Ovillers had been pressed relentlessly, and gradually
-driven back by incessant bombing attacks and local assaults,<a id="FNanchor_61" href="#Footnote_61" class="fnanchor">[61]</a>’ among
-which, one among many, may be mentioned a very gallant night attack
-by the 8th West Yorks. Thus, Sir Douglas Haig’s view from Olympus
-informs the Battalion records, and we shall see in the further course
-of the Somme battle how fully his instructions were observed till the
-time came to swing round on Sir Hubert Gough’s pivot.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_99"></a>[99]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_VIII"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER VIII</span></h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<h4>I.—OPERATIONS ON THE SOMME—(<i>Continued</i>).</h4>
-
-<p>It is not seemly to be too modest about the Somme, nor to insist
-over-much upon the limitation of the Allied objective. We know that
-it was not intended to drive the Germans out of France; at least, not in
-1916. As a fact, in the Spring of 1917 there was a big German retirement,
-which was only voluntary in the sense that the enemy bowed to
-necessity before necessity broke him, and again, in the Autumn of 1918,
-there was another big German retreat, which brought the war to an
-end. They take a short view who fail to see the direct and intimate
-connection between the campaign of 1916 and the decisive results
-in the following two years. The British Commander, while the
-future was still veiled, had no illusions on this point. Wielding, like
-the Castilian knight of old, ‘now the pen and now the sword,’ Sir
-Douglas Haig, when he indited his great Despatch on December 29th,
-1916, stated without reserve, that:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘Verdun had been relieved; the main German forces had been
-held on the Western front; and the enemy’s strength had been
-very considerably worn down. Any one of these results is in
-itself sufficient,’ he avowed, ‘to justify the Somme battle. The
-attainment of all three of them affords ample compensation for
-the splendid efforts of our troops and for the sacrifices made by
-ourselves and our Allies. They have brought us a long step
-forward towards the final victory of the Allied cause.<a id="FNanchor_62" href="#Footnote_62" class="fnanchor">[62]</a>’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>‘A long step forward,’ not necessarily in the eyes of the old men
-and children who stuck pins in their wall-maps at home; and yet not
-a short step either, even when measured by this exacting standard.
-Let us look at the map once more and stick in some imaginary
-pins on our own account. First, take the straight, white road
-from Albert to Bapaume, and divide it into eleven equal parts,
-representing its length of, approximately, eleven miles. Just before
-the second milestone (or mile-pin) from Albert, mark the point where
-the Allied line crossed the road on July 1st, 1916, and just beyond
-the eight milestone mark the point where the Allied line crossed the
-road on December 31st. They had devoured (or ‘nibbled’ was
-the word) six miles in six months, including the villages of Pozières
-and Le Sars, and were less than three miles distant from Bapaume.
-Next, observe the effect of this protrusion on the reach, or embrace,
-of the Allied arms. Take the Ancre and the Somme as frontiers,
-and prick out from the point by the second milestone a line running<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_100"></a>[100]</span>
-northwards to the left of Thiepval and across the Ancre to Beaumont-Hamel,
-and southwards to the left of Fricourt and Mametz, then to
-the right of Maricourt, then left of Curlu to the Somme. This was
-the Allied line on July 1st. Take the same boundaries again, and
-prick out from the point by the eighth milestone a line running northwards
-to the left of Warlencourt and Grandcourt, then to the right of
-Thiepval, Beaucourt and Beaumont-Hamel, and southwards to the
-right of Flers, Lesbœufs, Sailly, Rancourt, Bouchavesnes and Clèry
-to the Somme. This, roughly, was the Allied line on December 31st.
-The pricked-in area, rhombic in shape, which means neither round nor
-square, encloses a large number of square miles re-captured from
-reluctant Germans. It did not include Bapaume itself, nor Péronne,
-nor St. Quentin, nor Brussels; the time for these had not arrived.
-But it took in many towns and hamlets which had known the foot
-of the invader, it broke huge masses of fortified works which had been
-designed to shoe the invader’s foot, and, consequently, it seriously
-shook the moral power of German resistance. We shall not measure
-the acres of French territory released, for we have no standard by which
-to calculate the effect of Verdun relieved on the German armies driven
-homewards between the Ancre and the Somme. Nor is a yard by
-yard advance properly expressed in terms of mileage. Take any one
-of the positions re-captured: Mametz, Trônes, Combles, Thiepval
-itself, and review it for a moment in the series of defences, artificial
-and natural and natural-artificial, which the tenacious attackers had to
-overcome. Thus, between Fricourt and Mametz Wood were Lonely
-Copse, the Crucifix, Shelter Wood, Railway Copse, Bottom Wood,
-the Quadrangle, etc.: every name a miniature Waterloo to the gallant
-men who fought and fell there. Nowhere in all that area could a
-sixteenth of a mile be gained without an elaborate battle-plan and a
-battle, or several battles, taxing to the utmost the endurance of troops
-dedicated to victory and resolute to death. So, ‘they brought us a
-long step forward towards the final victory of the Allied cause.’</p>
-
-<p>We are to contract our range once more to the scope of the 49th
-Division, and to consider that ‘step’ more particularly in the region
-north of Albert by the Ancre, where Sir Hubert Gough commanded
-the Fifth Army. It was not a sensational record. If we follow the
-Diary of that Army, say, from July 21st to the end of September, we
-receive, mainly, an impression of containing work excellently done,
-while the shock of battle broke afar. A few of these entries may be
-cited:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="hanging">‘July 21st. 49th Division in Leipsic Salient....</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘July 23rd. Attack by 48th Division and 1st Australian Division. Good
-progress. 49th Division front South of River Ancre....</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘July 29th. 49th Division left of 12th Division to River Ancre....</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_101"></a>[101]</span></p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘Aug. 27th. 49th Division relieved 25th Division....</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘Sept. 3rd. South of Ancre 49th Division attacked....</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘Sept. 24th. 18th Division relieved 49th Division....</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘Sept. 27th. 11th Division captured Stuff Redoubt.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘Sept. 28th. 18th Division attacked Schwaben Redoubt.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">Except on September 3rd, to which we shall come back, the work of
-the 49th Division, seen from this angle of vision, appears more passive
-than active.</p>
-
-<p>Let us enlarge the angle considerably. Instead of Sir Hubert
-Gough’s, consult Major-General Perceval’s Diary, the Divisional
-instead of the Army Commander’s. We come nearer to action in
-that aspect.</p>
-
-<p>Between July 21st and the 27th there were ‘three encounters
-with the enemy in the Leipsic Salient.’ On the 21st, he made a bombing
-attack; on the 22nd, the 4th York and Lancasters ‘attempted to
-extend our position in the Salient to the east by surprise,’ but were
-foiled; on the 23rd, the 4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
-made a similar attempt, ‘but consolidation was prevented by a heavy
-counter-attack from all sides, and our troops retired to their original
-line.’ From the Army Commander’s point of view, a single entry
-sufficed for these exploits; the Divisional Commander had to account
-for nearly five hundred casualties in the period.</p>
-
-<p>Take the 28th of July to the 4th of August. There were 279
-casualties in the Division, due, partly, to ‘a considerable amount of
-trench-mortar fire on the Leipsic Salient and Authuille Wood’; and
-who shall say but that every wounded man made a definite contribution
-to the Somme advance? Yet Sir Hubert Gough was content to
-observe: ‘49th Division left of 12th.’ Or, August 26th to September
-1st. General Perceval’s entry on the 27th merely repeats (or we should
-say, anticipates) Sir Hubert Gough’s at greater length: ‘Divisional
-Headquarters returned from Acheux to Hedauville, and at mid-day
-the Command of the line from Thiepval Avenue (exclusive) to River
-Ancre passed from 25th to 49th Division.’ There is a further entry
-in this Diary, which, being a record of work done in the ordinary
-course of duty, the Army Commander did not reproduce: ‘With a
-view to an attack on German trenches north of Thiepval Wood, the
-new saps and parallels to the north of the Wood have been completed,
-ammunition-trenches improved, and dumps formed and filled with
-ammunition, bombs, R.E. stores, etc.’</p>
-
-<p>So far the Divisional Commander, in expansion of Sir Hubert
-Gough. There are next the Battalion Commanders to be consulted;
-and, still omitting at present the Divisional record of the week including
-September 3rd, when ‘49th Division attacked,’ we may once more
-enlarge the angle, and examine this preparation for attack from a
-Battalion Commander’s point of view. Thus, we read that:</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_102"></a>[102]</span></p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘On August 26th, the Battalion<a id="FNanchor_63" href="#Footnote_63" class="fnanchor">[63]</a> was sent up to the trenches
-on the right of Thiepval Wood.... Captain R. Salter was killed
-instantaneously by a shell as soon as he got to Battalion Headquarters.
-We were in this line for only two days, but had 52
-casualties as there was a good deal of shelling.... The Battalion
-was relieved on August 28th by the 5th K.O.Y.L.I., and went
-into huts in Martinsart Wood; from here we had to find large
-working parties in the front line for two or three days, and then
-had a rest until the attack on September 3rd.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>We are brought back, like Master Pathelin, <i>à nos moutons</i>. The
-‘long step forward’ was achieved, the Battle of the Somme was won,
-by the Allied Armies working to the plans of Sir Douglas Haig and
-Marshal Joffre. Those plans included the provision of a separate
-Army on the Ancre, to hold the German forces in that area, and to
-make what progress they could. The Commander of that Fifth Army
-was Sir Hubert Gough, and Major-General Perceval’s West Riding
-(49th) Division was included as a unit of its Xth Corps. What
-happened, then, on September 3rd, when the new saps and parallels
-had been constructed, the communication-trenches improved, and the
-dumps filled with bombs and ammunition? How did the 49th attack,
-and what have the Officers Commanding its Battalions to add to the
-bare record of Sir Hubert Gough or the more expansive Diary of the
-Divisional Commander?</p>
-
-<p>The units immediately concerned were the 4th and 5th Battalions,
-West Riding Regiment, and the 6th and 8th Battalions, West Yorks.
-The 7th Battalion of each Regiment was stationed in reserve. The
-week’s casualties in the Division were high:</p>
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <th></th>
-    <th>OFFICERS.</th>
-    <th></th>
-    <th>OTHER RANKS.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Killed</td>
-    <td class="tdr">14</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr">196</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Wounded</td>
-    <td class="tdr">47</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr">994</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Missing</td>
-    <td class="tdr">17</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr">611</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr total">78</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr total">1801</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">Total</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1879</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p class="noindent">and the bulk of them occurred on September 3rd. The large percentage
-of missing in all ranks (more than a third of the whole) seems
-to indicate a hasty retreat from untenable positions.</p>
-
-<p>The presumption is borne out by Battalion records. These
-agree that co-operation was interrupted by a bad block in communication,
-and that Battalions were not able to render one another all the
-support that was expected. Each unit tended to believe that its own
-advance was held up, or, rather, that its withdrawal was necessitated,
-by what had happened on its right or left; and, consequently, the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_103"></a>[103]</span>
-exploits of individuals were more conspicuous than the conduct of the
-attack. Zero hour was 5-10 a.m., and the Companies left the trenches
-punctually and went over in good order. But the half-light caused
-some confusion, and communication proved very difficult. In the
-instance of several Battalions no definite news was received for three
-hours or more. Runners failed to get through, and rumours were not
-satisfactory. At last, about 9 o’clock, tidings began to arrive of heavy
-losses incurred in trying to consolidate captured positions under a
-cross enfilade of machine-gun and rifle fire. Remnants of Companies,
-driven back after a long morning’s heavy fighting told of the exhaustion
-of their bombs, and of their messages lost in No Man’s Land. Stray
-parties cut off in the attack, found cover in shell-holes until nightfall.
-One Commanding Officer frankly wrote, ‘the whole attack failed.’
-‘The objectives were gained,’ he summed up, ‘but the first casualties
-in Officers and N.C.O.’s were heavy, and therefore the men with
-power of “leadership” were lost when most needed to hold on. The
-presence of the enemy in the Pope’s Nose (a machine-gun nest at an
-early point) upset all chances of reinforcements and supply except
-across the open’—an almost impossible condition. The runners,
-as we saw, did not get across, and the light was too bad for the observation
-posts to give effective help. On the other hand, the daylight
-was too strong to consolidate under fire the battered German trenches
-which had been captured. There was, unfortunately, a ‘but’ or an
-‘if’ which qualified every record of success; and we may quote the
-following statement from a Battalion Diary, which gives a very fair
-impression of the whole episode:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘From the reports of the two Officers who returned to Battalion
-Headquarters from the battle, it was ascertained that for
-the most part a really good fight was put up. If Battalion Headquarters
-had been able to get any information back, it is practically
-certain that the position would not have been lost. The
-men fought splendidly, and in many cases without N.C.O.’s or
-Officers, and the losing of the captured position was a piece of bad
-luck.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>‘What remained of our assaulting troops,’ says General Perceval,
-‘were back in our trenches,’ about 10 a.m., having ‘sustained heavy
-casualties and lost most of their Officers.’ A re-attack was planned for
-6 p.m., but was countermanded during the afternoon, and the 146th
-Infantry Brigade was withdrawn to Forceville and the 147th to Hedauville.
-So, the 49th Division had attacked, and the whole attack had
-failed; but between these two bald statements lie detailed records of a
-courageous attempt, which we shall not pursue further, but which
-contributed in this hard-held sector to the ‘long step forward’ which
-was being taken on the Allied front at large. German records, so
-far as we have seen them, confirm the seriousness of the attack. We
-read there how ‘matters had meanwhile become still worse,’ and how<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_104"></a>[104]</span>
-Company was added to Company in order to meet the impending danger.
-‘Lieut. Engel’s Company signalled “Please send support,”’ and his
-experience was repeated in other sectors; ‘our <i>Minenwerfer</i> intervened
-at the most opportune moment’. On the whole, the enemy’s accounts
-increase admiration for the 49th Division.</p>
-
-<p>It is particularly interesting to record that, in the course of this
-summer and autumn, a Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry met their
-friends of the 49th Division in and about the defences of Thiepval.
-We shall come, in Chapter XIV below, to the experiences of the
-Mounted Troops who left the West Riding for France during 1915.
-There we shall see how they served as Divisional Cavalry for several
-months, and how, in May, 1916, they were re-organized as Corps
-Cavalry, and were set to do various duties, not always appropriate to
-their Arm, which they discharged with a thoroughness and an efficiency
-worthy of the best traditions of the Service. The Yorkshire Dragoons
-were posted to the IInd Corps, which, on July 25th, 1916, took over
-that sector of the Fifth Army front which lay between Ovillers-la-Boisselle
-and Thiepval. The hopes of a Cavalry situation, unfortunately,
-never materialized, but the Dragoons did excellent work during
-the Battle of the Somme by maintaining Observation Posts in forward
-areas, thus short-circuiting the means of communication between
-Corps Headquarters and Battalion Commanders. ‘During operations,’
-we are told, ‘information received in this way and from other sources
-was embodied each day in maps and reports, which were sent up by
-despatch rider during the night, and reached front line units in time
-for the usual attack at dawn.... The observers were sometimes
-asked to undertake special work of great importance. Before several
-attacks they were required to reconnoitre and map the enemy’s
-wire. The slightest mistake might have lost hundreds of lives,
-but it was never made.’ Among the names which we may mention
-<i>honoris causa</i> in connection with this service are those of Captain,
-later Major, R. Brooke; Major, later Lieut.-Col., R. Thompson;
-Sergts. Storer and Tinker (Military Medals), and Corpl., later Sergt.,
-Cranswick (Bar to M.M.).</p>
-
-<p>Let us consult the map once more.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp84" id="illus15" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus15.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">THIEPVAL DEFENCES.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>In the extreme right-hand corner will be seen the village of Pozières
-on the straight road (Albert-Bapaume), which ran diagonally across
-the battlefield. In the extreme left-hand bottom corner are Martinsart
-and Martinsart Wood, on the safe side of the River Ancre, where
-spent Battalions of the 49th Division used to withdraw to lick their
-wounds. The course of the Ancre is clearly shown from just above
-Albert to Miraumont, winding its stream under Authuille and Hamel
-Bridges; and between Authuille and St. Pierre Divion lie Thiepval
-and Thiepval Wood, the possession of which was so hotly contested
-since the battle was first joined on July 1st. The more we look at
-this timbered countryside, with its chalk-pits, its farms and mills,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_105"></a>[105]</span>
-the more unsuitable it seems to the red carnage of 1916. Yet the
-troops behaved magnificently, and Sir Douglas Haig sent several
-messages during these trying weeks to express his thanks and appreciation.
-To one Battalion he sent on August 30th by the hands of the
-Divisional Commander a sprig of white heather as an emblem of good
-luck. Hard though the going was, and bad though the luck seemed to
-be, making acclimatization tedious and difficult, it rarely happened,
-even among raw troops, that the conditions proved too exacting.
-Very typical of the spirit of the Division, in the midst of its harassing
-experiences, where the room designed by nature for smiles was too
-narrow almost to contain its special circles of man’s inferno, was the
-part borne in the third week of September by the 7th Battalion of the
-West Riding Regiment. They had been at Hedauville since September
-4th, at two hours’ march from Martinsart Wood, whither, in order to
-go into the line, they moved on Friday, September 15th. There
-they had tea, and took rations for the next day, and were loaded with
-two bombs per man, and so proceeded from 7 p.m. to new trenches,
-south of Thiepval, which had been captured only the night before.
-The relief was delayed in execution partly by artillery barrage, partly
-by an attack of German bombers, partly by heavy rain, and partly
-by too few guides; there was only one guide to each Company, ‘and
-these were strange to the trenches and had difficulty in finding the way.’
-It was completed by 4-20 in the morning (September 16th), and during
-‘intermittent shelling’ all that Saturday arrangements were concerted
-for an attack on the German trenches in the evening of the 17th. This
-operation was most successful; on the left an objective was gained,
-and held, 350 feet in advance of schedule. The details are not uninteresting,
-and will repay closer study, not because the area of the attack
-was large in proportion to the whole battlefield, but because it was
-difficult <i>terrain</i> and the obstacles were well overcome.</p>
-
-<p>Just north of the famous Leipsic Salient on the map, lay, first, the
-Hohenzollern Trench and, secondly, the Wonder Work: two strongly
-fortified positions. Eastward out of Thiepval, from the point where
-the road from the Cemetery meets the main road in a right angle,
-ran the Zollern Trench, terminating (for present purposes) at the
-Zollern Redoubt north of Mouquet Farm. Further along the road
-from the Cemetery, at a point about as far north of the Crucifix as the
-Cemetery is south of it, the Stuff Trench started to run eastwards,
-parallel to the Zollern Trench below. It was very elaborately fortified,
-and terminated in the Stuff Redoubt still further above Mouquet Farm.
-The Regina Trench ran further eastward, from about the point where the
-Stuff Trench terminated. Parallel with the road from the Cemetery and
-Crucifix, the Lucky Way ran up towards Grandcourt, and the Grandcourt
-Trench branched off eastward a little below the village, again in a parallel
-line with the Regina and Zollern Trenches. West of that Cemetery
-road and crossing the Divion Road about half-way between the Cemetery<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_106"></a>[106]</span>
-and St. Pierre Divion was the horrible Schwaben Redoubt; and,
-though these names do not exhaust the German defences of Thiepval,
-they recall sufficiently the opposition to the 7th West Ridings and their
-support on this third Sunday in September. The assault was made
-in four waves at intervals of fifteen, twenty and fifteen feet, the unit
-being a Platoon. A Bomb Squad, consisting of one N.C.O. and
-eleven other Ranks, accompanied each half-Company, and every man
-of the last two waves carried either a pick or a shovel. Report Centres,
-main and subsidiary, Battalion Scouts, and other special parties were
-detailed for duty, and all Troops were reported in position at 6 p.m.
-Nearly everything went right, except that a portion of D Company,
-including both Lewis Guns and their detachments, were believed to
-have advanced towards the Row of Apple Trees, and were either taken
-prisoners or wiped out by machine-gun fire. About 7 o’clock reports
-were received that the objective had been captured, though it was
-doubtful how the left flank had fared. The total casualties in this
-little action were five Officers and 215 other Ranks. Certain valuable
-lessons were learned: the action proved that the jumping-off trench
-should be parallel to the objective (this precaution enabled direction
-to be kept accurately); that every man, and not merely the last comers,
-should carry a pick or shovel, fastened to his body by rope or tape;
-and that the consolidating parties should either be kept back till the
-barrage stops or require dug-outs: trivial details, perhaps, but they
-saved life and added to efficiency. We may add that the Army
-Commander, Sir Hubert Gough, visited the Battalion on September
-19th, and expressed his satisfaction with the operation, which gained an
-important part of the enemy defences after five previous attempts
-had failed, and served to straighten the line held by the 147th Infantry
-Brigade north of the Leipsic Salient.</p>
-
-<p>A still more important lesson had been learned, and the means
-were now at hand to apply it. If these formidable blockhouses were
-to be crushed, a new military weapon was essential, and early on
-September 15th the first Tank waddled into warfare. From this
-date to the end of September, by a brilliant series of advances from the
-south, across and along the Albert-Bapaume Road, a victorious crown
-was put to the tenacious vigil and hard fighting of the Fifth Army,
-and the attack swung round at last on the pivot held by Sir Hubert
-Gough. This attack (September 26th) was described by Sir Douglas
-Haig as not less than</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘a brilliant success. On the right,’ he narrated, ‘our troops
-(2nd and 1st Canadians Divisions of the Canadian Corps, Lieut.-General
-Sir J. H. G. Byng) reached the system of enemy trenches
-which formed their objectives without great difficulty. In
-Thiepval and the strong works to the north of it the enemy’s
-resistance was more desperate. Three waves of our attacking
-troops (11th and 18th Divisions, II. Corps, Lieut.-General<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_107"></a>[107]</span>
-C. W. Jacob) carried the outer defences of Mouquet Farm, and,
-pushing on, entered Zollern Redoubt, which they stormed and
-consolidated.... On the left of the attack fierce fighting,
-in which Tanks again gave valuable assistance to our troops
-(18th Division), continued in Thiepval during that day and the
-following night, but by 8-30 a.m. on the 27th September the
-whole of the village of Thiepval was in our hands.... On
-the same date the south and west sides of Stuff Redoubt were
-carried by our troops (11th Division), together with the length
-of trench connecting that strong point with Schwaben Redoubt
-to the west, and also the greater part of the enemy’s defensive
-line eastwards along the northern slopes of the ridge. Schwaben
-Redoubt was assaulted during the afternoon of the 28th September
-(18th Division), and ... we captured the whole of the
-southern face of the Redoubt and pushed out patrols to the
-northern face and towards St. Pierre Divion’<a id="FNanchor_64" href="#Footnote_64" class="fnanchor">[64]</a>:</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">grand exploits these, and infinitely welcome to the gallant Territorials
-of the West Riding, who had shared since July 1st in the long and
-formidable task of holding that north-west corner till the appointed
-hour struck for its fall, and their work could be resumed and fitted in
-with the larger plans of the Allied Commands.</p>
-
-<p>We might close the present chapter here. The full story of
-September 15th and the days which followed at Thiepval is involved
-with other volumes of war history than that of the 49th Division.
-The romance of the coming of the Tanks belongs to the Machine-Gun
-Corps, Heavy Section; the death of Raymond Asquith in the
-attack belongs to the Grenadier Guards, and to the eminent family
-of which he was a member. What belongs to us, as the inalienable
-heritage of the Troops commanded by General Perceval, is the fact
-that for three months, less three days, from their first assembly in
-Aveluy Wood, they held on firmly and grimly to that narrow foothold
-in the Ancre Valley which was dominated always by German guns.
-They went and came to the muddy, bloody trenches, from Authuille
-Wood, Aveluy Wood, Martinsart Wood, day by day, under a pitiless
-harvest sun or a yet more pitiless autumnal rain; and by their steadfastness
-and tenacity, even more than by their toll of German life or
-their fragmentary captures of German trenches, they enabled Sir
-Douglas Haig to perfect, without haste and without undue anxiety, the
-long, slow sweep of his advance which swung back on Thiepval at
-the last. And, though the details at this stage must be kept subordinate
-to the main features, lest we should seem to claim more than a just
-share, yet it is satisfactory to observe that certain Battalions of our
-Division participated in these final operations. Thus the 5th West
-Yorkshires were detailed as support to the 7th Bedfordshire Regiment
-for the attack on Schwaben Redoubt on September 27th. They<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_108"></a>[108]</span>
-were formed up on that afternoon, and again before daybreak the
-next morning. Zero hour was fixed finally at 1 p.m. On that day
-the three supporting Companies became a part of the main advance,
-and the final Brigade objective was reached by a mixture of both
-units, the men from Yorkshire and Beds. It was a fine conclusion
-to the waiting orders imposed after July 1st, and it elicited the following
-fine testimony from Major-General T. H. Shoubridge, C.B., C.M.G.,
-Commanding the 54th Infantry Brigade, in a letter dated October
-1st, 1916, and addressed to Major-General Perceval:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I feel I must write and tell you how splendidly the 5th West
-Yorkshire supported the attack of the 7th Bedfordshire Regiment
-on the Schwaben Redoubt.... The Battalion had, I fear,
-a trying time, as the attack was postponed, and I had to bring
-them up in support at night, though they had practically been
-told they would not be wanted that night. In spite of all difficulties,
-when the final attack took place, they formed up in perfect
-order and advanced during the attack with marked determination.
-I was very struck with the soldierly qualities of the men and the
-keenness they displayed, and I am very proud to have had them
-under my Command.... All my Battalions are full of praise
-for the Artillery support afforded them both during the attack on
-Thiepval and the subsequent attack on Schwaben Redoubt....
-We all feel very grateful to the troops of your Division associated
-with us.... Forgive type,’ added the gallant General,
-‘Have just come out of the battle, and have no ink!’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Recognition, too, eminently merited, reached the 49th Divisional
-Commander from Lieut.-General C. W. Jacob, Commanding, as
-we saw, the II. Corps. He wrote, on October 3rd:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘As the Division under your Command has now been
-transferred to another Corps, I take this opportunity of thanking
-you, your Staff, the Commanders of Brigades, and all Ranks
-of the Division, for all the good work you put in while you were
-in the II. Corps.</p>
-
-<p>‘The conditions were trying, and your casualties heavy.
-The calls made on units necessitated great exertions, which were
-always cheerfully carried out. The gallantry of the Officers and
-men is shown by the large number of decorations won by
-them, and the spirit of all Ranks is good. The clearing of the
-Leipsic Salient, the prompt way all calls for raids on the enemy’s
-trenches were met, and the heavy work done by the Division
-in the preparations for the final attack on Thiepval are gratifying
-records.... It was unfortunate that the Division as a
-whole could not take part in the final capture of Thiepval, but
-you will all be glad to know that your representatives in that
-battle, the 49th Divisional Artillery and the 146th Infantry<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_109"></a>[109]</span>
-Brigade, did excellent work, and added still further to the good
-reputation of the Division.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Schwaben Redoubt, we may add, was not retained without a
-struggle. There was still one corner to be seized where the Regina
-Trench branched out in the direction of Courcelette, and, running
-north of that village, came down towards the Albert-Bapaume Road,
-almost immediately above Le Sars; and these gains, too, were made
-and held despite desperate counter-attacks before the middle of
-November. So, when winter came down on the Somme battlefield,
-and the warring armies went to earth, the Allied line which had bulged
-in towards Albert now bulged out towards Bapaume. ‘That these
-troops should have accomplished so much under such conditions
-... constitutes a feat of which the history of our nation records
-no equal.’<a id="FNanchor_65" href="#Footnote_65" class="fnanchor">[65]</a> We have tried to describe this feat, in so far as concerns
-the part, modest in area, indeed, but very exacting in performance,
-which was played by the 49th Division and we have tried to exhibit
-that part in its true relation to the drama as a whole.</p>
-
-<p>We may now touch upon one or two details.</p>
-
-<p>Before the close of 1916 a third Victoria Cross fell to the share of
-the 49th Division. The recipient was Major (then Captain) W. B. Allen,
-of the 1/3rd West Riding Field Ambulance, attached to the
-246th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. The gallant Officer had already
-received the decoration of the Military Cross, and we cite here the official
-record of the circumstances in which the supreme reward was won:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty. When
-gun detachments were unloading H.B. Ammunition from wagons
-which had just come up, the enemy suddenly began to shell the
-battery and the ammunition, and caused several casualties.
-Captain Allen saw the occurrences and at once, with utter disregard
-of danger, ran straight across the open, under heavy shell
-fire, commenced dressing the wounded, and undoubtedly by his
-promptness saved many of them from bleeding to death. He
-was himself hit four times during the first hour by pieces of shell,
-one of which fractured two of his ribs, but he never mentioned
-this at the time, and coolly went on with his work till the last
-man was dressed and safely removed. He then went over to
-another battery and tended a wounded Officer. It was only when
-this was done that he returned to his dug-out and reported his
-own injury’.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Every Arm of the Service had its heroes. Major Allen in the
-R.A.M.C. earned the Victoria Cross; Major Alan F. Hobson, D.S.O.,
-in the West Riding Divisional Royal Engineers, who was killed on
-August 26th, earned the following tribute from a brother-officer of
-his unit:</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_110"></a>[110]</span></p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Poor Hobson, our Major, was killed about three days ago
-by a shell in the neighbourhood of our work. One has read
-of lovable, brave leaders in personal histories of previous wars.
-Hobson was one of those men whom writers love to describe
-as the best and truest type of an Englishman. He never asked
-one of us to go where he would not go himself. He was always
-happy, even-tempered and just.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>A hero’s grave or the Victoria Cross: it was a common choice,
-settled by fate during the war, and at no time commoner or more
-inevitable than during these Battles of the Somme. A few extracts
-from the letters of a fallen Officer may be given in conclusion to this
-period, not because they differ essentially (for a happy style is an
-accident of fortune) from other letters sent home from the Western
-front, but because they express in word-pictures, compiled on the spot
-and at first hand, the spirit of the very gallant men whose cheerful
-devotion in 1916 made possible the victory of 1918.</p>
-
-<p>First, an account of an ordinary sight by the roadside:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘While we were waiting for orders there was a constant
-procession of troops going up and troops going back from the
-front line. It was an intensely interesting procession to me,
-but there were some terribly sad sights of mangled men being
-brought back on stretchers. The “walking cases” were very
-pathetic; one in particular I remember. A young Officer leaning
-heavily upon the arm of one of his men, the right side of his face
-bandaged up. His left eye closed in agony, along he stumbled,
-while on each side of him our guns went off with a roar that must
-have been trying to a man evidently so shattered in nerve, and all
-the time he was exposed to Boche shelling.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Another extract from the same letter:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘It is a pitiable sight to see horses badly wounded, poor
-dumb things, so brave and patient under shell fire. When one
-is riding near one of one’s own batteries, and guns suddenly belch
-forth flame and smoke over one’s head, these dear creatures hardly
-wince. From the time the first shell fell among the horses until
-we left the town—about two hours later, we were dodging shells.
-When we were outside, the warning hiss of a Fritz caused a
-funny sight. Those near buildings jumped to a sheltering wall,
-some of us who were near trees embraced their trunks and dodged
-round them when we thought the burst would be on one side.
-We screamed with laughter at each other, but when one burst
-rather too close, our heads ached and our hearts thumped (anyway,
-mine did, and it is no use disguising the fact).’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>And from the last of this series of dead letters:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Presently our trench crossed No Man’s Land—at least,
-it once was No Man’s Land; now it belongs to us until we can
-turn it over to its proper owners. We examined Fritz’s handiwork<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_111"></a>[111]</span>
-where he had spent months of watching and fighting. We
-could see what British fighting was like by the evidence there....
-At one place we were within forty yards of him, but we heard no
-sound. The only sound that broke the stillness of that beautiful
-day was the bang of our own guns and the swish of our crumps
-overhead. At one point, close to the tangled wire of Fritz’s
-front line, we saw a sad sight, perhaps the saddest sight of war,
-groups of our own lads, sleeping, sleeping, sleeping. Heroes,
-they had done their bit and there they lie. They have died so
-that others can live to be free from the yoke of a monster in human
-form, whose greed for power must be stifled.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>‘Sleeping, sleeping, sleeping’: this iterated note conveys, now
-that the war is over and the maps are folded and put away, a tender
-thought properly keyed, at which to close our account of the Somme
-battlefield. It is a field of great achievement and of pious memories,
-hallowed for all time in English history, and the ‘more’ that remained
-to be done, as foreseen in the vision of this writer, could not be more
-worthily accomplished than in the spirit of the heroes of the Somme.</p>
-
-<h4 id="CHAPTER_VIII_2">II. WINTER, 1916-17.</h4>
-
-<p>It was the peculiarity of the war in France and Flanders that there
-was no clear ending to any battle. At Ypres, at Verdun, and on the
-Somme, the tide of war flowed with full flood, and ebbed away without
-definite decision. There was a little more erosion of the trenches
-on one side or the other, a few more miles of territory submerged, or
-disengaged from the invader, revealing, when the tide rolled back,
-the waste and ravage and destruction, and then a temporary lull, till</p>
-
-<div class="poetry-container">
-<div class="poetry">
-  <div class="stanza">
-    <div class="verse indent8">‘The tide comes again,</div>
-    <div class="verse indent0">And brims the little sea-shore lakes, and sets</div>
-    <div class="verse indent8">Seaweed afloat, and fills</div>
-    <div class="verse indent0">The silent pools, rivers, and rivulets,</div>
-    <div class="verse indent8">Among the inland hills.’</div>
-  </div>
-</div>
-</div>
-
-<p>We reach such a coign of observation, such a lull, less real than
-apparent, for brave men were being killed every day, in the period
-from November to January, 1916-17. It lay between the exhaustion
-of the Somme offensive and the refluent wave of battle-fury up and down
-the line in early spring; and this brief interval may be utilized to pick
-up a few stray threads.</p>
-
-<p>Let us look at home in the first instance.</p>
-
-<p>The West Riding Territorial Force Association had by now settled
-down to its stride. We left its members in 1915<a id="FNanchor_66" href="#Footnote_66" class="fnanchor">[66]</a> struggling, perhaps
-a little breathlessly, with difficulties of accountancy in their Separation
-Allowance Department, with the organization of Auxiliary Hospitals,
-the equipment of 2nd and 3rd Line units, the formation of a National
-Reserve, and the constant perplexities of the recruiting problem.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_112"></a>[112]</span>
-We find them at the close of the next year with one Division crowned
-with honour in the field, with another Division straining at the leash,
-and with a certain reduction in their commitments, owing partly to
-National Service legislation, partly to firmer methods at Whitehall,
-and partly to other causes. Necessity had nationalized the war;
-and, though more than 52,000 accounts of soldiers’ wives and dependants
-were now on the Paymaster’s books, though more than 3,000
-beds in 53 Auxiliary Hospitals were now available in the Riding, and
-more than 21,000 pairs of socks and 45,000 other comforts had been
-despatched to the troops during the winter, the Association had
-thoroughly mastered the technique of war administration when the
-original triumvirate of Lord Harewood, Lord Scarbrough and General
-Mends, as President, Chairman and Secretary respectively, was broken
-up in February, 1917, by Lord Scarbrough’s transfer to the War Office
-as Director-General of the Territorial and Volunteer Forces.<a id="FNanchor_67" href="#Footnote_67" class="fnanchor">[67]</a></p>
-
-<p>The appearance of the words ‘and Volunteer’ requires a brief
-note of explanation. The Chairman informed his Association in
-January, 1917, that the local administration of the Volunteer Force
-had, at the request of the Army Council, been undertaken by County
-Associations. ‘Generally speaking,’ ran the writ,<a id="FNanchor_68" href="#Footnote_68" class="fnanchor">[68]</a> ‘the division
-of functions between the local military authorities and T.F. Associations
-in regard to the Volunteer Force will correspond to that obtaining
-in the case of the Territorial Force in times of peace.’ It was not,
-perhaps, the best precedent to select, but it was the best available in
-the circumstances, and an historian will surely arise to tell the story
-of the part-time soldier in the Great War, what he did and what he
-might have been used to do. Such historian will be endowed with
-imagination to sympathise with the buffeted patriot in the early days
-of the war, and he will possess sufficient knowledge of the facts to follow
-his tangled skein of fortune through the maze of legislative enactments
-and contracting-out tribunals, which cast him up on the lap of his tired
-country, in November, 1918, half a volunteer and half a conscript
-and the most melancholy mongrel of the Army Council. This,
-happily, is not our present business. We are simply concerned to
-show how the Volunteer Act of 1916, which had become law late in
-December, brought the Volunteer Force into the orbit of the County
-Associations on the one part and of the Director-General of the Territorial
-Force on the other. That Act made provision for Volunteers
-to enter into an agreement with His Majesty for the performance of
-certain duties of home defence ‘for a period not exceeding the duration
-of the present war.’ The time-clause was the essence of the contract.
-Till then, under the Act of 1863, a Volunteer, prior to mobilization,
-which could only ensue in case of imminent invasion, and which never
-ensued during the late war, had the right to quit his Corps at his own<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_113"></a>[113]</span>
-option on giving a fortnight’s notice to his Commanding Officer.
-Under these conditions he was plainly no soldier, however elastic
-the terms of his employment. He could neither be clothed nor trained
-at the public expense, for the public would have no value for their
-money if the Force, or any part of it, walked out at fourteen days’
-notice. Permanence of service was then first obtained when the
-Volunteer Force was reconstituted out of personnel bound by agreements
-entered into under the new Act of 1916; and thus it happened at
-the beginning of the next year that the work of Associations was increased
-by responsibility for the local administration of the Volunteer units raised
-in their respective counties, and that these duties were tacked on to
-the machinery of the Territorial Force organization. How heavy
-the duties became may be measured by a single item of statistics:
-as many as 217 Army Council Instructions referring <i>exclusively</i> to the
-Volunteer Force were promulgated before the date of the Armistice.</p>
-
-<p>Lastly, reference is due to German action during this lull, or
-to what we know or may infer about it. Plainly, their moral had been
-badly shaken. Sir Douglas Haig was resolute on this point, and the
-extraordinary ‘all but’ luck which dogged their campaign on the
-Western front from the beginning to the end of the war, and of which
-the full military explanation must await the evidence from their side,
-was as characteristic at Verdun as anywhere. They all but got home
-to their objective: so nearly that the German Emperor’s telegrams,
-which he used to compose after the model of his grandfather’s in the
-1870-71 campaign, just missed being accurate by a few yards; and this
-‘little less, and what worlds apart,’ which separated the Crown Prince
-from victory, however cleverly wrapped up in the language of public
-despatches, must have caused more than common chagrin. For
-actually it was Verdun which was wanted, the right breast of the
-mother of men, and not the outposts of its defences, nor even the
-serried rows of French dead. These might serve in less vital regions
-to dazzle the eyes of the world; at Verdun, they drew attention to the
-defeat. Nor was consolation to be derived from the results of that
-attempt to relieve Verdun which we have followed in the battles of the
-Somme. The higher ground, or ridges, still remained in German
-possession, but it was a precarious hold, as we shall see, and, while
-the mere configuration of the ground was soon to tell in favour of the
-Allies, other factors, which cannot be mapped except in an atlas of
-psychology, were beginning already to count. The repeated losses of
-fortified positions, culminating in the Wonder Work and Redoubts
-which had resisted the assaults of July 1st, were disastrous not only on
-their own account but also as indicating a weakness which might
-conceivably spread to the Rhine. If the theory of defence proved
-unsound, no degree of valour in practice would ever avail to put it
-right. We must not prejudge this question. We are not writing the
-German history of the war. But it is legitimate to say that, apart from<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_114"></a>[114]</span>
-the general retirement which the Germans ordered in March, 1917,
-and which reached a rate of ten miles a day, our troops gradually
-discovered a change in the enemy’s system of defences. He began,
-first on the British and afterwards on the French front, to abandon
-the formal lines of trenches, and to employ the natural features of the
-soil, when and where these might occur, as the basis of his defences.
-The crater, or shell-hole cavity, was brought into use in this way, and
-no outward mark was allowed to distinguish a fortified group of craters,
-subterraneously connected with one another and otherwise rendered
-formidable, from harmless groups in its immediate neighbourhood.
-Thus, the cession by the Germans of ‘only our foremost crater-positions,’
-or of a ‘craterfield’ <i>tout court</i>, began to figure in their reports
-for the edification or delusion of German readers. An integral part of
-the crater-system, as worked out more elaborately at a later date,
-was the ‘pill-box,’ or sunk blockhouse, which was strengthened towards
-the foe and left more thinly built on the home side, so as to render it
-useless as a weapon should its fire be directed by its captors. We may
-conclude that the blows which had been dealt at the continuous lines
-of trenches in the battles of the Ancre and the Somme had alarmed the
-German High Command; and that a part of the motive for the retirement
-(and a very effective part it proved) was to prepare those fortified
-groups and concrete nests of deadly machine-gun fire at all kinds of
-irregular distances. The intention was partly to deceive the airman’s
-eye, and to stop that preparation of exact trench-maps to which the
-Germans had borne testimony on the Somme. But partly, too, the
-modification of the defence-system implied that our offensive had not
-been vain. Its immediate effect, accordingly, however serious and
-impeding it was to prove, was not without good hope. The vaunted
-theory of ‘impregnability’ had been shaken, and, though the end of
-the war was still out of sight, yet Thiepval, like Jutland, bore a message
-which the rest of the war was to expound.</p>
-
-<p>Full information on these problems is still lacking from the German
-side, and without it, as indicated above, our conclusions must be indicated
-hypothetically. But all the evidence now available makes it clear that
-they are reasonably correct. Thus, Ludendorff, writing after a tour
-of the Western Front in December, 1916, laid stress on the urgent need
-of re-organizing the fighting power of the German Infantry. The
-machine-gun had become the chief fire-arm, and ‘our existing
-machine-guns’, he declared, ‘were too heavy for the purpose....
-In order to strengthen our fire, at least in the most important parts of
-the chief theatre of war, it was necessary to create special Machine-gun
-Companies—so to speak, Machine-gun Sharp-shooters.’ Attention is
-also called in the German Commander’s authoritative <i>Memoirs</i> to the
-need of hand-mines, grenades, and all quick-loading weapons, and to
-the formation of storm troops. ‘The course of the Somme Battle,’
-continues the General, ‘had also supplied important lessons with respect<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_115"></a>[115]</span>
-to the construction and plan of our lines. The very deep underground
-forts in the front trenches had to be replaced by shallower constructions.
-Concrete “pill-boxes,” which, however, unfortunately took
-long to build, had acquired an increasing value. The conspicuous
-lines of trenches, which appeared as sharp lines on every aerial photograph,
-supplied far too good a target for the enemy Artillery. The
-system of defence had to be made broader and looser and better adapted
-to the ground. The large, thick barriers of wire, pleasant as they were
-when there was little doing, were no longer a protection. They
-withered under the enemy barrage’; and an angry tribute is paid in
-his chapter to the equipment of the <i>Entente</i> Armies with war material,
-which ‘had been developed to an extent hitherto undreamed of,’ and
-to ‘the resolution of the <i>Entente</i>, their strangling starvation blockade,
-and their propaganda of lies and hate which was so dangerous to us.’</p>
-
-<p>It is good to see ourselves as our enemy saw us after the Battle
-of the Somme. And, perhaps, though we are anticipating a month
-or two, we may conclude this chapter by a quotation from a German
-Army Order, hitherto unpublished, of April 4th, 1917. It illustrates
-from another angle the effects of those ‘<i>Entente</i> Armies’ and ‘their
-propaganda’ to which Ludendorff alludes in such embittered terms.
-The Order ran:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘A National Day has been decreed at home for April 12th,
-in the sense that members of the large Trade Unions and Associations
-give up that day’s income, salary or wage for the benefit of
-the Fatherland.</p>
-
-<p>‘The wish has been expressed that this programme may
-be supported as follows: <i>viz.</i>, that Officers and other Ranks
-may volunteer to give up their pay for one day.</p>
-
-<p>‘All Officers and other Ranks who are willing to abandon
-for one day the amount of pay due to them will apply to,’ etc.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The captured papers do not disclose the extent of the response
-to this appeal, but, plainly, at the beginning of 1917, all was not well
-with the Fatherland.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_116"></a>[116]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_IX"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER IX</span><br>
-<span class="smcap">WITH THE 62nd IN FRANCE</span></h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The eleven miles from Albert to Bapaume, eight of which we travelled
-in the last chapter, should be familiar by now. In order to gain a
-clear view of the activities of the 62nd Division after its arrival in France,
-we may now draw a rectilineal figure enclosed by four main roads,
-with the Albert-Bapaume road as a portion of the base. Call the
-Albert-Bapaume road A, B. Extend it to C, Cambrai, on the east;
-draw a line C, <span class="smcap">Aa</span>, from Cambrai to Arras, north, north-west; draw a
-line, <span class="smcap">Aa</span>, D, from Arras to Doullens, west, south-west, and join D, A,
-Doullens to Albert, to complete the figure. On C, <span class="smcap">Aa</span>, Cambrai-Arras,
-a triangle may be erected with Douai at its apex, thus connecting
-this new rectangle with the country, Douai, Lens, La Bassée, Lille,
-which we visited in Chapter IV. On D, A, Doullens-Albert, another
-triangle may be erected, with Amiens at the south-western base. We
-have thus a fairly accurate outline of the lie of the land to which
-General Braithwaite took his troops in January, 1917, and we know,
-approximately, at least, how much of that land had been set free by the
-Battles of the Somme and the Ancre.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus16" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus16.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>The gains in those battles are to be exploited. We shall be
-occupied for some time to come within the four sides of that shell-ridden
-quadrangle. The upper road from Doullens to Arras was free,
-though it was not wise to try to enter Arras except under cover of darkness,
-as the approach to it from the west was exposed to observation<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_117"></a>[117]</span>
-and shell fire, and the town itself had been badly damaged by bombardment.
-The lower road was free, as we know, till within three
-miles of Bapaume, whence our front wound round to below Arras.
-The object now is, to drive the Germans back on the whole long line
-from Ypres to Reims, and, especially, within this area, to drive
-them back between Arras and Bapaume, nearer to Douai and Cambrai.
-That object was achieved, we shall see, in three great battles during
-1917:—</p>
-
-<ul>
-<li>Arras in April and May,</li>
-<li>Ypres (3rd) in June till September, and</li>
-<li>Cambrai at the end of November.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p>Keeping this large view in mind, and recalling, generally, its
-relations, as remarked briefly in the last chapter, to the configuration
-of the soil and the effect of this and of other conditions on the plans
-of the German High Command,<a id="FNanchor_69" href="#Footnote_69" class="fnanchor">[69]</a> we may follow for a few days the
-story of one unit’s experiences, in order to set these in relation to the
-Division, the Corps, and the Army. For from the night of January
-11th-12th, when the 62nd Division first slept, or tried to sleep—for
-it was so cold—on French soil, till the Battle of Arras in April, every
-Battalion in that Division was engaged in the same driving work:
-in the same work of driving the Germans back, of anticipating their
-retreat to prepared positions, of consolidating small but important
-gains, of proving their own worth as a fighting unit, of breaking out,
-between Thiepval and Hébuterne, to Serre, Puisieux, Miraumont,
-Achiet, Irles, Pys, always nearer to the Bapaume-Arras road. We
-may select for this purpose the 2/5th Battalion of the Duke of Wellington’s
-West Riding Regiment. It was another Battalion of the same
-Regiment whose fortunes we followed in Chapter II. from its earliest
-volunteer beginnings, and now, as then, we possess the advantage of
-consulting a personal diary kept by an Officer of the selected unit.<a id="FNanchor_70" href="#Footnote_70" class="fnanchor">[70]</a></p>
-
-<p>The first thing, where everything seemed strange, was to get to
-know the way about. A ride to Auxi le Château gave opportunity
-for a ‘very interesting talk’ with an Officer in the 1/5th Battalion
-of the same Regiment (49th Division). A day or two later came a
-tour of the trenches in an old London General omnibus. The party
-visited Acheux and Warlencourt, and then drove along the Doullens-Arras
-road, which was closed to traffic at one point owing to shelling.
-They went through Arras, noticing its damage by fire and incendiary
-shells, and reached the line held by the 7th East Surreys. Here they
-had an opportunity of watching the system of relief: the East Surreys<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_118"></a>[118]</span>
-by the 6th West Kents. ‘It was a daylight relief and worked out
-very well indeed.’ The reserve and front-line trenches were examined:
-the latter were highly complicated; all the Platoon dug-outs were in
-cellars, owing to the ruined state of the houses and factories; at one point,
-only twenty-five yards from the German front-line. Patrols went out
-clothed in white to match the snow. A Company cook-house was
-blown in by trench-mortar fire, wounding two servants and ruining
-the breakfast. And so back to Doullens and Bus-les-Artois, rejoining
-their Battalions. This was in January. On February 3rd, ‘the weather
-was so cold that the ink in my fountain-pen was frozen.’ On the 7th,
-‘the cold was so intense that the oil on the Lewis guns froze.’ On
-the 13th, a tour in the trenches before Serre, in relief of the 1st Dorsets:
-‘the sights one saw in and about the trenches rather opened one’s
-eyes. The dead, both our own and the enemy, were lying about
-partially buried; rifles, grenades, unexploded shells, bombs and equipment.
-The trenches themselves did not exist as such, as in most
-cases they had been blown in.’ On the 15th, the thaw commenced,
-and in some respects was more intolerable than the frost. The mud
-in places was two feet deep, and reliefs and so on were considerably
-hampered.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus17" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus17.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>The shadow, or, rather, the light, of the coming German retreat
-lay over all. Every trench which was captured brought a wider view
-and a larger prospect into sight, and there is no doubt that the 62nd
-Division, to that extent more fortunate than the 49th, arrived at a time
-and in a locality which afforded, in business parlance, small turn-overs
-and quick returns. The long waiting experience which ate the heart<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_119"></a>[119]</span>
-out of constantly harassed troops was now, temporarily, if not definitely,
-passed; they were pushing outwards hopefully to open country
-and signs of the retreat occurred every day. Thus, on
-February 25th, at 2 o’clock in the morning, the enemy was
-reported to have vacated Serre, which, if a straight line be drawn
-from Albert to Arras, may be pricked in just to the left of that line at
-a point about two-fifths along it. Puisieux lies on the line just above
-Serre. Achiet-le-Petit, Achiet-le-Grand and Sapignies lie behind
-Puisieux eastwards, at distances roughly, of two miles. Miraumont
-is south of Puisieux, Irles south of Achiet-le-Petit, and Pys south of
-Irles. They are all in the Albert-Arras-Bapaume triangle within the
-shell-ridden quadrangle above.</p>
-
-<p>Let us start at Serre on that dark February morning. A push
-was made out and up towards Puisieux. There were strong positions
-to be negotiated: Gudgeon Trench, Sunken Road, Orchard Alley
-and Railway. Two patrols were sent out early on the 26th under
-subaltern Officers of the 2/4th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry,
-and reported Gudgeon and Orchard trenches clear. Later, it was
-discovered that the patrol’s Gudgeon was a trench not shown on the
-map, and that the patrol’s Orchard was the true Gudgeon; mist and
-mud and an unmapped trench are ugly extras in patrol-work. Three
-Companies (A, B, D) of the Battalion were pushed up to the real Gudgeon
-trench with orders to put out posts on the Sunken Road in front and
-an observation-line on the Railway in front of that. They succeeded
-in placing two outposts, but machine-gun fire stopped the observation-line.
-There remained the heavily fortified Wundt Werk, which we
-have not yet mentioned, and which was held by C Company under
-the Officer Commanding the Battalion. Many fine deeds were
-performed on this day of continuous exposure to shell and rifle fire.
-A non-commissioned officer, for example, was sent forward to take
-charge of a small party, who had been badly knocked about. He
-kept them under cover in a shell-hole all the rest of the day, and by
-his coolness and trustworthiness undoubtedly saved their lives.</p>
-
-<p>The 2/4th K.O.Y.L.I. were relieved during the night by the
-2/5th West Ridings, to whom we accordingly return. Their new
-orders were to take Orchard Alley and push outposts in the Sunken
-Road running from Puisieux to Achiet-le-Petit. At 8 p.m. on February
-27th, the Commanding Officer advised the Brigadier that Orchard
-Alley had been captured; at an early hour the next morning, the
-outposts in Sunken Road had been established, and later in the day
-these positions had been consolidated, and touch had been obtained
-with the 2nd Royal Warwicks on the left and the 2/6th West Ridings
-on the right. The Brigadier wired his appreciation, and, later, the
-Military Cross was awarded to Lieut. P. R. Ridley in the following
-circumstances:—</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘On the evening of 27th-28th February, 1917, the Officer<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_120"></a>[120]</span>
-was in charge of a party of three Officers’ patrols, each of one
-Officer and fifteen other Ranks, detailed to rush Orchard Alley
-from Gudgeon Trench. Lieut. Ridley was responsible for maintaining
-the direction, marching on a compass-bearing for 500
-yards across unknown and difficult country. This Officer led
-his party with great dash, shooting one German and capturing
-another on entering the trench. He showed considerable coolness
-and ability in the attack, and in organizing the defence of the
-trench.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The Military Medal was awarded on the same occasion to Lance-Cpl.
-Herbert Priestley, who had been in command of a Bombing
-Section in that party, and who, despite a wound in the head, led his
-men in a most gallant manner. These were the first honours (first
-of a long list) in the 62nd Division.</p>
-
-<p>There was to be an attack on Achiet-le-Petit. The course of
-the offensive indicated it, and it was indicated too, by attack-practices
-early in March, when 500 men of the 2/5th West Ridings were employed
-at Forceville in digging trenches similar to the German system at
-Achiet-le-Petit. On March 15th, after completing sundry exercises,
-the Battalion proceeded to Miraumont, where they took over a line
-from the 2/5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, half a mile
-south-east of Achiet-le-Petit. They found the 2/4th of the same
-Regiment on their right and the 2/7th on their left during this tour.
-On the 17th, the 2/4th reported that they had occupied an enemy
-trench 300 yards in advance of their line without meeting opposition;
-at the same time patrols of the 2/5th found 300 yards in front of them
-free from the enemy. Hopes rose, as the country began to open out.
-B Company was promptly ordered to push on through Achiet-le-Petit,
-and to occupy Sunken Road, north of that village. The remaining
-Companies also moved forward, and occupied the support-trenches.
-Later on the same day, a further push was made to Achiet-le-Grand;
-gaps were to be cut in the wire to let the Cavalry through, and D Company
-was to push on to Gomiecourt. The wire proved a formidable
-obstacle; but just before midnight on the 17th the Brigadier was
-informed that the orders had been carried out. By 4-30 a.m. on March
-18th, D Company was in occupation of Gomiecourt. They had
-encountered only slight machine-gun fire, and five hours later the
-Cavalry went through. Thenceforward to the end of March, the
-Battalion stood fast on the ground occupied. There was plenty to
-do in consolidating it, and plenty of German material left behind
-which served that purpose. But all existing accommodation had been
-destroyed, the majority of trees had been killed, several dug-out
-entrances had been mined, and important road-junctions had been
-blown up.</p>
-
-<p>We may read a part of this story in more detail. Little exploits
-fully related illuminate the history which they helped to make. What<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_121"></a>[121]</span>
-part was borne by B Company (above) in this adventure? They
-were commanded by Captain Joseph Walker, whose orders were to
-hold Resurrection Trench south of Achiet-le-Petit and to capture
-that village. For three days and nights they came in for a very heavy
-bombardment, in which the trench was obliterated in parts and severe
-casualties were suffered. On March 17th, an hour before dawn,
-two battle-patrols were sent out to the flanks of the village. The rest
-of the Company followed under Captain Walker, and, despite some
-machine-gun fire, they took the village and passed through it. They
-dug-in on the north side and threw out a defensive flank, which drove
-off the enemy rearguard. Achiet-le-Petit was promptly blown to
-bits by ‘a terrific barrage of heavy stuff,’ but B Company had not
-waited for it. At mid-day the Corps Pigeoner arrived with a basket
-of birds, and reports were sent back to Headquarters. In the evening,
-instructions came for the whole of the line to move forward and attack
-Achiet-le-Grand and Gomiecourt. Before this could be done, the
-German wire had to be cut to allow the Cavalry to pass through.
-‘The wire was nearly a hundred yards in depth in three broad belts,
-and so thick that it had to be dug up in parts.’ The task was completed
-before daylight by B and C Companies. B Company then advanced
-to their objective and occupied the western side of Achiet-le-Grand,
-and A Company cleared Logeast Wood: a good day’s work, it will
-be admitted.</p>
-
-<p>This narrative may still be expanded: the day’s work is typical
-of what was happening throughout the district. From Achiet-le-Grand
-to Gomiecourt, two villages otherwise insignificant, the distance
-is under two miles. At 1 a.m., March 18th, 1917, there was a heavy
-mist, and it was difficult to find the road; so ‘we struck across open
-country on compass-bearing,’ say the records, ‘and arrived in the
-trenches west of Gomiecourt at 3-30 a.m., occupied these, and then
-sent out two patrols through the village, but they did not find a soul’:
-a deserted village, but from other causes than Oliver Goldsmith’s.
-‘The junction of every road in the village had been mined and
-blown up, and everything of value had been destroyed. All
-fruit-trees had either been cut down, or an incision made round the
-bark so that the sap would not rise.<a id="FNanchor_71" href="#Footnote_71" class="fnanchor">[71]</a> All wells had been blown in,
-and one had been poisoned with arsenic,’ so the R.E. Officer reported
-to our diarist. The R.E.’s took 700 lbs. of unexploded charge out of
-the cellar of the only village <i>château</i>, where the front stairway had
-fallen in and there was a big hole in the floor of the entrance hall.
-We read an interesting note, too, on March 26th: ‘Walked with
-Lieut. Ridley’ (we watched him win his M.C.) ‘across country to
-Bapaume’ (the eleven miles had been cleared at last). ‘Noticed the
-Hôtel de Ville still standing; most other buildings had been blown<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_122"></a>[122]</span>
-up. Then went south of the town towards the trenches, but, as these
-reminded one too much of Beaumont Hamel, had lunch and then came
-back. Walked along the Bapaume-Arras’ (B, <span class="smcap">Aa</span>) ‘main road as far
-as Ervillers’ (a third of the way from Bapaume) ‘and then struck
-across country to Gomiecourt. Bapaume Town Hall and Sapignies
-Church had both been mined and left by the enemy and blew up
-during the night.’ So, the deserted villages bore traces of their late
-inhabitants.</p>
-
-<p>If a straight line be drawn from Bapaume to Douai, bisecting
-the Cambrai-Arras road (C, <span class="smcap">Aa</span>, of our quadrangle), and if that straight
-line be divided into three equal parts, the village of Bullecourt will be
-found at one-third of the way from Bapaume and two-thirds from Douai.
-It is thus well within our quadrangle, yet well on the further side of
-the road from Bapaume to Arras, along which we just now walked to
-Ervillers. We shall be occupied with Bullecourt for some time:
-on April 11th in a snowstorm, when ‘an attack was made against the
-Hindenburg Line, in the neighbourhood of Bullecourt,’ and again
-on May 3rd and following days, when ‘it was advisable that Bullecourt
-should be captured without loss of time.’<a id="FNanchor_72" href="#Footnote_72" class="fnanchor">[72]</a> For the German retreat
-was at an end.</p>
-
-<p>Bapaume had fallen on March 17th, Péronne on the following day.
-South and east of Péronne, on the 21st, the Fourth Army had captured
-forty villages. French troops reached the outskirts of St. Quentin,
-and counted their villages by the score. The Cavalry, mounted and
-dismounted, had come in for a bit of their own, and a fine exhilaration
-of open fighting had been blown like a freshening breeze along the east
-wall of the shell-torn quadrangle. But after the third week of March
-the pace of the retreat began to slacken; and, as soon as the first days
-of April dispelled the cover of the mist, and the wind and the sun
-dried up the mud from which the Germans had been retiring, their
-slower pace stiffened into resistance, and their resistance hardened
-into battle. All along the Hindenburg Line, so much advertised,
-yet in places so elastic, which was to guard the ridges of observation,
-the Battle of Arras was engaged in April, May and a part of June,
-and during the course of that Battle, Bullecourt was won and lost and
-won again.</p>
-
-<p>No more need be said about the retreat. The precise ratio
-between initiative and compulsion, precisely how far, that is to say,
-it was carried through according to plan and directed by forces under
-German control, will not be settled till the official war-histories of
-both belligerents have been published, and may even be disputed
-thereafter. Certainly, it was admirably executed; less certainly, it
-was voluntary in all its parts; most certainly, it was accompanied by<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_123"></a>[123]</span>
-incidents which indelibly stained the reputation of the German Military
-Command. That ‘the systematic destruction of roads, railways
-and bridges in the evacuated area made unprecedented demands
-upon the Royal Engineers,’ or that in four and a half days, for example,
-from the morning of March 18th the Somme at Brie was rebridged for our
-troops,<a id="FNanchor_73" href="#Footnote_73" class="fnanchor">[73]</a> were facts of warfare as legitimate for the enemy as they were
-creditable to his pursuers. What was illegitimate and irreparable was
-the not less systematic destruction, forbidden in the Pentateuch, as
-Mr. Buchan<a id="FNanchor_74" href="#Footnote_74" class="fnanchor">[74]</a> notes, of ‘trees for meat’ and water for drinking. We
-have remarked these features <i>in petto</i>: the single trees felled or slashed,
-the single wells poisoned or blown in, the single monuments gutted or
-mined; and France knows the full tale of her own wrongs.</p>
-
-<p>So we come to the Battle of Arras, which opened definitely on
-April 9th and rolled in thunder along the northern ridges to its renewed
-flood in the Third Battle of Ypres.</p>
-
-<p>We may look at the map again. The Battle of Arras was fought
-on a front of sixteen or seventeen miles, stretching, roughly, nine miles
-to the north and seven or eight to the south of Arras. Arras, as we
-know, was within the British line; its cellars and sewers, as a fact,
-had been prepared for the accommodation of our troops, though they
-were not long in request. The British line to the south of Arras (we
-are writing of the opening of the battle) crossed the Arras-Cambrai
-main road almost immediately below the town, facing Tilloy-les-Mofflaines
-on the right, and running down to Croisilles and Ecoust,
-which looked across the line to Bullecourt. Below Bullecourt, two
-miles or so to the right, and about three miles above the Bapaume-Cambrai
-road, the village of Quéant should be observed for the sake
-of its trench-connection with Drocourt in the north (east-south-east
-of Lens), which formed a switch to the Hindenburg Line, in case
-of German accidents behind Arras. It was the Quéant-Drocourt
-trench-system which made Bullecourt so important to its defenders.
-The British line to the north of Arras (still at the opening of the battle,
-but outside of our original quadrangle) crossed the River Scarpe in
-the eastern suburbs of the town, and ran up with a bearing to the left
-between Souchez and Givenchy, turning to the right again between
-Loos and Lens. Vimy, with all its fortifications, both natural and
-artificial, was the key to an advance in this area. The situation should
-be studied on a larger map, but it is useful to see it, too, in
-miniature; and for this purpose we repeat once more our sketch
-on <a href="#illus13">page 90</a> above. On the rough square, Arras-Bapaume-Cambrai-Douai,
-we erect now on the northern side the road-junctions from
-Arras to Douai through Souchez and Lens. The British line
-ran up, as we have said, between Souchez and Givenchy, with
-Vimy and its ridges on the right, and ran down to the west of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_124"></a>[124]</span>
-Bullecourt, which helped to guard the Quéant-Drocourt switch. It
-only remains to observe that from Lens to Ypres was a journey of less
-than thirty miles, and that an attack at Messines and Wytschaete formed
-an obvious corollary to successes at Bullecourt and Vimy.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp95" id="illus18" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus18.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>We are not directly concerned with the bigger strategy of
-this Spring campaign. Sir Douglas Haig made it clear that
-he regarded the capture of the Vimy Ridge as necessary in
-itself and important for the view which it would afford over the plains
-to Douai and beyond. When this object should be achieved he proposed
-to transfer his main offensive into Flanders. ‘The positions
-held by us in the Ypres salient since May, 1915, were far from satisfactory,’
-he wrote. ‘They were completely overlooked by the enemy.
-Their defence involved a considerable strain on the troops occupying
-them, and ... our positions would be much improved by the
-capture of the Messines-Wytschaete Ridge, and of the high ground
-which extends thence north-eastwards for some seven miles.’ These
-plans were re-adjusted to some extent by arrangement with the French
-Command: ‘The British attack, under the revised scheme, was, in
-the first instance, to be preparatory to a more decisive operation to
-be undertaken a little later by the French Armies,’ and though, as
-the British Commander wrote, ‘my original plan for the preliminary<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_125"></a>[125]</span>
-operations on the Arras front fortunately fitted in well with what was
-required of me under the revised scheme,’ yet, in order to give full
-effect ‘to the new rôle allotted to me in this revised scheme, preparations
-for the attack in Flanders had to be restricted for the time being
-to what could be done by such troops and other labour as could not
-in any case be made available on the Arras front.<a id="FNanchor_75" href="#Footnote_75" class="fnanchor">[75]</a>’</p>
-
-<p>So much in this place for the plans. What were the troops
-entrusted with their execution? Looking at a larger map again, and
-assuming for a moment that a week’s fighting (April 9th to 16th)
-has already taken place, and that the British front has been advanced,
-as indicated, from the outskirts of Lens in the north to Croisilles in
-the south, we may now enumerate Sir Douglas Haig’s forces as they
-were distributed from north to south in order of battle on April 17th.
-Note that the First Army was commanded by General Sir H. S. Horne,
-the Third by General Sir E. H. H. Allenby, the Fourth by General
-Sir Henry Rawlinson and the Fifth by General Sir Hubert Gough:
-great Generals all, and tried Commanders. We give, first, the
-positions, so far as they can be located for certainty in the third line
-which resulted from a week’s fighting, and, next, in descending scale
-of military organization, the Army, the Corps, the Division, and the
-Regiments:—</p>
-
-<p class="center">ORDER OF BATTLE, 17th April, 1917.</p>
-
-<table class="borders max50">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Position.</th>
-    <th>Army.</th>
-    <th>Corps.</th>
-    <th>Division.</th>
-    <th>Regiments.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>VIMY</td>
-    <td>I.</td>
-    <td>Canadian</td>
-    <td>1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Canadian, 5th British.</td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>North of RIVER SCARPE</td>
-    <td>III.</td>
-    <td>XVII.</td>
-    <td>51st (Highland)</td>
-    <td>Gordon Highlanders</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>A. &amp; S. Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Seaforth Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Roy. Scots.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Black Watch.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>34th</td>
-    <td>Roy. Scots (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lincolnshire, Suffolk,</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Northd. Fus. (9 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>FAMPOUX</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>9th (Scottish)</td>
-    <td>Black Watch.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Seaforth Highlanders (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Scottish Rifles.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Roy. Scots (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>A. &amp; S. Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Cameron Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>S. African Bde. (4 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.O.S.B.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_126"></a>[126]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>4th</td>
-    <td>Household Bn.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Roy. Warwickshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Seaforth Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Irish Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Somersetshire L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>E. Lancs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Hampshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Rifle Brigade.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.O. (R. Lancs.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lancs. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Duke of Wellington’s (W.R.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Essex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>South of RIVER SCARPE near MONCHY</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>XVIII.</td>
-    <td>12th (Eastern)</td>
-    <td>Norfolk.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Suffolk.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Essex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Berkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Fusiliers (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Sussex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Middlesex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Queen’s (R.W. Surrey)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Buffs (E. Kent.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>E. Surrey.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R.W. Kent.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Northants.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>14th (Light)</td>
-    <td>K.R.R.C. (3 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Rifle Bde. (3 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Oxford &amp; Bucks L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.S.L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Somerset L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.O.Y.L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Durham L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>King’s (Liverpool).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>30th</td>
-    <td>Liverpool (4 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Manchester (4 Bns).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Beds.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Yorks. R.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Scots. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Wilts.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>S. Lancs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>37th</td>
-    <td>R. Fus. (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.R.R.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Rifle Bde.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Warwickshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>E. Lancs.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_127"></a>[127]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>37th</td>
-    <td>N. Lancs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Beds.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>N. Staffs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lincolnshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Somerset.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Middlesex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>York. &amp; Lancs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>VI.</td>
-    <td>29th</td>
-    <td>R. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Dublin Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lancs. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Middlesex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.O.S.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Inniskilling Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>S. Wales B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Border.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Essex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Hampshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Worcestershire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Newfoundland.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Advanced, via ARRAS</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>15th (Scottish)</td>
-    <td>Black Watch.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Seaforth Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Gordon Highlanders (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Cameron Highlanders (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Scots.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Scots. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>A. &amp; S. Highlanders</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.O.S.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Scottish Rifles.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Highland L.I. (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">?</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>3rd</td>
-    <td>K.R.R.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>10th R. Welsh Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>West Yorks.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Scots.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Gordon Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Scots. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Fusiliers.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Northd. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Suffolk.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.O. (Roy. Lancs.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>E. Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>7th K.S.L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>12th King’s (Liverpool)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">?</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>17th (Northern)</td>
-    <td>W. Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>E. Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Yorkshire.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_128"></a>[128]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Dorsetshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lincolnshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Border.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>S. Staffs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Sherwood Foresters.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Northd. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lancs. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Duke of Wellington’s (W.R.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Manchester.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Yorks. &amp; Lancs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>South of VIth. Corps</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>VII.</td>
-    <td>21st</td>
-    <td>Northd. Fus. (3 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>E. Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Durham L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.O.Y.L.I. (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Leicestershire (4 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lincolnshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Between R. Cojeul and R. Sensée</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>33rd</td>
-    <td>R. Fusiliers.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.R.R.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>King’s.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Queen’s.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Suffolk.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Worcestershire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Scottish Rifles (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Middlesex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>A. &amp; S. Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Welsh Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Highland L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">?</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="nw">50th (Northumbrian)</td>
-    <td>Northd. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Durham L.I.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">?</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>56th (London)</td>
-    <td>London.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Middlesex.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>BULLECOURT</td>
-    <td>V.</td>
-    <td>V.</td>
-    <td>7th</td>
-    <td>Border.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Devonshire (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Queen’s.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Gordon Highlanders.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>H.A.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>R. Welsh Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>S. Staffs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Manchester (4 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Warwickshire.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_129"></a>[129]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">?</span></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>11th (Northern)</td>
-    <td>D. of Wellington’s.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>W. Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>York. and Lancs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lincolnshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Border.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>S. Staffs.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Sherwood Foresters.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Dorsetshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Northd. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Lancs. Fus.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Manchester.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>E. Yorkshire.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>BULLECOURT</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>58th (London)</td>
-    <td>London, 2nd Line, T.F.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>62nd (W. Riding)</td>
-    <td>W. Yorks. (4 Bns.)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D. of Wellington’s (4 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>K.O.Y.L.I. (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>York. &amp; Lancs. (2 Bns.).</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>LAGNICOURT</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Australian</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>It was a strong force, as is apparent, and except in the extreme
-southern sector, from Ecoust (opposite Bullecourt) to Lagnicourt, no
-2nd Line Territorial troops were engaged. There, with Londoners
-on their left and Australians on their right, twelve battalions from the
-West Riding took their part.</p>
-
-<p>The operation was not successful. ‘The attacking troops of
-the Fifth Army,’ wrote Sir Douglas Haig, ‘were obliged to withdraw
-to their original line.<a id="FNanchor_76" href="#Footnote_76" class="fnanchor">[76]</a>’ Thus they missed the more sensational advances
-which were secured at Vimy and Monchy-le-Preux. But they contributed
-by their action to those results, and their gallantry earned
-a high encomium from the British Commander-in-Chief, and established
-for the 62nd Division, in its first engagement on a big scale,
-a record worthy of more veteran troops.</p>
-
-<p>Let us start in this sector on April 9th, the day of the opening of
-the Battle of Arras.</p>
-
-<p>It was explained to the Front-line Battalions that, in the event of
-the attack of the Third Army on Neuville Vitasse being successful,
-and of the advance being pushed forward to Fontaine-les-Croisilles
-and Cherisy, the enemy might evacuate his positions. Patrols were
-sent out, accordingly, in order to ascertain the facts; and the 2/6th
-West Yorkshires, for example, if we may select one Battalion out of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_130"></a>[130]</span>
-the twelve, were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to advance
-after 12 o’clock noon at one hour’s notice. A provisional scheme of
-operations was laid down, in anticipation of the sequence of events,
-should the Hindenburg Line be evacuated on that part. These plans
-missed fire, however, and on the next day (10th) the unit which we
-have selected was still stationed at St. Leger. In the early morning
-information arrived of an impending German counter attack, and, after
-orders had been issued for a move at ten minutes’ notice, Brigade
-Orders arrived during the afternoon for a night march to Ecoust. This
-move was duly accomplished. The object was to capture Bullecourt
-and Hendecourt, and then to move forward in the general direction of
-Cagnicourt, on the further side of the Quéant switch. Shortly after
-midnight on April 11th, the troops were informed to this effect;
-Zero hour was 4-30 a.m.</p>
-
-<p>We have to record that the operation, as planned, could not be
-fully carried out. Briefly, it had been devised as follows: unless,
-as seemed improbable, the Hindenburg Line should be found to have
-been evacuated, the Australian Division, supported by Tanks, was to
-push forward to Riencourt and Bullecourt. As soon as their work
-rendered it possible, the 185th Infantry Brigade (Brigadier-General
-V. W. de Falbe, C.M.G., D.S.O.) was to push one Battalion into Bullecourt
-from the south-west, with another Battalion in support. The
-Tanks (two, followed by four), after clearing Bullecourt, were to move
-out of the village, and clear the Hindenburg Line up to a stated position,
-where they would come under the orders of General de Falbe, in command
-of an Advanced Guard, detailed to capture Hendecourt and to
-move forward as indicated above. This formed the operation, as
-planned. The operation, as executed, starts with Battalion reports to
-the Brigade, at 5-15 a.m., 6 a.m. and 7-10 a.m., to the effect that not
-a Tank was in sight. We may imagine the anxiety at Headquarters.
-Reconstruct the surroundings on that April morning: the immense
-line of British Troops stretching right away beyond Vimy, the noise
-of guns, the open country on the other side; remember the significance
-of Bullecourt, not merely as the objective of the 62nd Division, but as
-the last stronghold of the enemy in that sector before he retired to the
-Quéant switch behind the real Hindenburg Line; multiply every
-missed appointment and its consequent inconveniences in civil life
-to the <i>n</i>th power of calculation; add a responsible sense of the great
-issues depending on prompt action; and then conceive what it meant
-to Lt.-Col. John H. Hastings, D.S.O., the Officer Commanding the
-2/6th West Yorkshires (to return for a moment to this unit), to have to
-report three times in two hours that, so far as he was aware, the conditions
-precedent to his pushing on to Bullecourt still remained
-unfulfilled. Item one: the Tanks had not arrived. Item two: there
-was still no news of the Australians having entered Bullecourt. Colonel
-Hastings went forward to make enquiries, and to discuss matters<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_131"></a>[131]</span>
-with the Australian Division. On his return, he advised the Brigadier
-that the situation was ‘very obscure.’ His patrols, he said, had not
-reported, but there was no sign of the Australians clearing Bullecourt,
-and several enemy machine-guns had been located on the south-east
-fringe of the village. This report crossed a message from the Brigade
-(through the 2/8th Battalion, West Yorks.), stating that Tanks had
-been seen at a factory between Bullecourt and Hendecourt, and adding:
-‘Please take immediate action, without waiting for Tanks to arrive,
-to clear up situation in Bullecourt and seize Hindenburg Line to
-the west of the village.’ (This message in original was received an
-hour later.) A reply was sent through the 2/8th Battalion to the effect
-that the instructions seemed to be ‘based on faulty and erroneous
-information’: the main point was that the Australians had not entered
-Bullecourt, and that reports from the patrols were still awaited. While
-this reply was on its way, the Brigadier visited the Battalion Headquarters,
-and ‘was evidently dissatisfied with the want of progress.’ He
-admitted to Colonel Hastings that the conditions laid down as preliminary
-to the advance still appeared incomplete (which means that
-the Tanks had not operated), but he was anxious that the push should
-be attempted, and Colonel Hastings went up again to investigate.</p>
-
-<p>Meanwhile, what about the Tanks? Major W. H. L. Watson,
-D.S.O., of the Machine-Gun Corps, Heavy Section, writing in
-<i>Blackwood’s Magazine</i>, June, 1919, stated that, ‘of my eleven Tanks,
-nine had received direct hits and two were missing.’ He pointed out
-that the sudden change of plans between April 10th and 11th had proved
-somewhat upsetting, that the crews were composed of tired men,
-that a blizzard was blowing, and that the snow proved bad cover.
-He added that the Australian troops were turned distrustful of Tanks
-for some months, and that a British Brigadier, to whom he was paying
-a farewell visit, told him, ‘with natural emphasis, that Tanks were
-“no dammed use.”’ Further than this, we need not pursue the
-question. A day was to come very soon when the new weapon would
-outpace the Infantry, and help effectively to win its battles. At Bullecourt,
-on April 11th, the co-operation was not adequate.</p>
-
-<p>At 11 o’clock that morning, Colonel Hastings, ruling out the
-Tanks, expressed his deliberate conviction that the village could not
-be captured by daylight, except by very great sacrifices. The wire
-was uncut, the snipers were active, and there was very little cover.
-Three hours later, Brigade orders arrived to withdraw the patrols, and at
-dusk the Battalion relieved the 2/7th Battalion of their own Regiment
-in the right sector of the front facing Bullecourt. The relief was
-completed at 1 a.m. on April 12th, and another long and trying day
-was spent in tapping the Bullecourt defences, which were found to
-be still formidable. By 5 a.m. on the morning of the 13th, the relief
-of the Battalion in its turn by the 2/7th West Ridings was completed,
-and they returned to Ervillers on the Bapaume-Arras road.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_132"></a>[132]</span></p>
-
-<p>They had suffered badly during this experience. On the 11th,
-Lieut. C. F. R. Pells, 2/Lieut. A. G. Harris and 31 other Ranks were
-killed, and the wounded amounted to 30. Fine work was done by the
-174th Tunnelling Company, R.E. (Major Hutchinson, M.C., Commanding),
-in digging out the victims of a collapsed house in which
-two Officers were killed: they worked thirty hours continuously and
-rescued nine men alive.</p>
-
-<p>Meanwhile, Bullecourt had not been captured. If a detailed
-map be consulted again, it will be seen that the British lines of
-April 16th and 24th both met at their southern extremity on the
-wrong (north) side of the River Sensée, and formed a dangerous
-salient, or inward bulge, with the British line running south from
-Croisilles. The Hindenburg Line at Bullecourt still guarded the
-switch-line at Quéant; and this failure was the more disappointing
-in view of the easterly advances along the River Scarpe behind Arras,
-and, further north, behind Vimy and its woods and hills. Tanks had
-shown fine capacity during that fortnight. The gallant Infantry had
-accomplished by their aid what it took them nearly as many months
-to accomplish with much worse casualties on the Somme in 1916.
-For the missing weapon had been found, though its full use was still
-to be discovered, and obstacles even more formidable than had held
-up the 49th Division at Thiepval were levelled or reduced.</p>
-
-<p>We pass at once to the renewed assault on Bullecourt between
-May 3rd and 17th.</p>
-
-<p>The 62nd Division was once more engaged. The new weapon
-was brought again to the attack, and, though further experience was
-still wanted before its masterly employment at Cambrai in November,
-the last phase of the Battle of Arras clearly demonstrated to all those
-who chose to see the immense value of co-operation between Infantry
-and Tanks. That the brunt of the Infantry fighting in these
-experimental days fell on the troops from the West Riding, will
-find a place in military history as well as in Yorkshire records.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_133"></a>[133]</span></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus19" style="max-width: 31.25em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus19.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>Brigade Orders with reference to the fresh assault were received
-immediately after the old. Already on April 15th, the plan of operations
-was to hand, and the intervening seventeen days was spent mainly
-in rehearsals. The order of advance from the right was the 185th
-Infantry Brigade (de Falbe), the 186th (Hill) in the centre, and the
-187th (Taylor) on the left. Each Brigade had its definite objective,
-and they advanced to the attack side by side. The Third Army
-operated eastwards in the direction of Fontaine-les-Croisilles, with
-the 2nd Australian Division on the right. Tanks were to crawl up in
-sufficient numbers. The day was fixed for May 3rd. Zero hour
-was 3-45 a.m. Once more we may quote Major Watson<a id="FNanchor_77" href="#Footnote_77" class="fnanchor">[77]</a> as to the
-part borne by the Tanks in this attack. ‘A costly failure,’ is his<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_134"></a>[134]</span>
-description of the day’s work. Major R. O. C. Ward, D.S.O., who
-was killed in the following November, was out with his Tanks in
-front, ‘but the Infantry could not follow,’ he complained. ‘Attack
-unsuccessful. Casualties heavy,’ is the bare statement in one of the
-Battalion diaries. Before consulting a more expansive authority, it
-will be interesting to examine the accompanying photograph of Hendecourt
-from the air. Above the village, we see the main road from
-Arras to Cambrai, which runs from north-east to south-west. Crossing
-that road, we see the switch trench-line from Drocourt to Quéant,
-which ran roughly, from north to south. The trenches guarding the
-village, Orix, Opal, Hop, Morden, are indicated on the face of the
-photograph, and are still more clearly displayed in the ground-plan sketch
-which we also reproduce (p. 133). Turning back now to May 3rd, we
-have the advantage of some notes by an Officer of the 62nd, who
-watched the opening barrage from the top of the railway embankment.
-It was an unforgettable sight. ‘Shells of all sizes screamed through the
-air, and bullets from our machine-guns sped towards the enemy lines.
-The noise was deafening and appalling. Then the Tanks went forward
-to do their part in the attack. Hundreds of Very lights and
-coloured signals were sent up by the enemy all along his line’; and
-to the careful watcher and time-keeper, these lights and signals brought
-evil tidings. For after two Companies of one Battalion of the 62nd
-should have been in the enemy second-line trench, ‘enemy lights
-were still sent up from that direction.’</p>
-
-<p>We turn to a Company record. Take, for instance, B Company
-of the 2/5th West Ridings. They advanced steadily to the attack,
-and fought their way up the slope to the ridge on the left of Bullecourt.
-But they met very formidable opposition. Some think that the sound
-of the Tanks deploying in their assembly positions may have reached
-acute enemy ears; but, whether or not this was the case, and,
-on the whole, the evidence is against it, a devastating machine-gun
-fire and a terrific barrage of high explosive and shrapnel were
-suddenly opened on the advancing Company, while hidden concrete
-emplacements protected the enemy guns. The survivors gallantly
-rallied, and pressed on into the Hindenburg Line through a ‘tornado
-of bullets.’ Lieut. O. Walker was killed at this point, as he was
-charging at the head of his platoon, rifle in hand, through the German
-wire. Two enemy machine-guns were captured, and their crews
-killed by our bombers. Captain J. Walker, M.B.E., Commanding the
-Company, with a mere handful of men, still pushed on and forced a
-broken way to the next strong point of hidden emplacements. Here
-the little party held out for three awful days and nights. They had
-no water and only their iron rations, and they were bombed and shelled
-all the time. On the second day, the enemy tried to take them prisoners,
-but the attempt was repulsed. On the third day, when the position
-was blown in through our own Batteries having shortened range, this<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_135"></a>[135]</span>
-very brave Officer and his few surviving wounded men contrived to
-fight their way back through the German outpost line, in broad
-daylight and fired at from every side. A nine hours’ struggle brought
-them home ‘by a miracle.’<a id="FNanchor_78" href="#Footnote_78" class="fnanchor">[78]</a> Bullecourt was still uncaptured, but
-its blood-soaked ridges and trenches had taught the Prussians the
-meaning of Yorkshire grit.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp87" id="illus20" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus20.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">HENDECOURT FROM THE AIR.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>The story may be repeated, if it is not clear enough, from the
-diaries of other Battalions. Take the 2/4th York and Lancasters, for
-example. It is a vivid narrative, which may be quoted almost
-verbatim:</p>
-
-<p>By Zero hour on May 3rd, the men had marched on to the tape
-line, extended, and formed waves, as ordered, each man fixing his
-bayonet and lying down directly he got into his place. Just as the
-head of the 6th line came into its alignment, a shell burst close by,
-wounding Lt.-Col. Blacker, Commanding, and about six other Ranks.
-‘Don’t mind me, get the lines out,’ was the gallant Officer’s order,
-which was instantly obeyed: though the shelling was heavy all the
-time, the operation was completed as if in a practice-attack. The
-Adjutant found the lines absolutely correct, and men lying close to
-shell-holes had in many instances refrained from taking cover for fear
-of spoiling their interval. It was this kind of spirit which beat the
-Germans, though they kept us out of Bullecourt on May 3rd. Colonel
-Blacker, with the assistance of his servant, returned to Battalion Headquarters,
-and Major Richardson arrived from Brigade to take over the
-Command of the Battalion. A rum-ration was served out at 3 a.m.,
-and the first line advanced at Zero (3-45 a.m.) less eight minutes.
-In order to understand what followed, it must be borne in mind that
-there were 900 yards to be traversed before the first German trench
-was reached: 900 yards through the heavy smoke and dust of the
-barrage depicted above. To keep intervals, distance and direction
-was not an easy task even for the best-trained troops. Still, all was
-going well, till some confusion was caused by another unit crossing
-their front between the 4th and 5th lines. These troops were ordered
-to withdraw and re-form, but the order was mistaken by about 70 men
-of the right rear Company of the invaded Battalion. They thought it
-was addressed to them, and withdrew, accordingly, to the railway
-embankment. The rest, steadily led, despite the mixture of units,
-pushed on to the first German trench, but the waves had lost their
-formation before the second line was reached. Major Richardson was
-killed in a courageous attempt to find out exactly what was happening,
-and, later, Brigade orders arrived to parade all available personnel
-for a second attack in two lines. It ended miserably in shell-holes,
-which afforded insufficient protection from casualties out of proportion
-to the result, and about 4 o’clock in the afternoon of the long day the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_136"></a>[136]</span>
-order came to retire to the railway cutting. The 7th Division relieved
-the 62nd.</p>
-
-<p>We need not multiply the records. ‘The attacking troops eventually
-withdrew to the railway cutting’; ‘finally forced to retire about
-11-30 a.m. on the railway embankment’; these entries and entries
-like these recur with maddening iteration in the narratives of the units
-on this date, and the loss of life was terribly high. But Bullecourt fell
-in the end. Ten men had been left in the coveted village by troops
-which had reached it on May 3rd, but had fallen back from all but its
-fringes, and these ten men were rescued on May 8th. Day by day,
-the stubborn fight was waged, with attack and counter-attack of intense
-ferocity and varying fortune, till at last, on May 17th and following
-days, Territorial Troops of the County of London and the West Riding
-drove out the last remnants of the German garrison from their last
-stronghold in front of Quéant. Let Sir Douglas Haig tell the tale of
-these successes, which brought to a victorious close the series of fighting
-known as the Battle of Arras:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘At 3-45 a.m. on the 3rd May, another attack was undertaken by
-us.... While the Third and First Armies attacked from Fontaine-les-Croisilles
-to Fresnoy, the Fifth Army launched a second attack
-upon the Hindenburg Line in the neighbourhood of Bullecourt.
-This gave a total front of over sixteen miles. Along practically
-the whole of this front our troops broke into the enemy’s positions....
-To secure the footing gained by the Australians in the
-Hindenburg Line on the 3rd May, it was advisable that Bullecourt
-should be captured without loss of time. During the fortnight
-following our attack, fighting for the possession of this village went
-on unceasingly.... On the morning of the 7th May,
-English troops (7th Division, Major-General T. H. Shoubridge)
-gained a footing in the south-east corner of Bullecourt. Thereafter
-gradual progress was made, in the face of the most obstinate
-resistance, and on the 17th May, London and West Riding
-Territorials<a id="FNanchor_79" href="#Footnote_79" class="fnanchor">[79]</a> completed the capture of the village....
-On the 20th May fighting was commenced by the 33rd Division
-(Major-General R. J. Pinney) for the sector of the Hindenburg
-Line lying between Bullecourt and our front-line west of
-Fontaine-les-Croisilles. Steady progress was made until by the
-16th June touch had been established by us between these two
-points.’<a id="FNanchor_80" href="#Footnote_80" class="fnanchor">[80]</a></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus21" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus21.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">COLISEUM MADE OUT OF A GERMAN CRATER.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>We had intended to close here the present chapter. But our
-impression of life at the front with the 62nd Division is incomplete
-without reference to the mimic warfare and the relaxation from war
-which likewise formed part of its experience. On that very day,
-June 16th, when the Bullecourt sector was finally consolidated, Divisional<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_137"></a>[137]</span>
-Sports were being held at Achiet-le-Petit. In a Coliseum made
-out of a German crater, which we illustrate from a pencil-sketch on
-the spot, the Divisional Band was playing on June 14th, and boxing
-contests were being fought. Two days later, a Gymkhana was held,
-in which some of the chief events were dribbling a football on horseback,<a id="FNanchor_81" href="#Footnote_81" class="fnanchor">[81]</a>
-driving a pair of mules tandem,<a id="FNanchor_82" href="#Footnote_82" class="fnanchor">[82]</a> and collecting stones to drop
-into a bucket.<a id="FNanchor_83" href="#Footnote_83" class="fnanchor">[83]</a> On June 20th, three Officers of the 2/5th West Ridings
-rode from Achiet-le-Petit to Thiepval, and went over the ground which
-had been fought by the 1st Line Battalion of their Regiment nearly a
-year before. ‘Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit,’ they may have
-thought, as they contrasted their leisurely ride with the heat of battle
-which the site recalled; and the same thought, applied to their own
-experience, may have revealed the hope of a future day when Bullecourt,
-like Thiepval, would be remembered as a past stage in a victorious
-advance.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_138"></a>[138]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_X"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER X</span></h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<h4>I.—THE NORTHERN RIDGES</h4>
-
-<p>Between the Battle of Arras in the Spring and the Battle of
-Cambrai in the Autumn came the Third Battle of Ypres in the Summer.
-This middle battle in time (with which, in the history of the West
-Riding, we shall not be much concerned) was the northernmost battle
-in space, and its success, if it had been fully successful, would have
-been amphibious in kind. It would have rendered untenable by
-Germany the sea-bases of her submarine campaign, thus relieving
-the food-problem for the Allies, and it would have removed the
-military peril, fought out to a standstill in 1915, which threatened
-Paris and the Channel ports. On this account, as we saw in the last
-Chapter, the northernmost battle of the three was originally the chief
-in significance according to Sir Douglas Haig’s plans. If we may regard
-the long Allied line, say, from Reims to the sea, throughout, and even
-beyond, the fighting season of 1917, as the scene of a single battle,
-we must add that the course of that battle did not follow Sir Douglas
-Haig’s wishes. We read above of a ‘revised’ scheme, of ‘restricted’
-preparations for the attack in Flanders, and we infer (indeed, we are
-informed) that, if Haig had been in sole Command of the Allied Forces
-on the Western front, he would have disposed the programme a little
-differently. Happily, it is not our business to judge the strategy of
-the war. Our task is to narrate the part which was played by a few
-thousand Yorkshiremen in bringing the war to a victorious close.
-Strategy was not in their contract: the Colonel obeyed his Brigadier,
-the General his Corps Commander; and even in a larger sphere, Sir
-Douglas Haig was less than supreme. In the triple battle of 1917
-many factors entered into account. To burn out the submarine
-nests, to countervail Italy’s fate of arms, to anticipate Russia’s defection,
-to release French industry and railways: these were a few of the
-considerations which affected the movements of the Allied Armies
-between Verdun and Ypres, the two flagstaffs of French and British
-ardour. That they were, primarily, political considerations does not
-mean that they were wrongly brought into account. Always the
-strategical initiative, as distinct from the tactical, lies partly outside
-the control of the fighting men. But there was worse than this in
-the series of conditions which determined the fighting of 1917. The
-sequence of battle-areas (Arras, Ypres, Cambrai) might be dictated
-by causes which prevailed over the best-laid plans; the course of the
-battles themselves, especially of the Summer-battle about Ypres, was
-dictated by less calculable chances. Among these were the ‘pill-boxes’
-and the mud, the solid and the fluid conditions. When to
-break off that last battle was almost more difficult a problem than when<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_139"></a>[139]</span>
-to engage it; and if its commencement was postponed by causes
-outside Haig’s control, we can read between the lines of his Fourth
-Dispatch the hesitation with which he carried it on:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘After weighing these considerations, as well as the general
-situation and various other factors affecting the problem, among
-them the desirability of assisting our Allies in the operations
-to be carried out by them on the 23rd October in the neighbourhood
-of Malmaison, I decided to continue the offensive further....</p>
-
-<p>‘Though the condition of the ground continued to deteriorate,
-the weather after this was unsettled rather than persistently wet,
-and progress had not become impossible. I accordingly decided
-to press on while circumstances still permitted....</p>
-
-<p>‘By this time the persistent continuation of wet weather
-had left no further room for hope....<a id="FNanchor_84" href="#Footnote_84" class="fnanchor">[84]</a>’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">it would be unnecessary to complete this final sentence, except that
-it closes with the definite statement, that, ‘in view of other projects
-which I had in view, it was desirable to maintain pressure on the
-Flanders front for a few weeks longer.’ Once more, we are not
-required to judge, but, at least, we may note the implication that,
-even when there was ‘no further room for hope’ (surely, a grave
-obstacle to progress) it was still necessary to ‘maintain pressure for a
-few weeks longer.’</p>
-
-<p>The West Yorkshire troops did not come in till close to the end
-of this middle battle, and we shall presently be more fully concerned
-with the ‘other projects’ elsewhere. But we can imagine what it
-meant to those spent and battle-weary soldiers to ‘maintain pressure’
-beyond the hope of progress. ‘Physical exhaustion,’ we read, ‘placed
-narrow limits on the depth to which each advance could be pushed’;
-and how far those limits should be forced was a matter of very difficult
-discretion. ‘Time after time,’ runs the Despatch, ‘the practically
-beaten enemy was enabled to re-organize and relieve his men, and to
-bring up reinforcements behind the sea of mud which constituted his
-main protection’; and at what point a ‘practically beaten’ enemy
-should be left behind his barrier of mud was, again, very hard to decide.
-Hard and difficult decisions for the High Command; but the hardship
-and the difficulty of the fighting fell heavily on the fighting men, and
-the Summer-battle of 1917, which was prolonged far beyond the
-Summer, entailed, as Sir Douglas Haig tells us, ‘almost superhuman
-exertions on the part of the troops of all arms and services.<a id="FNanchor_85" href="#Footnote_85" class="fnanchor">[85]</a>’ The
-great Commander chose his word well. If the triple battle of 1917
-were to be fought out again, with all the conditions constant except<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_140"></a>[140]</span>
-those which strategists could vary, there would be, conceivably, a new
-time-table and a new distribution of effort at Arras, Passchendaele
-and Cambrai: there would still be the ‘superhuman’ effort to overcome
-the German advantage of irregular, murderous blockhouses,
-like Martello-towers sunk in a sea of mud, and of not less irregular rain.</p>
-
-<p>We come to closer quarters with this middle battle. It opened
-on June 7th with an explosion of nineteen mines, which caused enormous
-rents in the enemy front-line trenches, and which effectively
-assisted the Artillery and the Air Force in their preparations for the
-Infantry advance. Impressive from a spectacular point of view, it
-was no sudden thing, this explosion. It represented many months of
-patient labour by highly-skilled miners and engineers, the memory of
-whose devotion to duty, under conditions of constant horror, should
-help, in industrial times, to soften acerbities at home. It was, further,
-the great surprise of the attack. British enterprise had to burrow
-underground in order to escape the observation of an enemy, who,
-since 1915, when the Ypres salient was inevitably contracted,<a id="FNanchor_86" href="#Footnote_86" class="fnanchor">[86]</a> had
-occupied all the commanding ground in a stretch of country where
-60 feet was the measure of a mountain. Messines, Wytschaete and
-Oostaverne were all captured on that first day (June 7th), together
-with more than 7,000 prisoners and 450 pieces of Artillery. General
-Sir Herbert Plumer and the Second Army, who had acted as wardens
-of these marches through so many weary and exacting months, reaped
-a swift reward in the second week of June.</p>
-
-<p>Unfortunately, it did not end as it began. The obliteration of
-two Battalions on the Yser between Nieuport and the sea on July 10th
-belongs to the history of the Northamptons and the King’s Royal
-Rifles, whose heroic defence of a position cut off from succour or
-support is Homeric in its quality.<a id="FNanchor_87" href="#Footnote_87" class="fnanchor">[87]</a> Canadian historians will tell
-the tale of the capture of Hill 70 from the Prussian Guard, and of the
-long struggles in the outskirts of Lens. The season was still young,
-however; the initial operations had been successful, and the results
-achieved in June encouraged Sir Douglas Haig to extend the area of
-his attack right along the ridges and their spurs from Messines to
-Houlthulst Forest. These movements started on the last day of July,
-with the Fifth Army under General Sir Hubert Gough and the Second
-under General Sir Herbert Plumer.</p>
-
-<p>Slowly, resolutely, painfully, a way was forced up the difficult
-slopes. After twenty days a big advance could be recorded, but the
-going had been hard and expensive, and already the pace began to tell.
-The halt called in mid-August by exhaustion was employed for further
-preparation, and a month later, when the full attack was re-commenced,
-the highest points were still in enemy hands. It was now the middle
-of September: battle had been joined in the first week of June, but<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_141"></a>[141]</span>
-Glencorse Wood and Inverness Copse and a series of minor positions
-had still to be won, in order to render Passchendaele untenable and so
-to complete the capture of the ridges. The programme, we see, was
-out of gear; the price paid was out of proportion to the gains. The
-battle-fury surged up and down in gusts and lulls, and ebb and flow,
-shaped less to a regular advance than to a series of shocks and withdrawals,
-with the battle-mark always a little higher, but, behind it,
-in an ascending scale, loss of life, and devastated country, rain and ruin,
-and desperate endeavour. Was it worth while? was one urgent
-question. How long could it be kept up? was another.</p>
-
-<p>Every Battalion of the 49th Division was engaged: the West
-Ridings, the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, the York and
-Lancasters, and the West Yorkshires, and at last they reached the top
-of the main ridge. The date was October 9th-10th, and the 49th
-was moved to the attack with the 66th Division on their right and the
-48th on their left. The St. Julien road lay behind them, Passchendaele
-was a mile or two ahead. Three stout Infantry Brigades, eager to
-crown the Summer’s struggle, took part in the front of the operation:
-the 146th in the centre, the 148th on the right, and the 144th (48th
-Division) on the left. The 147th was the Reserve Brigade. The
-centre Battalion of the centre Brigade was the 1/7th West Yorkshires;
-they found the 1/5th of the same Regiment on their right, and the
-1/8th on their left: the 1/6th was their Reserve Battalion. The heavy
-casualties in these two days’ fighting made exact information hard to
-collect: in three Companies of the middle Battalion all the Officers
-and senior N.C.O.s had been permanently or temporarily disabled,
-and as early as 7-30 on the first morning (October 9th) the Reserve
-(147th) Brigade was ordered to be ready at an hour’s notice. In these
-circumstances, an hour to hour narrative could not be accurately compiled.
-The details were too much confused. Touch was lost between
-Companies and between Battalions, and one Officer’s summary of a
-part must stand for the record of the whole: ‘The Brigade (the 146th)
-reached its first objective, but was unable to proceed further.’ Still,
-an advance was made on these two days, which count among the worst
-experiences on the Western front, and the Troops very thoroughly
-merited the congratulations of the Corps Commander, Sir Alexander
-Godley, on their achievement ‘under the extremely adverse conditions.’</p>
-
-<p>The congratulations were renewed a few days later (October
-18th) when Major-General Perceval, C.B., took leave of the 49th
-Division, which, despite the ‘adverse conditions’ and the ‘almost
-superhuman exertions,’ which we have read of, he had commanded
-so gallantly and with so much hope. We are told that, at the Brigade
-Parade, he appeared to feel the parting very keenly, and we know how
-warmly his regret was reciprocated by the whole Division. He had
-succeeded to the Command in 1915, when General Baldock was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_142"></a>[142]</span>
-injured by a shell,<a id="FNanchor_88" href="#Footnote_88" class="fnanchor">[88]</a> and he had led the 49th Division in the Battles
-of the Ancre and the Somme, culminating in the capture of Thiepval,
-during 1916.<a id="FNanchor_89" href="#Footnote_89" class="fnanchor">[89]</a> He was succeeded now by Major-General Neville
-J. G. Cameron, C.B., C.M.G. (1916), of the Cameron Highlanders,
-who had served on the Nile and in South Africa, and whose proud
-privilege it became, as an Infantryman, to command a Territorial
-Infantry Division till the end of the war.</p>
-
-<p>We return from this personal note, arising out of the change of
-Command, to the intense struggle outside Houlthulst Forest. It
-was renewed three times in October, a bloody October for the 49th
-Division, as for the British Army as a whole, and, at last, on the last
-day of that month, the British line had been carried, foot by foot,
-till within about 300 yards of the contested village of Passchendaele.
-One more week of effort was demanded of the Troops exhausted by
-four months’ bloodshed, and the final assault was delivered on November
-6th, when the village fell to the Canadians. In the course of four
-days’ further fighting the last crests of the ridges were secured, and
-the long Third Battle of Ypres was definitely terminated.</p>
-
-<p>Who had won it? Counting July 31st as the first day of that phase
-of the Third Battle, it had cost the Germans over 24,000 prisoners.
-They had lost positions from Messines to Passchendaele, roughly,
-on a front of twelve miles, the value of which, small in area, had been
-recognized as cardinal in three great battles in three years. Because
-they had lost the positions, we may conclude that they had lost the
-Third Battle, as they had lost the First (1914) and had been stalemated
-in the Second (1915). But this conclusion does not contradict another,
-that Sir Douglas Haig had not won. He had not won the victory
-which he sought. If we compare the close with the opening of this
-long and brilliant Despatch (‘the Campaigns of 1917’), we see
-clearly by how much he had contracted his original bold design, and
-how grievously his large hopes had been disappointed by extraneous
-events. ‘The general conditions of the struggle this year,’ he recorded,
-‘have been very different from those contemplated at the conference
-of Allied Commanders held in November, 1916. The great general
-and simultaneous offensive then agreed on did not materialize.’ We
-turn back to the plans at that Conference, so far as the British Commander<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_143"></a>[143]</span>
-reveals them.<a id="FNanchor_90" href="#Footnote_90" class="fnanchor">[90]</a> They ‘comprised a series of offensives on all
-fronts, so timed as to assist each other by depriving the enemy of power
-of weakening any one of his fronts in order to reinforce another.’
-The Arras battle was not to be pursued beyond its first objective:
-‘it was my intention to transfer my main offensive to another part of
-my front.... I hoped, after completing my spring offensive
-further south, to be able to develop this Flanders attack without great
-delay, and to strike hard in the north before the enemy realized that the
-attack in the south would not be pressed further.’ But it ‘did not
-materialize,’ as has been said. The task of the British and French
-Armies had proved far heavier than was originally anticipated, and,
-on the other hand, the enemy’s means of resistance had proved ‘far
-greater than either he or we could have expected.’ We shall see in a
-later chapter how these disappointments imposed a change from the
-offensive to the defensive in the renewed campaign of 1918. Here
-we observe that, to this extent, the Summer battle of 1917, protracted
-almost too long for the endurance even of British soldiery, could not be
-counted victorious. Nor was the final outlook better, when the results
-on a wider front were added to those of the Third Battle of Ypres.
-On no front had we suffered defeat; on none, as German reports
-prove, was the enemy free from anxiety or confident of military success.
-But our great efforts were frustrated by outside causes: military opinion
-is hardening to the conviction that the Western battles of 1917 worked
-out, on a balance, to our disadvantage, and the dark shadow of the
-Russian Empire in solution fell across the concluding pages of the
-British Field Marshal’s Fourth Despatch.</p>
-
-<h4 id="CHAPTER_X_2">II.—BETWEEN THE BATTLES.</h4>
-
-<p>While the 49th Division was struggling up the northern ridges,
-the 62nd was spending a brief and busy interval between the Battle
-of Arras in the Spring and the Battle of Cambrai in the Autumn.</p>
-
-<p>Not an hour of that interval was wasted. The noise of the guns
-was never ceasing; and it is especially interesting to observe how
-admirably the Divisional Training, set on foot at once between the
-battles, fitted the daily calls which were to be made on all units of the
-Division.</p>
-
-<p>But first, for the sake of its pleasant reading, and as a proof that
-merit found reward, take Lord Harewood’s statement to the West
-Riding Association in October, 1917, of the Honours awarded to their
-Troops. The 62nd had figured in an Honours List as early as the
-previous April, and there had been a good sprinkling from its units
-in June. Now, every unit had been fighting, and every unit had won
-distinction. Thus, we met Lieut.-Colonel Hastings at Bullecourt,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_144"></a>[144]</span>
-and we read here of his well-merited D.S.O., and of as many as
-sixteen Military Medals awarded to gallant men in his Battalion.
-In point of fact, the Honours which were awarded were far fewer
-than the Honours which were deserved; and, confining ourselves to
-figures only, since it is not seemly to select names<a id="FNanchor_91" href="#Footnote_91" class="fnanchor">[91]</a>, we observe
-that, out of fourteen Military Crosses which fell to the 62nd Division,
-four went to subaltern Officers in a single Battalion of the West Ridings.
-In the 49th Division, there were twenty-four awards of the Military
-Cross; four men received Bars to their Military Medals; and there
-were over a hundred fresh Military Medals and other decorations.
-Many mothers and maids in the West Riding had cause to be proud
-of their sons and lovers.</p>
-
-<p>So much in this place for the past fighting. Meanwhile, let us
-follow one unit of the 62nd to its interval of rest between the fights.
-Here, too, we need not particularize. We noted at the end of the last
-chapter how quickly sport succeeded war, and in all units alike, at
-Achiet-le-Petit and elsewhere, the typical Battalion Sports Officer
-would ‘get a move on’ very quickly. We may imagine the kind of
-man he was; say, a subaltern Officer with a wound-stripe, perhaps
-recently rejoined, and wearing, no doubt, the ribbons of a Military
-Cross and a Croix-de-Guerre. We may imagine, too, the shell-pocked
-field, which, in order to exercise his men, he would set himself
-to convert into a football ground, with its holes neatly patched and
-darned, and its goal posts and other appurtenances requisitioned as
-urgently as ammunition. Or take the signal example of the great
-crater-coliseum,<a id="FNanchor_92" href="#Footnote_92" class="fnanchor">[92]</a> on which a whole Battalion had been set at work,
-and which was ingeniously constructed to accommodate about two
-thousand spectators. It was chiefly used for boxing contests, and
-the R.E. took a hand in erecting its 18-foot ring. The next step was
-to find and train the teams, and special mention is due to the middleweight
-champion of the 62nd Division, Company Sgt.-Major Schofield,
-D.C.M., of the 2/5th West Ridings, whose fight with Pte. Hayhurst,
-of the 2/6th Duke of Wellington’s, filled the Coliseum one fine day.
-They were not too particular about the seasons. When the weather
-was hot, they played cricket; when it was not, they played football,
-and an inter-Brigade Summer football match resulted in the victory
-of a team composed of the R.E. and R.A.M.C.; the 2/4th West Ridings
-being second, and the 2/5th West Ridings third. Later, a Divisional
-Cup was competed for at Beaulencourt, and was won by the 2/5th
-West Ridings, who beat the R.E. and R.A.M.C. by the handsome
-score of six goals to one.</p>
-
-<p>The old saying about the playing-fields at Eton and the Battle of
-Waterloo recurs to memory as we write. The preparation for war
-in sport was illustrated again and again. Three times in the course<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_145"></a>[145]</span>
-of this Summer, a certain Company out of a Battalion of the 62nd
-was stationed in a position known as the Apex, which had formed
-part of the Hindenburg Line, south-south-west of Riencourt. The
-first occasion was towards the end of June, and the Company Officers
-found cause to bless the foresight of the authorities who had organized
-so many forms of sport. Take their excellent shooting, for example.
-A party of the enemy, about six in number, had been observed on the
-sky-line walking in single file on the top of a communication-trench.
-The range was, approximately, 1,200 yards. Six men were sent out
-in a good lying position, and the sights were harmonized between
-1,000 and 1,400 yards. After the third round, we are told, the enemy
-rapidly dispersed, and contracted their sphere of activity. Or, take
-the raid on the Apex on September 13th, which was shown by prisoners’
-testimony to have been carefully rehearsed by a considerable enemy
-force of Storm-Troops, Infantry, and others, under orders to destroy
-all dug-outs near the Apex and to inflict as much damage as possible
-on our garrison. The attack fell on the 2/6th West Yorkshires, and
-was very gallantly repulsed; chiefly by the courage and determination
-of Captain G. C. Turner, who was killed, and of L.-Sergt. W. Pearson
-(No. 241038), who lived just long enough for General Braithwaite to
-recommend him for the award of the D.C.M. It was a typical ‘No
-surrender’ exploit, and merits special recognition. Or, another
-incident at the Apex back in August. On this occasion a private soldier
-distinguished himself, and was awarded the M.M., in a voluntary
-patrol to clear up an obscure position. In full daylight he went,
-unaccompanied, up a gulley some 35 to 40 yards, and located an
-enemy party. He reported the position to his Officer, who dealt
-with it successfully the same night by the aid of some rifle-grenadiers.
-It was the same private, by the way, the crack shot in his own crack
-company, who brought down some partridges in September, within
-a few yards of the enemy posts. Either for the game or for other
-causes, the men of this Company became so keen on patrol work at
-the Apex, that they petitioned for a double tour duty and stayed out
-eight consecutive nights. Insignificant details, perhaps, but good
-shooting and keen soldiership won the war; and the Division
-thoroughly earned the compliments of the Commander-in-Chief and
-Army Commander on their exploits during this period, which showed
-‘skill and enterprise.’</p>
-
-<p>They were as good at salving as at sniping. The tale is told
-of a Platoon near Bullecourt, which had become liable to a complaint
-that Salvage orders were being neglected. The complaint was
-quickly set to rights, and within a very short time a remarkable collection
-was accumulated outside Company Headquarters. A derelict Tank
-had been found hidden fast in high undergrowth, and as many as
-seven Lewis guns and some forty magazines in more or less bad condition
-were brought to join the Battalion dump. By the side of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_146"></a>[146]</span>
-another Tank the bodies were identified of four men of the Royal
-Warwicks, and, as the Yorkshiremen themselves had once been engaged
-in the same sector, they began an organized search, which resulted in at
-least forty casualties being transferred from ‘missing’ to ‘killed.’</p>
-
-<p>So, the pause between the battles were filled up. With raids
-and counter-raids, and martial exercises, and military sports, and
-play imitating work, the exhaustion after Bullecourt was repaired,
-and the spirit of Bullecourt was renewed. Field-work on the open
-fighting system completed the training at Beaulencourt where a move
-was made into hutments in October, and it is noted that the shooting
-was so much improved that one Platoon, at the end of its intensive
-practice, scored a total of 405 out of 450 points in a ‘mad minute’
-competition. Early in November, a new Brigadier was appointed
-to the 186th Brigade in succession to Brig.-General Hill, whose
-gallantry and leadership had won him the affection of all ranks, when
-the limits of age compelled his retirement. The veteran’s place was
-taken by a very junior Officer, R. B. Bradford, V.C., who fell in action
-at the end of the same month, and whose name may stand, on the
-eve of the Autumn fighting, to typify the <i>personnel</i> of the Division,
-certain units of which we have visited here and there in the training
-period between Arras and Cambrai. Roland Boys Bradford
-was born in 1892; he joined the Durham Light Infantry in
-1912, and went out to the war two years afterwards. Thus,
-his chance came early in life, and he made the fullest use of
-every phase of it. His promotion was as rapid as his valour was
-remarkable. He won the M.C. and the V.C. (1916), and was
-several times mentioned in Despatches, and accounts agree
-that this youthful Brigadier, when he reached that military rank at
-the early age of twenty-five, was a soldier of very brilliant promise.
-He died young, according to civil standards, but he achieved a fine
-professional record under exacting conditions of active service; and
-General Braithwaite’s 62nd Division was fortunate, in November,
-1917, in possessing, on the Cambrai front, Brigadiers so thoroughly
-conversant with their duties and so fully qualified to lead their men as
-General Viscount Hampden, commanding the 185th, General Taylor,
-commanding the 187th, and General Bradford, commanding the
-186th, whose swift death is the just pretext for this brief excursus.</p>
-
-<h4 id="CHAPTER_X_3">III.—THE BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (FIRST PHASE)</h4>
-
-<p>We reach now the final stage of the campaign, which had been
-planned with such hopeful anticipations at the November conference
-just a year before.</p>
-
-<p>There are several ways of regarding the Battle of Cambrai. We
-may look at it through big, strategic spectacles, as a means, opportune,
-but timely, of engaging and distracting German Forces which might
-otherwise have been sent to Italy. This view is not without<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_147"></a>[147]</span>
-authority, and it is stated with his usual lucidity by Mr. Buchan in his
-popular narrative:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Italy, fighting desperately on the Piave, deserved by all the
-laws of war some relief in the shape of an Allied diversion. Weary
-as his troops might be, Sir Douglas Haig was not able to grant
-them the rest which they had earned and most urgently required.’<a id="FNanchor_93" href="#Footnote_93" class="fnanchor">[93]</a></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">It is not within our province to strike a balance between this assumption
-of ‘all the laws of war’ and the degree of weariness of Sir Douglas
-Haig’s troops.</p>
-
-<p>Again, we may look at this battle through the narrower spectacles
-of a tactician. It was designed in the nature of a surprise. It was
-unexpected in time and place, and it brought into operation a new
-weapon in the form of a mass attack of Tanks in lieu of Artillery
-preparation. In this aspect the Battle was victorious: it evoked
-von der Marwitz’s Order to the German Second Army (November
-29th):</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The English, by throwing into the fight countless Tanks
-on November 20th, <i>gained a victory</i> near Cambrai. Their
-intention was to break through; but they did not succeed, thanks
-to the brilliant resistance of our troops. We are now going to
-turn their embryonic victory into a defeat by an encircling counter-attack.
-The Fatherland is watching you, and expects every
-man to do his duty.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p class="noindent">Once more, we shall not attempt to strike a balance. We gained a
-victory, according to this Order, but it was embryonic and not a success.
-At the same time, we know that things were serious when the Fatherland
-was said to be watching.</p>
-
-<p>A third way of looking at this battle, and the way best suited to
-our present purpose, is to regard it as a very gallant enterprise, worthy
-of the finest traditions of the British Army, and not less worthy because
-a large part of its hardest demands fell on Territorial Troops. They
-might muffle the joy-bells in England when the full story of the battle
-was revealed, but at least they had rung them spontaneously in recognition
-of a brilliant feat of arms, and the bells still peal in celebration
-of the dash and heroism of British soldiers.</p>
-
-<p>We turn back for a moment to the sketch on <a href="#illus16">page 116</a>, especially
-to A B C, the road from Albert through Bapaume to Cambrai. The
-British line has swallowed up the eleven miles (A B), where the fighting
-was so intense in 1916, and it struck now (November 20th) across
-that road at a point just east of Boursies, about half-way between
-Bapaume and Cambrai. Thence it forged right into the triangle,
-of which Arras is the apex, leaving Quéant in German occupation
-on the east, and Bullecourt in British on the west, to the northerly
-country where we have been adjourning. Turning next to the position
-before us, we see what advantage would accrue from a deeper bite<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_148"></a>[148]</span>
-on the same road. Not primarily to capture Cambrai, though this,
-too, might enter calculation, but to roll up the British forces from
-below the road in such a way as to threaten Cambrai and to disturb
-the German Winter dispositions, was a hazard worth the stake in late
-November. Roughly, the scheme of the attack was to push out
-between Boursies and Gonnelieu in a north north-easterly direction,
-lapping up the strong positions like a flame, and to spread in a converging
-semi-circle up to the main road (Bapaume-Cambrai) and
-beyond.</p>
-
-<p>The troops at Sir Julian Byng’s disposal<a id="FNanchor_94" href="#Footnote_94" class="fnanchor">[94]</a> were, first, a fleet of
-four hundred Tanks, commanded by General Hugh Elles; next,
-the following six Infantry Divisions: the 36th (Ulster), 62nd (West
-Riding), 51st (Highland), the 6th, 20th and 12th; next, four Cavalry
-Divisions; and, finally, three more Infantry Divisions (3rd, 16th and
-29th), of which the 29th, of Gallipoli fame, was actively engaged.
-It will be seen that the 62nd had a place of honour in the attack, and
-it was allotted the task of capturing Havrincourt, the strong point
-of the enemy’s line. This task required all the powers the Troops
-could bring: unfaltering leadership, indomitable mettle, and untiring
-endurance. The methods and needs of the attack had been the
-subject of constant discussion since the original scheme of operations
-had been laid before Divisional Commanders at a conference on
-October 31st. The 51st and 62nd Divisions had been trained close
-to one another in order to facilitate co-operation, and the preparation
-of Artillery positions, begun on November 4th, was carried out night
-and day till the 19th. No detail was too small to engage the personal
-attention of the Officers in charge of the operation, various features
-of which were modified from day to day in accordance with practical
-experience.</p>
-
-<p>On the night of November 17th-18th, the two leading Brigades
-of the 62nd Division took up their battle front; the 185th on the right,
-and the 187th on the left. Detachments of the 36th Division were
-kept in the outpost line, so as to avoid any chance of the enemy spotting
-the relief; and, though he rushed one of these posts, and captured
-two men of the 36th, he was not made aware of the date or time of the
-attack, or of the fact that Tanks were to be used. These lumbered
-off from the advanced Tankodrome at the south-west corner of Havrincourt
-Wood, and reached their lying-up places by midnight on Y Z
-night, November 19th-20th. The pace of the Tanks was calculated,
-after practical experience, at a hundred yards in five minutes, and
-the Artillery barrage and Infantry advance were regulated accordingly.
-The two leading Infantry Brigades were to attack on a two-Battalion
-front, preceded by twenty-two Tanks. The remaining two Battalions<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_149"></a>[149]</span>
-of each Brigade, preceded by eight Tanks, were to leap-frog through
-the leading Battalions, picking up all surviving Tanks on their way.</p>
-
-<p>Second only, if second, to the Tanks in novelty and effectiveness
-was the new, great weapon of surprise, perfected by the lessons of a
-hundred mistakes. We may quote the evidence of a contemporary
-Battalion diarist, who ascribed the initial success, first, to the Tanks
-(‘these dealt extremely effectively with the enemy wire, which was
-very formidable in places’), and, secondly, to secrecy (‘even in the
-marches up to the line the destination of the Battalion for that night
-was not made known to anybody below the rank of an Officer. That
-this policy paid well may be judged from the fact that the enemy was
-obviously taken completely by surprise’). This record, taken from
-the account of the 2/4th York and Lancasters, is repeated in almost
-every diary. In order to keep the secret, very elaborate precautions
-had been taken. Aerial photographers were deceived by marches
-on the off-side of roads. Lorries going northward carried lights,
-lorries going southward carried none. No fires were allowed. There
-was no preliminary bombardment, and, as indicated above, no one
-in the Division knew the destination of the Division. Zero hour on
-November 20th was 6-20 a.m., and at 6-20, on that foggy morning,
-the first intimation to the Germans of the 62nd Division’s attack was
-the sight of a sheet of flame from every gun, and of heavy Tanks
-looming through the mist. No wonder, that the first bound of the
-eager Infantry started with conspicuous success, and was attended
-by comparatively few casualties.</p>
-
-<p>That first bound of the Infantry was to carry them to Havrincourt
-and Flesquières, and Havrincourt, as we saw, was to be the prize
-of General Braithwaite’s Troops. We shall come to the fighting in
-a moment. Here let us straightway say that the Division acquitted
-itself brilliantly. Sir Douglas Haig, in his Despatch, expressly used
-this rare epithet. ‘The 62nd (West Riding) Division (T.), (Major-General
-W. P. Braithwaite),’ he wrote, ‘stormed Havrincourt, where
-... parties of the enemy held out for a time,’ and ‘operating
-northwards from Havrincourt, made important progress. Having
-carried the Hindenburg Reserve Line north of that village,
-it rapidly continued its attack, and captured Graincourt, where
-two anti-Tank guns were destroyed by the Tanks accompanying
-our Infantry. Before nightfall, Infantry and Cavalry had entered
-Anneux, though the enemy’s resistance in this village does not
-appear to have been entirely overcome till the following morning’
-(November 21st). ‘This attack of the 62nd Division,’ added
-the great Field Marshal, ‘constitutes a <i>brilliant achievement</i>
-in which the troops concerned completed an advance of four
-and a half miles from their original front, over-running two
-German systems of defence, and gaining possession of three villages.<a id="FNanchor_95" href="#Footnote_95" class="fnanchor">[95]</a>’<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_150"></a>[150]</span>
-As a fact, their advance on that day, the third Tuesday in November,
-covered a distance further in actual mileage than any other of Sir
-Julian Byng’s Divisions; further, indeed, than any Division of the
-British Army had advanced in one day under like conditions since
-war was engaged in the Western Front. Starting from a point just
-below the big bend of the Canal du Nord, they took Havrincourt by
-assault (which meant, among other factors, (1) secrecy, (2) Tanks and,
-as we show below, (3) Infantry-rush) pushed straight forward to
-Graincourt, and reached and occupied Anneux, at the edge of our
-B C road, and opposite the south side of Bourlon Wood: over 7,000
-yards, as a crow flies, and a wholly exceptional day’s march for soldiers
-fighting every foothold.</p>
-
-<p>We have drawn attention to the secrecy and the Tanks. ‘The
-measure of further success,’ so ran an order of the day, ‘is entirely
-dependent on the speed with which the operation is carried out. Every
-minute is of importance.... Once the enemy is on the run, every
-man must put forth his utmost efforts to press on and to prevent his
-rallying.’ Here, again, the 7,000 yards of the 62nd Division bear
-witness to exemplary team-work in training for this Infantry-rush
-both in the period of Divisional rest and of intensive preparation.
-One more detail may be set down in this place. At the Dinner of the
-62nd Division, held at Leeds on September 9th, 1919, when Major-General
-Sir James K. Trotter took the Chair, General Braithwaite,
-on leave from his Command in Cologne, announced that a site for a
-Divisional Battle Memorial had been sought and courteously granted
-in Havrincourt Park—an announcement which, as we shall see, derived
-additional force and appropriateness from the further record of the
-Division at Havrincourt in the victorious advance of 1918.</p>
-
-<p>Meanwhile, still on that first day, when the Tanks went crashing
-through the fog, the Highlanders (51st Division) were repeating
-against Flesquières on the right, the ‘bound’ of the 62nd against
-Havrincourt. Its capture was reported about 11 a.m., but two hours
-later authentic news arrived, that, though the troops were holding
-the front trench of the Hindenburg Support Line in front of the village,
-machine-gun and rifle fire had broken the assault; a large number
-of Tanks had been put out of action; the Support Line and Flesquières
-itself were still in enemy hands. This retardation of the
-programme affected immediately the advance of the 186th Infantry
-Brigade (Graincourt). Its right wing was dangerously exposed;
-and the two Field Artillery Brigades to the east of Havrincourt, deprived
-of the hope of Cavalry assistance, were also left hanging. Still, the
-Infantry pressed on. The results achieved were too good and too
-promising to be sacrificed to a risk which might eventuate either way,
-and it would at least be practicable to call a halt on the Graincourt-Cambrai
-road till the position at Flesquières was clearer. This plan
-was exactly carried out, and shortly after 5-30 that afternoon the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_151"></a>[151]</span>
-186th Brigade had captured Graincourt, and was resting (or at any
-rate not advancing from) a line north of the Cambrai road.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus22" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus22.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">HAVRINCOURT: CANAL DU NORD BRIDGE.</p>
-  <p class="caption">HAVRINCOURT: IN THE PARK.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>We shall come back to the epic battle of November 20th. Passing
-now to November 21st, the objective of the Division on the second
-day was the high ground west of Bourlon and Bourlon Wood. The
-gallant 186th Brigade was entrusted with this attack, and all available
-surviving Tanks were put at their disposal. One Regiment of Cavalry
-was attached to the Division, and Zero hour was fixed at 10-0 a.m.
-It had been hoped to push forward the Artillery during the night of
-20th-21st, but the rain which had been falling since the afternoon
-interfered with this programme. However, despite the opposing
-mud, all four Artillery Brigades were in action between Havrincourt
-and Graincourt early in the afternoon of the 21st. The night of the
-20th had passed quietly. About 8 o’clock the next morning, the 51st
-(Highland) Division had completed their capture of Flesquières, and
-were advancing on to the Marcoing-Graincourt Road. Prisoners’
-tales reported that Bourlon Wood (the 62nd’s objective) was held
-by the 32nd and 224th Brandenburghers, indicating that a Reserve
-Division had been brought up by the enemy. It was time to get
-on, and punctually at Zero-hour the 186th Infantry Brigade, with the
-185th in close support and the 187th in reserve, were started on their
-way, while the Artillery bombarded Bourlon village and put a smoke
-barrage on Tadpole Copse. Eighteen Tanks in all was the number
-of available survivors, but, owing to trouble with petrol-supply, etc.,
-not all of these were ready to time, and some delay ensued in the
-execution of the operation.</p>
-
-<p>Before estimating the results of the severe fighting in which
-the Brigade was involved, one or two facts may be stated as to the
-participation of some of its units.</p>
-
-<p>The 2/4th West Ridings were detailed to capture Anneux and
-Anneux Chapel. The village, though strongly held by Infantry and
-Machine-Guns, duly fell to their splendid efforts, but further advance
-was stopped at the edge of Bourlon Wood. The Company detailed
-to take the Chapel performed skilful work with heavy casualties, and,
-after making good their advance to the edge of the wood, and
-capturing at least 300 prisoners, were withdrawn shortly before
-dark to the sunken road.</p>
-
-<p>The 2/5th and the 2/7th West Ridings were badly handicapped
-for lack of Tanks. Instead of the frontal attack which had been
-intended, the uncut wire compelled them to have recourse to an attack
-by bombs, with consequent loss of impetus. A single Tank, which
-arrived in the afternoon, was utilized to the utmost of its capacity.
-The 2/6th Battalion, which was to have been kept in Brigade reserve,
-and to have been used for the capture of Bourlon Village as soon as
-the leading Battalions had reached their objectives, had to be employed
-to reinforce the assault and to fill up gaps in the line. Similarly,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_152"></a>[152]</span>
-the Cavalry were dismounted in the later hours of the afternoon, and
-helped to complete the line held in front of Anneux by the 2/4th West
-Ridings.</p>
-
-<p>Though Moeuvres and Anneux (inclusive) had been captured,
-and were held, it was evident that Bourlon Village would not be taken
-that day. Orders were issued, accordingly, to relieve the 186th
-Infantry Brigade in their present positions, and their relief by the 185th
-was duly carried out that evening.</p>
-
-<p>The general situation on the night of November 21st was somewhat
-vague, and next day, though the Division was to have been relieved
-during the night of the 21st/22nd by the 40th Division, it was decided
-to make one more effort to capture the ridge west of Bourlon Wood,
-which overlooked all the ground west and south of Graincourt. They
-tried, and struggled, and tried again, but, despite much desperate
-fighting, no capture ensued, and, owing to the enemy’s counter-attack
-and the consequent disorganization, the attempt had to be abandoned.
-On the same day, the 51st Division took and lost Fontaine. In the
-night, the relief of the 62nd was duly effected by the 40th.</p>
-
-<p>We break off here for a moment to set down one or two of the
-gallant deeds which were done in the three days’ battle. And, first,
-we should quote in full the special Order of the Day, which General
-Braithwaite, Commanding the Division, published on November
-24th, the first full day of the relief. The Divisional Commander,
-it stands written,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘has the honour to announce that the Commander-in-Chief
-and the Army Commander have expressed their high appreciation
-of the achievement of the 62nd Division in the battle.</p>
-
-<p>‘The Divisional Commander had the most implicit confidence
-that the Division would acquit itself with honour.</p>
-
-<p>‘To have advanced 7,000 yards on the first day, taken all
-objectives, held them against counter-attacks and handed over
-all gains intact to the relieving Division is a feat of arms of which
-any Division may be justly proud.</p>
-
-<p>‘The number of prisoners taken is not far short of 2,000.
-Thirty-seven guns have been captured, which include two 8-inch
-Howitzers, one complete Battery of 4·2, one complete Battery of
-5·9, and the remainder, guns of various calibres, many of which
-were brought into action against the enemy.</p>
-
-<p>‘The number of Machine-Guns, Granatenwerfer, etc., etc.,
-which have fallen into our possession is so considerable that it
-has not been possible yet to make an accurate tally of them.</p>
-
-<p>‘The advance of the Artillery to Graincourt, and the
-accuracy of the barrage, is worthy of the best traditions of the
-Royal Regiment. To C Battalion, the Tanks, all ranks of the
-Division express their admiration of the skill, bravery and the
-splendid self-sacrifice which made success possible.</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_153"></a>[153]</span></p>
-
-<p>‘The discipline, valour and steadiness of all ranks has been
-beyond praise.</p>
-
-<p>‘It is with great and legitimate pride that I have the honour
-to sign my name as Commander of the 62nd (West Riding)
-Division.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>November 24th, 1917—the years that have elapsed and that will
-elapse since General Braithwaite signed this Order cannot diminish
-its praise. The glowing words breathe and live; they survive the
-<i>neiges d’antan</i> which cover his gallant men’s graves between the Bapaume
-road and the Canal de l’Escaut.</p>
-
-<p>Here, too, is the place to mention the visit on November 22nd
-of Sir Douglas Haig himself to the Headquarters of the 62nd Division
-(a visit preceded the day before by the dispatch of an A.D.C. by the
-Commander-in-Chief), in order personally to congratulate General
-Braithwaite, and to tell him to let the Division know how splendidly,
-in his opinion, they had acquitted themselves.</p>
-
-<p>Or take the record here and there (it can be but a casual selection)
-of the acts which won these praises in the three days’ battle which we are
-reviewing. It was at the very beginning of the battle, early in the
-morning of November 20th, that the 2/5th Battalion of the West
-Riding Regiment, going forward in column of route to try to get
-through the gaps in the wire in front of Havrincourt, lost Lt.-Col.
-T. A. D. Best, D.S.O., their Commanding Officer, described by the
-General at his graveside as ‘one of the finest soldiers and the most
-perfect gentlemen he had had under his command.’</p>
-
-<p>The same Battalion, if we may follow it a little further, continued
-its advance on the first day to a point on the further (north) side of
-the Bapaume-Cambrai road, where it succeeded in establishing touch
-with the 36th Division on the Canal bank. This attack was a ‘record
-at the time for depth in one day’s advance, the Battalion going about
-7,000 yards from the old British Front Line to the final objective
-for the day.’ Its captures for the day included more than 350 prisoners,
-fifteen Machine-Guns and a Trench Mortar, and the total casualties
-in the Battalion were three Officers and ten other Ranks killed, one
-Officer and fifty-five other Ranks wounded, and four men missing.
-Its honours included two appointments to the Distinguished Service
-Order, in the persons of Captains Goodall and C. S. Moxon; and
-next day, November 21st, when Major F. Brook was appointed by the
-G.O.C. to the Command of the Battalion, in consideration of his
-gallant conduct and brilliant leading after the death of Colonel Best,
-Captain (Temporary Major) Goodall, Senior Company Commander,
-became second in command.</p>
-
-<p>Records similar to the above might be lifted out of the Diary
-of each and every Battalion engaged on those days. Our selection
-of a single example will have sufficed to typify the spirit which
-animated all units in all ranks; and when we turn from the exploits<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_154"></a>[154]</span>
-of a Battalion to the exploits of individuals, the same tale of courage
-is repeated.</p>
-
-<p>Take, for instance, the following record of an exploit by two
-young Officers: it is regarded by the Divisional Commander as one
-of the most remarkable during the battle. In the 187th Brigade,
-the G.O.C., Brigadier-General Taylor, in his determination to be
-prepared for all eventualities, had impressed upon his Officers the
-necessity of pushing forward at Zero hour, whether or not the Tanks
-had arrived. This meant that the Infantry must know their way,
-and, consequently, during Y Z night, two Officers of the 2/5th King’s
-Own Yorkshire Light Infantry crept out between midnight and dawn
-to reconnoitre the route. They actually succeeded in creeping up
-to the enemy’s wire, and marked out the route which they would
-have to follow, if the Tanks were late the next morning, by placing
-tapes to guide them. It was well that they did so, for the unexpected
-happened. The Tanks, which were to lead the Battalion, were delayed;
-and it was due to the initiative and enterprise of these two gallant
-Officers,<a id="FNanchor_96" href="#Footnote_96" class="fnanchor">[96]</a> that the Battalion was able to start without the advance-guard
-of Tanks, and to march straight to their first objective, which
-they captured at the point of the bayonet.</p>
-
-<p>Take, again, seven exploits in the ranks, each of which won a
-Military Medal. We select them as typical acts, in the various arms
-of the Service; and, though the extracts from the records are accurate,
-we shall not identify them by names, since many pages of this narrative
-could be filled with similar accounts. In each instance, the date of
-the exploit is November 20th or 21st, and they all redound to the
-credit of the 62nd Division.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>(1) A Private displayed great courage and devotion to duty
-during the attack on the Hindenburg Support system near Graincourt.
-He acted as runner, and was on duty two days and one
-night with his Company, often taking messages under machine-gun
-fire to Platoons on the Front Line, thereby keeping his Company
-Commander in constant touch with what was happening.</p>
-
-<p>(2) A Private displayed great bravery and resolution whilst
-acting as Company runner during the operations near the Hindenburg
-Support Line. Throughout the day, under heavy fire,
-he continued to carry messages to and from Battalion Head
-Quarters and Companies on the flanks. He set a fine example
-of devotion to duty and showed a complete disregard for his own
-safety.</p>
-
-<p>(3) A Private displayed his bravery and coolness during the
-attack on the Hindenburg Support Line, north of the Cambrai
-road. When his Company was temporarily held up by machine-gun
-fire from the Front, and its flank was threatened by a strong<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_155"></a>[155]</span>
-enemy bombing party, this man took up a position in the open,
-in front of the German wire, and continued, under heavy fire,
-firing off rifle-grenades until incapacitated by wounds. His
-gallant action frustrated the attempt to turn the flank of his
-Company.</p>
-
-<p>(4) A total disregard to danger and devotion to duty was
-shown by a Private, while acting as Stretcher-Bearer during the
-attack on the Hindenburg Support system near Graincourt.
-He dressed wounds and got back casualties during the whole
-day under machine-gun fire, and went out alone next day and
-brought in a badly wounded man from the front of the forward
-line, thereby undoubtedly saving a life.</p>
-
-<p>(5) A Non-Commissioned Officer showed great bravery
-and initiative during the attack on the Hindenburg Support
-Line. When the Company was temporarily held up by enemy
-machine-gun fire both flanks, he took out a Lewis-gun to the
-left flank of the Company, and, though under continuous and
-heavy fire, engaged the enemy machine-gun with direct fire,
-and thus enabled the Company to advance.</p>
-
-<p>(6) A Non-Commissioned Officer displayed courage and
-initiative during the attacks between Anneux and Bourlon Wood.
-He was in charge of a Lewis-gun team on the right flank of his
-Company. Heavy casualties were being caused by a party of
-the enemy firing from the direction of Anneux. Without waiting
-for orders, the N.C.O. crept forward under rifle and machine-gun
-fire to a commanding position, and opened fire with his
-Lewis-gun on the enemy, killing several and dispersing the rest
-of the party.</p>
-
-<p>(7) A Non-Commissioned Officer displayed conspicuous
-bravery during the attack on the Hindenburg Support Line
-and Hughes Switch. A hostile Trench Mortar was in action
-from a point slightly in advance of Hughes Switch. This
-N.C.O. rushed forward and bayoneted the men in charge of the
-Trench Mortar, and took prisoners an officer and eight men who
-emerged from a dug-out close at hand.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>These seven examples, casually selected from the records of
-fighting in the opening phase of the Battle of Cambrai, illustrate
-what General Braithwaite meant when he wrote (November 24th)
-of his ‘implicit confidence’ in the Division. They illustrate, too,
-what Sir Douglas Haig meant when he wrote that it was ‘reasonable
-to hope’ that his operations at Cambrai would be successful. For
-success and confidence in war depend in the ultimate resort on how
-the soldier obeys orders. The runner who takes messages under
-fire is an essential link between his Company Commander and Divisional
-and Army Headquarters. The man who frustrates a turning
-movement, or who enables his Company to advance, helps directly<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_156"></a>[156]</span>
-to bring the issue into accordance with the plan of operation, and, in
-this regard, these few typical examples are worth more than a chapter
-of battle stories, as the spirit is worth more than the letter.</p>
-
-<h4 id="CHAPTER_X_4">IV.—BATTLE OF CAMBRAI (SECOND PHASE).</h4>
-
-<p>We turn back at this point to the main narrative.</p>
-
-<p>The 62nd Division, as we saw, was withdrawn during the night
-of 22nd/23rd November, and was relieved by the 40th. This relief
-proved of short duration. November 24th, the day of the Special
-Order, was spent in necessary re-organization, but shortly before
-midnight on that day, after barely thirty-six hours’ pause, Corps orders
-were received, that the 62nd were to relieve the 40th during the following
-evening.</p>
-
-<p>We have the advantage of an impression of that day (November
-24th, 1917)—an impression from without, as it were—from the private
-diary of Major-General the Earl of Scarbrough, at that time, it will
-be remembered, Director-General of the Territorial and Volunteer
-Forces, and still Chairman of the West Riding Territorial Force
-Association. In the company of General Mends and Captain Atkinson-Clark,
-the Director-General was paying a visit to his County Divisions
-at the Front. He had lunched on the 23rd at Ypres, with Major-General
-Cameron, Commanding the 49th Division, in a dug-out just
-inside the walls. The Division were then in the line, with one Brigade
-(the West Yorkshires) in reserve, and Lord Scarbrough had visited
-their camp, and seen their Commanding Officers, who were ‘living
-in a sea of mud.’ At 8 a.m. on Saturday, the 24th, the visitors left
-the Second Army, travelled by motor-car through Bapaume, and,
-passing over a part of the Somme battlefield, where ‘every village had
-been shelled out of existence,’ reached the operation area of the Third
-Army. Thus, the Chairman and other Officers of the Association
-enjoyed the unique experience of taking lunch with Major-General
-Braithwaite, Commanding the 62nd Division, on the day following
-their visit to the Headquarters of the 49th. Lord Scarbrough notes
-that the G.O.C. was ‘immensely pleased’ with the work of his
-Division, and that Sir Douglas Haig had visited the General and
-thanked him for their ‘remarkable success.’ Though the Division
-only came out the day before, after three heavy days’ fighting, and were
-naturally ‘dog-tired,’ they had just been called upon to be ready to
-send a Brigade back into the line at half-an-hour’s notice. The enemy
-had begun a heavy counter-attack on Bourlon Wood, ‘which was the
-key of his position, and which dominated the Bapaume-Cambrai Road,
-the main road of supply for his troops in the line further north.’
-The 40th Division, the visitors heard, were reported to be having a
-bad time, as the German Artillery had been reinforced, and a Division<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_157"></a>[157]</span>
-brought from the Russian front had been thrown into the line. These
-notes, written at the time, are exactly confirmed by the records
-prepared more carefully later on when all the available facts had
-been ascertained.</p>
-
-<p>If we look at a map once more, we observe that the wider swing-round
-on the eastern portion of the Bapaume-Cambrai Road had been
-held up at Crèvecoeur and Rumilly. The consequence was (the causes
-were uncontrollable, and concern the historian of other Divisions) to
-increase the German pressure on Bourlon Wood and on the village
-beyond. The 40th Division had attacked and captured the greater
-part of these positions during November 23rd, but by reinforcements
-and counter-attacks the enemy had succeeded in reversing these
-successes. Orders were issued, accordingly, for the 62nd Division,
-less the Artillery and R.E., to relieve the 40th Division, less the Artillery,
-R.E., and Pioneer Battalion, in the Bourlon Section of the line, with
-the 186th Infantry Brigade on the right, the 187th on the left and the
-185th in Divisional Reserve; the Headquarters of the two leading
-Brigades being located at Graincourt. The relief was carried out
-without incident, except for a considerable amount of shelling, which
-caused some casualties in the 186th Brigade. Next day (November
-26th) there was a Corps Conference at Divisional Headquarters, where,
-after long discussion, it was decided that the Guards and the 62nd
-should attack the following morning with the assistance of Tanks,
-in order to capture Fontaine and the remainder of Bourlon Wood and
-Village. The night of the 26th was very cold, with a blizzard blowing
-of snow and sleet. Zero-hour next morning was fixed for 6-20 a.m.
-The Tanks, of which 20 were available (16 being allotted to the 187th
-Infantry Brigade for the capture of Bourlon Village), reached their
-rendezvous punctually at 2 a.m., and the Infantry were all in position
-fifty minutes before Zero-hour. A projected bombardment of the
-village during the day of the 26th was not proceeded with, since three
-Companies of the Highland Light Infantry (40th Division) were missing,
-and it was thought that they might still be holding out in Bourlon.
-Coming now to Zero-hour on the 27th, and observing that, about
-10 a.m., Brigadier-General Taylor, Commanding the 187th Brigade,
-reported that his attack had been unsuccessful and that his troops,
-which had entered Bourlon, had been compelled under heavy fire to
-retire, we may enumerate at least four causes which contributed to
-this comparative failure. The first was darkness and mud: the men,
-and their rifles and Lewis guns, were covered with mud from the
-start, and every man in the Brigade was chilled by his long exposure
-to the driving snow. Secondly, there were strong points south of
-Bourlon, which, owing to heavy machine-gun fire, had not been dealt
-with by the Tanks. Thirdly, the village barricades likewise opposed
-the Tank advance; and, fourthly, in and beyond Bourlon, the enemy
-were able to bring to bear very effective machine-gun fire. Or we
-may quote, in illustration of these obstacles, the experience of a Company<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_158"></a>[158]</span>
-Officer, from Zero-hour 6-20 a.m., to the time, a few hours later,
-when he, like so many others, became a casualty:</p>
-
-<p>‘Immediately on leaving the forming-up line,’ he wrote, ‘we
-came under very heavy machine-gun and rifle fire. We pressed on.
-The machine-gun fire became more intense, and the enemy shelling
-more severe. The casualties here amongst the Company were very
-heavy indeed. Despite this, the Company, with dauntless courage,
-still pressed on, but my casualties were appalling, and further progress
-became impossible.’</p>
-
-<p>It was about this time (say 10 a.m.) that the 185th Infantry
-Brigade were ordered to place another Battalion at the disposal of the
-187th. Meanwhile, frequent reports of hard fighting on the front of
-the 186th Infantry Brigade had been received, and now they sent a
-message to say, that, though their troops had all reached Bourlon Wood,
-the left Battalion of the Guards had been driven back to its original
-line. At noon it became evident that the advance of this Brigade had
-left both flanks dangerously exposed. Partly in order to meet this
-danger, the 185th Brigade (less one Battalion already sent forward),
-reinforced by a Battalion of the 2nd Cavalry Dismounted Brigade,
-were ordered to relieve the 187th, and to extend their line round the
-south edge of Bourlon Village, so as to keep in touch with the 186th;
-and the 2nd Cavalry Dismounted Brigade (less its one Battalion) was
-ordered to keep itself in readiness to relieve the front Battalions of the
-186th. The advance of this last-named Brigade was continued during
-the day, and they reached practically all their objectives and were
-consolidating in depth. By this time, however, they were very tired
-and were subject to heavy counter-attacks, and the full effect of
-the new dispositions were not felt in time to achieve their aim.</p>
-
-<p>We need not follow this fighting further. During the night of
-November 28th/29th, the 62nd Division was relieved by the 47th.
-It moved back to Havrincourt for the night, and marched next day
-into the reserve area at Bertincourt and Lebucquière. Thenceforward,
-until the battle was broken off, except for intermittent shelling, the
-62nd Division took no further active part in the operations. They
-had done extraordinarily well, and the fine fighting of the 187th Infantry
-Brigade in Bourlon Wood on November 27th stands out in the record
-of brilliance achieved by the 62nd Division during this week at Cambrai.
-We know what happened immediately afterwards: how the fighting
-odds proved too tremendous, and the great offensive ended with a
-retirement on December 4th to the 7th, back from Bourlon, back from
-Fontaine, back from Mesnières and the Bonavis Ridge, to points
-corresponding approximately to the line held on November 20th, with
-certain gains in the regions of Flesquières and Havrincourt, though a
-little closer to Gouzeaucourt in the South. It would be idle to minimize
-the disappointment at this result, especially when it was realized
-at home. In the larger issues of the war, the Battle of Cambrai takes<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_159"></a>[159]</span>
-a smaller place than it occupies in the records of the troops which took
-part in the fighting. A victory had been gained by those troops which
-could not be turned to defeat, though the advance was turned to a
-retirement. As a battle, it had been lost; as an experiment, it had
-succeeded, though the measure of the success was laid up in the future.
-But the troops were competent to measure it. Their military sense,
-developed by a year’s continuous campaigning, seized the broad issues
-of the experiment, and all ranks of the 62nd Division were filled with
-a just sense of elation. Their allotted task had been performed with
-what Field-Marshal Lord Haig, in his foreword to this volume, describes
-as ‘outstanding brilliance,’ and a consciousness of this performance,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_160"></a>[160]</span>
-however modestly concealed, was present to the minds of all who
-survived the battle.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus23" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus23.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>The casualties had been severe. In the first phase (November
-20th to 23rd), they amounted to 75 Officers and 1,613 other Ranks;
-in the second phase (November 25th to 28th), to 79 Officers and
-1,565 other Ranks.<a id="FNanchor_97" href="#Footnote_97" class="fnanchor">[97]</a> The honours had been not few<a id="FNanchor_98" href="#Footnote_98" class="fnanchor">[98]</a>; but, apart
-from the measure of achievement which casualty and honours
-lists supply, we take count of the enhanced spirit of the Division,
-which, though it had ‘found itself’ before, may be said to have vindicated
-at Cambrai its title to a place in the front rank. The Divisional
-Pelican, as we see, was still waiting to put down his foot, but by fine
-team-work and fine individual work, the Division had proved its
-merit as a fighting force, and had won the rare praise of the Field-Marshal
-and the grateful thanks of the Divisional Commander.
-Viewed, too, in relation to earlier actions, the Cambrai battle, whatever
-its issue, is to be claimed as a conspicuous success. It first proved
-the efficacy of Tanks, and their power of timed co-operation with the
-Artillery and Infantry arms; it first proved the value of secrecy as
-an essential factor of victory; and the lessons learned at Cambrai
-incomparably modified the memory of past work at Bullecourt and
-Thiepval.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_161"></a>[161]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="BOOK_III"><span class="smaller">BOOK III</span><br>
-WAR’S END</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_162"></a>[162]</span></p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_163"></a>[163]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_XI"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER XI</span><br>
-FATEFUL DAYS IN 1918</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>All accounts agree that the close of 1917 found the Allies
-very unfavourably situated. The balance seemed to be shifted against
-them; and the contrast, in retrospect, is striking between the natural
-elation of the troops who had taken part in the push at Cambrai,
-and had put to a practical test the three-in-one new factors of success—Tanks,
-secrecy and speed—and the equally natural depression of
-public opinion at home, and even at the front, wherever the chances
-of the campaign were accurately weighed. The mere strategic
-satisfaction at having relieved the pressure on Italy, or, at least, at
-having kept it short of full strength, by tactical operations in France,
-afforded inadequate compensation for the knowledge, growing to
-certainty, that the issue of 1917 would be a German offensive in 1918.
-All the credits on the side of the Allies were likely to mature in the
-remote future. All the debits, the heaviest of which was Russia,
-could be calculated at once.</p>
-
-<p>Take, for instance, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifth volume.<a id="FNanchor_99" href="#Footnote_99" class="fnanchor">[99]</a>
-It opens on a very <i>piano</i> note. ‘The late winter and the early spring
-of 1918 saw the balance tilted against the British and their comrades
-in the West, through causes over which they had no control....
-From November [1917] to March [1918] an endless succession of
-troop trains were bearing the divisions which had extended from
-the Baltic to the southern frontiers of Russia, in order to thicken the
-formidable array already marshalled across France.’ Or take the
-expert evidence of Major-General Sir Frederick Maurice<a id="FNanchor_100" href="#Footnote_100" class="fnanchor">[100]</a>: ‘In
-Europe 1917 was a year of disappointment for the arms of the
-Allies.... From the beginning of November onward they [the
-Germans] were moving troops from the Russian to the French front
-as fast as their trains could carry them. It was calculated that the
-Germans would be able to increase their strength on the Western
-front between the beginning of November and the end of April by
-not less than a million and a half of men’: a very nasty calculation
-for the Allied Command, and for the two Governments behind it
-at home.</p>
-
-<p>Moreover, there was not much time. This was the key to the
-situation. Troops moving as fast as they could travel would reach
-their destination earlier than troops which were moving through a
-longer distance at a slower rate. ‘While it would be possible,’ wrote<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_164"></a>[164]</span>
-Sir Douglas Haig,<a id="FNanchor_101" href="#Footnote_101" class="fnanchor">[101]</a> ‘for Germany to complete her new dispositions
-early in the new year, the forces which America could send to France
-before the season would permit active operations to be recommenced
-would not be large’: again, a very simple calculation, but it entailed
-serious consequences. The first was, that ‘it became necessary to
-change the policy governing the operations of the British Armies in
-France’<a id="FNanchor_102" href="#Footnote_102" class="fnanchor">[102]</a>; or, rather, this was less the first consequence than the sum-total
-of the consequences, which involved in their train all kinds
-of major and minor changes. The policy governing the operations
-of the British Armies in France had to be changed. 1918 had to be
-adjusted to 1917; and, while the process of adjustment unmade,
-or, at least, disturbed, the whole basis of British dispositions, and
-robbed the seed-time of the harvest, it was by no means clear that
-the new course would be either satisfactory or complete. For the
-change from an offensive to a defensive policy, under the urgent
-threat of a German advance, was accompanied by (1) a reduction
-in the British fighting strength, (2) a deficiency in defensive training,
-and (3) an extension of the British front by over twenty-eight miles.
-Such, briefly, was the problem at the opening of December, 1917,
-while General Braithwaite’s gallant troops were still winning
-laurels in front of Cambrai, and public opinion in England was still
-uncertain whether the ‘break-through’ had come or not. As a fact,
-it was coming from the other side. It was coming with a weight
-of men and guns unequalled in the history of warfare. It was coming
-before the United States could pour their forces into Europe. It
-was coming against spent soldiers, unprepared with rear-line systems
-or with the latest developments in defensive fighting. It was coming,
-when our man-power was at its lowest, measured by the demand
-that it had met, and by the demands which it had to meet. It was
-coming, accordingly, when Army Commanders, from the Field
-Marshal downwards, were upset, if we may use an expressive term,
-by the necessity of defending an extended front with numerically
-reduced forces. The re-organization of Divisions from a 13-battalion
-to a 10-battalion basis affected, of course, even the smallest unit,
-and every Commanding Officer had to adapt himself to the new
-methods. That the fighting efficiency of units was impaired is a
-conclusion contradicted by events. That it could not be otherwise
-than impaired, under these novel and cumulative conditions, is an
-inference in accordance with expectation.</p>
-
-<p>We may select a very simple entry from the Diary of the 1/6th
-Duke of Wellington’s West Riding Regiment (49th Division). On
-January 29th, 1918, when the battalion was at Hondegem, a draft
-of eight Officers and one hundred and ninety-five other ranks from
-the 1/5th West Riding Regiment was posted to it, ‘the 1/5th W.R.R.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_165"></a>[165]</span>
-having been transferred to the 62nd Division.’ Next morning, this
-draft was posted to companies, ‘after which all companies reorganized
-on a 4-platoon basis.’ Take the 2/4th Battalion of the
-same Regiment, and its entry on January 31st, 1918: ‘The Brigade
-was reduced to three Battalions, the 2/6th being broken up, ten Officers
-and two hundred and twenty other ranks being transferred to the
-2/4th Duke of Wellington’s Regiment.’ On the same day, seven
-Officers and one hundred and fifty other ranks were posted to the
-2/5th West Yorkshires from the 2/6th West Yorkshires, ‘who were
-disbanded’; and, briefly, if reference be made to the Order of Battle
-of the 62nd Division, given at the end of Chapter VI above, the range
-and complexity of the changes in <i>personnel</i>, consequent on the
-supreme need of defending a longer line with fewer men, and defending
-it against imminent assault, may be judged by these random examples.
-There was not a Company Commander in all the Divisions of the
-British Armies who did not <i>feel</i> the effects of the new policy in the
-early days of 1918.</p>
-
-<p>Purposely, we have dwelt on the soldier’s view. To him it
-mattered not at all that the Versailles (Supreme War) Council had
-been formed at Rapallo in the previous November, or that Mr. Lloyd
-George, on his way home through Paris, had delivered a rousing
-speech on the topic of the barrier in the West. Neither Council
-nor speeches would break that barrier, the dams of which were about
-to burst on <i>him</i>. To him, again, it mattered little more that, before
-the dams burst in fury on his long, thin, tired khaki line, the same
-doubts, or nearly the same doubts, weighed heavily on the minds
-of his Commanders as had oppressed them in 1915, when the 49th
-Division first came out to France. Now, as then, behind the narrow
-wall of Troops, which still guarded Ypres from the invader, lay
-Dunkirk, Calais, Boulogne. We may call this the horizontal line,
-leading from Brussels to the sea, and across the sea to hated England.
-That way lay the end of the war, and Prussia’s satisfied ambition.
-Now, as then, too, a vertical line pointed southwards from Ostend
-to Paris, through Arras, Albert and Amiens, and the battlefields of
-1916. That way lay a bisection of the Allied Forces, a spectacular
-occupation of the French capital, and, at best, a prolongation of the
-war into 1919 and even 1920. Either way lay disaster to British
-arms; and the stars pointed both ways at once. To the soldier, as
-we say, it mattered little that a kind of choice had to be made, and
-a kind of balance had to be struck, between two alternative enemy
-aims, which were yet not mutually exclusive. His business was to
-fight, not to think, and, in the fighting days to which we are now
-coming, he fought tenaciously till he fell, leaving to those whom they
-concerned the fate of London and Paris. Yet, because their fate
-was involved in the disposition of the Allied Armies at the beginning
-of 1918, we are bound to consider the problem by which Sir Douglas<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_166"></a>[166]</span>
-Haig was confronted. ‘In the northern portion of the British
-area,’ he wrote, in the Despatch which we have already quoted in
-this chapter, ‘lie the northern channel ports, the security of which
-necessitated the maintenance of sufficient troops in the neighbourhood.
-Little or no ground could be given up on this front.... In the
-central portion,’ he continued, ‘lie the northern collieries of France
-and certain important tactical features which cover our lateral communications.
-Here, also, little or no ground could be given up.’
-What could be given up? A hateful consideration for the High
-Command, but it had to be faced and answered, in order to save
-what could not, or to concert, at least, the best measures for its safety.
-‘In the southern portion of the British area, south-east of Arras,’ it
-was held, ‘ground could be given up under great pressure without
-serious consequences.’ The ‘great pressure’ was certain to be
-applied, and it afforded some consolation to reflect that, in contrast
-to the central and northern portions, the forward area of this sector
-consisted chiefly ‘of a wide expanse of territory devastated by the
-enemy last spring in his withdrawal.’ He had held it in 1916. Early
-in 1917, as we saw, he had partly retired from it and had partly been
-driven back, destroying and ravaging as he went, to his prepared lines
-in the rear. Let him come again in 1918. We knew the ground as
-well as he. The ground ‘to be given up under great pressure’ was
-sacred to the heroes of the Somme, and would not be given up for ever.</p>
-
-<p>The time passed quickly to the appointed day.</p>
-
-<p>We return to the 62nd Division, in rest on January 1st in the
-Reserve area of the XIIIth Corps in the Maroeuil district, above
-Arras. ‘It was evident,’ runs the great Despatch, dated July 20th,
-but going back to the previous November, ‘that the enemy was about
-to make a great effort south of Arras. An attack on this front would
-undoubtedly have as its object the separation of the French and
-British Armies and the capture of the important centre of communications
-at Amiens. To meet this eventuality more than half
-our available troops were allocated to the defence of this sector,
-together with the whole of the cavalry.’ On January 5th, the front
-from Gavrelle to Oppy, at right angles to the Arras-Douai road, was
-taken over from the 56th by the 62nd, with the 185th Brigade holding
-the left section all the time, and the 186th and 187th alternating on
-the right. On January 9th, Major-General Braithwaite, the 62nd
-Divisional Commander, assumed command of the sector. On the 18th,
-a German runner was captured, and valuable information was elicited
-from him as to the enemy dispositions. The 240th German Division
-was opposite the 62nd; many troops, mostly from Russia, had been
-collected in the back areas; the appointed day was plainly drawing
-nearer. There had been heavy snow and a sudden thaw: ‘Conditions
-in the line very bad,’ writes a Battalion diarist (January 19th), ‘but
-men very cheerful and happy’ (the italics are his).</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_167"></a>[167]</span></p>
-
-<p>When they were not in the line, they were providing working
-parties; when they were not at work, they were undergoing training.
-‘The construction of new communications and the extension of old,
-more especially in the area south-east of Arras, involved the building
-of a number of additional roads and the laying out of railways, both
-narrow and normal gauge. All available men of the fighting units,
-with the exception of a very small proportion undergoing training,
-and all labour units were employed on these tasks.’ So far, the Field
-Marshal in his Despatch, and we may quote Sir A. Conan Doyle’s
-comment: ‘There were no enslaved populations who could be turned
-on to such work. For months before the attack the troops ...
-were digging incessantly. Indeed, the remark has been made that
-their military efficiency was impaired by the constant navvy work
-upon which they were employed.’<a id="FNanchor_103" href="#Footnote_103" class="fnanchor">[103]</a> It may be. But Sir Douglas Haig
-bore testimony, that ‘the time and labour available were in no way
-adequate, if, as was suspected, the enemy intended to commence
-his offensive operations in the early spring....’</p>
-
-<p>On January 31st, as we saw, the re-organization of the Division
-took place. Under the new scheme of nine battalions <i>plus</i> a Pioneer
-Battalion to a Division, the nucleus of Battalions to be amalgamated
-arrived from the 49th Division further north. In the 185th Brigade,
-the 2/6th West Yorkshires were disbanded, and the 2/8th were
-amalgamated with the 1/8th to form the 8th West Yorks. In the
-186th Brigade, the 2/6th West Ridings were disbanded, and the
-5th West Ridings were formed out of an amalgamation of the 1st
-and 2nd Line Battalions. In the 187th Brigade, when it left the
-line, the disbanded unit was the 2/5th York and Lancasters; the
-2/5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were amalgamated with
-the 1/5th as the 5th K.O.Y.L.I.</p>
-
-<p>February sped, like January, in preparation varied by raids,
-and by rumours more or less authentic. ‘Training and range-firing
-till noon. Route march from 2-5 p.m.’ is a characteristic
-extract from a Battalion diary, dated February 19th. On February
-28th, the 62nd Division relieved the 31st in the left sector of the
-XIIIth Corps. On March 10th, an increase of activity was observed
-in the enemy aircraft and artillery. On the 12th, information was
-to hand that an attack in the neighbourhood of Arras might be
-expected at an early date, and the Division was held in a state of
-readiness. On the 17th, under cover of darkness, two officers and
-eighty other ranks of the 2/7th West Ridings made a successful raid
-on the enemy trenches north of Fresnoy. On the 21st, news
-arrived that the enemy offensive had started opposite the Third Army,
-on a front of about twenty-seven miles from the north of Gouzeaucourt
-to the south of Gavrelle. The Army Commander was General the
-Hon. Sir Julian Byng, with the Vth, VIth, IVth and XVIIth Corps<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_168"></a>[168]</span>
-under the respective commands of Lieut.-Generals Sir E. A. Fanshawe,
-Sir G. M. Harper, Sir J. A. L. Haldane and Sir C. Fergusson, Bt.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp52" id="illus24" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus24.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>March 21st, 1918: the story has been told a hundred times,
-and will be re-told in every book of the British Army until the
-‘pussyfeet’ of warfare prohibit the writing of military history. A<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_169"></a>[169]</span>
-few words must be said about it here, though it happened that on the
-day itself no troops from the West Riding were engaged. The Fifth
-Army, commanded at that date by General Sir Hubert de la P. Gough,
-extended immediately south of the Third, and consisted of the VIIth,
-XIXth, XVIIIth and IIIrd Corps, under Lieut.-Generals Sir W. N.
-Congreve, Sir H. E. Watts, Sir F. I. Maxse and Sir R. H. K. Butler
-respectively. At its southern extremity, it touched the junction
-of the British and French lines; its total front was about two-and-forty
-miles, with an average of about 6,750 yards to each Division
-in the line compared with an average of about 4,700 yards per Division
-in the line in the Third Army. We should remember, too, that the
-southernmost portion of the front had only recently been taken over
-from the French, and the ‘navvy’ work spoken of above was even
-more incomplete than in other parts. By so much more difficult,
-accordingly, was Sir Hubert Gough’s task than Sir Julian Byng’s.
-The German General opposing the Fifth Army was von Hutier, the
-conqueror of Riga, and the Crown Prince of Prussia was afforded
-this unique opportunity of winning his coveted laurels in the final
-battle to be known as the <i>Kaiser-schlacht</i>. Further, at least sixty-four
-Divisions of super-trained enemy troops took part in the operations
-on the first day, against eight in the line of the Third Army (with
-seven in reserve) and eleven in the line of the Fifth Army (with three
-Infantry and three Cavalry in reserve). Two-thirds of the German
-Divisions were allotted to the assault on General Gough; and ‘never
-in the history of the world,’ it has well and soberly been said, ‘had a
-more formidable force been concentrated on a fixed and limited
-objective.’<a id="FNanchor_104" href="#Footnote_104" class="fnanchor">[104]</a> We are not directly concerned with the story of the Fifth
-Army on that day, but since its ‘apparent collapse’ has been (or was)
-contrasted with the ‘glorious defence’ by General Byng, we may
-be permitted to cite here the opinion of Major-General Sir F. Maurice,
-that ‘the burden which Gough’s troops had to bear was incomparably
-the greater.’ He summarizes with admirable brevity the facts which
-we have recounted above:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘In the first stage of the battle very nearly twice as many
-German Divisions attacked Gough as fell upon Byng. Each
-of Gough’s Divisions had on the average to hold nearly fifty
-per cent. more front than had Byng, while the Third Army
-reserves were nearly twice as strong as those of the Fifth, yet
-at the end of the first day’s battle Gough’s left, where the gallant
-9th Division beat off all attacks, had given less ground than
-some of Byng’s Divisions further north had been compelled to
-yield.’<a id="FNanchor_105" href="#Footnote_105" class="fnanchor">[105]</a></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Pending the appearance of an official history of the war, no
-narrative of March 21st can be otherwise than inadequate, which<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_170"></a>[170]</span>
-holds the scales less evenly between the two Armies primarily engaged
-than this temperate statement by Sir Frederick Maurice.</p>
-
-<p>Even so, we have omitted the fog, which, after five hours’
-incessant bombardment (from 5 to 10 o’clock in the morning), had
-been drawn up from the soil in a white, impenetrable blanket, and
-which, in Sir Douglas Haig’s words, ‘hid from our artillery and
-machine gunners the S.O.S. signals sent up by our outpost line,’ and
-‘made it impossible to see more than fifty yards in any direction.’
-This efficient aid to the attackers, which had often been simulated
-in battle by artificial means with smaller success, affected the defence
-all along the line; and the only answer to the fog, we are told, was
-to strengthen the Infantry in the trenches, involving, if it were to be
-done, a fresh weakening of our too weak reserves.</p>
-
-<p>But we are not writing the history of the Second Battle of the
-Somme. On March 21st, as we have said, General Braithwaite’s
-troops were not engaged in that long line from Oppy to La Fère, on
-which, as we read above, ‘ground could be given up under great
-pressure without serious consequences.’ The pressure proved greater
-than had been anticipated, and the measure of the ground given up
-increased the seriousness of the consequences.</p>
-
-<p>On the 21st, those fifty-four miles were held from north to south
-by the following Divisions in order of line: 56th, 4th, 15th, 3rd,
-34th, 59th, 6th, 51st, 17th, 63rd, 47th, 9th, 21st, 16th, 66th, 24th,
-61st, 30th, 36th, 14th, 18th, 58th. The Guards Division was at
-Arras, and from various points in the Reserve-area, again working
-southwards from above the Scarpe, the 31st, 40th, 41st (west of
-Albert), 25th (at Bapaume), 19th, 2nd, 39th, 50th, 20th, and the 1st,
-3rd and 2nd Cavalry Divisions (at Péronne, Athies and Guiscard
-respectively) were brought up and thrown into the line. The first
-battle-honours belong to these, and no sketch, however imperfect,
-of the conditions under which they were won, can miss the splendour
-of their winning, or the valour of the living and the dead.</p>
-
-<p>We pass over the next few days. Their story is written on the
-map in four days’ battle positions (March 23rd to 26th), all of which
-were swiftly obliterated in the further retreat and the last advance.
-What can never be obliterated, however, so long as gallant deeds are
-traced on the map of human character, is the memory of those British
-Divisions, outnumbered, befogged, giving ground, but retaining,
-with their backs to the wall, the heroic quality of victors. We merely
-note that, on March 26th, at a conference held at Doullens between the
-French and British Army Commanders, Lord Milner (representing
-the British Government), M. Poincaré (President of the French
-Republic), M. Clemenceau (Prime Minister) and the French Minister
-of Munitions, it was decided, in view of the imminent danger of the
-capture of Amiens, ‘to place the supreme control of the operations of<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_171"></a>[171]</span>
-the French and British forces in France and Belgium in the hands of
-General Foch, who accordingly assumed control.’<a id="FNanchor_106" href="#Footnote_106" class="fnanchor">[106]</a></p>
-
-<p>On March 23rd, the wave of withdrawal reached the 62nd Division.
-The 187th Brigade was moved to Arras, where it was placed at the
-disposal of the 15th Division, but this order was cancelled almost at
-once, under the stress of immediate circumstances, and the whole
-Division was allotted to the XVIIth Corps. On the night of March
-24th/25th new orders were received to join the IVth Corps, and early
-in the morning of the 25th the three Infantry Brigades of the
-Division were moved to Ayette.</p>
-
-<p>It proved a long day’s work, and the beginning of an exacting
-time. We are back again now in the old, shell-ridden quadrilateral:
-Doullens-Arras (north), Doullens-Albert (west), Albert-Bapaume
-(south), Arras-Bapaume (east). Bucquoy, to which the Division was
-to move at once, lies just to the east of the centre of the diagonal
-Arras-Albert, and the south-west road from Bucquoy to Albert passes
-through Thiepval and Auchy, where the 49th Division from the
-West Riding suffered so severely in 1916. We remember how, a
-little more than a year ago, in January, 1917, when the 62nd had
-just arrived in France, some Officers of the 2/5th Duke of Wellington’s
-made ‘a tour of the trenches in an old London General omnibus.
-The party visited Acheux and Warlencourt, and then drove along the
-Doullens-Arras road, which was closed to traffic at one point owing
-to shelling.’<a id="FNanchor_107" href="#Footnote_107" class="fnanchor">[107]</a> The problem then was to push the Germans back,
-back between Arras and Bapaume, always nearer to Douai and
-Cambrai. A year’s hard battles had been fought, and now, in March,
-1918, Bapaume had fallen, Albert was to fall (March 26th-27th),
-and the problem was to prevent the enemy’s ‘double hope of
-separating the French and British Armies and interfering with the
-detraining arrangements of our Allies by the capture of Montdidier.’<a id="FNanchor_108" href="#Footnote_108" class="fnanchor">[108]</a>
-In this effort the now veteran 62nd was to bear a conspicuous part.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_172"></a>[172]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_XII"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER XII</span><br>
-<span class="smcap">WITH THE 62nd AT BUCQUOY</span></h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>General Braithwaite, then Commanding the 62nd, has said
-to the present writer that he regards the action at Bucquoy as, perhaps,
-the finest achievement of his Division. They were hurried to Ayette
-as early as March 25th, and there, as stated, the Staff Officer who had
-been sent on to IVth Corps Headquarters brought Orders for the
-Division to proceed at once to Bucquoy. Divisional Headquarters
-reached it at about 8-30 in the morning, and the General went forward
-to the Headquarters of the 40th and 42nd Divisions, just West of
-Bucquoy, in order to learn the tactical situation. (The 40th had been
-in reserve on March 21st till it was pushed into the line near Bullecourt;
-the 42nd had arrived since that date). The leading Troops of the 185th
-Brigade began to reach Bucquoy about 10 o’clock, but the roads were
-so much blocked with transport of all kinds that concentration was
-not completed till 11-30. Meanwhile, Corps Orders had been received
-for the men to have a meal and to get rested, and for the Division,
-which had been up all night and had already marched twelve miles,
-to hold itself in readiness for a move at short notice. The General
-also paid a visit to the Headquarters of the 41st Division (in reserve
-at Albert on March 21st, and also pushed into the line), now likewise
-stationed at Bucquoy, and shortly afterwards Lieut.-General Sir G. M.
-Harper, Commanding the IVth Corps, arrived.</p>
-
-<p>The situation, as it revealed itself, was simple and serious. Briefly,
-with or without Albert, which fell on the night of March 26th, the
-urgent, essential task was to stabilize a line. The Germans had
-thrust, and thrust again, here, there, wherever they found an opening.
-They had driven us back in five days (March 21st to 25th), on the
-front of the Third Army, right up to the line of the old trenches at
-Achiet-le-Grand, Miraumont, Pozières. More ground might still
-be yielded ‘under great pressure,’ but the vital danger lay further
-south, where, still to the north of the River Somme, at the junction
-of the Third and Fifth Armies, withdrawals on the night of the 26th
-were to reach a line from Albert to Sailly-le-Sec. What this meant
-to the French forces nearer Paris, to the important centre at Montdidier,
-and to the railway from Amiens to the capital, was coming
-very insistently into view; and the severe strain on the 62nd Division,
-among other gallant Divisions, on March 25th and following days,
-was due above all to the necessity of arresting the advance about the
-Ancre, and of preventing the German hope of breaking through the
-receding British line. Once broken, it could never have been mended,
-and our real triumph in defeat was our disappointment of Ludendorff’s
-design of cutting off one force from another. The line went<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_173"></a>[173]</span>
-back, irregularly, unsteadily. Perilous salients were bulged out,
-to be straightened by retirements on the wings. Troops were pushed
-from place to place, or assembled by spontaneous conglomeration,
-to stop a dangerous gap. Different units became hopelessly mixed,
-and sorted themselves out into novel formations. Platoons, Companies,
-even Battalions improvised barriers of their own dead. But still
-Ludendorff was disappointed. Still his weary men, flung in desperation,
-however magnificently led, spent their last ounce of strength
-in vain. Still, in retreat after retreat, touch was maintained between
-Brigades, between Divisions. Still fighting the enemy to a standstill,
-dog-tired, attenuated, unconquerable—still a line held.</p>
-
-<p>It was to a patch of that line, covering, roughly, the centre region
-in the Doullens-Albert-Bapaume-Arras quadrangle, to which we
-have frequently referred, that the attention of Major-General Braithwaite
-was directed by the IVth Corps Commander at their anxious
-conference in Bucquoy about noon on March 25th.</p>
-
-<p>The 186th Brigade was now arriving at Bucquoy, and the two
-Brigadier-Generals (185th and 186th) were ordered, as soon as they
-would be ready, to move to Achiet-le-Petit, and to cover that village,
-the 186th on the right and the 185th on the left. The object of this
-move was to prolong the front of the 62nd Division (at Logeast Wood,
-due East of Bucquoy, and midway between Ablainzevelle and Achiet-le-Grand),
-so as to enable other Divisions which had been heavily
-engaged, to withdraw and re-organize. The Brigades reached their
-positions between 4 and 5 o’clock in the afternoon, with two Battalions
-each in line and one in reserve, and with one Company of the Machine-Gun
-Battalion attached to each Brigade. It is to be observed that these
-were the first operations, since the Machine-Gun re-organization, in
-which that Battalion had taken part, and, in ideal country for that
-weapon, and with the improved moral of the Companies under new
-conditions, the results fully justified the change. During the early
-evening of March 25th, the various Divisions affected (19th, 25th,
-41st, 51st) gradually withdrew behind the line held now by the 62nd
-with the 42nd, and at 7 o’clock Major-General Walter Braithwaite,
-Commanding the 62nd Division, took over Command of the front,
-with Headquarters at Bucquoy, and the Headquarters of the gallant
-41st were removed to Souastre in the rear. At 9-30, General Braithwaite’s
-Headquarters withdrew to Gommecourt, to which a line had
-been run during the afternoon, but, owing to the heavy traffic on the
-roads, the move was not completed till 11 p.m. About that hour,
-the Corps Commander sent a telephone message to say that it would
-be necessary to withdraw not later than next morning to the line
-Puisieux-Bucquoy-Ablainzevelle, and to ask the Divisional Commander
-if he preferred to make the move sooner, while still under cover of
-darkness. We should note that a trench East of Bucquoy had been
-dug during the afternoon by the Pioneer Battalion of the 62nd (9th<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_174"></a>[174]</span>
-Durham Light Infantry), in order to cover that place in the event of
-our Troops being driven in, and that about 8 p.m. the 187th Brigade
-was ordered to concentrate on Bucquoy in Divisional Reserve, and to
-move forward a Battalion into the new trench. Meanwhile, the
-Divisional Artillery had arrived, and went into action, covering the
-withdrawal, during the night of the 25th.</p>
-
-<p>General Braithwaite decided to take advantage of the darkness,
-but, though a Staff Officer was sent back at once to communicate
-his decision to the Brigadiers, the Order did not reach them till after
-2 o’clock next morning (March 26th), so heavy was the congestion
-in the roads; and the actual start was made in early daylight. In
-the night, the 186th Brigade was subjected to enemy fire, and some
-changes in the dispositions had to be made, but the successful withdrawal
-of the Division was completed about 8 a.m., when the 185th
-Brigade took up a position on the high ground East of Bucquoy.
-The 186th were in touch with them, and extended to a point about
-five hundred yards North-east of Puisieux, with two Battalions in the
-front line, and the third and Pioneer Battalions in support. The
-187th were in Divisional Reserve in the neighbourhood of Biez Wood,
-with two Battalions East of the Wood, and the third in the trenches
-South and South-west.</p>
-
-<p>This was on March 26th, and another heavy and difficult day
-ensued. The Germans were advancing all the time in a westerly
-direction, which developed during the day into a determined north-westerly
-attack from the neighbourhood of Puisieux and Serre against
-the right flank of the 186th Brigade. Two Battalions of that Brigade
-(5th Duke of Wellington’s and Pioneers) were accordingly withdrawn
-a short distance, so as to face more directly to the South, with their
-right resting on Rossignol Wood (between Bucquoy and Hébuterne),
-so as to cover the exits from Puisieux. Three Companies of the 2/4th
-Duke of Wellington’s (in Reserve) were moved forward to prolong
-this line, and a Battalion of the 187th Brigade (Reserve) was
-further used to extend their flank on the high ground West of
-Rossignol Wood. This occurred in the late afternoon, when
-five heavy attacks by the Prussian Guard on Bucquoy, and
-between Bucquoy and Puisieux, had been repulsed; and the
-causes why the German advance in this area had shifted slightly
-to the North (roughly, in the direction Serre to Hébuterne) were,
-briefly, two: (1) To the South of Puisieux and Hébuterne, early on
-March 26th, there was a gap in the line of three or four miles between
-the 62nd and 12th Divisions. About a thousand men from various
-units of the 19th Division were holding the defences round Hébuterne,
-and it was known that the New Zealand Division was well on its way
-to fill the gap. Their leading Brigade, however, could not arrive
-till the late afternoon, and it was actually about 10 p.m. before it
-filled the southern half of the gap, with its left resting on Colincamps.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_175"></a>[175]</span>
-Meanwhile, about 7 p.m., the 4th Brigade of the Australian Division,
-which had been put at General Braithwaite’s disposal, relieved the
-elements of the 19th in the defence of Hébuterne, and got in touch
-during the night of the 26th and early morning of the 27th with the
-second Brigade of the New Zealanders, to the South of the village.
-This gap, then, and the delay in filling it, were one main cause of the
-concentration on the West of Bucquoy. The second (2) was subsidiary,
-and arose from the fact that, during the morning of March
-26th, constant reports were received of mounted enemy troops seen
-in Hébuterne and even to the West of it. Possibly, isolated patrols
-had reached the edge of the village, but, as the result of these rumours,
-‘unauthorized orders were issued by persons totally unknown, in a
-more or less excited state,’ to clear all transport westwards, and some
-valuable hours were lost in collecting and bringing back those units.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus25" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus25.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">THE CHURCH, BUCQUOY.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>This bare account of one day’s fighting leaves much to the imagination.
-But an hour by hour recital of the deeds of unit by unit in the
-Division would make too much of a day’s work, which was only the
-beginning of a hard battle. We must not lose the perspective in a
-contemplation of detail, and this perspective is admirably rendered
-in the few lines devoted by Sir A. Conan Doyle to the 62nd Division
-on March 6th. ‘South of Puisieux,’ he writes, ‘there was a gap of
-four or five miles [the Divisional Commander says ‘three or four’]
-before one came to British troops. Into this gap in the very nick of
-time came first the 4th Brigade of the Second Australian Division,
-and later the New Zealand Division in driblets, which gradually
-spanned the vacant space. It was a very close call for a break through
-without opposition. Being disappointed in this, the Germans on
-March 26th spent the whole afternoon in fierce attacks on the 62nd
-Division, but got little but hard knocks from Braithwaite’s Yorkshiremen,’
-who, we remember, had been on the move since early
-morning the day before. ‘The 186th Brigade on the right,’ it is added,
-‘threw back a flank to Rossignol Wood to cover the weak side.’<a id="FNanchor_109" href="#Footnote_109" class="fnanchor">[109]</a> We
-shall not further expand it.</p>
-
-<p>Next day, March 27th, after a comparatively quiet night, the
-attacks on Bucquoy were resumed on the front held by the 185th and
-the left of the 186th Brigade. Our Lewis guns took ample toll of the
-advancing enemy lines, and the assault failed with heavy loss. Shortly
-after noon another attack was begun to the East of Rossignol Wood,
-where the 5th Duke of Wellington’s, who had suffered so severely
-the day before, were primarily engaged on their right. Their Lewis
-guns and rifles proved effective in the open, but the bombers swarming
-the old trenches which existed in that part of the line were less easy
-to repulse: the German was a skilful thrower, and it happened at
-that time and in that locality that rifle bombs and Stokes Mortars
-were very difficult to procure. Despite extraordinary courage and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_176"></a>[176]</span>
-untiring effort and resourcefulness, bombing parties continued to work
-their way up the intricate systems of old trenches; and, though two
-determined attacks between Rossignol Wood and Hébuterne (between
-1 o’clock and 2-30) and two others on Bucquoy (at 4 o’clock and again
-at 5-30) were severally defeated, the 2/4th Battalion of the King’s
-Own Yorkshire Light Infantry were driven to the high ground East
-of Hébuterne and a Company of the 2/4th York and Lancasters were
-driven out of the Wood. The North-westerly move of the enemy,
-which we noted as his direction the day before, seemed, accordingly,
-more critical, since a gap had been made between the right of the
-186th Brigade and the Australians in Hébuterne. To meet this crisis,
-the trenches East of Gommecourt, lying further to the North-west,
-were manned by two Companies of Australians, and the 187th Brigade
-was ordered immediately to counter-attack. There was some delay
-in getting this order through to the two left Battalions of the Brigade
-(the 2/4th York and Lancasters and the 5th King’s Own Yorkshire
-Light Infantry), but about 7 in the evening, after the 4th Australian
-Brigade had been ordered urgently to co-operate, using, if necessary,
-the whole of their Reserve Battalion, the Brigadier-General Commanding
-the 186th got into personal touch with Lieut.-Colonel O. C. S.
-Watson, D.S.O., Commanding the 5th K.O.Y.L.I. (187th Brigade),
-and ordered him to counter-attack Rossignol Wood, with the help
-of four Tanks, which the Brigadier was able to put at his disposal.
-This counter-attack succeeded, and at 11 p.m. the Officer Commanding
-the Battalion reported that he had regained part of the Wood and the
-high ground to the South-west of it. He had gained great glory
-at the same time, as is shown by the following extract from the <i>London
-Gazette</i>, May 8th, 1918:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="center">‘<span class="smcap">Victoria Cross</span></p>
-
-<p>‘Major (A/Lt.-Col.) Oliver Cyril Spencer Watson, D.S.O.
-(R. of O.), late King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry.</p>
-
-<p>‘For most conspicuous bravery, self-sacrificing devotion
-to duty, and exceptionally gallant leading during a critical period
-of operations. His command was at a point where continual
-attacks were made by the enemy in order to pierce the line, and
-an intricate system of old trenches in front, coupled with the
-fact that his position was under constant rifle and machine-gun fire
-rendered the situation still more dangerous. A counter-attack had
-been made against the enemy position, which at first achieved its
-object, but as they were holding out in two improvised strong
-points, Lieut.-Colonel Watson saw that immediate action was
-necessary, and he led his remaining small reserve to the attack,
-organizing bombing parties and leading attacks under intense
-rifle and machine-gun fire. Outnumbered he finally ordered
-his men to retire, remaining himself in a communication trench
-to cover the retirement, though he faced almost certain death<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_177"></a>[177]</span>
-by so doing. The assault he led was at a critical moment, and
-without doubt saved the line. Both in the assault and in covering
-his men’s retirement he held his life as nothing, and his splendid
-bravery inspired all troops in the vicinity to rise to the occasion
-and save a breach being made in a hardly tried and attenuated
-line.</p>
-
-<p>‘Lt.-Colonel Watson was killed while covering the withdrawal.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>We have only to add to this record of the 27th, that the 185th
-Brigade should have been relieved on that day, but the operations
-round Rossignol Wood and the loss of Ayette (by the 31st Division
-on the left of the 42nd) postponed the relief for twenty-four hours.</p>
-
-<p>The night passed quickly and fairly quietly. On March 28th,
-there was an early bombardment of the whole Divisional front and of
-the back area over the Woods (Biez and Rossignol), and an intercepted
-advance on Bucquoy, which was subjected to heavy shelling all that
-day. Splendid work was done in that morning battle (10 a.m. till
-noon) by the 186th Brigade under Brig.-General J. L. G. Burnett,
-a very worthy successor to Bradford, whose services we commemorated
-above. One Platoon of the 5th Duke of Wellington’s, which occupied
-an advanced post, became isolated from the rest. When last heard of
-at about 1 o’clock, it was known to be still holding out, but no particulars
-of its experiences are available. The heroic record remains, to the
-imperishable honour of Yorkshiremen, that, when the position was
-finally reached, this Platoon had been overwhelmed, and not a man was
-left alive.</p>
-
-<p>More serious than attacks in the open, which were sometimes
-stopped, and which, if they developed, were repulsed, were those
-bombing-parties working their way up the trenches, who had done so
-much damage the day before. They were very active again on the
-28th, and sometime between noon and 2 o’clock they contrived to drive
-back from the ridge East of Hébuterne and from Rossignol Wood the
-5th Battalion of the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who had
-made so gallant a sacrifice to hold that position overnight. Rossignol
-Wood was not recovered on that day. Two Tanks were derelict
-in the Wood, and formed effective cover for the enemy, and there was a
-partial failure, too, in an attempt by the 124th Brigade (41st Division).
-At 7 o’clock, fresh orders for the re-capture were given to the 8th West
-Yorkshires (in reserve to the 185th Brigade), who were placed at the
-disposal of the 187th, and at the same time the 4th Australian Brigade
-was to drive the enemy out of the trenches South-east of Gommecourt.
-This bombing encounter proved successful in releasing five hundred
-yards of trenches, and by early morning of March 29th the West Yorkshires
-had reached the Northern end of the contested Wood. There
-they were held up by heavy machine-gun fire, but the twofold counter-measures
-had eased the situation, and the gap between the 186th and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_178"></a>[178]</span>
-the Australian Brigades was satisfactorily filled. The postponed
-relief of the 185th by the 42nd Division was duly completed during
-that night.</p>
-
-<p>Next morning (March 29th), progress was made with the urgent
-work of re-organizing the 187th Brigade. It had performed
-magnificent service in exceptionally difficult circumstances, which
-included the absence through illness of its Brigadier-General.
-Lt.-Col. Barton, D.S.O., who had been temporarily in Command,
-had also fallen ill, and was replaced on March 28th by Lt.-Col.
-C. K. James, D.S.O., the Officer Commanding the 2/7th West
-Yorkshires. The Brigade had been almost continuously in action
-since its hurried departure from Ayette in the early hours of March
-25th, and the V.C. awarded posthumously to the Commanding
-Officer of the 5th K.O.Y.L.I. is an indication of the splendid resistance
-which it offered time after time to the enemy assaults on its front. The
-Brigade was now located in the trenches North and West of Rossignol
-Wood, in touch with the 186th on its right and with the 41st Division
-on its left. One Battalion of the 185th was moved up in close support
-during the afternoon. Bombing fights between the Australians
-and their assailants about Gommecourt and Hébuterne were the chief
-incidents of the day which proved the growing exhaustion of the
-enemy. March 30th and 31st were spent, too, in comparative quiet:
-an important document captured by the Australians showed how
-heavily the Germans had suffered. But the 62nd had suffered too.
-We referred above to Colonel Watson. Two other Commanding
-Officers, who fell at the head of their respective Regiments, may
-also be mentioned here, as splendid types of fighting Officers, first
-beloved and then mourned by their men. These were Lieut.-Colonels
-A. H. and C. K. James, of the 7th and 8th West Yorkshires, known,
-of course, as James the Seventh and James the Eighth, who, though
-not related to each other, were firm comrades in life and death. On
-the night of March 31st-April 1st, a Brigade of the 37th Division
-relieved the 186th, which withdrew to Souastre and Henu, and next
-night the remainder of the 62nd Division (less Artillery) was relieved
-by the 37th, and moved back into the Reserve area.</p>
-
-<p>It will be admitted that they had earned their relief. The Field
-Marshal’s summary runs, under date March 27th: ‘A series of strong
-attacks commenced all along our front from about Bucquoy to the
-neighbourhood of Hamelincourt, in the course of which the enemy
-gained possession of Ablainzevelle and Ayette’ (which was re-taken
-by the 32nd Division on April 3rd). ‘Elsewhere,’ it continues, ‘all
-his assaults were heavily repulsed by troops of the 62nd Division, under
-Command of Major-General W. P. Braithwaite, and of the 42nd and
-Guards Divisions.’<a id="FNanchor_110" href="#Footnote_110" class="fnanchor">[110]</a> And, under date March 28th: ‘The 42nd
-Division drove off two attacks from the direction of Ablainzevelle<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_179"></a>[179]</span>
-and the 62nd Division with an attached Brigade of the 4th Australian
-Division also beat off a succession of heavy attacks about Bucquoy
-with great loss to the enemy.’<a id="FNanchor_111" href="#Footnote_111" class="fnanchor">[111]</a> We have filled in some details in this
-outline, which is sufficiently effective in its statement of duty done
-and of local successes achieved. If we go behind it at all, it is rather
-to point to some lessons that were learned than to gild the laurels of
-renown which the Division earned during those fiery days.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus26" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus26.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">BUCQUOY: STREET.</p>
-  <p class="caption">BUCQUOY: MARKET PLACE.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>We have already mentioned the work of the newly-organized
-Machine-Gun Battalion, and the comparative lack of Rifle bombs and
-Stokes Mortars. Another fact worth noting is the renewed confidence
-reposed in the Rifle and the Lewis Gun. In the face of effective
-fire from these weapons the enemy never succeeded in pushing home
-an attack across the open. Communication between the Division
-and Brigades was maintained with very little interruption, and the two
-Brigade Headquarters being kept together enabled the admirable
-Signal Service to devote all their attention to one main route. Under
-these novel conditions of open warfare, it was found that special training
-was required for the Power Buzzer operations of Brigade Sections,
-and in other technical details the experience at Bucquoy was to prove
-valuable.</p>
-
-<p>Most valuable of all was the knowledge that, with nearly all the
-chances against them, they had fought the enemy to a standstill.
-Despite a perilous gap in the thinned line of British troops, and despite
-the delays in filling it, the enemy had not broken through. The line
-was threatened on March 25th. It was constantly, almost continuously,
-assailed from the East, and, where disclosed, from the South. It
-still held on March 31st. Mistakes unavoidable in the medley were
-heroically repaired. Odd pockets of men, as we have seen—a thousand
-from the 19th Division behind Hébuterne, another thousand from
-the 41st about Gommecourt—showed incomparable resourcefulness.
-Sudden orders were given in emergency, and were carried out unerringly
-under darkness. Troops confidently expected in the afternoon
-arrived short of their destination after nightfall, and the intervals of
-time and place were filled up. The whole story of these days is a
-lesson in how not to yield, and the whole moral of it is contained in
-the fact that the end of the first phase of the Second Battle of the
-Somme was, at best, an incomplete German victory. They had not
-achieved what they had hoped, and, losing hope, they would lose all.</p>
-
-<p>So, Bucquoy is a name that shines in the war record of the 62nd
-Division. We leave them now, at the beginning of April, in Divisional
-Reserve, with their Headquarters at Pas, enjoying a well-earned
-respite from active operations, though under two hours’ notice to
-move: and we turn next to another part of the wide field, where the
-49th Division, the First Line of the West Riding Territorials, bore
-its separate part in the grand defensive.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_180"></a>[180]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_XIII"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER XIII</span><br>
-<span class="smcap">WITH THE 49th IN THE VALLEY OF THE LYS</span></h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<h4>I.—FIRST PHASE</h4>
-
-<p>We reach a confused tract of warfare, punctuated, as ever, by noble
-deeds, through which we must strike a careful trail.</p>
-
-<p>In an Order, issued by Major-General Cameron, Commanding
-the 49th Division, and reviewing the period from April 10th to May
-5th, 1918, upon which we are now to enter, the General drew attention
-to the fact that his Division had not been fighting as a whole. ‘In
-some ways it is sad,’ he wrote; ‘but the fact that we have been separated
-for a great part of the time has in no way diminished the credit of your
-achievements. Every part of the Division in its own sphere of
-action has done exceptionally well, and every part has earned high
-praise from Commanders outside the Division.’</p>
-
-<p>Partly, then, the confusion arises from the distribution of the
-Troops to outside Commands. But the mere fact of this distribution
-is itself evidence to the difficulty of responsible leadership in those days;
-and, before we attempt to draw a table of the activities of the Division
-in place and time during the period covered by that Order, a brief
-survey may be made from a more general point of view. ‘Every
-part earned high praise from Commanders outside the Division’:
-we are concerned, then, with outside Commands and with a wider
-outlook than the 49th Division’s.</p>
-
-<p>We are concerned with Ludendorff’s point of view, so far as we
-are at liberty to re-construct it. On a previous page we tried to show
-how the German mind in March was divided between two strategic
-plans, one of which pointed to Paris and the other to the Channel ports.
-Both were pursued in turn, and even to some extent simultaneously,
-and either, if successful, would have inflicted an almost irreparable
-blow on the Allied forces of France and Britain. The point is, that
-neither quite succeeded: the union of those Forces under Foch and
-the response of the British Armies to Haig’s summons on April 13th,
-‘<span class="smcap">With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our
-cause, each of us must fight to the end</span>,’ were to prove incalculably
-more effective than all the odds combined against them. But the
-initiative in April was with the Germans. So soon as one plan miscarried,
-or was left standing, or was conveniently broken off, they
-were able to call the other plan, and to make a new push with fresh
-Troops. The initiative was theirs, and the superiority was theirs,
-in numbers and (by the offensive) in surprise. ‘The possibility of a
-German attack North of the La Bassée Canal had been brought to my
-notice,’ wrote Sir Douglas Haig, ‘prior to the 21st March. Indications<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_181"></a>[181]</span>
-that preparations for a hostile attack in this sector were nearing completion
-had been observed in the first days of April.’<a id="FNanchor_112" href="#Footnote_112" class="fnanchor">[112]</a> But no observations,
-however accurate, and no prevision, however acute, could
-organize fifty-eight Divisions to fight battles in two sectors at one
-time. Forty of the fifty-eight Divisions had been engaged in the
-Second Battle of the Somme, and ‘the steps which I could take,’ he
-continued, ‘to meet a danger which I could foresee were limited by
-the fact that, though the enemy’s progress on the Somme had for
-the time being been stayed, ... [he] was in a position to take
-immediate advantage of any weakening of my forces in that area.’<a id="FNanchor_113" href="#Footnote_113" class="fnanchor">[113]</a>
-And to initiative, numbers and surprise was added the fortune of the
-weather. The early spring had been ‘unseasonably fine,’ and the low-lying
-ground in the Lys Valley dried up in time for the Germans to
-anticipate a relief of the Portuguese, who were holding the front to
-the South of Armentières, and who had been in the line for several
-months. A shattering German assault fell suddenly (April 9th) on
-this thin-spread Portuguese Division, already overdue for relief; and
-‘no blame,’ we instinctively know, ‘can be attached to inexperienced
-troops who gave way to so terrific a blow, which would have been
-formidable to any soldiers in the world.’<a id="FNanchor_114" href="#Footnote_114" class="fnanchor">[114]</a></p>
-
-<p>Such, then, in the broadest outline, was the strategic situation,
-when Ludendorff, leading the <i>Kaiser-schlacht</i>, which had opened on
-March 21st, left the fate of Amiens hanging in the precarious balance
-to which it had been fought in ten days, and sought to add terror to
-exhaustion by renewing his thrust at the Channel ports.</p>
-
-<p>When this underlying principle is seized, and Sir Douglas Haig’s
-problem is imagined, what ensued may briefly be recounted to the
-date of the engagement of units of the 49th. We are not now to
-consider the biggest aspect: the point of view of the War Council at
-Versailles. The facts that Americans were coming, and that British
-reinforcements would be poured in, did not illumine the darkness in
-Flanders in the middle of the second week of April. Nor is it immediately
-to the point, that, when Sir Frederick Maurice saw Marshal
-Foch on April 16th, and the Germans seemed ‘well on the road to
-Calais and Boulogne, ... Foch had himself measured accurately
-both the German strength and the endurance of the British Army....
-“The battle in Flanders is practically over,” he said; “Haig
-will not need any more troops from me.” Not even the loss of
-Kemmel a few days later ruffled him. He was right, and the battle
-in Flanders ended in a complete repulse of the second German effort
-to break through.’<a id="FNanchor_115" href="#Footnote_115" class="fnanchor">[115]</a> No. We should thank heaven, fasting, for the
-Marshal’s masterly imperturbability. It won the war, among many<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_182"></a>[182]</span>
-claimants for that boon. But the great leader himself would admit,
-that his estimate of ‘the endurance of the British Army’ had been
-calculated to the last ounce of its worn strength, and that ‘the loss of
-Kemmel a few days later’ (on April 25th, to be precise) imposed a well-nigh
-intolerable strain.</p>
-
-<p>We are to contract our horizon on those days: to forget, what
-were then invisible, the dots and spots on the Atlantic, which marked
-the precious troopships bringing help from the New World to the Old;
-to forget the set will of Paris, raided from the air by night and day,
-and nearly within gunshot as well; to forget the last effort of England,
-and how, in a room at the War Office, all was ready to call out the
-Volunteers, the final arm of Home Defence; and we are to try to
-piece together events in Flanders from early morning on April 9th,
-when the brave Portuguese were overrun, till the confidence of the
-French Marshal was justified at the end of the battle on May 8th.
-Throughout that month, we are to remember the superb generalship
-of Sir Douglas Haig, splendidly backed as he was by Generals Sir
-H. Horne, Commanding the First, and Sir Herbert Plumer, Commanding
-the Second Army. Through all ranks of the heroic forces
-which they commanded, whether tired veterans from the hills and
-valleys of the Somme, or new drafts of young soldiery from home,
-and in all arms of the Service, one spirit prevailed: to obey, at whatever
-personal cost, the supreme call of their Commander-in-Chief,
-which was issued on the fourth day of the Flanders battle, and the pith
-of which we quoted above. The enemy’s objects, they were told, ‘are
-to separate us from the French, to take the Channel ports, and destroy
-the British Army.’ He had, as yet, ‘made little progress towards his
-goals.’ Time, they were reminded, was on their side, not necessarily
-as individuals but as Englishmen: ‘Victory will belong to the side
-which holds out the longest.’ And then followed the stern command:
-‘There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position
-must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With
-our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each
-one of us must fight to the end. The safety of our homes and the
-freedom of mankind depend alike upon the conduct of each one of us
-at this critical moment.’</p>
-
-<p>So we come to the 49th Division, which has been in the Ypres
-area all that year, performing necessary and at times exacting duties
-on a front which was never immune from Artillery attacks and sudden
-raids, and to its response, through its various units, to the call to
-stand fast and die.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus27" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus27.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">Ypres 49th. Divisional Headqrs. in the Ramparts:—Winter, 1917-18.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>The German advance on April 9th between Armentières and the
-La Bassée Canal had bulged in the line by that evening to a distance
-of three to five miles. Next day, the attack was extended North of
-Armentières to Wytschaete and Hollebeke, and the enemy gains were
-extended. The 34th Division in Armentières, though not yet attacked<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_183"></a>[183]</span>
-on their own front, had their two flanks dangerously exposed, and
-were withdrawn in a North-westerly direction, reaching a stopping-place
-at Nieppe. If we follow this action a little further, we shall
-be able to fit in more intelligibly the narrative of the 49th Division.
-On April 11th the advance was pressed in the direction of Nieppe and
-Neuve Église, and in the afternoon there was fierce fighting about
-Messines, now in enemy occupation. These losses pinched the 34th
-out of their temporary foothold at Nieppe. The withdrawal on this
-day did not cease in that particular area till about a thousand yards
-East of Neuve Église and Wulverghem, involving the abandonment of
-Hill 63. Next day, an assault in great strength was launched due
-westwards between Merville and Steenwerk, and affected our line below
-Bailleul, which looks down through Nieppe to Armentières. On
-the same day and the following (the 13th) Neuve Église was hotly
-involved, and fell before midnight on the 14th. Another twenty-four
-hours and Bailleul had suffered the same fate. There was now a very
-perilous salient in this stricken northerly region, and on the night of
-April 15th/16th the decision was taken to withdraw from the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_184"></a>[184]</span>
-Passchendaele Ridge, the scene of so much bloodshed in the previous
-summer; and, consequently, to close in nearer to Ypres. These
-retirements, as may be seen on a map, brought the Kemmel sector into
-prominence, and the German capture on April 16th of Meteren and
-Wytschaete, at the two extremes of that front, was developed next
-morning (17th) into a determined attack on Kemmel Hill.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp75" id="illus28" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus28.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>Recalling now from <a href="#Page_46">page 46</a> above, and from an earlier April
-17th, the geographical significance of Ypres, noting that this significance
-was not diminished by the improvement in German heavy
-Artillery, as shown by the guns trained on Paris, and observing that
-a sentimental value had accrued to Ypres in those middle years almost
-bigger than its geographical significance, we are now better qualified
-to measure the anxiety of the British Command during the crucial
-week, April 9th to 16th, 1918. Would Ypres fall? Would the
-Channel ports follow, with all their accumulated stores, and G.H.Q.
-be driven to the sea? Could the hard-pressed Troops of the Second
-Army hold out to perform their allotted task, since ‘the constant and
-severe fighting in the Lys battle front, following so closely on the
-tremendous struggle South of Arras, had placed a very serious strain
-upon the British forces’? ‘Many British divisions,’ continued their
-Commander, ‘had taken part in the northern and southern battles,
-while others had been engaged almost continuously from the outset
-of the German offensive.’<a id="FNanchor_116" href="#Footnote_116" class="fnanchor">[116]</a> We know the answer to these questions.
-It is time now to see in one area how those answers were dictated.</p>
-
-<p>Take, first, in the 49th Division, the 147th Infantry Brigade,
-which moved on the night of April 9th/10th to join the 34th near
-Armentières with the following Group Details: ‘A’ Company of the
-Machine Gun Corps, a Light Trench Mortar Battery, a Field Company
-(57) Royal Engineers, a Field Ambulance (1/2nd West Riding), and No.
-3 Company, 49th Divisional Train. On April 10th, the 1/4th Duke
-of Wellington’s were engaged at Erquinghem, covering a crossing of
-the Lys. That night, the Brigade was defending Nieppe, in support
-of the 34th Division in its withdrawal from Armentières. On the night
-of the 11th/12th, they carried out a skilful rearguard action, covering
-a further withdrawal. From the 12th to 14th, they maintained their
-position, despite repeated attacks, in the southern outskirts of Bailleul.
-A few hours’ rest, and on the evening of the 15th the Brigade was
-again in the front line, in consequence of Bailleul’s fall. On April
-16th and 17th, they were successfully holding their own on the slopes
-to the North-west of Bailleul, and taking heavy toll of the enemy.
-‘In this action,’ we read, ‘all units of the Brigade Group greatly distinguished
-themselves.’ On the 19th, they moved into the 34th
-Divisional Reserve, and two days later they rejoined their own Division
-in and around Poperinghe. Thus, this Group is inserted into the
-fighting which we summarized just now; and, before taking the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_185"></a>[185]</span>
-other Groups in order, or expanding the narrative of this, we may
-fitly interpolate the praises which it won from Major-General C. L.
-Nicholson, Commanding the 34th Division:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The G.O.C. 34th Division wishes to place on record his
-great appreciation of the services rendered by the 147th Infantry
-Brigade during the period it has been attached to the Division
-under his Command. The action of the 4th Battalion Duke
-of Wellington’s, South of the Lys on 10th April, the skilful
-rearguard fighting under cover of which the Division withdrew
-from the Nieppe position, the stubborn defence of the right of
-the Division at Steam Hill (South of Bailleul), and the complete
-defeat of a whole German Regiment on the 16th April, are
-exploits of which the Brigade may well be proud.</p>
-
-<p>‘Throughout the period, the steadiness, gallantry and
-endurance of all ranks has been worthy of the highest traditions
-of British Infantry, and the G.O.C. 34th Division is proud to
-have had such Troops under his Command.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Or these praises bestowed on a gallant Regiment may be tested by
-the record of one man: No. 24066, Pte. Arthur Poulter, of the 1/4th
-Battalion, Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding), who was awarded the
-Victoria Cross for his action on April 10th, commemorated in the
-following terms in the <i>London Gazette</i> of June 28th:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘For most conspicuous bravery when acting as a stretcher-bearer.
-On ten occasions Pte. Poulter carried badly wounded
-men on his back to a safer locality, through a particularly heavy
-artillery and machine-gun barrage. Two of these were hit a
-second time whilst on his back. Again, after a withdrawal over
-the river had been ordered, Pte. Poulter returned in full view of
-the enemy who were advancing, and carried back another man
-who had been left behind wounded. He bandaged up over forty
-men under fire, and his conduct throughout the whole day was
-a magnificent example to all ranks. This very gallant soldier was
-subsequently seriously wounded when attempting another rescue
-in the face of the enemy.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>A Group, similarly constituted, of the 148th Infantry Brigade
-was sent on April 10th to Neuve Église, which was plainly threatened
-on that day, under orders to move at half an hour’s notice. The
-same night, its 1/5th York and Lancasters became attached to the
-74th Brigade (25th Division) where it was drawn into the fighting
-near Steenwerk, to the South of Nieppe, and rendered valuable service,
-remaining in attachment until April 16th. Next day (11th), in the
-morning, the 1/4th Battalion of the same Regiment was detailed to
-counter-attack on a line West of Ploegsteert Wood, where the rest
-of the 25th Division was engaged. Hill 63 is situated immediately
-North of the North-west corner of that Wood, and Neuve Église
-lies about two miles to its North-west. We shall have to come back<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_186"></a>[186]</span>
-to the gallant record of this unit, and of the 1/4th King’s Own Yorkshire
-Light Infantry, and of others in the Group, during the struggle for
-Neuve Église, which lasted till the night of April 14th/15th. It is a
-record of desperate valour against overwhelming odds; and, when,
-weary but undaunted, the Brigade was withdrawn to Poperinghe
-on April 19th, it had thoroughly earned the encomium of Major-General
-Sir E. G. T. Bainbridge, Commanding the 25th Division:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Will you thank the 148th Infantry Brigade for all they
-did in holding on to Neuve Église? It is, of course, greatly
-due to them that the place was held as long as it was.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Similar praises were bestowed by the Brigadier-General Commanding
-the 74th Brigade (25th Division) on the Battalion of the 148th
-Brigade, which had been under his orders. He placed on record,</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="noindent">‘his great appreciation of the services rendered by the 5th Battalion
-York and Lancaster Regiment during the time it was attached
-to the Brigade under his Command. The gallantry and endurance
-of all ranks throughout the operations are worthy of the
-highest traditions of the British Army, and it was a pleasure to
-the B.G.C. to have such Troops under his Command. He was
-much impressed by the dashing manner in which the Battalion
-carried out the attack on Cabaret du Saule on 11th April, and
-by its stubborn resistance on 14th April on Mont de Lille.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>We come, last in this summary, to the 146th Infantry Brigade
-(49th Division).</p>
-
-<p>On April 10th, it was in line in the Ypres salient, under the orders
-of the 21st Division.</p>
-
-<p>Next day, very early in the morning, its 1/7th Battalion, West Yorkshire
-Regiment, became attached to the 62nd Infantry Brigade, which
-had been detached from the 21st Division and placed under the orders
-of the 9th (Scottish) Division, commanded by Major-General G. H.
-Tudor. That Division (the 9th), we may note, in anticipatory compensation
-for its terrible losses in this area in April, was to have the
-honour on July 19th of capturing Meteren with great <i>éclat</i>. This
-reversal of misfortune lay in the future. To-day the situation was
-very grave, and the part played by the 1/7th West Yorkshires, in
-attachment to the attached Brigade, may best be told, in advance of the
-more detailed narrative, in the Report of the Brigadier-General
-Commanding the 62nd Brigade, which was transmitted by General
-Tudor to General Cameron (49th Division). It was dated April
-20th and ran as follows:—</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I should like also to draw attention to the very gallant behaviour
-of the 1/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment, of
-the 146th Infantry Brigade.</p>
-
-<p>‘On the critical afternoon of the 11th April, when the Brigade
-holding the Messines Sector was driven back, leaving my right
-flank perilously exposed, the 1/7th West Yorkshire Regiment<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_187"></a>[187]</span>
-was moved up at very short notice from Parret Camp to form a
-defensive flank on the Bogaert Farm-Pick Wood Spor, and to
-fill the gap on our right.</p>
-
-<p>‘Under very heavy shelling the Battalion moved forward
-splendidly, and their steadiness undoubtedly saved the situation.
-From that evening until the morning of the 16th the Battalion
-held the right sub-sector of the Brigade front from Bogaert Farm
-to Pick Wood; on the night of the 15/16th they handed over
-from Bogaert Farm to Scott Farm to the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire
-Regiment, and took over to Spanrock-Molen inclusive. On an
-extended front they encountered the full force of the enemy
-attack on the morning of the 16th, and fought most gallantly
-until overwhelmed by superior numbers. As in the case of other
-Battalions the mist placed them at an enormous disadvantage,
-and deprived them of the full use of their fire power.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Major-General Cameron, in communicating this message to
-the Brigadier of the 146th, added the expression of his ‘great hope,
-that you will find that you have sufficient old hands remaining to carry
-on the spirit which has animated the 146th Brigade, and infuse it into
-the new drafts which I hope to see joining you soon, in order that the
-name of the 146th Brigade may live for ever. Please let your
-Battalions know that I feel deeply proud of them.’</p>
-
-<p>The Battalion had rejoined its own unit on April 18th. Its
-casualties between the 11th and 16th had been eleven Officers and four
-hundred and forty-two other ranks.</p>
-
-<p>Noting that Parret Camp, referred to in the above message, lay
-a mile and a quarter to the North-west of Kemmel, and that the 1/7th
-West Yorkshires were supposed to be already tired out when they
-marched there in high fettle in the early hours of April 11th, we return
-on that date to the rest of the 146th Brigade. The Group units were
-established in the defences of Kemmel Hill, which, though not immediately
-in the front line, formed a position, as we are aware, of supreme
-prospective importance. The Command was entrusted to Lt.-Col.
-H. D. Bousfield, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, a supernumerary
-Lieutenant-Colonel at the time, who came under the orders of the
-49th Division up to April 13th, of the 19th Division on that date, and,
-on April 19th, of the 28th French Infantry Division. To the final
-assault on the Hill under its French Commander we shall presently
-come back.</p>
-
-<p>This outline-sketch of the activities of units of the 49th Division
-in their places in the Valley of the Lys may be supplemented with
-one or two details, before we pass to the second and worse phase of
-the battle in that area of fire.</p>
-
-<p>Take, for instance, the struggle about Neuve Église, in which
-the 148th Brigade bore itself so gallantly, in the grim days, April
-12th to 14th. A glance at the map will show that Neuve Église lies<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_188"></a>[188]</span>
-almost midway between Messines and Steenwerk, but (in a narrow
-area, of course) some way to the West of either. Thus, its capture,
-besides re-acting on the hard-pressed 34th Division below, would
-enable the Germans to round back on the 19th above, where Major-General
-G. D. Jeffreys would be caught in the rear. Accordingly,
-here, as much as anywhere (we should say ‘worse than elsewhere,’
-but no comparison could be sustained), the command to hold out
-to the last man was imperative and binding. And right well this
-Brigade of the 49th supported the valorous efforts of various bodies of
-brave troops, including a mixed lot of a thousand, whom Brigadier-General
-Wyatt, formerly Commanding the 1/4th York and Lancs.,
-had collected from anywhere to do everything. General Wyatt’s
-old Battalion and a sister-Battalion in the Brigade, the 1/4th King’s
-Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, had already done stiff service in the
-defence of Neuve Église, where, on April 13th, the assault broke out
-again with added fierceness. At 7 a.m. on that day, the enemy entered
-the village. At 8-30, counter-attacks were launched of their own
-initiative by all available units of the Brigade, and were pushed with
-courage and determination. In this action, Major Jackson, M.C. (of
-the 458th Field Company, Royal Engineers), Captain J. F. Wortley,
-M.C., and Lieut. Gifford, M.C., (both of the 1/4th York and Lancs.),
-were specially mentioned in the Brigadier’s message to the Battalion.
-A big bag of prisoners was made, and the village was cleared of
-Germans. We are told that, about this time (the afternoon of April
-13th), the Troops were still cheerful and in good heart, but that the
-continuous strain and want of sleep were beginning to tell. Unfortunately,
-they told in vain. On the night of 13th/14th, the enemy
-came on again, and forced a way into the village. Captain Wortley
-was killed in an attempt to establish a line about the Church, though
-that line was subsequently held by small parties of the 4th York and
-Lancs. and of the 9th Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders).
-We read that ‘these plucky men refused to obey the order to withdraw,
-and were eventually cut off completely by the enemy, and there
-is little doubt that they died fighting to the last.’ To lose Neuve
-Église under such conditions was to win imperishable renown.</p>
-
-<p>Or take a difficult little operation by two Companies of the 1/5th
-West Yorkshires (146th Brigade), which was not less difficult because
-it proved successful. On the night of April 15th/16th, a partial
-withdrawal, as we saw above, was made perforce in the Ypres salient.
-These two Companies, under the Command of Major Foxton, were
-left to hold posts in the Corps line across the Menin Road about three
-miles East of Ypres. They did their job very thoroughly. By
-moving dummy carrying parties about the tracks, and keeping six men
-in the front line, right away till broad noon on that day, and by other
-manœuvres, they deceived the enemy so completely that no approach
-to our old front line was attempted till 3-30 p.m.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus29" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus29.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">Meteren: Ap: 1918:</p>
-  <p class="caption">Bailleul (Meteren Road) Ap. 1918.</p>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_189"></a>[189]</span></p>
-
-<p>We need not expand the account of the exploits of the 1/7th West
-Yorkshires during their hard days of service with the 62nd Brigade.
-We know by now that a situation could be ‘saved,’ in the expressive
-word endorsed by General Tudor, only by endurance of a kind
-corresponding to the call of the British Commander-in-Chief on the
-13th. We prefer to conclude on a quieter note. These few, casual
-illustrations of a week’s fighting, as desperate as it was heroic, for
-the ultimate safety of the Channel ports, would convey a false impression
-if they painted no scene but ‘death or glory.’ It was hard
-going all the time, and the conditions told, as we have seen. But
-the grit of the Yorkshiremen was not unequal to the incessant demands.
-We read nearly always of a cheerful spirit, of a line which seemed
-‘good’ by comparison with other lines which they had known worse,
-of refreshing snatches of rest, of the welcome arrival of the limbered
-wagons with rations, and similar incidents of the kind, which helped
-to ease what had to be endured. We read, too, in an Officer’s diary,
-such a characteristic entry as the following: ‘Next morning, there was
-light shelling, but about 1-30 p.m. the Boche started a heavy bombardment,
-and attacked at 3 o’clock from the South-west. <i>This was his
-usual time-table all through these operations.</i>’ (The italics are ours).
-And, again, a page or two later on: ‘The Boche programme continued:
-a heavy bombardment 1 p.m.—3 p.m.’ They had taken
-the measure of their Boche. It was all very frightful and terrible,
-and good men were falling every hour; but frightfulness ‘according to
-plan,’ as Macbeth discovered in his day, contains an antiseptic element,
-which is related to the sense of humour in the British soldier. If
-it is too much to say that this sense would always enhearten him,
-at least it stood him in good stead, and even inspired him with good
-hope, when Hollbeke, Messines, Ploegsteert, Neuve Église and Bailleul
-had been left behind the German front, and the salient round Ypres
-had been retracted, and the storm was about to burst on Kemmel
-Hill.</p>
-
-<h4 id="CHAPTER_XIII_2">II.—SECOND PHASE</h4>
-
-<p>There were four or five more or less calm days in the sector
-North of the Lys. The battle-fury surged a little South on a front
-from Merville to Givenchy, extending along the La Bassée Canal,
-and it broke out afresh in the Somme Valley, on the slopes just East
-of Amiens, where the village of Villers Bretonneux changed hands
-twice in two days (April 24th, 25th), remaining the second time in
-British possession. The interval in the Northern area, though used
-for rest and re-organization, so far as circumstances allowed, was
-less an interval than a breathing-space, in which both sides were
-awaiting the call of ‘Time!’ A renewed attack was obviously
-impending. The enemy would want to exploit his gains, and to make
-that push for Ypres and Dunkirk, which had haunted his day-dreams<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_190"></a>[190]</span>
-for four years. The blow fell on April 25th, at about 5 o’clock in the
-morning, when a very violent bombardment along the whole line
-from Hollbeke to Bailleul announced the commencement of the second
-phase of the sanguinary Battle of the Lys.</p>
-
-<p>If we look once more at the familiar map, we shall see the Allied
-line stretching from North-east to South-west. British troops were
-holding the line from a point on the Ypres-Commines Canal just
-above St. Eloi to a point about a mile below Wytschaete. The 21st
-Division was on the Canal, with a composite Brigade of the 39th;
-the 9th Division held the Wytschaete Ridge, with three units of the
-21st and 49th (chiefly the 146th Infantry Brigade). The rest of the
-line was French. Immediately below our 9th Division was the 28th
-French Division, in Command of the Kemmel Defences; next below,
-at Dranoutre, came the 154th, in face of an enemy assault from Neuve
-Église. Then came the French 34th, and their 138th at St.-Jans-Cappel.
-Behind the line, two Brigades of our 49th (the 147th and
-148th) were in Corps Reserve in and around Poperinghe, and one Brigade
-each of the 30th and 31st were located between Poperinghe and the
-front line. Our 25th Division was in Reserve, a little behind the
-two Brigades of the 49th.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus30" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus30.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>Against these worn and weary Troops, so lately withdrawn from
-the positions from which they were now to be assailed, and so hardly
-re-organized or recruited, the enemy launched nine Divisions, ‘of which
-five were fresh Divisions and one other had been but lightly engaged.’<a id="FNanchor_117" href="#Footnote_117" class="fnanchor">[117]</a><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_191"></a>[191]</span>
-Their direct objective was Kemmel Hill, an important point of observation
-in that country of low-lying flats, and important, too, as a jumping-off
-place for Ypres; their subsidiary purpose was to separate the
-British from the French forces by a flanking movement below
-Wytschaete. Accordingly, the weight of the attack fell first on the
-French 28th and the British 9th Divisions, with the two Brigades
-attached to the latter. Dealing first, with the British sector, we are
-not surprised to learn, in Sir A. Conan Doyle’s temperate narrative,
-that ‘the 9th Division in the north was forced to fall back upon the
-line of La Clytte [behind Kemmel], after enduring heavy losses in a
-combat lasting nine hours, during which they fought with their usual
-tenacity, as did the 64th and 146th Brigades, who fought beside them.’<a id="FNanchor_118" href="#Footnote_118" class="fnanchor">[118]</a>
-It is rather the details which surprise us, and help to make this ‘tenacity’
-real. At 2-30 a.m. on April 25th, this Brigade of our 49th Division
-had to endure a two hours’ bombardment with heavy gas-shells and
-smoke. It was followed by half an hour of the greatest intensity
-with High Explosives. At 5 o’clock, in the inevitable mist, which
-enhanced the difficulty of the defence, the Infantry attack was launched,
-but was held on the Brigade front. At 6-45, a Company of the 1/6th
-West Yorkshires was reported to be fighting a rearguard action under
-Captain Sanders, V.C. This gallant Officer was seen rallying his men
-from the top of a pill-box, and, though wounded, he continued firing
-with his revolver at point blank range until he fell. No news came
-from the front line Companies, but all the evidence goes to show that
-they fought and died at their posts. We need not follow the retirement
-of what was left of these Battalions, first, to Vierstraat Cross
-Roads and then to Ouderdom. The evidence of casualties is more
-pertinent. In the West Yorkshire Regiment, on these two days
-(April 25th, 26th),<a id="FNanchor_119" href="#Footnote_119" class="fnanchor">[119]</a> the 1/5th’s casualties amounted to eighteen Officers
-and five hundred and fifty-seven other ranks; the 1/6th’s to twenty-two
-and four hundred and sixty-one, and the 1/7th’s to five and one
-hundred and thirty-nine respectively. The Trench Mortar Battery
-of the Brigade was engaged on Kemmel Hill during this battle, and
-none of those in action returned. We may add here, that, at
-Ouderdom on April 27th, some Brigade remnants were formed into
-a composite Battalion, under Major R. Clough, of the 1/6th West
-Yorkshires, and were placed in Divisional Reserve at the call of the
-147th Brigade, the rest being withdrawn into a back area.</p>
-
-<p>Turning now to the action on the French front, and to the German
-assault on Kemmel Hill,<a id="FNanchor_120" href="#Footnote_120" class="fnanchor">[120]</a> and observing that St. Eloi and Dranoutre,
-to the East and West of the position, fell at an early hour into the enemy’s<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_192"></a>[192]</span>
-hands, we have to record that by 10 a.m. on April 25th Kemmel Village
-and Hill had both been lost. It will be recalled from our summary
-of this fighting that Lt.-Col. Bousfield, Commanding some units of
-the 49th Division (146th Brigade) had been left in Command on Kemmel
-Hill on April 11th, and handed over to the French Divisional Commander
-on the 19th. He and his fellow Yorkshiremen continued
-the defence till the last moment with conspicuous courage and devotion.
-On April 26th, at 3 a.m., counter-attacks were made by the French
-and British in combination, in which Troops from the 49th Division,
-attached to the 25th, again bore themselves gallantly. But the
-position then was irretrievable, at least in its main aspects, and the
-line in the salient was further re-adjusted during the night of April
-26th/27th.</p>
-
-<p>This brief account of a big event (the darkest hour of the Flemish
-battle, it has been called) might be extended into the local fighting
-which marked the course of the next few days. But an extract from
-one Officer’s diary may suffice as a sample of what was happening:
-we have trusted his judgment before, and his first and last sentences
-are decisive. He writes on April 28th:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The Germans were not ready to profit by their success at
-Kemmel. During the next three days there was a good deal
-of shelling by long-range guns, but no attacks, and the Battalion
-[it was in the 148th Brigade] was able to improve the line greatly,
-with Lewis gun posts pushed well forward to command the valley
-in front. A French cart stranded in No Man’s Land was found
-to be full of excellent signalling equipment, which improved
-our communications.</p>
-
-<p>‘<i>29th April.</i>—On April 29th the Germans made what proved
-to be their last attempt on the Ypres front. Their plan was to
-attack on the whole front from Dranoutre to Voormezeele, and
-so pierce the line to the South of the city. A heavy bombardment
-with shells of the heaviest calibre opened and continued unceasingly
-from 3 a.m. to 4 p.m. It was probably the heaviest bombardment
-the Battalion has had to face, and casualties were many,
-including some of the finest fighters of the Battalion. At 4, the
-Germans attacked. On the 7th Battalion front, where there
-was dead ground, the Germans got into the line, and were only
-driven out by successive bayonet charges. On the 6th Battalion
-front, the forward posts could see the Germans descending
-Kemmel, and with Lewis gun and Rifle fire stopped them dead
-with great loss. Before dark, the attack had definitely failed
-along the line: the Germans had played their last card.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>This conclusion agrees with Sir F. Maurice’s: ‘The gain of
-Kemmel proved to be the enemy’s undoing’; and with that of all
-competent authorities, reviewing the battles of March and April,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_193"></a>[193]</span>
-1918, with the knowledge acquired since the war was ended. Ludendorff
-could not exploit his successes, for in no sector was any of them
-complete. The failure to break through in the north ‘was hardly
-less important in its effect on the campaign than that which the Germans
-had suffered on March 28th, and these two triumphs of our
-defence over the enemy’s attack went far in preparation for the
-victories which came later in the year.’<a id="FNanchor_121" href="#Footnote_121" class="fnanchor">[121]</a></p>
-
-<p>So, the darkest hour gave place to the dawn.</p>
-
-<p>Congratulatory messages, couched in the highest terms, reached
-the 49th Division in its time of merited relief.</p>
-
-<p>General Sir Herbert Plumer, Commanding the Second Army,
-conveyed, on April 29th, the following message from Field-Marshal
-Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief of the British Armies:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I desire to express my appreciation of the very valuable
-and gallant service performed by Troops of the 49th (West
-Riding) Division since the entry of the 146th Infantry Brigade
-into the Battle of Armentières. The courage and determination
-shown by this Division have played no small part in checking
-the enemy’s advance, and I wish to convey to General Cameron
-and to all Officers and Men under his Command my thanks for
-all that they have done.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>On May 2nd, the IXth Corps Commander, Lieut.-General Sir A.
-Hamilton Gordon, sent the following message:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Heartiest congratulations on the splendid fight you put
-up on 29th April.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Throughout this period (April 10th to May 2nd), the 49th Divisional
-Artillery had been serving with the 21st Division, and they
-received from Major-General Campbell the following letter of thanks:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Before handing over Command of the 49th Divisional
-Artillery, I wish to express to all ranks my thanks and appreciation
-of the excellent work done since it has been under my Command.
-No Commander could have been better served in every possible
-way. The splendid fighting spirit shown by all ranks has been
-beyond all praise.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>We may add here that the 49th Division were no whit less appreciative
-of the gallant and efficient help which they had received from
-C.R.A., 9th Division, in Command of the following Artillery Brigades:
-50th, 51st, 148th, 156th and 162nd R.F.A. Brigades and 30th Heavy
-Artillery Brigade.</p>
-
-<p>D.D.M.S., XXIInd Corps, wrote to A.D.M.S., 49th Division,
-to congratulate him on ‘the extraordinarily efficient manner in which
-casualties have been evacuated from your area under the recent trying
-conditions. I have never seen the work more speedily and successfully
-carried out’; and truly Major-General Cameron might say to
-his ‘Comrades of the 49th Division’:</p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_194"></a>[194]</span></p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The reputation which you have won for courage, determination
-and efficiency, during recent operations, has its very
-joyous aspect, and it is deeply precious to us all.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The name of Ypres is inscribed in English history: like Khartoum,
-Kandahar, Trafalgar, and other names in older times, it has been
-adopted in the title of a British Commander. It belongs, by the
-same token, to the 49th Division, whom, twice in the course of the
-War, in the Spring of 1915 and of 1918, we have seen defending its
-trenches or fighting in the open for its safety, and to whom a
-Memorial is dedicated on its site. They had well earned
-the praises bestowed upon them. To them, with very gallant comrades,
-including our Belgian Allies, fell the part of guarding the
-approaches to the vital line of the Channel ports. On April 9th, 1918,
-when the course of the <i>Kaiser-schlacht</i> was diverted from the Southern
-to the Northern front, Sir Herbert Plumer’s Second Army formed
-our last line of defence in Flanders. That line held at the end of
-April, after three weeks’ shattering blows, unsurpassed in impetus
-and severity; and, throughout those weeks, the 49th were in the line.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_195"></a>[195]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_XIV"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER XIV</span><br>
-THE YEOMANRY</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The pace was too fast to be kept up. The Germans could not
-be doing it all the time, and pauses, lengthening in duration as the
-fury of the attacks increased, were bound to be interposed between
-one onslaught and the next. Here, again, as on previous occasions,
-the official German historians of the war will be able to correct the
-impression which their daily bulletins sought to create, and will tell
-an attentive world how the desperate courage of the invader broke
-on the final factor which no resources of science can permanently
-disguise—fighting men’s physical exhaustion.</p>
-
-<p>Such a pause, partly filled, as we shall see, by a transfusion of
-bloodshed to another area, occurred at the height of that darkest
-hour, which we followed in the last chapter; and, before pursuing
-our account of the West Riding Infantry Divisions through the last
-hundred days of the war, we may fitly utilize this interval to narrate,
-necessarily a little summarily, the fortunes and the disappointments
-of some of the West Riding Mounted Troops. For they, too, as
-Earl Haig has testified, ‘came forward at the beginning of the war
-to serve their country in the hour of need,’ and ‘performed their duty
-under all circumstances with thoroughness and efficiency.’</p>
-
-<p>These words occur in an Order, dated September 9th, 1917,
-and addressed by the Field-Marshal to the 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars
-Yeomanry. ‘The Army Council,’ the Order starts, ‘has found it
-necessary to dismount certain Special Reserve and Yeomanry
-Regiments, and to utilize the services of Officers and other Ranks
-in other branches of the Service.’ Here we see the meaning of ‘under
-all circumstances,’ and the cause of the disappointments to which
-we have referred.</p>
-
-<p>That the war was not a Cavalry war, and that its ‘circumstances’
-did not often call for the special faculties furnished by Mounted
-Troops, are facts that enhance, rather than diminish, the praise of the
-‘thoroughness’ and ‘efficiency’ with which the duties falling on the
-Yeomanry were discharged. Officers, N.C.O.’s and men adapted
-themselves with conspicuous cheerfulness to the shifting needs of the
-day’s work, and became fitted to the uses which were made of them.
-But no keenness, military or moral, could turn the war into <i>their</i> war.
-The war in South Africa was their war, the next war may be their
-war again; ‘but the circumstances of the late war gave them few
-chances of doing the work for which they were intended, and their
-chief claim to credit lies in the fact, that, whatever work they were<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_196"></a>[196]</span>
-given to do, they carried out to the best of their ability, and to the
-complete satisfaction of the authorities under whom they worked.’<a id="FNanchor_122" href="#Footnote_122" class="fnanchor">[122]</a></p>
-
-<p>How complete that satisfaction was, may be judged by one or
-two letters, which we are privileged to quote, and which it is appropriate
-to produce in advance of such narrative as may prove available
-of the miscellaneous duties which the Yeomanry actually performed.
-Thus, when ‘B’ Squadron of the Yorkshire Hussars left the 46th
-Division in May, 1916 (the particulars of this move will be found
-below), Major-General E. J. Montague Stuart-Wortley wrote to their
-Commanding Officer, Lieut.-Col. W. G. Eley:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Many thanks for your letter. It was a great blow to me
-to find on my return from leave, that your Squadron had left
-the Division, and that our very pleasant connection had come
-to an end.</p>
-
-<p>‘I can assure you that it has been the greatest pleasure to
-me to have had your Squadron under my command; and I should
-be very much obliged if you would tell all your Officers, N.C.O.’s
-and men how deeply I appreciate all the good work they have
-done whilst with this Division. They have frequently been
-called upon to do work which was quite outside of what Cavalry
-are trained to perform; and on every occasion, they have carried
-it out with zeal and efficiency which has been deserving of all
-praise.</p>
-
-<p>‘You will be glad to have the whole Regiment together again;
-I shall watch all you do with the greatest interest; I know that
-all you are called upon to do, will be done well.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Again, in 1917, when the same Yeomanry Regiment left the
-XVIIth Corps, in consequence of the decision of the Army Council,
-notified in the Field-Marshal’s Order as above, to dismount them
-and utilize them ‘in other branches of the Service,’ Lieut.-General
-Sir Charles Fergusson, Bt., Commanding the Corps, wrote to
-Lieut.-Col. Eley:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘On the departure of the Regiment from the XVIIth Corps
-I wish to express to you and to the Officers and men under your
-command my thanks for the loyalty and assistance which has
-invariably been given by the Regiment during the period of its
-connection with the Corps.</p>
-
-<p>‘Its smartness, discipline, and soldierly spirit have been
-conspicuous; and no matter what the work has been, it has
-always been carried out in accordance with the best traditions
-of the Regiment and of the Service.</p>
-
-<p>‘I know that Officers and men will continue to live up to
-these traditions, and that no matter where duty and the service<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_197"></a>[197]</span>
-of the country call them, they will never forget that the reputation
-and good name of the Regiment remain in their hands. Whether
-as a unit or as individuals the spirit of the Regiment will remain;
-and when the time comes for it to be re-united, the knowledge
-that they have done their duty under all circumstances will add
-to the pride and satisfaction with which Officers and men will
-look back to their record in the war.</p>
-
-<p>‘I wish goodbye and good luck to all ranks.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Again, in 1919, when the Yorkshire Dragoons left the Rhine
-(these particulars, too, will be found below), Lieut.-General Sir C. W.
-Jacob, K.C.B., Commanding the IInd Corps of the Second Army,
-addresses the following letter to Major-General the Earl of Scarbrough,
-in his capacity as Hon. Colonel of the Regiment:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The Yorkshire Dragoons are leaving very shortly for England
-on reduction to cadre, and as you are the Hon. Colonel of
-the Regiment, I thought you would like to hear how well the
-Regiment has done all the time that it has been with the IInd
-Corps.</p>
-
-<p>‘You know that at first the Regiment was split up and its
-squadrons distributed among various Divisions. In the early
-part of 1916 it was decided to take away from Divisions their
-Cavalry Squadrons, and to have a Cavalry Regiment at the headquarters
-of every Army Corps. The three squadrons of the
-Yorkshire Dragoons were thus brought together and formed
-into a Regiment again, and in May, 1916, became the Cavalry
-Regiment of the IInd Corps. It was in that month, too, that
-I took over command of the IInd Corps.</p>
-
-<p>‘From the time the Yorkshire Dragoons came to the IInd
-Corps till hostilities ceased on the 11th November, 1918, their
-work has been excellent all through. They have had strenuous
-times, but have always shown themselves equal to the occasion.</p>
-
-<p>‘Yorkshire has given many thousands of splendid soldiers
-to the British Army, and I place the Yeoman of the Yorkshire
-Dragoons high up in the list. They have responded to every
-call made on them, and have fought magnificently.</p>
-
-<p>‘In October, 1917, the regiment was taken away from the
-IInd Corps for work with the Cavalry Corps. Later on, owing
-to the shortage of horses in the army, it was decided to dismount
-the Yeomanry Regiments and to turn them into machine-gun
-or cyclist units. The Yorkshire Dragoons were formed into a
-Cyclist Regiment, and came back to the IInd Corps as such.
-It was naturally a disappointment to them to be dismounted,
-but they accepted the situation in the right spirit and very soon
-became the best cyclist unit in the British Army.</p>
-
-<p>‘I cannot speak too highly of their work in the final phase of
-the war, when they took part in the attack from Ypres in<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_198"></a>[198]</span>
-September, 1918, and when the Germans were driven clean
-out of Belgium.</p>
-
-<p>‘The Regiment has been fortunate in its Officers. They
-were first of all commanded by Lieut.-Col. Mackenzie Smith,
-D.S.O., up to the time they were dismounted. Since then
-they have been commanded by Lieut.-Colonel R. Thompson,
-D.S.O. Both these officers have been first-class, and I cannot
-speak too highly of the latter. Lieut.-Colonel Thompson is a
-first-rate leader, and he has been backed up by an excellent lot
-of junior officers.</p>
-
-<p>‘I regret very much to have to part with the Regiment, but
-their turn for demobilisation has come round. They have earned
-the gratitude of their country and county in the way they have
-worked and fought all through the war, and have made a name
-for themselves which will never be forgotten.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>General Jacob’s letter (May 27th, 1919) epitomizes clearly, six
-months after the Armistice, the successive stages of organization
-through which the Mounted Troops had passed. Between the lines
-of the various decisions therein recorded (‘to take away from the
-Divisions their Cavalry Squadrons,’ to take away the Cavalry Regiments
-from the Corps, ‘to dismount the Yeomanry Regiments and to turn
-them into machine-gun or cyclist units’), we may read the meaning
-of some remarks occurring in earlier letters: ‘They have frequently
-been called upon to do work which was quite outside of what Cavalry
-are trained to perform’ (General Stuart-Wortley); ‘No matter what
-the work has been, it has always been carried out in accordance with
-the best traditions of the Regiment and the Service’ (General
-Fergusson), and ‘their chief claim to credit lies in the fact, that,
-whatever work they were given to do, they carried out to the best
-of their ability’ (Col. Mackenzie Smith). The time never quite came
-to employ the Cavalry. They never really came into their own. But
-it was not till a late period in the war, when the shortage of horses
-in the Army and the shrinkage of man-power and shipping at home
-compelled the authorities to drastic action, that the repeatedly disappointed
-hope of employing them at last in their right capacity was
-finally abandoned. Accordingly, their history in the Great War
-is a history of partially fulfilled renown, in relation to their pre-war
-training and to their anticipations on mobilization. ‘It must be
-admitted,’ we read, ‘that the Yorkshire Dragoons never felt either
-pride or affection for their bicycles. The one thing to be said for them
-was that they were more easily cleaned than horses, and never had
-to be exercised or fed.’ In this sense, ‘their chief claim to credit,’
-in the words of Lieut.-Col. Mackenzie Smith,<a id="FNanchor_123" href="#Footnote_123" class="fnanchor">[123]</a> may be stated in the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_199"></a>[199]</span>
-highest terms as a claim to the credit of subordinating their own
-desires, and the ambition appropriate to their Arm of Service, to the
-needs of the Army and the Empire as a whole.</p>
-
-<p>We may follow these changes more precisely.</p>
-
-<p>Originally, both Yeomanry Regiments, after coast defence and
-other work at home, went out to France as Divisional Cavalry. The
-Hussars arrived at Havre in April, 1915, and were posted as follows:</p>
-
-<ul>
-<li>‘A’ Squadron to the 50th (Northumbrian) Division,</li>
-<li>‘B’ Squadron to the 46th Division, and</li>
-<li>‘C’ Squadron to the 49th (West Riding) Division.</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p class="noindent">The Dragoons arrived in August, and were posted:</p>
-
-<ul>
-<li>‘A’ Squadron to the 17th Division,</li>
-<li>‘B’ Squadron to the 37th Division, and</li>
-<li>‘C’ Squadron to the 19th Division,</li>
-</ul>
-
-<p class="noindent">all in General Plumer’s Second Army, to which, under General Jacob’s
-Command, they were to return later on as a Cyclist Corps.</p>
-
-<p>Their time as Divisional Cavalry lasted till May, 1916, but was
-not as full as they had hoped. ‘Our work,’ writes an Hussar Officer
-in a personal letter, ‘was very miscellaneous. We fetched up remounts,
-dug trenches, buried wires, supplied M.M.P. and orderlies to the
-Divisional Staff, and observation posts to the Infantry in the front
-line;’ and Col. Smith, of the Dragoons, writes in much the same vein:
-‘They did many dull, but arduous and necessary fatigues. But they
-took an especial interest in the Divisional observation posts, the
-management of which was entrusted to them by the Division,’ and
-which proved, as he says in another place, ‘a definite speciality of the
-Regiment, and earned them considerable credit.’</p>
-
-<p>The first organic change is explained in a letter from G.H.Q.,
-dated May 2nd, 1916, and addressed to the Third Army Commander.
-We cite here the salient extracts:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘In consequence of the growth of the Army and the development
-of the Corps Organisation, much of the independence of
-action and movement formerly belonging to the Division has
-passed to the Corps. It has been found necessary, therefore,
-to reconsider the organization and distribution of the Mounted
-Troops hitherto allotted to Divisions.</p>
-
-<p>‘The allotment of these troops was originally made with a
-view to providing the Divisional Commander with a small mobile
-force under his immediate control for reconnaissance, protective
-and escort duties; and on the assumption (originally correct)
-that the Division would be moving either independently, or with
-one or more roads allotted to its exclusive use.</p>
-
-<p>‘These conditions are unlikely to recur; any future movement
-will be by Corps, marching and fighting in depth on a
-comparatively narrow front. The mounted troops belonging
-to the Corps must, therefore, be assembled under the direct<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_200"></a>[200]</span>
-control of the Corps Commander, and organized as Corps units.</p>
-
-<p>‘The Commander-in-Chief has accordingly decided—</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘(<i>a</i>) to convert the Squadrons of Divisional Cavalry into Corps
-Cavalry Regiments, composed of a Headquarters and Three
-Squadrons each; one Regiment being allotted to each
-Corps.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘(<i>b</i>) to withdraw the Cyclist Companies from Divisions, to
-reconstitute them into Battalions of Three Companies each,
-and to allot one Battalion to each Corps.</p>
-
-<p class="hanging">‘(<i>c</i>) to allot one Motor Machine-Gun Battery to each Corps.
-This battery will normally be attached to the Cyclist
-Battalion.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The following Table shows how the foregoing provisions were
-applied to the Squadrons of Yorkshire Dragoons and Yorkshire
-Hussars:</p>
-
-<table class="borders max50" id="table">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Transferred</th>
-    <th colspan="3">From</th>
-    <th colspan="3">To</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <th>Squadron</th>
-    <th>Div.</th>
-    <th>Corps</th>
-    <th>Army</th>
-    <th colspan="2">Corps</th>
-    <th>Army</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>‘A’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Dragoons</td>
-    <td>17</td>
-    <td>II</td>
-    <td>Second</td>
-    <td class="br0">⎫</td>
-    <td rowspan="3" class="valign">II</td>
-    <td rowspan="3" class="valign">Second</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="nw">H.Q. &amp; ‘B’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Dragoons</td>
-    <td>37</td>
-    <td>VII</td>
-    <td>Third</td>
-    <td>⎬</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>‘C’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Dragoons</td>
-    <td>19</td>
-    <td>XI</td>
-    <td>First</td>
-    <td>⎭</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>‘A’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars</td>
-    <td>50</td>
-    <td>V</td>
-    <td>Second</td>
-    <td class="br0">⎫</td>
-    <td rowspan="3" class="valign bb">XVII</td>
-    <td rowspan="3" class="valign bb">Third</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>‘B’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars</td>
-    <td>46</td>
-    <td>XVII</td>
-    <td>Third</td>
-    <td>⎬</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>‘C’ Squadron 1/1st Yorkshire Hussars</td>
-    <td>49</td>
-    <td>X</td>
-    <td>Fourth</td>
-    <td>⎭</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>Thus, the Divisional Cavalry were transferred, and each Corps
-now received a Squadron of Cavalry, a Battalion of Cyclists, and a
-Battery of Motor Machine-Guns. At this time the training of the
-Cavalry in France was inspired mainly by General Gough, who
-subsequently commanded the Fifth Army; and the rôle devised for
-Corps Cavalry Regiments was summed up, as he said, in the one
-word ‘“Security”: that is, the protection of the Infantry with
-which it is working.’ These were the days, it will be remembered
-from earlier chapters of the present volume, in which a break-through
-was still hoped for, when the Corps Mounted Troops would have
-followed the five Divisions of Regular Cavalry through the ‘gap’
-to be made in the German line, and would become immediately
-responsible for the protection of the Infantry Reserve and for general
-Advance Guard duties.</p>
-
-<p>But events did not fall out as had been expected. ‘During the
-summer and autumn of 1916 there were several occasions,’ we are
-told, ‘on which the Higher Command had hopes of a Cavalry situation,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_201"></a>[201]</span>
-... but these hopes never materialized.’ The main work of the
-Regiment in these months—and very important work it proved—was
-to maintain observation posts in forward areas, and it was true
-that opportunities occurred, and were seized with gallant alacrity,
-to win the Military Cross and the Military Medal for special acts of
-reconnaissance and daring. In less forward areas the duties were
-more laborious, but were not less cheerfully performed. Traffic
-control, unloading ammunition trains, helping at hospitals and burying
-the dead; the maintenance of communications in winter mud,
-when the Infantry were roped together in order to go into the front
-line, and casualties by drowning were almost as numerous as those
-caused by the enemy: these, with training, and the care of horses,
-and the usual Regimental sports, were among the functions substituted
-in reality for the purpose cherished by the Corps Cavalry. In March,
-1917, at the time of the German retreat, the IInd Corps Cavalry had
-the chance, of which they fully availed themselves, of proving their
-mettle in mounted action, and the D.S.O. awarded to Lieut.-Col.
-Mackenzie Smith was a recognition of his wise insistence on a constant
-high level of training efficiency. The disappointment of his Mounted
-Troops at Cambrai in November, 1917, was their final grief before
-the Order for dismounting.’</p>
-
-<p>We shall not follow in detail the dismounted history either of the
-Dragoons or the Hussars in the miscellaneous duties to which they
-were called. We may note, however, that, in the battles of 1918, good
-fighting work was done by both Regiments, and that, early as October
-20th in that year, Lieut.-Col. Thompson received his D.S.O. as an
-immediate award, in recognition of his gallantry at the crossing of the
-River Lys. General Jacob’s letter to Lord Scarbrough, quoted
-on an earlier page, refers particularly to this Officer, and to the part
-taken by his cyclists ‘when the Germans were driven clean out of
-Belgium.’</p>
-
-<p>So the Yeomanry, too, before war’s end, had their fill of fighting
-in the front line, and, alike in honours and casualties, through all the
-phases of their experience, as Divisional Cavalry, as Corps Cavalry,
-and as Dismounted Troops, they bore themselves with conspicuous
-bravery and with not less conspicuous self-sacrifice. They were
-content to do the task set before them, when, owing to causes beyond
-control, they could not do the task for which they had been trained,
-and neither in the West Riding nor beyond it will their splendid record
-be allowed to fade. Not inappropriately it happened that the IInd
-Corps of the Second Army<a id="FNanchor_124" href="#Footnote_124" class="fnanchor">[124]</a> was chosen to form part of the Army of
-the Rhine. The Yorkshire Dragoons were detailed to act as Advance
-Guard to the Infantry of the 9th, 29th and 41st Divisions; and
-‘consequently,’ we read, ‘in most of the towns and villages through
-which they passed, they were the first British troops which the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_202"></a>[202]</span>
-inhabitants saw. The march through Belgium was a triumphal
-progress.’</p>
-
-<p>But we must not anticipate the day of triumph, amply as the
-Yeomen had contributed to it. The battles of 1918 have still to be
-won, and we return at this point to the interval called by exhaustion
-after the First Battle of the Lys.</p>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_203"></a>[203]</span></p>
-
-<h3 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_XV"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER XV</span><br>
-THE LAST HUNDRED DAYS</h3>
-
-</div>
-
-<h4>I.—THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARNE</h4>
-
-<p>The force of the German onslaughts of March 21st and April
-9th, 1918, had been spent beyond hope of renewal on the fronts in
-which they occurred. On the Lys, as, a month earlier, on the Somme,
-and more necessarily because of the further month’s exhaustion, time
-had to be taken to reorganize, to recuperate, and to recommence;
-and the time taken by the enemy was time given to the Allies.</p>
-
-<p>How admirably they employed it in May, June and the first part
-of July does not fall within the province of the present chronicler.
-It happened that it was not till July 20th that the Territorial Infantry
-from the West Riding entered into action since May on any considerable
-scale. Accordingly, we may pass over the interval. We may pass
-over the dispatch of the IXth Corps, commanded by Sir A. Hamilton
-Gordon, and consisting of the 8th, 21st, 25th and 50th Divisions,
-all of which had had their full share of fighting, to join the Sixth
-French Army on the Aisne. The intention was, to give them a chance
-of rest in a section unlikely to be busy; the effect was to give them
-a worse experience in the sudden battles about Reims than they had
-endured on the Somme or on the Lys. How they acquitted themselves
-is best told in the noble language of the French Army
-Commander, General Maistre, in his farewell letter (July 3rd) to General
-Hamilton Gordon:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Avec une ténacité, permettez-moi de dire, toute anglaise,
-avec les débris de vos divisions décimées, submergées par le flot
-ennemi, vous avez reformé, sans vous lasser, des unités nouvelles
-que vous avez engagées dans la lutte, et qui nous ont en fin permis
-de former la digue où ce flot est venu se briser. Cela aucun
-des témoins français ne l’oubliera.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Immediately after this disaster, which had brought the Germans
-within forty miles of Paris, and Paris within range of their ‘freak’
-gun, Marshal Foch withdrew from Flanders his force of about eight
-Divisions, and transferred them southwards to the French front.
-Next, he asked that four British Divisions might be moved down to
-the Somme, so as to ensure the connection between the French and
-British forces about Amiens; and, ‘after carefully weighing the
-situation,’ wrote Sir Douglas Haig, ‘I agreed to this proposal.’
-But the Generalissimo’s resources still fell short of the plans he was
-maturing. ‘On the 13th July a further request was received from
-Marshal Foch that these four British Divisions might be placed
-unreservedly at his disposal, and that four other British Divisions<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_204"></a>[204]</span>
-might be dispatched to take their places behind the junction of the
-Allied Armies. This request,’ wrote the British Commander-in-Chief,
-‘was also agreed to, and the 15th, 34th, 51st and 62nd British
-Divisions, constituting the XXIInd Corps, under Command of Lieut.-General
-Sir H. Godley, were accordingly sent down to the French
-front.’<a id="FNanchor_125" href="#Footnote_125" class="fnanchor">[125]</a></p>
-
-<p>We resume our chronicle, therefore, with the record of the 62nd
-Division in the counter-offensive by Marshal Foch, which he launched
-on July 18th, and which, by repeated hammer-strokes, increasing
-in strength and velocity, was to bring the war to its appointed end.
-Exactly a hundred days elapsed between July 18th and October 26th,
-when Ludendorff’s resignation was accepted, and he left German
-Army Great Headquarters. Before resuming it, however, for the
-space of those hundred days, a word, though not strictly within our
-province, may be said about Haig’s decision on July 15th. We are
-to recall that the Allies had been defeated three times in less than
-four months, and had given up far more ground than was ever contemplated
-in the previous winter Councils. A German gun had
-found the range of Paris, and might find the range of the Channel
-ports. The secrets of the autumn of victory were locked up in the
-harvester’s brain; yet he asked for four <i>plus</i> four Divisions to be
-moved from the British to the French front. We should leave the
-matter there: all the papers have not yet been published; but perhaps
-we may quote at this point the reasoned opinion of Major-General
-Sir F. Maurice:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Haig, being responsible to his Government for the safety
-of his army and the ports, felt that he must obtain their concurrence
-in this last step, though he was quite ready to take the responsibility
-upon himself of advising them to concur. It does honour
-to Foch, to Mr. Lloyd George and to Sir Douglas Haig that
-in this critical time they all agreed. Both the British Government
-and the British Commander-in-Chief supported Foch, decided
-to back his judgment, and to accept the danger of weakening
-the British forces in the north, and he was thus enabled to mature
-his plans for the defeat of Ludendorff.... It required great
-courage and determination to make that attack as it was made.
-The Germans had still a superiority of more than 250,000 Infantry
-on the Western front, and Foch, as well as Mr. Lloyd George
-and Sir Douglas Haig, had to take risks.’<a id="FNanchor_126" href="#Footnote_126" class="fnanchor">[126]</a></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>So, we march with General Braithwaite’s Yorkshire lads to the
-Valley of the Ardre, where for the next ten days (July 20th to 30th)
-they played a glorious part in the Second Battle of the Marne, after
-which there was no turning back.</p>
-
-<p>The River Ardre rises due south of Reims, in the forest called<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_205"></a>[205]</span>
-after that city. It flows in a north-westerly direction through richly-timbered
-and hilly country, which afforded every facility for the
-cunning nests of machine-guns in which the enemy excelled. We
-have two or three descriptions of the lie of the land from a military
-point of view. The valley, we read, ‘is bounded on each side by
-high ridges and spurs, the crests of which are heavily wooded: those
-on the north by the Bois de Reims, on the south by the Bois de Coutron
-and the Bois d’Eclisse. The villages of Marfaux and Chaumuzy
-in the bottom of the valley, also the dominating height of the Montagne
-de Bligny (some seven thousand yards from the line of departure)
-afforded the enemy three successive <i>points d’appui</i> of great strength.
-These centres of defence were further strengthened by natural buttresses
-formed by the hamlets of Cuitron (North), Espilly, Les Haies and
-Nappes (South), all perched high up on the abrupt slopes and spurs
-running down into the valley below. So steep are some of these
-slopes that the light French Tanks (<i>Chars d’Assaut</i>) were unable to
-operate upon them in places, and the Tanks’ activities were further
-restricted by stretches of soft and marshy ground on either bank of
-the Ardre. Standing crops in the undulating valley, the vineyards
-on the slopes, and the dense woods on the ridges, concealed the hostile
-positions from view, whilst sunken roads and banks running at right
-angles to the direction of attack provided ready-made positions for
-a stubborn defence.’</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp100" id="illus31" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus31.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_206"></a>[206]</span></p>
-
-<p>In this large, dense wood of summer foliage, on slopes running
-down to marshy ground, we are to remember that the ‘stubborn
-defence’ was now the business of the Germans. The conditions
-of the war in the West had changed in several important aspects.
-Not merely was the enemy on the defensive, to the huge enheartenment
-of the Allied Forces, but this account of the natural features is necessary
-because the fighting was now in the open, and no longer in a too
-familiar entrenched area. To these changes in tactics and terrain,
-at once so novel and so inspiriting, was added the fresh experience
-of fighting side by side with new friends. General Godley’s Corps,
-we remember, was sent at Marshal Foch’s request right away from
-the British northern sector into the area of the French Command.
-There it found the 1st Italian Division, the 14th and the 120th French
-Divisions, and the 1st Colonial French Corps; and we are told that,
-in this War of Positions, ‘the transference to a sector with its natural
-obstacles, the novel situation of passing through Italian Troops to
-attack side by side with our French Allies in the attempt to oust enemy
-forces (enjoying all the advantages that the possession of the initiative
-and positions of great natural strength would give them) presented
-problems to all Arms which had hitherto been met with only in
-theory.’ The practical problem of language was the least. Education
-authorities will learn with pleasure, though some of their critics may
-be surprised, that ‘there were far fewer French Officers with any
-working knowledge of English than British Officers with a working
-knowledge of French, and French was the language generally used.’
-Whether it was the French of Stratford-atte-Bow, or the French of
-the British private, ‘Tout-de-suite, and the tooter the sweeter,’ our
-information does not reveal; but it is satisfactory to know that
-the ‘working knowledge’ aimed at in our schools answered a test
-which experts might not have satisfied. Of other details, such as
-entraining and ‘embussing,’ this is not the place to speak: certain
-differences in practice were found, and were solved with good will
-on both sides. We may add here, in this list of new conditions, that
-the 62nd Division now included the 2/4th Hampshire Regiment,
-recently arrived in France, and the 1/5th Devons, lately from Egypt.
-On August 2nd, Major-General Braithwaite wrote to the County
-Territorial Associations at Southampton and Exeter respectively,
-to express his high sense of their several distinguished services; and
-he wrote at the same time to the Durham Association, in connection
-with the 9th Durham Light Infantry, the Pioneer Battalion of the
-Division, to say that it has been necessary to employ them in this
-Second Battle of the Marne as a fighting Battalion, and that ‘they
-fought magnificently, as Durham men always do.’</p>
-
-<p>The assembly of the Troops for the battle was not an easy matter.
-Long marches were entailed; the roads were strange and crowded;
-exact positions on the night of 19th/20th were difficult to ascertain,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_207"></a>[207]</span>
-and it was not till after daybreak on July 20th that the Brigades were in
-position upon the base of departure. Briefly, the River Ardre formed
-the dividing-line between Divisions, with the 62nd (West Riding)
-on the right and the 51st (Highland) on the left.<a id="FNanchor_127" href="#Footnote_127" class="fnanchor">[127]</a> The two Divisional
-Headquarters remained together throughout the operations, an
-arrangement which they found of incalculable value. On July 31st,
-we may note, Generals Braithwaite and Carter-Campbell exchanged
-letters, expressing in the most cordial terms the pleasure each Division
-had derived from serving side by side with the other.</p>
-
-<p>A start was made on the right at 8 a.m. on July 20th, under an
-artillery barrage, the leading Brigades being the 187th (right) and
-185th (left), with the 186th in Divisional Reserve, to leap-frog and
-capture the second objective. As may be judged from the nature
-of the country and the advantages offered to its defenders, progress
-was slow and casualties were heavy, and the deadly nests of German
-machine-gunners proved very stubborn to rout out. Now in one
-part and now in another, the combined advance was temporarily
-held up; small groups went too far forward; detachments tried
-to work a way round; till, through the standing grain or wooded
-undergrowth, little streams of prisoners trickled out, vocal witnesses
-to the prowess of the attackers. It was obvious at the end of the first
-day that a part of the Bois de Reims between Courmas and Cuitron,
-especially a strong point located on a timbered spur south-west of the
-Bois du Petit Champ, would have to be thoroughly cleared before
-the operations could be successful, and at 10-30 on July 21st, the
-187th Brigade was detailed for this work. As one result of this day’s
-heavy fighting, in which the 9th Durham Light Infantry and the
-2/4th York and Lancs. may particularly be mentioned, the 103rd
-and 123rd German Divisions had to be completely withdrawn, and
-replaced by Regiments of the 50th German Division. Thus, the
-62nd had fought two enemy Divisions out of the field.</p>
-
-<p>On July 22nd, the capture and clearance of the obstructive Bois
-du Petit Champ was entrusted to the 186th Brigade (Brig.-General
-Burnett), and was successfully carried out with great dash and initiative
-by the 5th Duke of Wellington’s. Initiative, indeed, was the key
-to a very trying and tricky situation. The undergrowth in places
-was found to be as thick as in a tropical jungle, and machine-gun
-crews hidden in the thickets had evidently been trained to fire in the
-direction of sound. It was necessary to attack at close range, with
-casualties increasing as the range shortened. Two companies of
-the 5th Devons arrived to reinforce their Yorkshire comrades, and
-to assist in capturing a strong point of eight machine-guns and their
-garrison. It was a very gallant little enterprise, in which the front
-company of the Left Column was surrounded after hard hand-to-hand<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_208"></a>[208]</span>
-fighting, and its position rendered untenable by the superior numbers
-of the enemy. Captain Cockhill, M.C., cleverly withdrew his few
-remaining men, and two Officers and six other ranks fought their
-way out to the posts of the rear company. By nightfall, the whole
-of the area was cleared, with the exception of a strong pocket of the
-enemy situated in the centre of the wood, and very difficult to locate,
-who were captured next day; and this example of a single, small
-action in a tight corner of a wood, down south of the long front line,
-serves to show with what gallantry and courage the invader was driven
-out of France.</p>
-
-<p>The prisoners’ bag of July 22nd was two Officers and two hundred
-and six other ranks of the 53rd Infantry Regiment, 50th German
-Division, together with forty-one machine-guns. On the 23rd,
-the clearance of the Bois enabled progress to be made all along the
-northern front of the Ardre, and eight French 75 m.m. guns, recaptured
-from the enemy, were included in an excellent day’s haul.</p>
-
-<p>Passing over the intervening period, with its daily tale of prisoners
-and gains, though accompanied by very heavy losses, we come to July
-28th, when the 8th West Yorkshire Regiment, supported by the 5th
-Devons, made a particularly brilliant assault on the Montagne de
-Bligny, north-west of the Bois de Reims. They started at 4 o’clock
-in the morning, and, aided by the half-light of a late July dawn,
-succeeded in reaching the foot of the steep slopes of the mountain
-before they attracted hostile fire. This surprise, combined with the
-dash displayed by the assaulting Troops, who, in spite of serious
-casualties, succeeded in rushing the hill, resulted in the capture of a
-position of great tactical importance.</p>
-
-<p>How important, in the opinion of the best judges, may be gathered
-from the following extract from the Minutes of the West Riding
-Territorial Force Association, held at York on October 28th, 1918:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘<span class="smcap">Major Chadwick</span> asked if any information could be given
-as to whether the French Government had awarded the <i>Croix
-de Guerre</i> to the 8th Battalion, West Yorkshire Regiment (Leeds
-Rifles).</p>
-
-<p>‘<span class="smcap">Lord Harewood</span> replied: The <i>Croix de Guerre</i> has been
-offered to the Battalion of the Leeds Rifles referred to, but whether
-or not the War Office will allow the Battalion to accept it I do
-not know.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The Fifth French Army Commander’s Order on the subject,
-dated October 16th, was worded as follows:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p class="center">‘Le 8th Bataillon du West Yorkshire Rgt.</p>
-
-<p>‘Bataillon d’élite; sous le commandement énergique du
-Lieutenant-Colonel Norman Ayrton, England, a participé
-brillamment aux durs combats du 20 au 30 Juillet, qui ont valu
-la conquête de la Vallée de l’Ardre. Le 23 Juillet, 1918, après
-s’être frayé un chemin dans les fourres épais du Bois du Petit<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_209"></a>[209]</span>
-Champ, s’est emparé d’une position importante malgré un feu
-nourri des mitrailleuses ennemies. Le 28 Juillet, 1918, dans
-un brio magnifique, a enlevé la Montagne de Bligny, fortement
-défendue des forces ennemies supérieures en nombre, s’y est
-maintenu malgré les pertes subies, et les efforts désespérés de
-l’adversaire pour reprendre la position.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>It was a great and almost a unique compliment; and, as we
-shall presently see, the 8th West Yorkshires enjoyed at a later date
-another striking opportunity of proving their gallantry in action.</p>
-
-<p>July 29th, to return to our recital, was a comparatively quiet day.
-On the 30th, the 2/5th West Yorks. successfully carried out a small
-attack to complete the capture of the Mount Bligny, and, meanwhile,
-the remaining Troops of both Divisions had reached their final
-objectives.</p>
-
-<p>We subjoin the official account of these ten days’ ‘continuous
-fighting of a most difficult and trying nature. Throughout this
-period,’ runs the statement, ‘steady progress was made, in the face
-of vigorous and determined resistance. Marfaux was taken on the
-23rd July, and on the 28th July British Troops retook the Montagne
-de Bligny, which other British Troops had defended with so much
-gallantry and success two months previously. In these operations,
-throughout which French Artillery and Tanks rendered invaluable
-assistance, the 51st and 62nd Divisions took one thousand two hundred
-prisoners from seven different German Divisions, and successfully
-completed an advance of over four miles.’<a id="FNanchor_128" href="#Footnote_128" class="fnanchor">[128]</a> The total casualties
-for the period in the 62nd Division alone amounted to 4,126:</p>
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <th></th>
-    <th>Killed.</th>
-    <th>Wounded.</th>
-    <th>Missing.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Officers</td>
-    <td class="tdr">28</td>
-    <td class="tdr">108</td>
-    <td class="tdr">10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Other Ranks</td>
-    <td class="tdr">521</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3,063</td>
-    <td class="tdr">406</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p>Apart from the victory which was gained, the whole operation,
-as shown above, afforded very useful lessons in the new conditions
-of warfare, and it was utilized to the full in this sense. Particular
-attention may, perhaps, be drawn to the experiment of Machine-Gun
-Battalions, which was found to have more than justified the change
-of system. The M.G. Battalion of the 62nd Division had now fought
-in two battles: in a defensive battle in the previous March, and now
-in an offensive battle on the Marne, and the improvement in the
-Machine-Gun service was estimated at sixty per cent. at least. Partly,
-its success might be ascribed to the fact that the Commanding Officer
-of the Battalion was not selected for expert gunnery, but was a good
-Infantry Officer, with an eye for country, a knowledge of tactics, and
-a power of command.</p>
-
-<p>But where all units and Commanders did so well, it is invidious
-to select one Arm. We may more fitly close this section of the Second<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_210"></a>[210]</span>
-Battle of the Marne with some extracts from the congratulatory messages
-earned by General Braithwaite’s Division. There was, of course,
-the new fact of a close <i>liaison</i> between British and French Troops,
-which caused more than common punctiliousness in the preparation
-and dispatch of these epistles; but the tone is exceptionally cordial,
-the sentiments are extraordinarily sincere, and the praises were very
-thoroughly deserved. General Bertholot, Commanding the Fifth
-French Army, published an Order of the Day, dated July 30th, of
-which the following is a translation:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Now that the XXIInd British Corps has received orders to
-leave the Fifth Army, the Army Commander expresses to all
-the thanks and admiration which its great deeds, just accomplished,
-deserve.</p>
-
-<p>‘On the very day of its arrival, the XXIInd Corps, feeling
-in honour bound to take part in the victorious counter-attack,
-which had just stopped the enemy’s furious onslaught on the
-Marne, and which had begun to hurl him back in disorder
-towards the north, by forced marches and with minimum opportunity
-for reconnaissance, threw itself with ardour into the battle.</p>
-
-<p>‘By constant efforts, by harrying and driving back the enemy
-for ten successive days, it has made itself master of the Valley
-of the Ardre, which it has so freely watered with its blood.</p>
-
-<p>‘Thanks to the heroic courage and proverbial tenacity of
-the British, the continued efforts of this brave Army Corps have
-not been in vain.</p>
-
-<p>‘Twenty-one Officers and more than one thousand three
-hundred other ranks taken prisoners, one hundred and forty
-machine-guns and forty guns captured from an enemy, four
-of whose Divisions were successively broken and repulsed; the
-upper Valley of the Ardre, with its surrounding heights to the
-north and south reconquered; such is the record of the British
-share in the operations of the Fifth Army.</p>
-
-<p>‘Highlanders, under the Command of General Carter-Campbell,
-Commanding the 51st Division; Yorkshire lads,
-under the Command of General Braithwaite, Commanding the
-62nd Division; Australian and New Zealand Mounted Troops;
-all Officers and men of the XXIInd Army Corps, so brilliantly
-commanded by General Sir A. Godley—you have added a
-glorious page to your history.</p>
-
-<p>‘Marfaux, Chaumuzy, Montagne de Bligny—these famous
-names may be inscribed in letters of gold in the annals of your
-Regiments.</p>
-
-<p>‘Your French comrades will always remember with emotion
-your splendid valour and perfect fellowship as fighters.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>It was well and generously said.</p>
-
-<p>The XXIInd Corps Commander specially conveyed through<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_211"></a>[211]</span>
-Major-General Braithwaite his high appreciation of the Divisional
-Artillery: ‘The way in which Batteries worked with Battalions, and
-Brigades with Brigades of Infantry, in open warfare, must have been a
-source of enormous satisfaction to all Officers, Non-Commissioned
-Officers and men, and the way in which it was done is worthy of the
-best traditions of the Royal Regiment.’ Other letters and orders
-were published, and the memory of the Marne was added to that of
-Bucquoy, Cambrai and Havrincourt in the tradition of the 62nd
-Division.</p>
-
-<h4 id="CHAPTER_XV_2">II.—THE FINAL OFFENSIVE.</h4>
-
-<p>Events moved quickly from this date, more quickly, indeed,
-than they were divined except in the swift mind of the great Marshal,
-and more quickly than they can be conveniently followed in a day-to-day
-narrative of two Divisions. The greatest battle in all history
-was planned, and fought, and won, between August 8th and September
-9th, 1918, the period described by Sir Douglas Haig as ‘the opening
-of the final British offensive.’ It is the word ‘final’ which signifies.
-So definite, in fact, was the issue, that Ludendorff described August
-8th as ‘the black day of the German Army in the history of this war,’
-and proffered his resignation a few days later. This was not accepted
-at the time, but at a Council held on August 14th he expounded the
-situation to the Kaiser and to the ruling German statesmen, with
-the result that Prince Max of Baden was subsequently appointed
-Imperial Chancellor with a view to paving the road to peace. These
-developments, not quite obscurely hinted at in a Note issued by Sir
-Douglas Haig on the eve of the Battle of Bapaume (August 21st to
-September 1st), must inevitably dominate our review of the ‘great
-series of battles, in which, throughout three months of continuous
-fighting, the British Armies advanced without a check from one victory
-to another.’<a id="FNanchor_129" href="#Footnote_129" class="fnanchor">[129]</a> The autumn fighting of 1918 differed from that of
-previous years, in that there was no fifth winter to the war. We have
-not to follow our Divisions over the top of their trenches, and back
-again, when the weather failed, into the monotony of trench life.
-They did not fully know that they were fighting the last battles: it
-would be difficult to fix the exact date when this was revealed even
-to Marshal Foch and Sir Douglas Haig. They did not welcome the
-Armistice with the joy with which it was acclaimed in London: ‘the
-news of the cessation of hostilities was received by the fighting Troops,’
-writes an Officer of the 62nd Division who was ‘in at the kill,’ ‘without
-any of the manifestations of excitement that marked the occasion at
-home’; it was just an incident of the day’s work, and a sign that the
-work had been done well. But an effect of increasing speed, of the
-accelerated progress of Titanic forces, directed irresistibly to one
-end, cannot but be felt during this period. Amiens was disengaged<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_212"></a>[212]</span>
-after August 8th, partly by a brilliant feint in Flanders, which deceived
-even the King of the Belgians. Thiepval Ridge, with its graves of
-1916, Pozières, Martinpuich, Mory (by the 62nd Division) were re-taken
-in the fourth week of August, and on August 29th Bapaume fell. On
-September 1st, the Australians took Péronne, and Bullecourt and
-Hendecourt fell the same day. Meanwhile, the Channel ports were
-safe at last, for the enemy had no Troops with which to threaten
-them, and he partly withdrew and was partly driven from the Lys
-salient. Merville, Bailleul, Neuve Église, Kemmel Hill, Hill 63:
-all the tragic places of the previous spring were once more in rightful
-hands in September. There followed the Battle of the Scarpe, and
-the storming of the Drocourt-Quéant Line, by the results of which,
-on the British front, in the centre, we were brought right in face of
-the main German defences known as the Hindenburg Line. The
-question was, whether to attack it now or later. On September 9th,
-Sir Douglas Haig had been in London, and had indicated that the
-end might be near. He wrote, after weighing all the chances: ‘I was
-convinced that the British attack was the essential part of the general
-scheme, and that the moment was favourable. Accordingly, I decided
-to proceed with the attack, and all preparatory measures were carried
-out as rapidly and as thoroughly as possible.’<a id="FNanchor_130" href="#Footnote_130" class="fnanchor">[130]</a> A great month, and
-a grand decision.</p>
-
-<p>So, we return at this point to the services of the Troops from the
-West Riding, and shall fit them in to the concluding battles, where
-they occurred.</p>
-
-<p>At the end of August (25th to 27th), the 62nd Division drove
-the Germans out of Mory, situated in country which they knew, about
-four miles north of Bapaume. Excellent work there was achieved,
-among other units, by the 2/4th and 5th King’s Own Yorkshire
-Light Infantry and by the 2/4th York and Lancs. ‘D’ Company
-Commander in that Battalion led a charge against a nasty position
-in an awkward little hold-up, and personally accounted for the machine-gun
-team with his revolver. Many prisoners, including a Battalion
-Commander, were captured by the Division in these three days.</p>
-
-<p>There was still hard fighting for the Division before it was withdrawn
-for a few days’ rest, and the height of efficiency it had reached
-may fitly be judged by a single instance, extracted from the <i>London
-Gazette</i>, December 26th, 1918. Therein is recorded the award
-of the coveted Victoria Cross to Sec.-Lieut. James Palmer Huffam,
-of the 5th (attached, 2nd) West Riding Regiment (T.F.), in the following
-circumstances:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty on
-August 31st, 1918.</p>
-
-<p>‘With three men he rushed an enemy machine-gun post,
-and put it out of action. His post was then heavily attacked,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_213"></a>[213]</span>
-and he withdrew fighting, carrying back a wounded comrade.
-Again, on the night of August 31st, 1918, at St. Servin’s Farm,
-accompanied by two men only, he rushed an enemy machine-gun,
-capturing eight prisoners and enabling the advance to continue.
-Throughout the whole of the fighting from August 29th to
-September 1st, 1918, he showed the utmost gallantry.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Meanwhile, on August 27th, Major-General Walter Braithwaite
-was appointed to the Command of the IXth Corps, with the rank
-of Lieutenant-General, when a Knight Commandership of the Bath
-was conferred upon him in recognition of his services with the 62nd.
-It will be recalled that he succeeded Sir James Trotter in Command
-of the 62nd Division in December, 1915.<a id="FNanchor_131" href="#Footnote_131" class="fnanchor">[131]</a> He took the Division over
-to France, and led it with conspicuous gallantry till the very eve of its
-final bout of victory. His affection for his brave ‘Yorkshire lads’ was
-fully reciprocated by his subordinate Officers, Non-Commissioned
-Officers and men, who were all sensible of the constant care and fine,
-soldierly qualities of their Commander. Sir Walter Braithwaite
-has taken every opportunity, in subsequent meetings with, or references
-to, the Division, to testify to his pride and pleasure in that office:
-‘I look back,’ he wrote to the Secretary of the West Riding Association
-(November 3rd, 1918), ‘on the time spent in Command of that heroic
-Division as one of the proudest terms of years in my life.... I
-don’t think I can be accused of partiality in saying that there is no
-Division in the B.E.F. with a prouder record of continued success
-than the 62nd.’ He was succeeded now by Major-General Sir R. D.
-Whigham, K.C.B., D.S.O., who took over at a most responsible time
-and who saw the war out and the peace in.</p>
-
-<p>The grand decision referred to above, and concerted early in
-September between Marshal Foch and Sir Douglas Haig, found the
-Division in the Gomiecourt area, where they had been withdrawn on
-September 3rd, in order to rest and train. On the 8th, Lieut.-General
-Sir J. A. L. Haldane, Commanding the VIth Corps in the
-Third Army (General Sir Julian Byng), called on Major-General
-Whigham to explain the part to be taken by the 62nd in the impending
-operations. It was to attack and capture the village of Havrincourt,
-and ‘Z’ day was subsequently appointed for September 12th. We
-may recall from <a href="#Page_150">page 150</a> above, the first capture of Havrincourt by
-this Division on November, 1917. We may recall, too, how on
-September 9th, 1919, almost on the anniversary of its second capture,
-it was announced at a Divisional Dinner that a Memorial to the
-Division was to be erected in Havrincourt Park. We are now to see
-how it was won on the second occasion.</p>
-
-<p>There was this difference between the second and the first. In
-the battle of 1917, the break-through on the Cambrai front did not
-close with a permanent advance. Owing partly, as we now know,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_214"></a>[214]</span>
-to the diversion of some Divisions to Italy, the brilliant design, so
-courageously supported, could not be completely carried out. This
-time, there was no going back. It was the Hindenburg Line which
-was to be captured, on the road from the River Marne to the River
-Meuse.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp80" id="illus32" style="max-width: 43.75em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus32.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>The Hindenburg Line, so called by our Troops, was neither
-Hindenburg nor a Line. As described and pictured by great generals,<a id="FNanchor_132" href="#Footnote_132" class="fnanchor">[132]</a>
-it consisted of a series of defences, including many defended villages,
-and forming a belt, or fortified area, varying in depth from seven to
-ten thousand yards. It stretched from Lille to Metz, and among
-its extensions, or switches, was the famous ‘Drocourt-Quéant Switch,’
-which had held up our advance more than once. Within this system
-of barriers, running through a stratum of deep cuttings, the enemy<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_215"></a>[215]</span>
-had prepared elaborate dug-outs, shelters, and gun-emplacements,
-all heavily fortified and wired. The luxurious appointments of some
-of them, which so much astonished beholders, need not detain us
-here. The importance of these extraordinary entrenchments to their
-assailants in the autumn of 1918 lay, first, in their genuine strength,
-to which German engineers had devoted all the ingenuity of their
-craft, and, next, in the almost legendary awe with which time and
-sentiment had invested them. This effect was carried out in their
-native names. Working from north-west to south-east, they were
-known in the German Army and behind it as Wotan, Siegfried
-(supported by Herrmann), Hundung (Hagen), Brunehilde (Freya),
-Kriemhilde and Michel; and we may well believe that, at the back
-of the front, until such time as the front broke, German opinion was
-obstinately convinced that their tutelary heroes must protect the
-Fatherland from invasion.</p>
-
-<p>It was the task of the 62nd Division to break into this line through
-Havrincourt, and, by breaking it, to shatter the illusion. For, at last,
-on the Western front, we were fighting not only positions but ideas.</p>
-
-<p>The operation (September 12th to 15th) proved a complete
-success. It was carried out on the left by the 187th, and on the right
-by the 186th Infantry Brigade, with the 9th Durham Light Infantry
-(Pioneers) attached to the latter as an assault Battalion. One company
-of the 62nd Machine-Gun Battalion was allotted to each attacking
-Brigade, and eight Brigades of Field Artillery and three Groups Heavy
-Artillery were in position to support. The plan of attack entailed
-a change of direction from north to east, in order to obviate the
-difficulties of the terrain, and the consequent complication of the
-Artillery barrage had to be very carefully worked out. In contrast
-to the attacks in November, no Tanks were employed in this action,
-but it bore in another respect a superficial resemblance to the First
-Battle of Havrincourt, insomuch as the first day’s work ‘could not
-have been bettered, but again there was to be a second chapter, a
-chapter of hard fighting, in very difficult circumstances, fought to the
-end, and crowned with success.’ We shall not follow it in detail,
-save to note that, an hour after Zero (5-30 a.m.) on September 12th,
-‘large batches of prisoners were coming back,’ and that four
-Officers and eighty men of these had been captured at a strong
-point which ‘offered little resistance, owing to the great gallantry
-of Sergt. Laurence Calvert,<a id="FNanchor_133" href="#Footnote_133" class="fnanchor">[133]</a> of the 5th King’s Own Yorkshire Light
-Infantry.’ His great gallantry won the Victoria Cross, in circumstances
-officially described as follows:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘For most conspicuous bravery and devotion to duty in attack,
-when the success of the operation was rendered doubtful owing<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_216"></a>[216]</span>
-to severe enfilade machine-gun fire. Alone and single-handed,
-Sergt. Calvert, rushing forward against the machine-gun team,
-bayoneted three and shot four. His valour and determination
-in capturing single-handed two machine-guns and killing the
-crews therefore enabled the ultimate object to be won. His
-personal gallantry inspired all ranks.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>All ranks were inspired to good purpose; or, more precisely,
-the inspiration of all ranks found its typical expression in the brave
-act of this gallant N.C.O. The Division’s team-work, now as always,
-was exemplary; and, whether judged by casualties or captures,<a id="FNanchor_134" href="#Footnote_134" class="fnanchor">[134]</a>
-the result of the Second Battle of Havrincourt was a great triumph
-for General Whigham in his new Command.</p>
-
-<p>For Havrincourt looked to the east. It looked through the
-intricate defences, in which the German people still believed, to
-Cambrai and St. Quentin, and beyond. Thus it formed one of those
-‘formidable positions,’ which, as Sir Douglas Haig wrote, ‘had to
-be taken before a final attack on the Hindenburg Line could be undertaken.’
-By its capture, and that of others, ‘our line advanced to
-within assaulting distance of the enemy’s main line of resistance.’<a id="FNanchor_135" href="#Footnote_135" class="fnanchor">[135]</a>
-And General Whigham, in a letter of October 9th, addressed to the
-Secretary of the Association at York, said, in almost identic terms:
-‘On September 12th, the Division was called upon to repeat its former
-feat of capturing the village of Havrincourt. This village stands
-on very commanding ground, and formed a most formidable position
-in the Hindenburg front line. Its capture was essential to the
-development of the great offensive south of Cambrai, in which we have
-latterly been engaged.... Without the possession of Havrincourt,
-the grand attack of September 27th could not have been successfully
-launched.’</p>
-
-<p>So, we come to that ‘grand attack,’ in which, as the General
-went on to say, ‘the Division has once more added fresh lustre to its
-fame.’ On this occasion they were engaged to the south of the scenes
-of their exploit in November. Graincourt now fell to the 63rd
-Division, Anneux to the 57th, Bourlon and Bourlon Wood to the
-4th and 3rd Canadian Divisions. The 3rd Division moved forward
-with the Guards, forcing the crossings of the Canal, by capturing
-Ribécourt and Flesquières (the objective of the 51st in the previous
-November). To the 62nd was allotted the task of following up the
-attack, and of securing the crossings of the Canal at Marcoing. Once
-more, we have the high privilege of illustrating the nature of the
-operations by a single typical example of the spirit which animated
-all ranks. The <i>London Gazette</i> of December 14th, 1918, announced<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_217"></a>[217]</span>
-the award of the Victoria Cross to Private Henry Tandey, D.C.M.,
-M.M., of the 5th Duke of Wellington’s, in the following circumstances:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘For most conspicuous bravery and initiative during the
-capture of the village and the crossings at Marcoing, and the
-subsequent counter-attack on September 28th, 1918.</p>
-
-<p>‘When, during the advance on Marcoing, his platoon was
-held up by machine-gun fire, he at once crawled forward, located
-the machine-gun, and, with a Lewis gun team, knocked it out.</p>
-
-<p>‘On arrival at the crossings he restored the plank bridge
-under a hail of bullets, thus enabling the first crossing to be made
-at this vital spot.</p>
-
-<p>‘Later in the evening, during an attack, he, with eight
-comrades, was surrounded by an overwhelming number of
-Germans, and, though the position was apparently hopeless, he
-led a bayonet charge through them, fighting so fiercely that
-thirty-seven of the enemy were driven into the hands of the
-remainder of his company.</p>
-
-<p>‘Although twice wounded, he refused to leave till the fight
-was won.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>No defences made by man, certainly none made by German,
-could withstand courage of this kind.</p>
-
-<p>In a Special Order of the Day, issued on October 1st, by Major-General
-Sir R. Whigham, Commanding the 62nd Division, he
-addressed his gallant Troops as follows:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The capture of Havrincourt on 12th September was essential
-to the success of the operations south of Cambrai, in which the
-62nd Division has been engaged during the last four days.</p>
-
-<p>‘As a sequel to that brilliant achievement, the Division has
-now captured Marcoing, Masnières, and the high ground north
-of Crèvecoeur, thus establishing a bridgehead over the Canal
-de St. Quentin, which is vital to the further successful prosecution
-of the campaign.</p>
-
-<p>‘The Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief visited Divisional
-Headquarters to-day, and desired me to convey to all ranks of
-the Division his congratulations and high appreciation of their
-splendid courage and endurance.</p>
-
-<p>‘For myself, I give you all my warmest thanks for the unfailing
-cheerfulness with which you have carried out the most arduous
-tasks, often in conditions of great hardship and discomfort.</p>
-
-<p>‘It will ever be to me a pride to have commanded so magnificent
-a Division.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Yet one more word about Marcoing. On an earlier page we
-remarked that we should have occasion to come back to the 8th
-Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment, the <i>Bataillon d’élite</i> of a
-French Army Order. This occasion occurred on September 27th,
-when two companies of that Battalion earned from the VIth Corps<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_218"></a>[218]</span>
-Commander (Lieut.-General Sir A. Haldane) the following striking
-encomium, dispatched through the 62nd Divisional Commander:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘Please convey to the survivors of the two companies 8th
-West Yorkshire Regiment my high appreciation and admiration
-of their initiative, dash and gallantry in pushing up to the outskirts
-of Marcoing yesterday [September 27th], in spite of all
-obstacles. It is by resolution and bravery such as they displayed
-that great victories have been won in the past history of the British
-Army.</p>
-
-<p>‘I heartily congratulate the whole Battalion, yourself, and
-your splendid Division on the inspiring incident in front of
-Marcoing.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>Major-General Whigham, in publishing this letter, for the
-information of all ranks of the Division, showed how well the action
-of the two Companies illustrated the principle of pressing an advantage,
-whenever gained.</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘The great and critical assaults, in which, during these nine
-days of battle [September 27th to October 5th], the First, Third and
-Fourth Armies stormed the line of the Canal du Nord and broke
-through the Hindenburg Line, mark the close of the first phase of
-the British offensive. The enemy’s defence in the last and strongest
-of his prepared positions had been shattered. The whole of the
-main Hindenburg defences has passed into our possession, and a
-wide gap had been driven through such rear trench systems as had
-existed behind them. The effect of the victory upon the subsequent
-course of the campaign was decisive.’<a id="FNanchor_136" href="#Footnote_136" class="fnanchor">[136]</a></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>So far, Sir Douglas Haig, with his usual modesty and brevity.
-In Flanders now, King Albert of the Belgians, leading his nation at
-last in victory, as he had led it so gallantly in defeat, entered Ostend
-on October 16th. The Second Battle of Le Cateau in the previous
-week had driven the last German out of Cambrai; and about this
-date, as Sir Frederick Maurice writes, ‘The revulsion of feeling and
-the collapse of confidence were such that no enthusiasm could be
-aroused for a war of endurance in defence of the Fatherland. Even
-in an autocratic country it is not possible to deceive all the people
-all the time, and the German people knew in October, 1918, that the
-victory which had been promised to them could never be obtained.’<a id="FNanchor_137" href="#Footnote_137" class="fnanchor">[137]</a></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp50" id="illus33" style="max-width: 29.6875em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus33.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">RHONELLE RIVER CROSSING (Nov. 1st. 1918).</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>In these circumstances, the battles still ahead, in which the
-Divisions from the West Riding were to take part, need not detain
-us long. The 49th were engaged in October (11th to 17th) at Villers-en-Cauchie
-and Saulzoir, on the road running eastward out of Cambrai
-between Douai and Le Cateau. They fought with all their accustomed
-gallantry, especially in the capture of Saulzoir, which was<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_219"></a>[219]</span>
-defended by Machine-Guns and Tanks. When the obstinate
-resistance had been overcome, an Officer of the 1/6th Duke of
-Wellington’s found the houses full of civilians, who had taken refuge
-in their cellars, and who welcomed the arrival of the British Troops
-with offerings of cognac and coffee. The Division fought again
-below Valenciennes on November 1st and 2nd, and, with the 5th
-and 61st Divisions, crossed the Rhonelle River and captured the
-villages of Préseau and Maresches. Lieut.-General Sir A. Godley,
-Commanding the XXIInd Corps, conveyed to Major-General
-Cameron the expression of his appreciation of these exploits in the
-following complimentary terms:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘I wish to heartily congratulate you and your Division on
-the successful capture of all your objectives and the heavy losses
-inflicted on the enemy as the result of your two days’ hard and
-gallant fighting.</p>
-
-<p>‘All three Infantry Brigades, your Artillery, and Engineers,
-have added another page to the distinguished record of the
-Division.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<p>The 62nd Division, on October 19th and 20th, had the task of
-capturing Solesmes, and of driving the enemy from the line east of
-the River Selle, to which he had retired a few days before, partly as
-a result of the operations in which the 49th had borne themselves
-so gallantly. This further assault on the German positions, directed
-ultimately at Le Quesnoy, was to be a surprise, without preliminary
-bombardment. It was carried out ‘according to plan,’ with very
-conspicuous success. Twelve Officers and six hundred and eighty-seven
-other ranks, seventy-one machine-guns, thirteen trench mortars
-and five guns were captured at the cost of a casualty list of fifty-seven
-other ranks killed, ten Officers and three hundred and seventy other
-ranks wounded. The River Selle was crossed by wading, the water
-being in many places waist-high. The ground to be traversed proved
-difficult, with dense hedges and barbed-wire fencing, and in Solesmes
-itself the street-fighting was serious and severe. But the fine leadership
-of Platoon Commanders and the excellent spirit of the men
-carried all obstacles before them; and, once more, and now for the
-last time, we have the advantage of illustrating these qualities by an
-extract from the <i>London Gazette</i> (January 6th, 1919), announcing
-the award of the supreme decoration of the Victoria Cross to Corpl.
-(A/Sergt.) John Brunton Daykins, of the 2/4th York and Lancaster
-Regiment, 187th Infantry Brigade, 62nd Division, in the following
-circumstances:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘For conspicuous bravery and initiative at Solesmes on
-October 20th, 1918, when, with twelve remaining men of his
-Platoon, he worked his way most skilfully, in face of heavy
-opposition, towards the Church. By prompt action, he enabled
-his party to rush a machine-gun, and during subsequent severe<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_220"></a>[220]</span>
-hand-to-hand fighting he himself disposed of many of the enemy,<a id="FNanchor_138" href="#Footnote_138" class="fnanchor">[138]</a>
-and secured his objective; his party, in addition to heavy casualties
-inflicted, taking thirty prisoners.</p>
-
-<p>‘He then located another machine-gun, which was holding
-up a portion of his Company. Under heavy fire he worked his
-way alone to the post, and shortly afterwards returned with
-twenty-five prisoners, and an enemy machine-gun, which he
-mounted at his post.</p>
-
-<p>‘His magnificent fighting spirit and example inspired his
-men, saved many casualties, and contributed very largely to the
-success of the attack.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp42" id="illus34" style="max-width: 25em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus34.jpg" alt="">
-  <p class="caption">Douai. The Belfry</p>
-</div>
-
-<p>The war’s end on November 11th at 11 o’clock in the morning
-found the bulk of the 49th Division resting on its well-earned laurels
-in the neighbourhood of Douai. The Gunners, the Royal Engineers
-and the Pioneer Battalion went forward in the final stages of the
-advance, and the Artillery had the distinction of finishing at a point
-further east than any other Divisional Artillery engaged. The 62nd
-Division ended in the Valley of the Sambre. If we draw an irregular
-quadrilateral, dipping a bit on the southern side, with its north-west
-angle at Valenciennes, its south-west at Le Quesnoy, and its north-east
-and south-east angles at Mons and Maubeuge respectively, we shall
-be able to prick in the places of the Division’s stout advance between
-November 4th and 11th (Orsinval, Frasnoy, Obies, Hautmont,
-Louvroil: it is at this end that the line dips towards Avesnes), by
-the help of which, as Sir Douglas Haig wrote: ‘On the 9th November
-the enemy was in general retreat on the whole front of the British<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_221"></a>[221]</span>
-Armies. The fortress of Maubeuge was entered by the Guards
-Division, and the 62nd Division (Major-General Sir R. D. Whigham),
-while the Canadians were approaching Mons.’<a id="FNanchor_139" href="#Footnote_139" class="fnanchor">[139]</a></p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp75" id="illus35" style="max-width: 31.25em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus35.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<p>And Mons, as we know, is the last word of the war on the Western
-front.</p>
-
-<p>On November 18th, 1918, the 62nd Division started to march
-to Germany, where it formed part of the British Army of Occupation
-in the Rhine Province of the Kingdom of Prussia. As a Division
-of the IXth Corps of the Second Army, it had the luck to come
-under the command of its former Divisional Commander, Lieut.-General
-Sir W. P. Braithwaite, K.C.B., then commanding that
-Corps, who, accordingly, saw the Pelican at last put down his foot
-on German soil.</p>
-
-<div class="figcenter illowp46" id="illus36" style="max-width: 12.5em;">
-  <img class="w100" src="images/illus36.jpg" alt="">
-</div>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="footnotes">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<h2 class="nobreak">FOOTNOTES</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_1" href="#FNanchor_1" class="label">[1]</a> This includes the 2nd and 3rd Lines. The last had recently been authorized for formation
-at, approximately, two-thirds of War Establishment. The Peace Establishment of
-the West Riding T.F. had been fixed for one Line only.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_2" href="#FNanchor_2" class="label">[2]</a> Introduction to <i>The Territorial Force</i>, by Harold Baker, M.A.: London, Murray, 1909.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_3" href="#FNanchor_3" class="label">[3]</a> See <a href="#APPENDIX_I">Appendix I</a>.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_4" href="#FNanchor_4" class="label">[4]</a> The first Meeting of its Executive Committee was held on October 12th, 1908.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_5" href="#FNanchor_5" class="label">[5]</a> This letter was published in the Press on February 28th, 1913.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_6" href="#FNanchor_6" class="label">[6]</a> It is worth noting that the cost of the recommendations (including extra allowances to
-officers, efficiency bounties to other ranks, separation allowances during annual camp,
-insurance concessions, employers’ income-tax abatement, grant for boots, shirts and
-socks, but excluding the proposed grant for amenities) was estimated at £2,300,000
-per annum.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_7" href="#FNanchor_7" class="label">[7]</a> Lieut.-Gen. Sir E. C. Bethune, K.C.B., of ‘Bethune’s Horse’; General Cowan’s successor
-as Director-General of the Territorial Force at the War Office, 1912-17, when he
-was succeeded by Lord Scarbrough.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_8" href="#FNanchor_8" class="label">[8]</a> See <a href="#Page_3">page 3</a>.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_9" href="#FNanchor_9" class="label">[9]</a> <i>Ibid.</i></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_10" href="#FNanchor_10" class="label">[10]</a> Later, Colonel, and first Hon. Colonel of the Battalion.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_11" href="#FNanchor_11" class="label">[11]</a> These Colours were deposited in All Souls’ Church, Halifax, on April 3rd, 1910.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_12" href="#FNanchor_12" class="label">[12]</a> Brig.-General Archibald John Arnold Wright, C.B., appointed April, 1908. This officer
-had served in Bengal, 1883-88, as D.A.A.G. (Musketry), and in the Chitral Relief
-Force, 1895. He was awarded the C.B. after the South African Campaign (Queen’s
-Medal, 3 clasps; King’s Medal, 2 clasps), and subsequent to his retirement in 1910,
-was recalled to service, November, 1914, as Brig.-General Commanding the 90th
-Infantry Brigade.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_13" href="#FNanchor_13" class="label">[13]</a> Circular Memorandum, No. 131 of 14-1-1910; 9/Gen. No. 1700 (C. 3).</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_14" href="#FNanchor_14" class="label">[14]</a> Lieut.-General Sir George Mackworth Bullock, K.C.B., of the Devonshire Regiment.
-After distinguished service in India, he commanded the 2nd Devons in the South
-African Campaign, and was Major-General Commanding in Egypt, 1905-8. He was
-created C.B. in 1900, and K.C.B. in 1911, in the September of which year he relinquished
-the West Riding Command.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_15" href="#FNanchor_15" class="label">[15]</a> Major Symonds was only able to hold the appointment for a few months. Thereafter,
-General Mends resumed it again, and carried on with conspicuous success till August,
-1914.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_16" href="#FNanchor_16" class="label">[16]</a> Major-General Thomas Stanford Baldock, C.B. The General had served in South
-Africa, where he was awarded the King’s Medal with two clasps, and when he was
-created C.B. His honourable record in France, 1914-15, will appear in a later chapter
-of this book.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_17" href="#FNanchor_17" class="label">[17]</a> See <a href="#Footnote_7">page 14, note 1</a>. The official Memorandum quoted in the text is dated October
-31st, 1916.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_18" href="#FNanchor_18" class="label">[18]</a> See <a href="#Page_18">page 18</a>.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_19" href="#FNanchor_19" class="label">[19]</a> To whom I am immensely indebted for the continuous archives of the Unit from 1859
-to 1914. They were kept till 1910 by the late Major J. B. Howard, from whom Major
-Chambers took over the labour of love.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_20" href="#FNanchor_20" class="label">[20]</a> Invalided home in November, 1916. About 47,000 patients passed through the C.C.
-Station during Col. Wear’s two years’ command. The C.M.G. was awarded to this
-Officer in June, 1915, when the Military Cross was conferred on his Quartermaster.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_21" href="#FNanchor_21" class="label">[21]</a> Constable and Co., 1918.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_22" href="#FNanchor_22" class="label">[22]</a> ‘We must grasp the trident in our fist’ said Kaiser Wilhelm II. at Cologne in 1897. The
-British Army occupied Cologne in 1918.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_23" href="#FNanchor_23" class="label">[23]</a> Col. Sir T. Pilkington was given Command of a Regular Battalion at the end of 1914,
-since when Col. Husband took sole charge of this branch.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_24" href="#FNanchor_24" class="label">[24]</a> The Administrative Centres were independent of the Establishments of the three Lines.
-They were commanded by an Officer not below Captain’s rank, and were charged
-with the duty of recruiting and of clothing all recruits prior to passing them to their
-units, and had charge of the Headquarters and Stores.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_25" href="#FNanchor_25" class="label">[25]</a> By authority of a War Office Letter from the Adjutant-General’s branch (No. 40/W.O./2481)
-of May 7th, 1915, published in IV. Army Corps Routine Order, No. 609, on May
-16th. No change was made in the designation of the Artillery, Engineers and Medical
-units, but the number of the Division instead of the Territorial designation was attached
-to the Divisional Cyclist Company, Ammunition Column and Park, Signal Company,
-Supply Column, Train, and Sanitary Section.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_26" href="#FNanchor_26" class="label">[26]</a> The General Officer Commanding the 62nd Division from February, 1915, to May, 1916,
-was Major-General Sir James Trotter, K.C.B. He had served in Bechuanaland and
-South Africa (Queen’s Medal with two clasps, and C.B.), and was appointed C.M.G.
-in 1897, and K.C.B. in 1912.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_27" href="#FNanchor_27" class="label">[27]</a> Field-Marshal Viscount French of Ypres (created 1915), O.M., K.P., etc., Commander-in-Chief
-of the Expeditionary Forces in France, 1914-15.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_28" href="#FNanchor_28" class="label">[28]</a> See <a href="#Page_3">page 3</a>.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_29" href="#FNanchor_29" class="label">[29]</a> On one occasion a scouring of latrines with a solution of chloride of lime caused a
-rumour of the arrival of poison-gas.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_30" href="#FNanchor_30" class="label">[30]</a> By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_31" href="#FNanchor_31" class="label">[31]</a> John Buchan, <i>Nelson’s History of the War</i>, Vol. vii., p. 93.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_32" href="#FNanchor_32" class="label">[32]</a> Its numerical designation was not published in Corps Orders till the following week
-(see <a href="#Page_40">page 40</a>), but it is more convenient for use.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_33" href="#FNanchor_33" class="label">[33]</a> The 146th Brigade was between the 7th and 8th Divisions, on the right of the rest of the
-49th. ‘We were holding the line pretty thin. My own Company,’ writes an Officer
-of the Brigade, ‘had 650 yards of front line trench.... Thus, you will see we
-did take part in the battle of May 9th, although we did not go over the top.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_34" href="#FNanchor_34" class="label">[34]</a> By John Masefield. Heinemann, 1916.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_35" href="#FNanchor_35" class="label">[35]</a> General Edward Maxwell Perceval, of the R.F.A., served in India, Burmah, and South
-Africa, where he was awarded the Queen’s and King’s Medals (with 5 clasps) and won
-his D.S.O. He went to France, 1914, Commanding R.A., 2nd Division, and was
-promoted Major-General and appointed C.B. in the following year. He was acting
-as Sub-Chief of the Staff at General Headquarters when the accident to Maj.-Gen.
-Baldock gave him his appointment to the 49th Division, which he commanded till
-October, 1917.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_36" href="#FNanchor_36" class="label">[36]</a> One word about the field telephone will be in place. The whole countryside behind the
-British line was a network of telephone wires at this time; ‘one keeps tripping over
-them everywhere,’ it was said, and there were probably 30 to 50 miles of wire to a
-single Artillery Brigade.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_37" href="#FNanchor_37" class="label">[37]</a> So called, because they were on you and exploded before you heard the report. As to
-‘heavies,’ a visitor to the lines in September, 1915, wrote: ‘Guns, particularly big
-Guns and Howitzers, are going to win this war, not rifles.... I was shown a most
-interesting map giving all the German gun positions discovered by our aeroplanes....
-Ours were shown, too, and they outnumber us by about three to one.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_38" href="#FNanchor_38" class="label">[38]</a> Including Colonel E. O. Wright, A.D.M.S., killed while organizing Ambulance traffic
-under heavy fire with his habitual gallantry.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_39" href="#FNanchor_39" class="label">[39]</a> Sixteen men at a time were stripped, and given three minutes each under a hot shower-bath,
-their underclothing changed, and their uniform cleaned and fumigated.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_40" href="#FNanchor_40" class="label">[40]</a> Wooden grids laid down like duck-boards to obviate the wet and slipperiness of the trenches.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_41" href="#FNanchor_41" class="label">[41]</a> See <a href="#Page_14">page 14</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_42" href="#FNanchor_42" class="label">[42]</a> <i>The Territorial Force</i>, by Harold Baker (John Murray), page 246.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_43" href="#FNanchor_43" class="label">[43]</a> Professor Spenser Wilkinson wrote in <i>The Sunday Times</i>, June 1st, 1919: ‘Lord Kitchener
-does not seem to have been aware of the existence of an organization—the County
-Associations—for the purpose of raising new troops upon a Territorial basis.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_44" href="#FNanchor_44" class="label">[44]</a> The numerical designation, 62nd Division, was affixed, as we have seen, in August, 1915;
-for convenience we shall henceforward employ it by anticipation.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_45" href="#FNanchor_45" class="label">[45]</a> The official figures of the draft sent out from the 62nd to the 49th Division from March
-to August, 1915, are: Officers, 116; Other Ranks, 2,778.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_46" href="#FNanchor_46" class="label">[46]</a> Walter Pipon Braithwaite, served in Burmah (1886-87) and South Africa (1899-1902;
-Brevet-Major, Queen’s Medal, 6 clasps; King’s Medal, 2 clasps); C.B., 1911; Major-General,
-1915; K.C.B. and Lt.-General (Commanding IXth Army Corps), 1918.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_47" href="#FNanchor_47" class="label">[47]</a> It may be worth while to note that the 62nd was the first Division to proceed to France
-with an equipment of steel helmets complete.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_48" href="#FNanchor_48" class="label">[48]</a> Gustave Lanson.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_49" href="#FNanchor_49" class="label">[49]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 20.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_50" href="#FNanchor_50" class="label">[50]</a> He succeeded Lt.-Col. A. E. Kirk, V.D., in Command of the Battalion, August, 1916.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_51" href="#FNanchor_51" class="label">[51]</a> Brig.-General M. D. Goring-Jones, C.M.G., D.S.O., of the Durham L.I., had succeeded
-Brig.-General F. A. Macfarlane, C.B., in Command of the 146th Infantry Brigade,
-after a brief interregnum by Lt.-Col. Legge (December 20th, 1915, to January 12th
-1916).</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_52" href="#FNanchor_52" class="label">[52]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 21.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_53" href="#FNanchor_53" class="label">[53]</a> <i>Ibid.</i></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_54" href="#FNanchor_54" class="label">[54]</a> <i>Ibid.</i></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_55" href="#FNanchor_55" class="label">[55]</a> See <a href="#Page_49">page 49</a>.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_56" href="#FNanchor_56" class="label">[56]</a> John Masefield. <i>The Old Front Line</i>, Heineman, 1917.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_57" href="#FNanchor_57" class="label">[57]</a> It will be remembered that the Division, being in reserve, was directly under the orders
-of the Corps Commander.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_58" href="#FNanchor_58" class="label">[58]</a> The award to Sgt. Sanders, V.C., was notified in the <i>London Gazette</i> of September 9th,
-1916, in the following well-merited terms:—</p>
-
-<p>‘For most conspicuous bravery. After an advance into the enemy’s trenches, he
-found himself isolated with a party of thirty men. He organized his defences, detailed
-a bombing party, and impressed on his men that his and their duty was to hold the
-position at all costs.</p>
-
-<p>‘Next morning he drove off an attack by the enemy and rescued some prisoners
-who had fallen into their hands. Later two strong bombing attacks were beaten off.
-On the following day he was relieved after showing the greatest courage, determination
-and good leadership during 36 hours under very trying conditions.</p>
-
-<p>‘All this time his party was almost without food and water, having given all their
-water to the wounded during the first night. After the relieving force was firmly
-established he brought his party, 19 strong, back to our trenches.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_59" href="#FNanchor_59" class="label">[59]</a> See <a href="#Page_62">page 62</a>.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_60" href="#FNanchor_60" class="label">[60]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 26. In a footnote to this passage, Sir Douglas Haig writes: ‘In the
-course of this fighting, a Brigade of the 49th Division, Major-General E. M. Perceval,
-made a gallant attempt to force Thiepval from the north.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_61" href="#FNanchor_61" class="label">[61]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, pages 25, 27, 30.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_62" href="#FNanchor_62" class="label">[62]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 51.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_63" href="#FNanchor_63" class="label">[63]</a> The 1/7th West Yorkshires.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_64" href="#FNanchor_64" class="label">[64]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 44.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_65" href="#FNanchor_65" class="label">[65]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 53.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_66" href="#FNanchor_66" class="label">[66]</a> See <a href="#Page_40">page 40</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_67" href="#FNanchor_67" class="label">[67]</a> See <a href="#Page_7">page 7</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_68" href="#FNanchor_68" class="label">[68]</a> Army Council Instruction, No. 1830, of September 21st, 1916; 9/V.F./128 (T.F. 2).</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_69" href="#FNanchor_69" class="label">[69]</a> “The configuration of the ground in the neighbourhood of the Ancre Valley was such that
-every fresh advance would enfilade the enemy’s positions, and automatically open up
-to the observation of our troops some new part of his defences. Arrangements could
-therefore be made for systematic and deliberate attacks to be delivered on selected
-positions.”—<i>Despatches</i>, page 63.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_70" href="#FNanchor_70" class="label">[70]</a> Captain Tom Goodall, D.S.O., M.C., to whom I am much indebted for the loan of this
-diary, and of some documents, etc., which he was at pains to collect and has kindly
-put at my disposal.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_71" href="#FNanchor_71" class="label">[71]</a> Later in the year, the surgical skill of French gardeners succeeded in some instances in
-joining the severed arteries of these trees.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_72" href="#FNanchor_72" class="label">[72]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 102.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_73" href="#FNanchor_73" class="label">[73]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 76.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_74" href="#FNanchor_74" class="label">[74]</a> Nelson’s <i>History of the War</i>, Vol. XIX., page 23.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_75" href="#FNanchor_75" class="label">[75]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, pages 82-83.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_76" href="#FNanchor_76" class="label">[76]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 93.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_77" href="#FNanchor_77" class="label">[77]</a> <i>Blackwood’s Magazine</i>, July, 1919. See <a href="#Page_131">page 131</a>, above. The articles have been collected
-in book-form since this chapter was in type.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_78" href="#FNanchor_78" class="label">[78]</a> The present writer is indebted to Captain Joseph Walker for the particulars of this gallant
-and desperate exploit.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_79" href="#FNanchor_79" class="label">[79]</a> 58th and 62nd Divisions, Major-General H. D. Fanshawe, Commanding the 58th Division.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_80" href="#FNanchor_80" class="label">[80]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, pages 99 and 102.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_81" href="#FNanchor_81" class="label">[81]</a> Competitors mounted and armed with a pick-handle dribbled the ball 100 yards, then
-round a post and back to shoot through a goal.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_82" href="#FNanchor_82" class="label">[82]</a> Ride a mule and drive another (tandem) round a course through various obstacles, finish
-with 100 yards down the straight.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_83" href="#FNanchor_83" class="label">[83]</a> Run in heats of 16 or less. In front of each competitor, standing dismounted in line,
-is a row of stones at 10 yards distance from each other. At the word ‘go,’ mount, and
-bring each stone severally and drop it into bucket.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_84" href="#FNanchor_84" class="label">[84]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, pages 127, 129, 130. In a footnote to the first passage (page 127) F.M. Earl
-Haig has amplified the causes which led to the continuing of the Ypres offensive by a
-summary of a speech delivered in the House of Commons (August 6th, 1919) by
-Major-General Sir John Davidson, M.P.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_85" href="#FNanchor_85" class="label">[85]</a> <i>Ibid.</i>, page 133.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_86" href="#FNanchor_86" class="label">[86]</a> See <a href="#Page_48">page 48</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_87" href="#FNanchor_87" class="label">[87]</a> ‘Any port except Nieuport’ became a catchword.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_88" href="#FNanchor_88" class="label">[88]</a> See <a href="#Page_59">page 59</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_89" href="#FNanchor_89" class="label">[89]</a> A Special Order of October 19th contained the following message from the retiring
-General Officer Commanding:</p>
-
-<div class="blockquote">
-
-<p>‘On giving up the Command of the Division which I have held since July, 1915,
-I wish to thank all ranks for their invariable loyal support, and to express my great
-admiration for their gallant conduct and for the cheerful manner in which they have
-borne the many hardships which they have had to endure.</p>
-
-<p>‘It will always be a special source of pleasure and pride to me that I was in Command
-of the Division in the recent action. Nothing could be finer that what the Division
-accomplished on that occasion. The performance of the Division will remain my
-chief interest in life, and I feel sure that, whenever opportunity offers, more fine records
-will be added to those already possessed.’</p>
-
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_90" href="#FNanchor_90" class="label">[90]</a> Some revelations have been made from French documents, but in a limited history of
-Territorial troops it has not appeared necessary to discuss matters not bearing immediately
-on these operations.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_91" href="#FNanchor_91" class="label">[91]</a> Complete lists will be found In <a href="#APPENDIX_II">Appendix II</a>.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_92" href="#FNanchor_92" class="label">[92]</a> See <a href="#Page_136">p. 136</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_93" href="#FNanchor_93" class="label">[93]</a> <i>History of the War</i>, Nelson, Vol. XXI., page 94.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_94" href="#FNanchor_94" class="label">[94]</a> Lt.-General the Hon. Sir Julian Byng, G.C.B. (1919), K.C.M.G., Commanding the Third
-Army since June, 1917, when he succeeded General (Lord) Allenby, transferred to
-Palestine; created Baron Byng of Vimy, 1919.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_95" href="#FNanchor_95" class="label">[95]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, pages 155, 156.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_96" href="#FNanchor_96" class="label">[96]</a> Captain Lynn and 2nd Lieut. James. We mention their names <i>honoris causa</i>. They were
-the first men in the enemy’s trenches that morning.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_97" href="#FNanchor_97" class="label">[97]</a> We may note here that the ascertained casualties in the Territorial Troops of the West
-Riding up to December 31st, 1917, amounted to 44,049 all Ranks, included 406 Officers
-and 5,242 other Ranks killed.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_98" href="#FNanchor_98" class="label">[98]</a> Details as complete as is practicable will be found in <a href="#APPENDIX_II">Appendix II</a>. Here we select for
-mention a few particulars from the Divisional lists, completed to January, 1918. In the
-West Yorkshires, 62nd Division, for example, there were 19 awards to the 2/5th,
-33 to the 2/6th, 30 to the 2/7th, and 28 to the 2/8th, headed in each instance by a
-D.S.O. (or a Bar to his D.S.O.) for the O.C. the Battalion. The four Battalions of
-the West Ridings in the 62nd carried off over 110 awards, including Col. Best’s (killed)
-Bar to his D.S.O., three D.S.O.’s, and six M.C.’s. These items are typical of
-the Division.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_99" href="#FNanchor_99" class="label">[99]</a> <i>The British Campaign in France and Flanders: January to July, 1918.</i> Hodder and
-Stoughton, 1919.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_100" href="#FNanchor_100" class="label">[100]</a> <i>The Last Four Months: The End of the War in the West.</i> Cassell, 1919.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_101" href="#FNanchor_101" class="label">[101]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 177 (July 20th, 1918).</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_102" href="#FNanchor_102" class="label">[102]</a> <i>Ibid.</i></p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_103" href="#FNanchor_103" class="label">[103]</a> <i>Op. cit.</i>, page 82.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_104" href="#FNanchor_104" class="label">[104]</a> Sir A. Conan Doyle, <i>op. cit.</i>, page 10.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_105" href="#FNanchor_105" class="label">[105]</a> <i>The Last Four Months</i>, page 38.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_106" href="#FNanchor_106" class="label">[106]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 208. The appointment of the future Marshal of France as Generalissimo
-(C. in C. of the Allied Armies) was confirmed on April 14th.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_107" href="#FNanchor_107" class="label">[107]</a> See <a href="#Page_117">page 117</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_108" href="#FNanchor_108" class="label">[108]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 206.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_109" href="#FNanchor_109" class="label">[109]</a> <i>Op. cit.</i>, pages 63-64.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_110" href="#FNanchor_110" class="label">[110]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 208.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_111" href="#FNanchor_111" class="label">[111]</a> <i>Ibid.</i>, page 212.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_112" href="#FNanchor_112" class="label">[112]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 218.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_113" href="#FNanchor_113" class="label">[113]</a> <i>Ibid</i>, page 220.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_114" href="#FNanchor_114" class="label">[114]</a> Sir A. Conan Doyle, <i>op. cit.</i>, page 227.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_115" href="#FNanchor_115" class="label">[115]</a> <i>The Last Four Months</i>, page 59.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_116" href="#FNanchor_116" class="label">[116]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 229.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_117" href="#FNanchor_117" class="label">[117]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 232.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_118" href="#FNanchor_118" class="label">[118]</a> <i>Op. cit.</i>, page 301.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_119" href="#FNanchor_119" class="label">[119]</a> The 9th Division, after its tremendous fighting, for which it was thanked by both Army
-Commanders, was withdrawn on April 26th, when Major-General Cameron, of the
-49th, took Command of the sector.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_120" href="#FNanchor_120" class="label">[120]</a> The assailants brought up an Alpine Division (among three others), trained especially
-for hill fighting.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_121" href="#FNanchor_121" class="label">[121]</a> <i>The Last Four Months</i>, page 52.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_122" href="#FNanchor_122" class="label">[122]</a> From a Memorandum on the Yorkshire Dragoons, prepared for the purposes of this
-history by Lieut.-Col. W. Mackenzie Smith, D.S.O., in Command, 1914, of which
-full use has been made in the present chapter.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_123" href="#FNanchor_123" class="label">[123]</a> Col. Smith relinquished his Command of the Dragoons at this date, since in its new form
-it was only a Major’s Command, to Major, afterwards, Lieut.-Col. R. Thompson,
-D.S.O.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_124" href="#FNanchor_124" class="label">[124]</a> See <a href="#table">Table</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_125" href="#FNanchor_125" class="label">[125]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, pp. 254-55.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_126" href="#FNanchor_126" class="label">[126]</a> <i>The Last Four Months</i>, pages 71, 97.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_127" href="#FNanchor_127" class="label">[127]</a> These Divisions, it will be recalled, had fought together at Cambrai in November, 1917.
-See <a href="#Page_148">page 148</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_128" href="#FNanchor_128" class="label">[128]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 255.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_129" href="#FNanchor_129" class="label">[129]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 257.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_130" href="#FNanchor_130" class="label">[130]</a> <i>Ibid.</i>, page 278.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_131" href="#FNanchor_131" class="label">[131]</a> See <a href="#Page_74">page 74</a>, above.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_132" href="#FNanchor_132" class="label">[132]</a> See, particularly, <i>Despatches</i>, pp. 278 <i>ff</i>, and Sir F. Maurice, <i>The Last Four Months</i>, pp. 133 <i>ff</i>.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_133" href="#FNanchor_133" class="label">[133]</a> It should be observed that Sergt. L. Calvert, V.C., was enlisted in the 1/5th K.O.Y.L.I.,
-49th Division. This Battalion was amalgamated in February, 1918, with the 2nd
-Line unit, and became the 5th K.O.Y.L.I., 187th Brigade, 62nd Division.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_134" href="#FNanchor_134" class="label">[134]</a> The figures were: <i>Killed</i>, 8 Officers, 199 other ranks; <i>Wounded</i>, 34 Officers, 1,068 other
-ranks; <i>Missing</i>, 228 other ranks; <i>Total</i>, 42 Officers, 1,495 other ranks.</p>
-
-<p>Captured: <i>Prisoners</i>, 18 Officers, 866 other ranks; <i>Field Guns</i>, 4; <i>Trench
-Mortars</i>, 12; <i>Machine Guns</i>, 46.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_135" href="#FNanchor_135" class="label">[135]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 276.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_136" href="#FNanchor_136" class="label">[136]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 285.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_137" href="#FNanchor_137" class="label">[137]</a> <i>The Last Four Months</i>, page 203.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_138" href="#FNanchor_138" class="label">[138]</a> A Battalion record gives the number as seven.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<div class="footnote">
-
-<p><a id="Footnote_139" href="#FNanchor_139" class="label">[139]</a> <i>Despatches</i>, page 297.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-</div>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_222"></a>[222]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="APPENDIX_I">APPENDIX I.<br>
-<span class="smaller">TERRITORIAL FORCE.<br>
-WEST RIDING OF YORK COUNTY ASSOCIATION.</span></h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<h3><i>List of Members and Permanent Officials</i>: 1908 <i>to</i> 1920.</h3>
-
-<table class="borders max50">
-  <tr>
-    <th colspan="2">Name, etc.</th>
-    <th>Representation.</th>
-    <th>Period.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Adair, Lt.-Col. T. S., M.B., T. D., 3rd W. Riding F.A. (T.F.)</td>
-    <td class="nw">Military Member</td>
-    <td>1912/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Allen, Col. Sir C., Kt., V.D., 3rd W. Riding R.F.A.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Anderson, Lt.-Col. F. H., V.D., 5th W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Armytage, Sir G., Bt., D.L.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Atkinson, Lt.-Col. H. S., 4th W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1912/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Bateman, Lt.-Col. C. M., D.S.O., 6th W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="nw">1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Beadon, Lt.-Col. F. W., V.D., late 7th V.B. W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Bewicke-Copley, Brig.-Gen. Sir R. C. A. B., K.B.E., C.B.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1914 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Vice-Chairman</td>
-    <td>1914 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Bingham, Col. Sir J. E., Bt., V.D.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Bingham, Lt.-Col. Sir A. E., V.D., W. Riding Div. R.E.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Birch, Col. de B., C.B., M.D., V.D., Admin. Med. Off. W.R. Div.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/12</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Birkbeck, Lt.-Col. J. T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1913/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Blakey, J., Esq.</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Bodington, Sir N., Kt., LL.D. (Leeds)</td>
-    <td>University</td>
-    <td>1908/11</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Bottomley, Lt.-Col. R. A. A., 6th W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Bousfield, Lt.-Col. H. D., C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D., 7th W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Bower, Capt. H. M., 5th W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Braithwaite, Major W., V.D., late 3rd V.B. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Boyd-Carpenter, Capt. A.B.</td>
-    <td>Asst. Secretary</td>
-    <td>1914/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Branson, Col. G. E., V.D., 4th York and Lancs. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Broadley, A., Esq. (Halifax)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Brook, Lt. C., Yorks. Dns. Yeomanry</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Brooksbank, Sir Edward, Bart., J.P.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Brown, Col., J. W. H., T.D. Northern Command Tel. Cos. R.E.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1913/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Brown, Capt. and Ald. A. W., M.B.E., J.P. (Bradford)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Buckle, J., Esq.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Campbell, Rev. W. O. F. (Chaplain 2nd Class—attd. W. R., R.G.A.)</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1916 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Carr, J. R., Esq. (Dewsbury)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Cass, Major C. P., T.D., 6th W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1915/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Chadburn, Col. A. W., V.D., late W. Riding Div. R.E.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1914 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Chadwick, Major G. W., T.D., late 7th W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1916/19<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_223"></a>[223]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Chambers, Lt.-Col. J. C., C.B., V.D.   T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Chappell, A., Esq., J.P.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1914 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Clark, Lt.-Col., E. K., T.D., T.F. Reserves</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1914/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Clayton, Lt.-Col. W. K., C.M.G., Yorks. Mtd. Field Amb., R.A.M.C., T.F.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1911</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1912/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Clegg, Sir W. E., Knt.</td>
-    <td>Vice-Chairman</td>
-    <td>1908/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Clifford, Lt.-Col. C., C.M.G., V.D., 3rd W. Riding Bde., R.F.A.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Clough, Major T. C., V.D., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Clough, Lt.-Col. R., M.C., T.D., 6th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Coghlan, Col. C., C.B., V.D., D.L.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1911/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Collins, Major E. A.D., T.D., Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Connell, Bt.-Col. A. M., F.R.C.S. (Edin.), (late A. Medical Services T.F.)</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Copley, see under Bewicke</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Cooke-Yarborough, C.B., Esq., D.L., J.P.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908-09</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Dalton, Major-Gen., J. C., J.P., Retired Pay p.s.c. (R.).</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1913 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Dawson, Lt.-Col. W. S., T.D., late 4th W. Riding Bde. R.F.A.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1910/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Dawson, Major J. M.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Deramore, Lt.-Col. R. W., Lord, Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Dobson, Major J. F., M.B., F.R.C.S., 2nd N. General Hosp.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1913-15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Duncan, Lt.-Col. K., D.S.O., 4th W. Riding Bde. R.F.A.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Duncombe, Col. C. W.E., C.B.E., T.D., Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1909/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1915</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>County Director</td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Durnford, W. A., Esq.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Fawcett, J. E., Esq., (Bradford)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1908/18</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Firth, Lt.-Col. B. A., V.D., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1914/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Fitzwilliam, Lt.-Col. W. C. de M., Earl, K.C.V.O., C.B.E., D.S.O., W.R., R.H.A.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1911/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Foster, Lt.-Col. E. H., T.D., 2nd W. Riding Bde. R.F.A.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Foster, E. H., Esq.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1908/16</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Foster, H. A., Esq., J.P.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908/09</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Foster, Lt.-Col. L. P., V.D., late 1st V.B. W. Rid. Regt. (Halifax)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1915/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Fox, Lt.-Col. C., T.D., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1915</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Franklin, G., Esq. (Sheffield)</td>
-    <td>University</td>
-    <td>1908</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Freeman, Col. C. E., V.D., late 2nd V.B. W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Garnett, R., Esq.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Garstang, W., Esq., M.A., D.Sc. (Leeds)</td>
-    <td>University</td>
-    <td>1915/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Gascoigne, Col. R. F. T., D.S.O., late Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Gaskell, Major E. M., D.L., Yorks. Dns. Yeo.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1908/17<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_224"></a>[224]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Goodyear, Major H. S., V.D., late 1st V.B. K.O. Yorks. L.I.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Gordon, Professor G. S. (Leeds)</td>
-    <td>University</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Graham, Major W., W. Rid., R.G.A.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1914/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Green, Lt.-Col. F. W., late Yks. Dns. Yeo.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1915/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Greenwood, A., Esq.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908/09</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hardaker, D., Esq., J.P.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1908/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hartley, Lt.-Col. J. E., 4th W. Rid. R.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1909/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Harewood, Col. H. U., Earl of, K.C.V.O., T.D., A.D.C.</td>
-    <td>President</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Haslegrave, Lt.-Col. H. J., C.M.G., T.D., 4th Bn. K.O. Yorks. L.I.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1914-15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hastings, Lt.-Col. J. H., D.S.O., 6th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1911/12</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Haywood, Lt.-Col. R. B., W.R. Dnl. R.E.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hepworth, Lt.-Col. W., V.D., 8th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1911/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hickson, Lt.-Col. J. L., W. Rid. Vol. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hind, Col. E., V.D., 4th K.O. Yks. L.I.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1914/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hirst, Lt.-Col. E. A., C.M.G., T.D., 1st W.R. Bde., R.F.A. (Leeds)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1908/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hirst, T. J., Esq., J.P.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hobson, A. J., Esq</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hobson, C., Esq.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hoskin, J., Esq.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/09</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Howard, Major J. B., 4th W. Rid. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1911</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Hoyle, Lt.-Col. C. F., Northern Com. Tele. Cos., R.E.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/12</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Hoyle, Lt.-Col. E., O.B.E., W.R. Motor Volunteers</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Hughes, Col. H., C.B., C.M.G., V.D., Ret. T.F.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/16</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Husband, Lt.-Col. J. C. R., V.D., late 5th   Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/12</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Ingham, Major H. O., T.D., late W. Rid. R.G.A., Vols.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Ingilby, Major J. U. M., O.B.E.</td>
-    <td>Asst. Secretary</td>
-    <td>1908</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1914/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Jackson, Lt.-Col. Hon. F. S., late 3rd Bn. R. Lancs. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1911/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Jones, F. L., Esq.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Jonas, J., Esq. (Sheffield)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1908</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Knight, Major J. E., T.D. (Rotherham)</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Land, Col. W. H., C.B.E., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Lane-Fox, Major G. R., M.P., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1910/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Lee, Col. E., V.D., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1913/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Liddell, Lt.-Col. J., V.D., J.P., late 2nd V.B. W. Rid. Regt. (Huddersfield)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1914 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Lister, Capt. A. E., 5th Bn. W. Rid. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1916/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Littlewood, Col. H., C.M.G., F.R.C.S., 2nd N. General Hospital</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Lockwood, H., Esq.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Lucey, Lt.-Col. W. F., C.M.G., D.S.O., 1st W. Rid. Bde., R.F.A.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Lumsden, Major G., V.D., late 5th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916-19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Lupton, F. M., Esq., J.P.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Lyons, Lt.-Col. F. W., 4th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Mackinnon, Lt.-Col. J., D.S.O., 3rd W.R. Field Ambce. R.A.M.C., T.F.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_225"></a>[225]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Marsh, H. P., Esq., J.P. (Sheffield)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1909 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Marsden, Lt.-Col. J., V.D., 5th W.R. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1909/11</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Mason, Major A. W., V.D., F.R.C.S.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/11</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Metcalfe, Capt. A. W., M.D., W.R. R.G.A.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1915-16</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Mends, Brig.-Gen. H. R., C.B., ret. pay</td>
-    <td>Secretary</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Mildren, Capt. W., M.B.E., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Asst. Secretary</td>
-    <td>1915 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Mitchell, Col. T. W. H., V.D., 5th Bn. York &amp; Lancs. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1909/14</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Morrell, Lt.-Col. A. R., V.D., 5th W. Yks. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1913</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Moxon, Lt.-Col. C. C., C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D., 5th Bn. K.O. Yorks. L.I.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1914-15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Norton, Lt.-Col. G. P., D.S.O., 5th Bn. W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Oddie, Lt.-Col. W., D.S.O., T.D., 5th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Parkin, Lt.-Col. F. L., D.S.O., 5th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Paul, Lt.-Col. J. A., T.D., 1st W.R. Bde. R.F.A.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/11</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Pawlett, Vet. Major F. W., Yorks. Hrs. Yeo.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Pearson, Capt. W. A., V.D., J.P. (York)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Pickering, Lt.-Col. E. W., D.S.O., M.P., 2nd W. Riding Bde., R.F.A.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Pilkington, Col. Sir T. E., M.S.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Porter, Major M. L., O.B.E.</td>
-    <td>Asst. Secretary</td>
-    <td>1909/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Priestley, Major F. N., R.F.A. (T.F.)</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1915/18</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Raley, J.P., Esq. (Barnsley)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Ratcliffe, G., Esq., J.P. (Leeds)</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Rowe, Lt.-Col. G. H., V.D., 8th W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Ruck-Keene, Lt.-Col. H. L., D.S.O.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Rudgard, Major W. D., T.D., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1911/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Sadler, Sir M. E., K.C.S.I., C.B., M.A., LL.D. (Leeds)</td>
-    <td>University</td>
-    <td>1913/14</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Scarborough, Major-General A. F. G. B., Earl of, K.C.B., T.D., A.D.C.</td>
-    <td>Chairman and<br>Military&#160;Member</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Senior, Col. A., V.D., 2nd Y. &amp; L. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Shann, Lt.-Col. F., V.D., 5th W. Yks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908-15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Sharp, Col. A. D., C.B., C.M.G., F.R.C.S., Admin. Med. Off., W.R. Divn.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Shaw, Col. J. R., 5th Bn. K.O. Yorks. L.I.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1908/16</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Smith, Lt.-Col. W. McK., D.S.O., T.D., Yorks. Dns. Yeo.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1914/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Smithett, Major H. C. E.</td>
-    <td>Asst. Secretary</td>
-    <td>1914</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Somerville, Col. S. E., V.D., late Y.L.I.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Sowerby, Major R. J., late 1st V.B. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Speight, Major C. H., V.D., late 2nd V.B. West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Stamer, A. C., Esq.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1911/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Stanyforth, Lt.-Col. E. W., D.L., T.D., T.F. Res.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Stead, Lt.-Col. J. W., V.D., 7th W. Yks. R.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Stephenson, Lt.-Col. H. K., D.S.O., V.D., M.P., J.P., T.F. Res. (Sheffield)</td>
-    <td>University</td>
-    <td>1909 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Sutcliffe, Major H. (Halifax)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1908/14</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Sugden, Lt.-Col. R. E., D.S.O., T.D., 4th Bn. W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_226"></a>[226]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Sykes, J., Esq. (Huddersfield)</td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Talbot, E., Esq.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1918 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Tanner, Major G., D.S.O., 7th W.R. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1916/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Tannett-Walker, Col. F. W., late 7th W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Tetley, Lt.-Col. C. H., D.S.O., T.D., 7th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Thomson, W. F. H., Esq., J.P.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Tighe, Lt.-Col. F. A., 1st W.R. Bde., R.F.A.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1912-13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Treble, Col. G. W., C.M.G., 7th W.R. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1911/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Trevelyan, Lt.-Col. E. F., M.D., 2nd N. Gen. Hosp.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1911</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Vickers, Col. T. E., C.B., V.D., 4th Bn. York &amp; Lancs. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908/09</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Wade, Lt.-Col. H. O., C.M.G., T.D., 6th Bn. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1913/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Walker, Lt.-Col. J., D.S.O., 4th Bn. W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Walker, Major P. B., V.D., J.P., 4th Bn. K.O. Yorks. L.I. (Dewsbury)</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1910/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>County Borough</td>
-    <td>1914 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Walker-Tannett (see Tannett).</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Wear, Col. A. E. L., C.M.G., M.D., T.D., W.R. Cas. Clearing Station</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Williamson, Col. E. R., V.D., 6th W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1908/12</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1914/17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Welch, Major W., T.D.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1916/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Wharncliffe, Commander F., Earl of, D.L., J.P., Ret. R.N.</td>
-    <td>Co-opted Member</td>
-    <td>1908/10</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1914 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>White, Col. W. A., V.D., J.P., late 1st V.B. W. Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1908 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>White, Lt.-Col. J. S., M.D., F.R.C.S., 3rd N. Gen. Hosp. R.A.M.C. (T.F.)</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1911/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Whitley, Col. E. N., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O., T.D. 2nd W.R. Bde., R.F.A.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Wilberforce, Lt.-Col. H. H., D.S.O., W.R. Divnl. R.A.S.C (T.F.)</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, Major E. W., T.D., 4th Bn. York &amp; Lancs. Regt.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1919 to present date</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Wilson, Sir M. A., Bt., J.P.</td>
-    <td>County Council</td>
-    <td>1908/13</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Wilson, Lt.-Col. H., 5th W. Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td>Military Member</td>
-    <td>1914/15</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Wood, Lt.-Col. C. E., V.D., C.M.G., T.F.   Res.</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1915</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1918/19</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"><i>d</i></td>
-    <td>Yarborough (see Cook-)</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="br0"></td>
-    <td>Young, Lt.-Col. W. McG., M.D., 2nd W. Riding F. Ambce., R.A.M.C. (T.F.).</td>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td>1914/15</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_227"></a>[227]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="APPENDIX_II">APPENDIX II.</h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<h3 id="APPENDIX_II_A">(A). <span class="smcap">SUMMARY OF HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY 49th (W.R.) DIVISION.</span></h3>
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">8</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">17</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>O.B.E.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">79</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>D.S.O. and 1 Bar</td>
-    <td class="tdr">6</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>D.S.O. and 2 Bars</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">393</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.C. and Bar</td>
-    <td class="tdr">34</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">336</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>D.C.M. and Bar</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,501</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.M. and Bar</td>
-    <td class="tdr">62</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.M. and 2 Bars</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">94</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Foreign Orders, etc.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">96</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"><span class="smcap">Total</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr total">2,640</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_228"></a>[228]</span></p>
-
-<h3><span class="smcap">LIST OF HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY 49th (W.R.) DIVISION</span></h3>
-
-<table class="borders">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Regtl. No.</th>
-    <th>Rank.</th>
-    <th>Name.</th>
-    <th>Award.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">HEADQUARTER STAFF</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Maj.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Perceval, E. M.</td>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Order of St. Leopold, with Swords</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Russian Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class, with Swords</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Maj.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Cameron, N. J. G.</td>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Scobell, S. J. P.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Legge, W. K.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Henley, A. M.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Preston, Sir E. H., Bart.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Scaife, W. E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Bingham, C. H. M.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Duckworth, R.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Beddows, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Nicholl, N. J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Forty, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">PS/19008</td>
-    <td>S.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hopkins, M. E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/249817</td>
-    <td>S.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Green, G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305294</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>McBretney, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/24644</td>
-    <td>S. Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pagett, S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200646</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lawrence, G. L.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4593</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Calvert, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">DIVISIONAL ARTILLERY HEADQUARTERS</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Caulfield, C. T.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Kaye, W. H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Forman, A. B.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Lewer, L. W.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Allen, C.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Peters, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Morgan, D.</td>
-    <td>French Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">312072</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Uttley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">900732</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Walder, F. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">HEADQUARTERS 146th (1st W.R.) INFANTRY BRIGADE</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Macfarlan, F. A.</td>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Goring-Jones, M. D.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Rennie, G. A. P.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Command Crown of Roumania</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Hunt, T. E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Muller, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_229"></a>[229]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Watson, F. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Green, D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Tempest, S. V.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Rev.</td>
-    <td>Whincup, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/249840</td>
-    <td>Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Longfield, H. P.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S4/253925</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Watson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">255041</td>
-    <td>2/Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Young, N. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241553</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266170</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hunter, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59080</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200206</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241391</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mason, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242958</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wagstaffe, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305173</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265637</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Kirk, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">HEADQUARTERS 147th (1st W.R.) INFANTRY BRIGADE</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Brereton, E. F.</td>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Lewis, C. G.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Stanton, H. A. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Whitaker, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Prior, G. E. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Tetlow, J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stalman, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Spencer, T. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Addenbrooke, H. S. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Rev.</td>
-    <td>Jones, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305128</td>
-    <td>Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Smeath, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2462</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lumb, F. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200201</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Thornton, A. L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265045</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Woods, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200599</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tyson, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242133</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bottomley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482235</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pitcher, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482103</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cooks, J. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">66576</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Bird, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">72205</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482117</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Tyas, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26255</td>
-    <td>Pioneer</td>
-    <td>Hart, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">316322</td>
-    <td>Pioneer</td>
-    <td>Morris, C. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200536</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Heeliwell, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201473</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pearson, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201595</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Briggs, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201943</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240241</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tetley, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240827</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Timmins, E. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307182</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haddon, F. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307870</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Copley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307871</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fawcett, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">365613</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sanderson, O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_230"></a>[230]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">HEADQUARTERS 148th (1st W.R.) INFANTRY BRIGADE</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Dawson, R.</td>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Adlercrow, R. L.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Green Wilkinson, L. F.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Pickering, C. J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Kaye, H. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Heson, F. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Moxsy, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Peal, A. F. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Rev.</td>
-    <td>Edgood, H. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200226</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Deakin, M. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240018</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Lumb, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482006</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ardern, A. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1894</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Meadows, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23021</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hobson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47743</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Eusch, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478505</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Iliffe, G. K.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482088</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Lumley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1708</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jeanes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200496</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hough, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200846</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilcox, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201774</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203504</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stephenson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240372</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Duncan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242310</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Heppinstall, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242360</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Abbott, R. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242708</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Escott, W. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">260604</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whallery, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ganton, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">245th (1st W.R.) BRIGADE R.F.A.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, E. A.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Lucey, W. F.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Butler, B. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Horsfield, R. M.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Petrie, P. C.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Dean, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Bullock, R. L.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Gordon, C. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wood, W. L. R. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lupton, A. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Fowler, G. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Day, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Middleton, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gordon, A. McD.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Barran, H. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lawson, E. A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stewart, H. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Collins, C. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lord, R. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Butler, S. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_231"></a>[231]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hattersley, T. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rowland, J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">860</td>
-    <td>S.M.</td>
-    <td>Abbott, H. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medaille Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Brown, M.</td>
-    <td>Bronze Medal for Military Valour</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1420</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Band, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15009</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Laws, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776113</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Dwyer, E.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775101</td>
-    <td>B.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Wales, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776835</td>
-    <td>B.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Duffy, J.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776899</td>
-    <td>Far.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sellars, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776139</td>
-    <td>Far.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">515</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Plumer, F. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">664</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hartley, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">180</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Nolan, M. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">942</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hemsley, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">931</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Norfolk, N. A. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">561</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">870</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Holgate, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776116</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gaines, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776883</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Price, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775224</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776896</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stubbs, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">253860</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775262</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kilburn, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10601</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Holdsworth, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776900</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795739</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Redgrave, J.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1842</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Nelson, G. O.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">570</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Askin, T. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1013</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">676</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kirby, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">735755</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bonnell, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776122</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Newton, D. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776042</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Haith, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775078</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wood, H.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775095</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shires, C. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1221</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775307</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Home, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776382</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Dalton, P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776097</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Booth, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">735655</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Dombavand, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775136</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Musgrove, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775194</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Thornton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775321</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Wright, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775408</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Oldfield, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">L/26405</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Brightmore, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1059</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Mortimer, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">783</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Booth, F. V.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1382</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">939</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Malone, F. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">371</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Fitzpatrick, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_232"></a>[232]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">879</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Driver, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1168</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Ackroyd, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1699</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Long, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2505</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Stockdale, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4148</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Reaney, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4364</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Walker, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">667</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Sunderland, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775315</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">835893</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Francis, F. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">77684</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Freeman, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775327</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776210</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Asquith, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26561</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Liversedge, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775984</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Gee, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1528</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Murgatroyd, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1402</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Hinslay, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1177</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Collins, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1440</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Halton, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1441</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Teare, A. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">76029</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Sargeant, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775129</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Matthews, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">276937</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Garratt, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">275146</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Marston, S.</td>
-    <td>Medaille Barbatie si Credinta, 3rd Class</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479945</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Sugden, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">247370</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Paterson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">246th (2nd W.R.) BRIGADE R.F.A.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Whitley, C. N.</td>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Hon. Stanley, O. H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Bullock, R. L.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Pickering, E. W.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Fowler, G. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Shaw, R. M.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Surg.-Major</td>
-    <td>Peck, E. G.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Shaw, R. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Allen, W. B. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Duncan, H. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Stowell, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lord, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Walker, P. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>de St. Paer, L. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Howarth, G. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Whitworth, R. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Colson, A. F. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Maufe, F. W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Kerr, A. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, H. McD.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Longbottom, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ryland-Whitaker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Daniels, V. C. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Rev.</td>
-    <td>Jenkyn, C. W. O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_233"></a>[233]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">146</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Long, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781677</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780037</td>
-    <td>B.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Healas, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781787</td>
-    <td>B.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Raynor, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780203</td>
-    <td>B.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Rinder, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780375</td>
-    <td>Sgt.-Fitter</td>
-    <td>Noble, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1155</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, A. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781080</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Byard, S. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780042</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781038</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wise, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780336</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, C. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780024</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sharp, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781759</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Long, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780967</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780472</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sherwin, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>2nd Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780045</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Quinn, W.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">971</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Armitage, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1039</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lee, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">857</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lee, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780248</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Knowles, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780958</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Matthews, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">849</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Dennison, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1258</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Eastwood, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3144</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Briggs, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1325</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Leatham, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1079</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Mellor, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">951</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Oldroyd, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795842</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52873</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Betts, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780112</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Briggs, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">797075</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Campbell, G. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1426</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>White, S. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1100</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1053</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, C. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1117</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Firth, F. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1736</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Blakesley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">619</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1106</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Cockcroft, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2011</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Pennington, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6057</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Todd, A. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1629</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Muscroft, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1114</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Thornton, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3455</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Petty, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2291</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Gregson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1779</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Henstler, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1206</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Hesslewood, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">741</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Tankard, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">846</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Rushworth, A. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781797</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Smith, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781795</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Stewart, W. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">125580</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Davidson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781487</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_234"></a>[234]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1227</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Triffitt, E. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780385</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Gully, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781327</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Allen, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780292</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Page, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26296</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Howard, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780226</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Bland, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780643</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Spencer, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">162878</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Green, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780913</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Heald, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">229280</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Blenston, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">702142</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Kindlaw, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">881</td>
-    <td>Tmptr.</td>
-    <td>Eddington, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">247th (3rd W.R.) BRIGADE R.F.A.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Clifforrd, C.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Howson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Clifford, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major (A.V.C.)</td>
-    <td>Abson, J. (F.R.C.V.S.)</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lovegrove, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Earnshaw, S. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Dust, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Tenison, W. P. C.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Benson, R. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Armitage, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ibbetson, T. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1177</td>
-    <td>B.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Brooker, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">L/19824</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ullyott, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">779</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">773</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Askew, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1426</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Driver, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">889</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Webster, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1873</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Burnett, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1517</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Holland, A. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1511</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Tinton, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">946</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Houlden, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1213</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Smith, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1073</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Kisley, A. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1051</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>White, T. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1467</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Hall, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1202</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Battersby, R. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1272</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2510</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Spirrett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">148th (4th W.R.) BRIGADE R.F.A.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Duncan, K.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Petrie, P. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Greene, J. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Shaw, R. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Eddison, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Whittaker, V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dean, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Pashley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">84152</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Seymour, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1191</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Cotton, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">544</td>
-    <td>B.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Dwyer, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_235"></a>[235]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">228</td>
-    <td>Arm. S.M.</td>
-    <td>Alexander, E. F. (A.O.D.)</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">549</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Whitfield, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">778</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, J. R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">619</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, G. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">777</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>King, P. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">535</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Goode, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">825</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>McDormell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">439</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Brayshaw, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">879</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Driver, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">616</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Tennant, N.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1246</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Snoxell, F. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1596</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Green, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2886</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Smithwaite, S. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">511</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Towll, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1942</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Russell, W. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">528</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Moorhouse, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8150</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Smith, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">49th (W.R.) DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Stephenson, H. K.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Middleton, F.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Pashley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">92678</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Byrne, C.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795292</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Stott, C.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795443</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Nicholson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">740063</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Waite, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795438</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Atack, O.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">262</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hunter, J. A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795029</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Woffendale, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Timmins, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795717</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Hepworth, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">777117</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Ratcliffe, F. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">797167</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Allen, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796302</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Lockwood, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796394</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Topliss, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796242</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Turner, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796013</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Womersley, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796227</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Fletcher, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">49th (W.R.) DIVISIONAL TRENCH MORTAR BATTERIES</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Walker, R. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pike, W. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hein, M. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Trippett, R. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Shiel, G. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49063</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Surtees, J.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2953</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Reed, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265043</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Woods, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">365105</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hartley, R.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35202</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Drew. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47010</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williams, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795703</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bate, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_236"></a>[236]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1455</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thornton, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203278</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wallis, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Storrell, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2160</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Springs, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201437</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">407</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Butler, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">48444</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Coursh, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57168</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Guy, M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">48779</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Brunton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">416</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Mason, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">48110</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Pelan, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1947</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Leighton, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">436</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Gelder, S. M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2556</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Fry, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795825</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Bishop, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7107</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Clark, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201434</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Grayson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2039</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cartwright, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1734</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bowker, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305646</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242594</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brown, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240743</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thornhill, H.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203345</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lilley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203544</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, G. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">49th (W.R.) DIVISIONAL R.E.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Ogilvy, D.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Digby-Jones, O. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Neill, F. A.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>French Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Hobson, A. F.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Lund, F. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Jackson, E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Humphreys, E. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Turner, R. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Yule, G. N.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Whitten, F. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Williams, C. V. Moiner</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wever, R. O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Ward, E. A. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Fincham, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Best, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Walls, F. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>McLean, L. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Butterworth, H. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Paul, R. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Scott, T. I.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>MacDonald, D. H.</td>
-    <td>Silver Medal for Military Valour</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Glover, E. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mills, D. L. C. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>McGregor, D. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bell, L. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wise-Barnes, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, H. C.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre (French)<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_237"></a>[237]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19206</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Giles, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20575</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Ritchie, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10957</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Sharp, R.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">399</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Black, R. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476332</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Baynes, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23950</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Peck, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20921</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fear, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24208</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wright, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">666</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Boom, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478127</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mason, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478011</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Littlewood, F. A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1422</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Morrill, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1465</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McKenney, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1481</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lowe, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1711</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sunners, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476294</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dolby, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476221</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Totty, C.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Decoration Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">545</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Horner, E. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482229</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Andrews, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479950</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bownass, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479958</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Peers, R.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20898</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Atkinson, W. A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17971</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stanford, D.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">444086</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Toothill, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478128</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Croydon, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200460</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hatton, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37856</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Young, S. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1336</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Webster, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482201</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Scorah, L.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16985</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dobson, E.</td>
-    <td>Medaille d’Honneur Avec Glavies, en Argent</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12058</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Oke, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15394</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leach, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>2nd Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24094</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Neary, C. F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24214</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jacobs, S. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1359</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chambers, W. B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1375</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Trudore, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medaille Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1022</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>North, E. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478057</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Beaumont, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478112</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478150</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, C. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478536</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wildgoose, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1433</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Overall, P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1578</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lees, J. T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1609</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ainsley, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1518</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Creek, C. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476735</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Riley, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476264</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hillman, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478159</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fawcett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476248</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476237</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stones, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476311</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Westwood, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_238"></a>[238]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476076</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Litchfield, W.</td>
-    <td>French Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1854</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Osborne, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">676</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Booth, J. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1818</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Whitehurst, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1873</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Burnett, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1323</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Beeston, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482228</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilburn, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478059</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Beverley, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">552751</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hayes, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476735</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Riley, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482537</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pholl, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482204</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482055</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Beevers, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482511</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hawkesworth, H. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54380</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, F. G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1392</td>
-    <td>2/Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482202</td>
-    <td>2/Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pinder, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">255041</td>
-    <td>2/Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Young, N. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482072</td>
-    <td>2/Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, F.</td>
-    <td>Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valour</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">94238</td>
-    <td>2/Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kenton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16175</td>
-    <td>2/Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hancock, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476263</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moore, W.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1852</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Morris, G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482222</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wordsworth, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476318</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tinker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479952</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>White, S. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1115</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Owen, W. B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16050</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Donald, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3373</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Hoyland, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">854</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Ashmore, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3512</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Hydes, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">831</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Gordon, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478032</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Hutton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478552</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Hawley, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478250</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Rowley, C. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478067</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Orwin, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478651</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Mounsley, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1336</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Webster, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482538</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">93649</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Meanwell, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482220</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Westmoreland, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">247370</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Paterson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479956</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Beaston, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482212</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Brown, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25257</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Ashton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">134015</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Smith, T. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">542457</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Male, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482445</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Grant, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267748</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Richardson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">151784</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Portch, A. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482085</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Demming, S. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482255</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Stockley, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">504257</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, S. G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1105</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Jennett, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">247382</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Holland, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_239"></a>[239]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">441908</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Connolly, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">217540</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Barker, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1036</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Packard, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1857</td>
-    <td>Pioneer</td>
-    <td>Norris</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34808</td>
-    <td>Pioneer</td>
-    <td>Sillence, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1714</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Wright, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478050</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>France, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23689</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Akers, W.</td>
-    <td>Medaille Barbatie si Credinta, 3rd Class</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/5th WEST YORKS. REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Wood, C. E.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Oddie, W.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Williamson, P. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Sowerby, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pinder, J. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Freeman, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Ablett, B. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wycherley, R. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Green, D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Heaton, H. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Peters, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jameson, J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mackay, K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Birbeck, L. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rushforth, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Shillaker, E. C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gilesnan, T. D. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Saxby, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wallace, D. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Parker, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Irish, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hardwick, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>King, B. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jones, S. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Berghoff, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Todd, G. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4713</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Raynor, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2210</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Nicholson, J. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1931</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Lund, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200593</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Pattison, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medal Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2816</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Ronder, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200025</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Calder, G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1470</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Morton, M. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1161</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Tolley, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1643</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Broughton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">900</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kitchen, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203143</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Thornhill, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200049</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200620</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hewson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6494</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Emerson, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200610</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Willis, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_240"></a>[240]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200875</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ledgond, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202272</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Waind, W. F.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200510</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Henderson, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200065</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Whinn, J. D. P.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201063</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Long, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200221</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Light, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201114</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ingleby, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265375</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kavanagh, P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202817</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200788</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McQuade, J. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200350</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Akers, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2623</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dracup, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1441</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Richardson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1780</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201125</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Radbank, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200789</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Raftery, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200794</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Baldison, C. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2629</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tomlinson, H. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4616</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>White</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200575</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lee, R. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1799</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Foster, R. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26285</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Buckroyd, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2372</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Emmott, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203042</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cairns, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1540</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Grice, E. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1488</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Atkinson, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5968</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pascol, N.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2755</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2379</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Haynes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7733</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Benson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202721</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Carney, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201172</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">21/394</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Rastrick, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">66507</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wellington, H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62512</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Avery, S. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16/1553</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Butterfield, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241408</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Marriott, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54171</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Payne, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3727</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202714</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Uttley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3501</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sutcliffe, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306670</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>India, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3091</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Airey, M. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62503</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Green, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1247</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Corke, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1790</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cook, A. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2168</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Usher, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2158</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Beech, N. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1817</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allen, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1666</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brown, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2552</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dixon, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3928</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brooks, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1709</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Trousdale, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_241"></a>[241]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6517</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chadwick, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201221</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Twineham, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3402</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Farnhill, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2688</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shillits, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2518</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Butler, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2583</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Maw, T. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2220</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McAndrew, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1289</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clark, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36959</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Carr, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202759</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lockwood, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202967</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Padgett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41282</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pickard, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202162</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200946</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bland, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202152</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200670</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Blanshard, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200726</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rogers, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200703</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kitson, I. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203134</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18/411</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Howarth, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18/1288</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pickles, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203003</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>O’Connor, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235031</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fawcett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">983</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jowett, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54131</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Holeford, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62513</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chandler, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58951</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Drake, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240888</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Watson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54901</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Miller, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22185</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dickens, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9457</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Birbeck, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63020</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307593</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mackay, A.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2485</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gatenby, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">310</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, A. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2292</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Moss, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4231</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Greenwood, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3506</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201434</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Grayson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/6th WEST YORKS. REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Wade, H. O.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Wistance, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Clough, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Hornshaw, F. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Sanderman, G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Fawcett, R. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Armistead, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Fawcett, W. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Gordon, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Weighill, W. C. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Mossop, W. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Sanders, G., V.C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Rees, G. F. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_242"></a>[242]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Stansfield, E. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hill, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Muller, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>MacLusky, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Scales, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Speight, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Tempest, E. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hick, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Greenwood, L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Illingworth, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Barker, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11572</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Sugden, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">229</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Walmsley, W.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240037</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Moorhouse, W.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">260007</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Padgett, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240144</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wallace, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">298</td>
-    <td>Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Paisey, J. L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1809</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Woodhead, C.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1147</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Meckosha, S.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1140</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kelly, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1773</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, C. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2626</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sayers, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">79</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Banks, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1259</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stanton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2623</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dracup, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3539</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Cross of St. George 4th Class</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">324</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>King, H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2450</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sunter, T.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1706</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McIvor, R. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2044</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fairbank, F. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241048</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Browne, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240980</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Powell, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240398</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ward, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240197</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241856</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cheer, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9230</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bagnall, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242634</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sharp, B.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1165</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2474</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ellison, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1799</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Foster, R. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4616</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>White, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2372</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Emmott, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1908</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mee, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1500</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hutchinson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241215</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Davies, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241764</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242637</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brown, A. P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240143</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Turton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">72577</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Clacey, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240883</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stott, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1140</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kelly, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1266</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, E. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3225</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_243"></a>[243]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3727</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1249</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Corke, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2091</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Airey, N. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3301</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sutcliffe, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">372</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, W. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1360</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilcock, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4539</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Silverwood, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241126</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>O’Donnell, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241394</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hird, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242770</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242490</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Middleton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240737</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Woolham, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242864</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Poole, E. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20/37</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smithies, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42398</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62922</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smythe, C. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54179</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Rough, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">372</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, W. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2424</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Preston, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2315</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Francis, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2190</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kenmore, E. M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1418</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hodgson, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2292</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Moss, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3107</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, A. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4274</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Greenwood, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3506</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4539</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Silverwood, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31822</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nicholson, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1263</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cooke, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3808</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cawthra, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1756</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1608</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Coupland, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2503</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dawson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242747</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Howe, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241548</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marton, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242878</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Horner, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242826</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Charlton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242614</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sweet, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240344</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cassarley, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240910</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">211568</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thistlethwaite, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240787</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Woddiwiss, C. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240174</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hainsworth, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242520</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242897</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dodds, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62974</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Swinton, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54181</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rawding, H. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62911</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Porte, A. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18104</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>King, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240180</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Evans, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202059</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hanson, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16/1532</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dalby, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15/1622</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pawson, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62621</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hitman, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238233</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hawkins, E. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">50749</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, T. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63690</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hardy, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62611</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Reed, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">21717</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Butler, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15887</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pickles, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_244"></a>[244]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/7th WEST YORKS. REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Bousfield, H. D.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Tetley, C. H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Braithwaite, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Redmayne, J. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Walling, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>French Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Foulds, C. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Booth, G. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Noone, W. J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Haydon, P. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Desprez, L. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Swift, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Smith, C. J. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Glazebrook, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Baldwin, F. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Feather, N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dickinson, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265012</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Stembridge, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265001</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Lodge, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1610</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Fenton, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267579</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Allerton, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265703</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Cushworth, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265079</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Peacock, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305665</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Turner, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">433</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">566</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Coates, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1931</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3203</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sanders, G.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">773</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Denbigh, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2032</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Chaplin, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1370</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Chickley. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266906</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sanderson, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265069</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bourne, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266959</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lightfoot, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265437</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Yeadon, E.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266654</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McNichol, M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268855</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Train, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266627</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ibbitson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265005</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wortley, R.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265556</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Guchrie, G. H.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2953</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Read, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1601</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cawgill, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265534</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Beevers, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307880</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cross, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3017</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bentley, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2625</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Makin, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4137</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cook, L.</td>
-    <td>Bronze Medal for Military Valour</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265816</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dennison, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266121</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moss, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_245"></a>[245]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268080</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fryer, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265590</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stothard, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2991</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ingleby, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2050</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Anderson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3176</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pickles, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2103</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fawcett, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3000</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kirk, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1847</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moss, J. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265470</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Vince, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2330</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Beanland, C.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267752</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pullan, F. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265658</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Craker, C. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268059</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Turner, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">367846</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Newson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265321</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265311</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Strickland, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265864</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265948</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sheard, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267772</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hart, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267581</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hawkins, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59616</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kinsman, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266235</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265233</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Agar, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1971</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Garrity, M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1215</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Waters, L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2154</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Worth, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1966</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Emmett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4487</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hawland, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2775</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Blackburn, G. W.</td>
-    <td>Medal St. George 4th Class</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2036</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Evans, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266684</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Dickinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265924</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Musgrove, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268037</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265771</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Millson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267859</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Lincoln, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267950</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hall, N. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241714</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Duckworth, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267787</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Goggin, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307675</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Dinsdale, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266897</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Woodcock, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201234</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Exilby, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242583</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Haylock, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62762</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Lyons, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">236366</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Watkin, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242336</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Bottomley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268041</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Lindsell, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266763</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62708</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Craddock, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54405</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hart, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39620</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Smith, S. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265771</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266958</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Conlon, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3017</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Bentley, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1512</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268534</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, D.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265616</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Capp, A. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307876</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307898</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rudder, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_246"></a>[246]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/8th WEST YORKS. REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Alexander, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Hudson, R. A.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Sykes, S. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Longbottom, T.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Brooke, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Burke, H. J. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lupton, H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Allexander, J. C. K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, E. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Smith, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Worsley, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Kemp, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268228</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hemmingway, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305509</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Pickersgill, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305126</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Spence, C. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22501</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Smith, F. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">721</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fretwell, C. N.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">559</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pearson, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2505</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Coulson, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2063</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Archer, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305601</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Flockton, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307153</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Inglis, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1983</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Green, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306198</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pearson, E.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">132</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thackray, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2970</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wright, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3377</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cunliffe, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1757</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Blaizmire, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2503</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Dodd, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1266</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Clough, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2634</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Benson, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2229</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Stead, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4320</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2750</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Webster, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268178</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Talbot, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305096</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Nicholson, E. O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13569</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Bateman, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307706</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Webb, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305888</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Grant, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307180</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Culley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/4th WEST RIDING REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Sugden, R. E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Mowat, A. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Stanton, H. A. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Sykes, E. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Greaves, S. S. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Mowat, J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Fenton, W. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Marshall, E. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Geldard, N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Farrar, N. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Luty, A. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_247"></a>[247]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Kirk, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Everitt, W. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>King, M. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Blakey, E. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mackie, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bales, P. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Irish, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Innes, F. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Blackwell, F. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ackroyd, H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gumby, L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Huggard, B. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Newman, N. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jessop, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lumb, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">83</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Lee, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2353</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Stirzaker, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2350</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Stirzaker, F. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200441</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Medley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medal Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235227</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Brooke, N.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200598</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Parkinson, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200135</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235524</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Yates, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2040</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, T. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5793</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2413</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sheard, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6750</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Moscrop, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1485</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hodgson, A. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">73</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Moran, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2364</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1002</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Flather, J. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">601</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McNulty, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">30</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crossley, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200192</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235519</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Binns, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200064</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Naylor, C.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200688</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jones, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200483</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Firth, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200298</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brown, F. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200453</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bancroft, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203229</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mann, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200653</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brunt, R. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200055</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Flitcroft, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242567</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200763</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Whittaker, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203305</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15805</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Loosemoor, A.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203336</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bolt, A. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13014</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200101</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Turner, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201125</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Chilton, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201178</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Knowles, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201191</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wood, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_248"></a>[248]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203252</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Foster, W. D.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242274</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Redpath, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10737</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kay, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16075</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Widdop, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306365</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Barnes, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200143</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Downes, N.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201219</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jessop, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200396</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Maskimmon, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203349</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Field, F. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201012</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McHugh, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1495</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Landale, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">855</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ashworth, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3060</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bancroft, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1605</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1747</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jackison, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1535</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Walker, J.</td>
-    <td>Bronze Medal for Military Valour</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201186</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201295</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200204</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wainwright, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242371</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brown, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200127</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gledhill, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203217</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brice, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240168</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Spring, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238031</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Varley, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200681</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200153</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mortimer, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200096</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barker, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201013</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203285</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kam, R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202664</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jennings, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202042</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brook, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200053</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Beverley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200146</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ennis, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200130</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lancaster, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203351</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moon, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202936</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, R. A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">220539</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Whiteley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201886</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Birkinshaw, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26498</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barber, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203371</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>North, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201893</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bolton, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200134</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ryder, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267198</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Driver, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203285</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fane, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202746</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202042</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Booth, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202787</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Broadbent, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3406</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1063</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Murray, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_249"></a>[249]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1889</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Royals, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6606</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Swinburne, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6520</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6598</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bowers, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1645</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Knox, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1715</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bibby, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203177</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brabben, S. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202120</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Conroy, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203649</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dewar, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201923</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Meneghan, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203480</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hookham, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201879</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gallow, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200172</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dennis, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203188</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lowth, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235253</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Green, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201689</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Naylor, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203551</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Howker, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201687</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Howarth, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200320</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walsh, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203178</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Berridge, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203595</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Beckley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203193</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pearson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200488</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lee, O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203728</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haggas, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16465</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Binns, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202433</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Burfoot, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202149</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203390</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Scales, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203513</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Foster, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203650</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Denham, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203072</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Inman, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202888</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Scruton, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203441</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Atkinson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242371</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tibb, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201336</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pettit, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203352</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nichols, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24066</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Poulter, A.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203517</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hurtley, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203501</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Atkinson, J. T. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26515</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cresswell, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235120</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Witts, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201883</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sutcliffe, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26010</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bishop, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200504</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Limb, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242821</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Firth, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242874</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Emmett, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202410</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brookes, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203315</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hinchecliffe, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34005</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wall, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34007</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Webster, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202669</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>North, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202647</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dawson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242202</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ryder, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12682</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Henderson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202579</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brooksbank, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306873</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Proctor, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33014</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26524</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Davies, H. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203451</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dobson, V. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32897</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sambrooks, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_250"></a>[250]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238181</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lowe, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26271</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Young, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200471</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Andrews, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201353</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Firth, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/5th WEST RIDING REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Norton, G. P.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Walker, J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Crosland, G. W. K.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Rendall, F. H. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Sykes, K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Cockhill, J. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Golding, H. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mollett, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Broadbent, A. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Browning, H. O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2418</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Columbine, T. W. O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Baster, R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">183</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, H. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Tiffany, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240358</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, W.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1644</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fuller, G. A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2672</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cox, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2923</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lee, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2664</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gardner, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2873</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Goldsborough, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2249</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6813</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bull, A. H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1117</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rogers, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1434</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Whiteley, L. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2743</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lamb, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242879</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hazle, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242548</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kenyon, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240525</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Callins, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2670</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Convoy</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1553</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Holdsworth, F. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2806</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Blackburn, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2331</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Black, D.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2107</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ferguson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2201</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2123</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Allen, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2533</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Broughton, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3513</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Warner, S.</td>
-    <td>Medaille Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2578</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Faulkes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241337</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Siswick, B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240112</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240088</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Meeriman, H. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240076</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lee, S. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1776</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sheard, H. L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3610</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2380</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Caine, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_251"></a>[251]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6579</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kerwyn, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240368</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Halstead, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4150</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5958</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rowlandson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7122</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Short, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">53972</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pearson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3136</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2298</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lancaster, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3291</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kaye, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3594</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Garside, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4246</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, R. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3451</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>North, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6769</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6829</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Saunders, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6826</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chilvers, E. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6775</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Flowers, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6834</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Turner, H. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6822</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wasey, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6818</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Legget, V. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3251</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Armitage, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2159</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Swain, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241325</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hinchliffe, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242871</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hey, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242896</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Balmforth, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242488</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taxley, R. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242136</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Blakeborough, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241432</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240274</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Archer, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242408</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240521</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Woodcock, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242391</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradbury, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240433</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crossland, W. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242070</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lilley, H. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204126</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whittaker, W. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242454</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Arnold, V. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24960</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brummett, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242628</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Matthews, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242455</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Frost, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242034</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Castle, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240514</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240176</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hynes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240310</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Graham, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242439</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Raistrick, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268495</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bell, E. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242063</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McMinney, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240510</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240743</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thornhill, H.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/6th WEST RIDING REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Bateman, C. M.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Clarkson, A. B.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Chaffers, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Smith, F. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Clough, S. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Buxton, B. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Smith, A. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_252"></a>[252]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Stoker, S. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Marriner, S. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Proctor, J. N. W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hart, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lowther, C. H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hopwood, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Denison, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Whitehead, A. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Farrar, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Spratt, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2879</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Buckley, O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265015</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Richardson, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">838</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, W. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265080</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wiseman, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265413</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Limmer, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265661</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>McDermott, O.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265991</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, B.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265037</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Norton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2663</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Garrett, P. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2308</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bury, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2337</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hartley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3370</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Whiteley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Webster, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2165</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Limmer, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1560</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Watson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2002</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bateson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Field, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266611</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Partridge, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268394</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pass, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265626</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cryer, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265642</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rachy, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265395</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Harding, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265113</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Driver, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265676</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Broom, J. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265270</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crawshaw, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">300029</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Laycock, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">300131</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Godwin, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267914</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268650</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rosenthal, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265433</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Calvert, G. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265988</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Turner, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266791</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Reeder, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24601</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cuerer, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265595</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Burns, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2631</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hepworth, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265851</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265527</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Calvert, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265484</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Green, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265883</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Emmett, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265239</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Crook, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265115</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Driver, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265253</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fredrickson, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268056</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Joynes, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265067</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bryden, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_253"></a>[253]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265264</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Page, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265178</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gibson, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265694</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barton, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266534</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Midgley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267498</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barrett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265195</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Swindon, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265663</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265447</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kennedy, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16519</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hansford, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26597</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Swift, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200191</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Woodhead, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267465</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49680</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Culclough, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">315323</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Roebuck, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265962</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Best, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265556</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jones, L.</td>
-    <td>Medaille Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2930</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2618</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brassington, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2066</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hicks, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265588</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Grainger, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265086</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dixon, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265086</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wimblett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">269276</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hartley, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267892</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Scarff, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23464</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Varley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266453</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smale, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265095</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williams, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267433</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ames, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265695</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265595</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kaye, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2367</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bracewell, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2524</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crook, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3360</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pickup, J. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2026</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Scott, A. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2304</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Scott, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3050</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Falshaw, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4122</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pilkington, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2106</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3128</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Snowdon, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3376</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brook, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3358</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2249</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266478</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dickinson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204463</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bloom, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265940</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266505</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bibby, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266789</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265237</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hook, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267840</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Field, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266375</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265171</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Caulfield, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267516</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266877</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nelson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267410</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cole, W. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266498</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Oversby, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267615</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Boocock, H. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268237</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fawcett, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266994</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lord, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_254"></a>[254]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267901</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Batley, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267536</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Flatt, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204646</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Trollope, G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266763</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nichol, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26129</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Law, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268523</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lawson, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12515</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jefferson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267596</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Richardson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265611</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Maude, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267936</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walker, F. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267498</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>French, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267501</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Emmett, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268027</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stephenson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">233889</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Garside, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6098</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Holden, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266104</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Burnley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23726</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ballam, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31731</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Buckley, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33948</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Vine, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34147</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hickman, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265475</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>White, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41203</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shippey, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263019</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Copeman, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265209</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Riley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242623</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lund, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34052</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Adams, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47321</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sinkinson, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267359</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bills, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266993</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wright, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267828</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Graham, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267498</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dennison, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241781</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crabtree, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33946</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Vickers, A. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266885</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Puttergill, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1708</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Panes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265780</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lang, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242594</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brown, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/7th WEST RIDING REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Parkin, F. L.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Bennett, V. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Tanner, G.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Harris, L. G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Rapp, T. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>Pedlow, W. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lupton, B. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Conyers, H. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lawton, C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Reilly, M. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Crabtree, N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Burbery, B. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Brierley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Netherwood, H. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rothery, L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_255"></a>[255]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bamforth, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Howcroft, G. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dacre, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Whalley, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wood, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Haslam, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Aspinall, K. I.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Davy, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>de Maine, H. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Waddington, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hutchon, N. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308015</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Lynn, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308012</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Lindsell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307350</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307007</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Decoration Militaire (Belgium)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">421</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Warwick, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2176</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Irvine, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2076</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Muff, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">220</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brook, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">934</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kinnan, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1038</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hitchman, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1502</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gaynor, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gledhill, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">446</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Senior, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305070</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Leach, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306340</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Horton, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305649</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305479</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Foster, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305631</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pollard, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307341</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307747</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305241</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305569</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Parker, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235318</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sherwood, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235768</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sutton, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307923</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Alderson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">309923</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fryer, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305260</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, F.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Virtute Militaire, 2nd Class</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1795</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barrow, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1618</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hodgkinson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1211</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Godley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268646</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hall, L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10883</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chadwick, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">111856</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Suggett, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305744</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307861</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307307</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Oldroyd, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10888</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chadwick, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41373</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Turner, P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305341</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305749</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Harris, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_256"></a>[256]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306156</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kenyon, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307507</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stilling, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">328001</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2094</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, J. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5649</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>France, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3031</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Garlick, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307287</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lister, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305423</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Heppenstall, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305228</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hobson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307668</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moseley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305589</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Waddington, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307454</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mellor, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307932</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Booth, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">302100</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jones, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307795</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Adamson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23767</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moscrop, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305464</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Emms, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1457</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rowlands, J. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1067</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Blakey, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305291</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1216</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wright, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5405</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williams, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1970</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kirkpatrick, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2756</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mellor, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5461</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kelling, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5589</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nutt, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7125</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gibb, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1320</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1616</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wood, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3904</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chamberlain, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7062</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ainsley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1482</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Waterhouse, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2195</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2497</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walsh, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2185</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marlow, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305937</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cartwright, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307945</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Baker, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305579</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nelson, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307873</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rounding, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307367</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305481</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Settle, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308107</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lisle, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307365</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mason, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306102</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crampton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268609</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bell, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22960</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Alves, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23997</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mennell, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307570</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">340283</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Berry, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33857</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cable, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307691</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Atkins, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306205</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mellor, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305166</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12890</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Russell, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305537</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Parkin</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306146</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Eryland, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307537</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kaye, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305961</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hett, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307240</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barker, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_257"></a>[257]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307127</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Plume, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16524</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walker, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205104</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Appleby, A. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267320</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hardcastle, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240214</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hellewell, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305829</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">269079</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308009</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Odrell, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307119</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Efford, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307943</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Land, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33114</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bowles, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306167</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Manton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33770</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Toomer, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">269204</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Limbach, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33838</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allsop, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305435</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bottomley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267320</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hardcastle, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266835</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williams, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34823</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Farnell, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">269131</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Armitage, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305769</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dyson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307466</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sunderland, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307071</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Grange, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24865</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Boothroyd, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25454</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stones, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33102</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradford, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305236</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/4th K.O. YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Haslegrave, H.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Fraser, H. G.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Brierley, S. C.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Moorhouse, H.</td>
-    <td>Legion of Honour</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Taylor, L. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Creswick, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Edwards, A. C. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Thomson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Moorhouse, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Chadwick, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Stiebel, C. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Brice-Smith, H. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hindle, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Fearn, C. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Mackay, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Muirhead, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Brook, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Massie, F. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lamb, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Greenhough, E. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ricketts, G. A. Mac G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Burkinshaw, W. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hodgkinson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Boot, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Appleton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Battiland, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_258"></a>[258]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Shorton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Pierce, S. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4504</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Trott, H. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Grice, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200084</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Alderson, W.</td>
-    <td>Medaille Barbatie si Credinta, 1st Class</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Chevalier de l’Ordre Leopold II. Belgian</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200325</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Milner, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">885</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hemingway, C. F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200489</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Barraclough, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200301</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Gledhill, H. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200474</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Jones, F.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2627</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Best, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2342</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hunt, G. M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2371</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Henson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1174</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cropper, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2486</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Paterson, M. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2688</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stainthorpe, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2507</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wallace, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2510</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Moon, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203430</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ogle, H. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203293</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Redmore, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200084</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Alderson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203006</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Clark, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202045</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rylah, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240719</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Maskill, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200054</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Litchfield, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200205</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200269</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ray, I.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200037</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Preece, C. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35351</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Johnstone, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201944</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11270</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Clark, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">220768</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Daley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203417</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stobie, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200468</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hatton, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240067</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kirby, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2481</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gudgin, H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36044</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mackenzie, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33088</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lees, J. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200231</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Farrar, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36406</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, D. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200115</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stringer, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36889</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hustwaite, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25437</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Guy, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13050</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Downing, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16794</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2611</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Berry, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2403</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Musgrave, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2639</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Field, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medal St. George 3rd Class</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1833</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hatton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2717</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Archer, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200119</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Beaumont, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_259"></a>[259]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203228</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Greasby, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202031</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201353</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moorhouse, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200420</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pilbrow, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36043</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Martin, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4/125</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Oldroyd, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36035</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dixon, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201056</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gowland, I.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47468</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kitching, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203346</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sadler, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200125</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jagger. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34383</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203337</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chockham, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203718</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Norfolk, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">995</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Atha, E. R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2056</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gill, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2648</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hooper, W. F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1625</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gibbs J. A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1403</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Heptonstall, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2662</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Naylor, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1361</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brook, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1869</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Leonards, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7049</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pennie, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7064</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Milburn, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4429</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rose, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7193</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dowie, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6600</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20946</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fearnley, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">30844</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mills, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201375</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Green, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203360</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Woodall, C. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203447</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Scott, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22168</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rennison, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200858</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hill, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203398</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lavender, R. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24192</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crelly, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20085</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Arundel, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47502</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Langford, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45238</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chadwick, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36026</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Snaith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36090</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Curtis, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36411</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haycock, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36015</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kew, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203204</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Baristow, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201339</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Todd, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235105</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Campbell, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14506</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fox, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6227</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Timms, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38356</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27861</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnstone, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36512</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Collins, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203291</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Graves, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42219</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gibson, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62271</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thornton, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201974</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Heald, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240764</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Griffen, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203026</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Platts, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6035</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Coulson, B. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_260"></a>[260]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/5th K.O. YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Moxon, C. C.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Bradley, C. G.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Sullivan, G. K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Mackenzie, T. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bentley, P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Campbell, Q. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Simpson, M. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Linley, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Shirley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Clayton-Smith, H. E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Sandford, C. R. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Short, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hobbs, F. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3232</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Mathews, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240015</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hellewell, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240028</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Roughton, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240158</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Sutherland, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240321</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wright, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">175</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Livesey, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2534/240349</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fletcher, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3357</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Raikes, J. D.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240182</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Blakey, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240351</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242161</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Quirk, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241014</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wootten, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240119</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Walker, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241337</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Andrews, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4045</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lappin, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1710</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Caton, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240574</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brain, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240620</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, T. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242582</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Langton, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">130</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pacey, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2414</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Steel, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3270</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leadbeater, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242344</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kynman, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2639</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Field, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1781</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Raynell, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2222</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williams, P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2559</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Loving, F. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3699</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Davy, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3064</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Addy, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3175</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rosewarne, B. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2880</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Short, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2914</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, G. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25320</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4699</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brook, H.</td>
-    <td>Bronze Medal for Military Valour</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242448</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bear, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240498</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>O’Neill, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242661</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dawson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240599</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241914</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Goodwin, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242561</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gittings, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242584</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mercer, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242880</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Padgett, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_261"></a>[261]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242631</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Leighton, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242694</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tempest, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240415</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240286</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fenwick, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242111</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Constantine, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/4th YORK AND LANCS. REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Wyatt, L. J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Branson, D. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>2nd Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Unsworth, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Williams, R. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Barber, H. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bernard, C. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Johnson, P. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wilson, R. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Holmes, E. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Brooke, S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wortley, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Grant, D. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, R. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Ryan, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Elvington, M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, L. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Christmas, E. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Warburton, S. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gifford, W. D. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Payne, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, R. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hope, C. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200433</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Immison, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200588</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Thickett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">173</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hutchinson, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">692</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Pemberton, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200077</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wagg, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">00485</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wood, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200121</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Cadman, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200208</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Pearson, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Mount, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7583</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Nash, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">390</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, A. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2102</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dodd, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2187</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Warburton, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2278</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Shute, G. A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1986</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Breaves, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1629</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kay, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">250</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brown, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_262"></a>[262]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1435</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cartwright, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201421</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Beedham, G. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203129</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jones, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200144</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Megson, L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200570</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lawless, L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201986</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Warren, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14/992</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Firth, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200054</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>White, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200642</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Baker, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33591</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Davison, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201010</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bingham, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200311</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Galley, W. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33591</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Davidson, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200405</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crossland, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1797</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Eaton, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2057</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3271</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hayes, T. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203777</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Green, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203006</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Luton, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200766</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fell, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201744</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8/16306</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Waters, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202951</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Oldfield, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1569</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Biggins, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">670</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Crapper, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1099</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leggatt, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">672</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Porter, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2420</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Levesley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2807</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bathe, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2386</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brady, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1832</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Freeman, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4253</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Coote, W. T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2533</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tarlton, A. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6173</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Scarbrooke, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2206</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brown, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fell, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1580</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lindley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">300888</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bower, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200527</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hall, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201478</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200279</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ogden, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203206</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lawrence, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8/13315</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>York, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33344</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Foster, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201897</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leaver, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11527</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Eyre, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200268</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ramsden, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40404</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Davies, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1892</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Marton, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">273</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cowlishaw, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2343</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thickett, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2500</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Morton, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6551</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jelly, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6576</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gray, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3636</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ibbotson, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6035</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cordson. B. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4157</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lymer, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6249</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Vernon, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_263"></a>[263]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202033</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McAvoy, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201720</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202544</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tyler, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200567</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Longdon, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202518</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203547</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mackie, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203426</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J. K.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">300742</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jenkinson, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203426</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Downes, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203349</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lockwood, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203245</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rodgers, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201702</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dungworth, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9/15317</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barron, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13/29301</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dale, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14264</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Adly, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203419</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Peart, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203380</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hopkinson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17511</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Turtle, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201839</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jeffrey, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17690</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clark, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1277</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cahill, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203221</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Neve, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241229</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wharton, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201996</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sissons, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10/40481</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>May, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15/28153</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thickett, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202304</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Andrews, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13/3</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Atkinson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202838</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200800</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Peat, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3/877</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Winter, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47093</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gunn, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46678</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jennings, J. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46711</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hurd, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1746</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jow, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202057</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Baker, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47267</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nichols, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46682</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Davies, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203486</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Holder, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235152</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wolmersley, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46639</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">44926</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tate, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/5th YORK AND LANCS. REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Parkinson, T. W.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Johnson, E. D. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Fisher, J. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Roberts, G. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Morrell, H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Baker, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Briffault, R. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Glenn, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Melly, E. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_264"></a>[264]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Price, E. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Jennison, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pitt, H. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Southern, V. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Cattle, E. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dunkerton, E. L. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hill, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Clyne, C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Clayton, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Grogan, V. L. de L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Beaumont, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Storm, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Shires, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bagnall, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Fairbairn, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Redshaw, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Revill, H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wood, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Naylor, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Goodier, V. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Rev.</td>
-    <td>Partington, E. F. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240429</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, J. H. T.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1432</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Parkes, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5106</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Nowlan, S. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240467</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Calvert, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240241</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Murtagh, B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2349</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Calvert, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2067</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Yate, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">68</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jessop, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">210</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Inman, P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">217</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Medlock, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2423</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crummock, E. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medal St. George and Cross</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2153</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Teece, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2126</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Poxon, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2093</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Inman, E. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1402</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Roadhouse, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242444</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gedney, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241759</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hipkin, A. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240717</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gledhill, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200288</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Steeples, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242141</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>O’Kelly, G. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240059</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Parkin, G. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240407</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hall, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_265"></a>[265]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240073</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Weatherill, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203878</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lees, E. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242471</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medaille Militaire (French)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2174</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Urquhart, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2186</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Grinnette, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1792</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Murtagh, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2334</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Semley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2918</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hague, A. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1872</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wright, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240673</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lord, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242487</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smelt, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2619</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, D.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241489</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hines, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240919</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Berry, I.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241438</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240160</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Royston, F. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240100</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Yeal, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240211</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Frost, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20443</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58244</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Reach, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42150</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stephenson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240385</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gamble, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5076</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stockley, P. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2357</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Galloway, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2604</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241453</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Goodwin, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242445</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Duckett, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204754</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Henry, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240298</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Harris, G. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240175</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Childs, J. R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241226</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Scott, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235806</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Collier, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11974</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Porter, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242850</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Anisworth, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201726</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Greaves, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240392</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hepstinstall, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2446</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clements, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1119</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gray, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2317</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilde, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2173</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whitworth, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3923</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barker, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2432</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hatton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2361</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Heppinstall, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1539</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5142</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Puan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2509</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6181</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Milburn, P. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240465</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242272</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Freeman, C. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240698</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spurr, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240022</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Billington, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240014</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Slock, J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242335</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clements, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240617</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pilkington, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_266"></a>[266]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242346</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Small, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240231</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wing, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240522</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hunt, J. W.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3771</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Golicher, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31906</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Coleman, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240697</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nadin, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40446</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Owen, J. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242237</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Potter, I.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1466</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mansfield, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242080</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pheasants, E. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38867</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pilbrow, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240089</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Moon, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42276</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Padley, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242215</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Exon, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31907</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Grainger, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240624</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Quinn, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241509</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cox, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31924</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dennis, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">377</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Godfrey, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">247375</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Swift, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240206</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Watson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47288</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, C. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57790</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bolton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27859</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12/111</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Geldert, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">742</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whitfield, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205605</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sivett, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17502</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lakin, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11015</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47146</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hedgeman, W. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38321</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williamson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">44772</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clamp, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240005</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Parkin, C.</td>
-    <td>Medaille d’Honneur Avec Glavies en Bronze</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">19th LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Graham, J. M. A., D.S.O.</td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J. H.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Wade-Gery, H. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hibbert, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Palk, S. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Whittles, N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Musker, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Edden, R. P. S.</td>
-    <td>O.B.E., 5th</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Moxsy, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Macfarlane, D. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Norman, R. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27239</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Garner, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17781</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Timperley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18570</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17392</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Cheney, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17779</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Moulson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17989</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Baguley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18600</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Banham, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_267"></a>[267]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17497</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Magee, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15125</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lewis, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1420</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17362</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hickinbotham, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18914</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Haynes, F. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17431</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pierce, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1586</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rossey, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17655</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, J. F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36888</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Osmond, E. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235663</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Atkinson, T.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17387</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mathews, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medaille d’Honneur avec Glavies en Argent</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17583</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brennan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18673</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36820</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jones, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36442</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hird, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17357</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fennd, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17572</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mayell, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36637</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Foreman, E. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202606</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hitchen, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34928</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chadwick, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49469</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gear, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238153</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wainwright, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34941</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Warburton, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49513</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Davies, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49534</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Potter, H. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17866</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27577</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Settle, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18911</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Christian, L.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18595</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradbury, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23544</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Leech, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36706</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pooley, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45935</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17916</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Milligan, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36909</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Prosser, T. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202378</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Booth, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25058</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fogell, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5320</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wolfenden, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203188</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, C. W. J.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">3rd MONMOUTH REGIMENT</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Steel, O. W. D. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Gattie, K. F. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">135</td>
-    <td>S.M.</td>
-    <td>Gravenoe, G. A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1920</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jenkins, B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2172</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sketchley, G. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">675</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hoare</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1425</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dixon, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1511</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leonard</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1814</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Andrews, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2440</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Skidmore, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1343</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Moore, J. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1317</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Powell, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_268"></a>[268]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">49th MACHINE-GUN BATTALION</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Sproulle, W. J. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Rideal, J. G. E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Hanson, H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Boxer, H. T.</td>
-    <td>French Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Milne, W.</td>
-    <td>French Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bain, C. W. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Thresh, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bellerby, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ratcliff, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bain, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Durlacher, P. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hawes, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jones, D. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bentley, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wood, S. F. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Steel, A. K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Nathan, L. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Scott, R. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dudley, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Barker, N. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1669</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stembridge, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24616</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, R. S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16023</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Maule, H. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24270</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stancliffe, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15664</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Luffrum, A. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1962</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2385</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brignell, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1971</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Binney, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2207</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Berry, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23588</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crawshaw, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23636</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jakeman, T. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23655</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Linton, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9848</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Morris,</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46118</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stafford, P. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9285</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fewell, C. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">44626</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kennedy, J. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24612</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Walker, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20247</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, F. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16761</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Burkett, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23658</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Collumbine, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23587</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lowe, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23056</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sainsbury, A. L.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24764</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Garside, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67534</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crockett, D.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1242</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dibb, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1927</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Naigh, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34885</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fogarty, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19271</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smoothy, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">72533</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Turner, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1605</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Micklethwaite, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23603</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stevenson, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11942</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barratt, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36711</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Godfrey, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36466</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wood, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_269"></a>[269]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">81329</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Willis, T. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">102862</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Precious, A. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59214</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barratt, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36740</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Deadman, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10288</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Walton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">70626</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>White, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5259</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Toon, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">55721</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>White, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1240</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Creyke, R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60482</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mason, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20738</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Start, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24620</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harris, L.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">73432</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Banson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24693</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Field, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24688</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bolton, G.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1925</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spurr, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2251</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wallace, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">85656</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Biddle, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12700</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ditchfield, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16270</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mason, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7945</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Middleton, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24752</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>O’Neill, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">147840</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ramsden, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60493</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Maplethorpe, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">108125</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Byrne, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">139628</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Frost, E. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">139630</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walker, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">136591</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Polwin, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142701</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kitchen, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">137524</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Price, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">139627</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rawson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24684</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spavin, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45587</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chidgey, R. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">87801</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barincoat, R. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">28754</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Colley, H. C.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57445</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Griffin, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">71584</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spinks, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">49th DIVISIONAL R.A.S.C.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Chambers, J. C.</td>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, B.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Montgomery, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Butler, H. B. B.</td>
-    <td>O.B.E. 4th</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Milner, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pearson, R. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Mills, G. H.</td>
-    <td>O.B.E. 4th</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/249822</td>
-    <td>S.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Welburn, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S4/072024</td>
-    <td>S. Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jacques, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M/2/164229</td>
-    <td>Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Telfor, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/250989</td>
-    <td>S.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Leng, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S4/249596</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Elsworth, C.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/250904</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Keighley, J. E.</td>
-    <td>Medaille Barbatie si Credinta, 2nd Class</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">MS/1401</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ridley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T/232</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kay, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_270"></a>[270]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T/3008</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Liversedge, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T/418</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Styles, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/25101</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Hook, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/250886</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/251948</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Olford, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/252278</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Smith, N. B.</td>
-    <td>Medaille d’Honneur Avec Glavies en Bronze</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">HEADQUARTERS R.A.M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Colonel</td>
-    <td>Sharp, A. D.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Turner, A. C.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">107</td>
-    <td>Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>DeBarr, S. G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403556</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cox, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/1st WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Whalley, F.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Goode, H. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Partridge, H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Metcalfe, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pinder, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>McGuinness, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401417</td>
-    <td>S. Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wood, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1670</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robson, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">175</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Turner, C. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">596</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Johnston, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1735</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Maury, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401452</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Beevers, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M/2/076141</td>
-    <td>Sgt. (A.S.C. Attd.)</td>
-    <td>Routh, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401039</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Daniels, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401330</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Slater, F. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401004</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pawson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401234</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kew, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/005122</td>
-    <td>Cpl. (A.S.C. Attd.</td>
-    <td>Beale, H. C.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401090</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Harvey, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">123</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wiles, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401205</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ibbetson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401194</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Vaughan, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">128</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brown, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">279</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dibbs, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1603</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Middleton, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1550</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">206</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gott, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">28</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Castlelow, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">594</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hinchcliffe, T. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401436</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401325</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Adams, H. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">92903</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mackie, A. J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_271"></a>[271]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401024</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haley, T. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401491</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dickinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/076128</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/073631</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thorn, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401340</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Daniels, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401033</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ormsby, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401334</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hursley, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401047</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tillotson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403634</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Peckett, L. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405169</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hague, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405445</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Welsh, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405424</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Treddwell, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/2nd WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Collinson, H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Dobson, F. G.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Smith, C. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Foxton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Jarvis, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403033</td>
-    <td>S.M.</td>
-    <td>Moss, H. C.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/253975</td>
-    <td>S.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Norris, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">176</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bland, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Holdsworth, W. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/055497</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Culmane, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">407</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hind, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">845</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Earl, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403067</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403243</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hind, J. F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403576</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Geavins, A. J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">368046</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>John, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">137</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Knight, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403550</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Turner, H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403564</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, R. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403549</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hill, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403338</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Todd, P. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">364</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Todd, M. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">72</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Linley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">385</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, E. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1590</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Waters, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">198</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Partridge, J. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403111</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bottomley, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403203</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Newton, H.</td>
-    <td>Belgian Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403582</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Arnold, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/073659</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Somerville, J. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403591</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kellett, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403163</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bolton, R. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403446</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Booker, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403425</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lickess, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403575</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, K. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403134</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kirby, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403534</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dellar, H.</td>
-    <td>French Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405267</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Carter, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_272"></a>[272]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/3rd WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Mackinnon, J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Allen, (V.C.), W. B.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Stark, R. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Carr, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Partridge, H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">837</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brookes, W.</td>
-    <td>Medaille Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Oliver, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">903</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brownhill, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405160</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crofts, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405244</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pickering, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405120</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bollard, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405247</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bower, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405272</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Briggs, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/053961</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Davies, F. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">180</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Needham, G. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405267</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Carter, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405109</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dent, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/073647</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Lewis, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">173</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Northend, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405195</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harvey, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405114</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradshaw, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405079</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hoyland, L. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">83339</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405424</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tradewell, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405027</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Emmerson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>French Medaille Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405133</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hayward, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405152</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gregory, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405199</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marris, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405147</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jenkinson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405039</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lockington, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405451</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hilliam, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405485</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Richards, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">UNITS ATTACHED TO 49th (W.R.) DIVISION</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">M.M. POLICE.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/4816</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ryan, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/868</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lewendon, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/4812</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Beveridge, G. O. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/2871</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hignett, R.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/4760</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Joel, H. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/4890</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Till, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/4824</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Parker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/7661</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tokins, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/1365</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Agar, G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">3rd SOUTH LANCS. 243rd EMPLOY. COY.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">118154</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Furniss, O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_273"></a>[273]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">R.A.O. CORPS.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/6351</td>
-    <td>S. Condtr.</td>
-    <td>Young, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/4976</td>
-    <td>S. Condtr.</td>
-    <td>Stagg, F. G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>S. Condtr.</td>
-    <td>Parker, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">CHAPLAIN.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Barnes, S. R.</td>
-    <td>O.B.E., 4th</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Goodwin, H. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">34th T.M. BATTERY.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Whittaker, O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62376</td>
-    <td>Gr.</td>
-    <td>Raynor, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">ATTACHED TO A.P.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/243106</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">DIVISIONAL GAS OFFICER.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stott, O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">ARMY VETERINARY CORPS.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Keir, D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">TT/03171</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Heveringham, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">TT/03216</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, F. J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">TT/33338</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilks, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">NEW ZEALAND FIELD ARTILLERY.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11/2074</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Davis, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">NEW ZEALAND DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2/651</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Burt, O. C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2/2221</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>MacGibbon, D. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10622</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Malone, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10597</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Henry, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13/2846</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Mason, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/1st FIELD COY. NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4/1227a</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Duggan, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4/1978</td>
-    <td>2nd Cpl.</td>
-    <td>McKinlay, W. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4/126a</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Ramsey, J. K.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4/1207</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>Walker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/3rd FIELD COY. NEW ZEALAND ENGINEERS.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4/2112</td>
-    <td>Sapr.</td>
-    <td>McMillan, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_274"></a>[274]</span></p>
-
-<h3>(B). <span class="smcap">SUMMARY OF HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY 62nd (W.R.) DIVISION.</span></h3>
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.B.E.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">61</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">6</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">402</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">49</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>2nd Bar to M.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>3rd Bar to M.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">169</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">6</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,754</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">97</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>2nd Bar to M.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">68</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Foreign Orders, etc.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">26</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">Total</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">2,655</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_275"></a>[275]</span></p>
-
-<h3 id="APPENDIX_II_B"><span class="smcap">LIST OF HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY 62nd (W.R.) DIVISION.</span></h3>
-
-<table class="borders">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Regtl. No.</th>
-    <th>Rank.</th>
-    <th>Name.</th>
-    <th>Award.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">HEADQUARTERS 62nd (W.R.) DIVISION.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Maj.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Braithwaite, Sir W. P. (C.B.)</td>
-    <td>K.C.B.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Maj.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Whigham, Sir R. D. (K.C.B.)</td>
-    <td>K.C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Foot, R. M. (C.M.G.)</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Br.-Gen.</td>
-    <td>Gillam, —.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Newman, C. R. (D.S.O.)</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Legion d’Honneur (Chevalier)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Bissett, F. W. L.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Lindsett, W. G. (M.C.)</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>S.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Preston, —.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">185th INFANTRY BRIGADE.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Bt.-Major</td>
-    <td>O’Connor, E. N.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lloyd, W. A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Harter, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Freer, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">48214</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">186th INFANTRY BRIGADE.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Brig.-General</td>
-    <td>Burnett, J. L. G.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Boyd, J. D. (D.S.O.)</td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Wright, W. O.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wingfield-Stratford, G. E.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S269578</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robertshaw, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">187th INFANTRY BRIGADE.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Brig.-General</td>
-    <td>Reddie, A. J.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Manley, M. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Impson, —.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.B.E.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">229th INFANTRY BRIGADE.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Brig.-General</td>
-    <td>Thackeray, F. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">310th BRIGADE, R.F.A.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Currie, J. M.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Foot, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Jephson, E. W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Lockhart, J. F. K.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Archer, D. de B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Robinson, J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_276"></a>[276]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Abrahams, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mills, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Holt, W. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Morgan, R. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gane, L. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Murray, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Nowill, J. C. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Parkinson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hess, N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">255022</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Salmon, J. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">77638</td>
-    <td>B.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Woolf, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786097</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stradling, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Medaille Militaire</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775421</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bentley, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776389</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Clements, L. D. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">03191</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mollett, T. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776403</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stapley, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">50531</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Eggot, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">968755</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Darling, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">03221</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Daniels, G. W. (A.V.C.)</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776674</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rider, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40915</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Chamberlain, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775542</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Waide, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">119305</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Parker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776671</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796614</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Moseley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775909</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776418</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>James, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">686809</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775025</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776679</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">780184</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Settle, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">797096</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479756</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Swithenbank, H. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775811</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Othen, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775071</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Howard, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49163</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bourne, F. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479751</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776421</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Kirk, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776689</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Aspinall, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776686</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>McCart, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775526</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Pawsey, O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776629</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">149519</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Gerrard, F. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785747</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Jow, G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775809</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Preston, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">686749</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Blakeley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775228</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Naylor, C. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57500</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Heard, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776659</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Wood, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776440</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Slater, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">170024</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Hales, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775175</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Fender, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776435</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Pearce, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14383</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_277"></a>[277]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776595</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Charlesworth, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776518</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Eshelby, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">777007</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Foster, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40813</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, W. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26073</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Wendrop, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796216</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">765565</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Walker, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">73649</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Champton, M. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">534665</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Stockwell, A. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">526246</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Page, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775859</td>
-    <td>Sgnr.</td>
-    <td>Milnes, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">154325</td>
-    <td>Sgnr.</td>
-    <td>Thornton, S. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775451</td>
-    <td>Sgnr.</td>
-    <td>Doolan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">247749</td>
-    <td>Sgnr.</td>
-    <td>Courtney, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775873</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775729</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Fincham, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4317</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Smart, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">312th BRIGADE R.F.A.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Elston, A. J.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Bde.-Major</td>
-    <td>Fitzgibbon, F.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Swain, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Fleming, G. R.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Chevalier (French)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Arnold Foster, F. A.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Senior, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Yore, P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Watson, H. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ness, N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Boden, J. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lloyd, E. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Swain, G. A.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre (French)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Latter, H. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Nelson, H. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dowden, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Douett, C. F. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Alderton, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lintern, E. E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lee, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Reynolds, J. L. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gooch, F. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Smart, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Nicholson, K. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Furlong, P. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Williams, E. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240004</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Brown, J. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5341</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Turner, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">73925</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hodges, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785528</td>
-    <td>B.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Bowden, G. F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_278"></a>[278]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">90174</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wild, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785264</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brothwell, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781817</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Butcher, W. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786046</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lupton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39688</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Anson, A. E. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">78621</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Firth, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785292</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Buchanan, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786257</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sweeney, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786145</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Penny, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786788</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786051</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McGowen, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">70957</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stevenson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786071</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Parr, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Whittaker, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62908</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Yates, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785248</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hebblethwaite, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">686744</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Black, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786705</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kettlewell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785538</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Roper, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786449</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jeffrey, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786191</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pollard, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785989</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bland, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786041</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jeffrey, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786087</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786714</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Worshop, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785268</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Steele, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">117895</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786581</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Orme, O.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786289</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Stobart, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786186</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Tweed, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785655</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Davis, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786597</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Brears, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">81459</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Mellor, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">90085</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Head, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">811015</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Fellows, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">68531</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Brackfield, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">947529</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Glass, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786570</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Hollyhead, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">165323</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786409</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Leaf, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786176</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Noble, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785544</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Clapton, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786216</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Heaton, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">686672</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Potts, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785507</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Heslam, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14394</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Friend, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">78372</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Austin, E. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786188</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Wakefield, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">178962</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Gething, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">155862</td>
-    <td>Sgnr.</td>
-    <td>Hill, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403491</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Yates, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786267</td>
-    <td>S.-Smith</td>
-    <td>Wilthew, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775441</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Marsden, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795579</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Marks, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785515</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Ames, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">670</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Morgan, D. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786427</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Whitaker, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786321</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Howard, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796698</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">216999</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Willis, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_279"></a>[279]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786277</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Cartwright, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786245</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Utley, F. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786012</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">785652</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Wheatley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786070</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Parkinson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11390</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Slater, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796529</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47715</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>O’Reilly, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479981</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Butcher, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">490257</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">354350</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Starding, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">293rd BRIGADE R.F.A.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">48262</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mackrill, S. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52069</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rae, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781506</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Burton, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">606140</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Evans, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">WEST RIDING DIVISIONAL AMMUNITION COLUMN.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Long, V. H. S.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>House, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796450</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mather, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795060</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mallinson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795531</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lacey, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796760</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Bawn, A. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795487</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Hattersley, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795655</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Firth, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795432</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Scott, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795519</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Simmons, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">68968</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Bain, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">795469</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Wheater, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796096</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Morley, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">745725</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Green, T. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">796893</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Marton, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">62nd TRENCH MORTAR BATTERY.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bate, R. E. de B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, H. O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gaulder, C. W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hart, P. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Doig, K. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">786598</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Firth, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781506</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Burton, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775751</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">775939</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Arundel, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">781904</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Adams, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776494</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Mornan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">776523</td>
-    <td>Bdr.</td>
-    <td>Malhom, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26073</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Windrop, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">190884</td>
-    <td>Gnr.</td>
-    <td>Newby, M. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200961</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, J. F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_280"></a>[280]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">62nd (W.R.) DIVISIONAL ROYAL ENGINEERS.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Chenevix-Trench, L.</td>
-    <td>C.M.G.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Montgomery, R. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Paul, A. F. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Walthew, E. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Seaman, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Phillips, C. K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stranger, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, D. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Pearce, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>O’Dowda, B. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Collins, A. B. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Howard, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Shannon, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Smith, S. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Clarson, C. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Froggatt, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Graham, M. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480031</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Neale, R. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">428181</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Alexander. E. T.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482140</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482147</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Anstwick, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482032</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McNeille, J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482310</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Laxton, T. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482134</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Marples, N.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482182</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Barker, G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">484141</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dawson, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482119</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Harrington, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482348</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>O’Neill, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480057</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wood, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480070</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Proctor, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480098</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Williams, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480316</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bruins, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480315</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">478021</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476246</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fox, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476404</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476392</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Whitehead, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476425</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476433</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Henry, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482190</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lodge, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482037</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>North, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">458759</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Doyle, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482341</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Squires, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">481804</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bilton, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482353</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Rogers, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482170</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>King, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482409</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mallinson, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482347</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Spencer, R. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482180</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>North, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482135</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Goodsir, T. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_281"></a>[281]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482136</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482138</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wallace, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482124</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Maxfield, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482421</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Groocock, A. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479979</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Blair, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">552167</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ashby, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480443</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">430042</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tyldesley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476432</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Field, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">470888</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Reay, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">498457</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482256</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Oven, H. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482419</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Borthwick, T. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">282422</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Draycott, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482375</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Yeadon, L. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">316723</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Piggott, E. C. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482271</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lake, F. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482125</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dixon, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">492533</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Trueman, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37010</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hearne, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32675</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Randall, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482301</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wallace, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482176</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ebbatson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">259377</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williams, M. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">400195</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Craig, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476397</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pettifer, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">498404</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Arnold, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">400622</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Nairn, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62366</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Read, D. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482385</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Adamson, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268251</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Arch, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479989</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142357</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Gisby, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482169</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Meeks, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482239</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Beeley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266449</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Lyle, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">282274</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Steedman, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">508141</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Hooper, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">428148</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482313</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Pycock, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482131</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Snowden, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">479981</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Butcher, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">322132</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Connelly, F. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">548448</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Pearce, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325997</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Pitts, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482343</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, F. H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">166287</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Justice, W. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">48049</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Middleton, J. A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480641</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Green, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">480637</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Goodrum, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">476579</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Cross, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">183791</td>
-    <td>Spr.</td>
-    <td>Critchley, F. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">482130</td>
-    <td>Pnr.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_282"></a>[282]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325692</td>
-    <td>Pnr.</td>
-    <td>Hayton, H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">221657</td>
-    <td>Pnr.</td>
-    <td>Watton, F. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">166154</td>
-    <td>Pnr.</td>
-    <td>Wright, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">259599</td>
-    <td>Pnr.</td>
-    <td>Douglas, E. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267573</td>
-    <td>Pnr.</td>
-    <td>Douglas, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/5th WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Josselyn, J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Skirrow, G.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre (French)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Green, A. E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Smith, A. W. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Sawyer, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Airey, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Riley, B. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bardsley, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Anderson, J. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Tewson, H. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Veal, L. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Kermode, E. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Donkersley, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gwynn, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>McKintoch, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.&amp; Q.M.</td>
-    <td>Riley, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200372</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Richmond, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200026</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Pope, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200783</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Abbott, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201195</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rathke, W. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201129</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pearson, H. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201012</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Huggins, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4252</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Symonds, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201115</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Irving, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306966</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Horner, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238027</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Campbell, R. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201138</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wright, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200950</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sigsworth, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200047</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Greaves, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">252897</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Priestley, H.</td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42438</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moody, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200436</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>White, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200463</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200985</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cole, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42436</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Burdett, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42120</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Raw, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4265</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Marston, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3717</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Crust, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305451</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42032</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Briggs, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201126</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201557</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Newbank, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200094</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lamb, C. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265469</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Crowther, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267154</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brear, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_283"></a>[283]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20166</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Falconer, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202109</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Appleby, S. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3700</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Plumb, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5264</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268521</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Keteley, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201935</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Holliday, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200162</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Waite, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42044</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Damme, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203581</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stones, J.</td>
-    <td>Decoration Militaire (Belgian)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42028</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bevens, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202019</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Collinson, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200858</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Foster, W. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20476</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McGrigor, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201361</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Grasby, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200982</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Doe, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11307</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bell, S. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202093</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bingham, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38216</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rushworth, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">48379</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52035</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cope, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203630</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bryant, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201202</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203773</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Beetham, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57492</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Boult, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41785</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Page, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57460</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ross, D. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42016</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allen, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52004</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Aves, C. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20484</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Platt, A. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57191</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Plant, H. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241936</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allinson, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">53706</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Raynor, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59207</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cross, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40973</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dagg, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201163</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sheard, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59588</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20928</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201908</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Day, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201906</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Broomfield, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/6th WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Hastings, J. H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Hoare, C. H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Whiteaway, E. G. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ling, G. F. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stewart, G. F.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lawrence, F. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Frost, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bickerdike, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Humphries, E. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Allett, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Brookbank, G. E. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hodgson, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_284"></a>[284]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Worth, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Moor, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bonsor, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut. &amp; Q.M.</td>
-    <td>Welch, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7840</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Brough, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240730</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Silkstone, M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241831</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Huggins, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201284</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Banfield, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240954</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240788</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Aldrid, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241047</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pickles, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242062</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202528</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Piper, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242001</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Binnington, R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241043</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sadler, F. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4995</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Heart, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201126</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241356</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240069</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lawford, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241246</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Westerman, A. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241718</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Speight, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12078</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moore, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241124</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sellers, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240105</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sellars, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241744</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Boyle, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40152</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gamble, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240132</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Healey, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306068</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200971</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Andrews, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24183</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Garbett, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2746</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pickthall, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242987</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Russell, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240931</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haseltine, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203744</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hobson, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203487</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allinson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266968</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hird, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306624</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wright, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41950</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Matthews, L. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242462</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mosley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">21529</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Self, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203058</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brown, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41981</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hambleton, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241211</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Benn, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17682</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Emmett, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240203</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hard, S. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241866</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Busfield, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203442</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gelby, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41973</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/7th WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>James, C. K.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Cooper, S. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hannam, C. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hamilton, J. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Raven, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Chance, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_285"></a>[285]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Swaney, L. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hall, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ling, G. F. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mowen, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jones, L. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Sagar-Musgrave, C. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Fane, F. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bazley-White, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, C. G.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Brown, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rugh, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Donne, P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Tillotson, J. E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238203</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Cropper, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267100</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wells, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202522</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lancaster, C. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3508</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McHugh, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2929</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gavins, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265747</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dean, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267000</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, H. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265918</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Rosindale, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">303015</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Robson, J. M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265720</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Burns, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266033</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stead, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3038</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267466</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203478</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bone, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266385</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Riley, O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266407</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Elsworth, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266325</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dutton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267136</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Little, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266165</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Yates, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">275830</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dickinson, —.</td>
-    <td>Medaille Militaire (French)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">365062</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266131</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Child, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39555</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Webb, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">43338</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>White, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16189</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Precious, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22211</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39615</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Connor, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266411</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Arnold, G. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266418</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Izatt, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4940</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Wells, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3443</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Leach, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267274</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Walker, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267313</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Atkinson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267121</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Walker, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266124</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Green, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17331</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Oates, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403165</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Bourn, W. O. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52083</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Lordan, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52308</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>March, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265714</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Walgate, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266240</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Barker, W. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">51881</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>White, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_286"></a>[286]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266494</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Turner, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26449</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Trench, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268661</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Mortimer, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267621</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Tompofski, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">270176</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Watson, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">586317</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Coinllault, L. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3-596</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Leake, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24178</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205542</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/8th WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>James, A. H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>England, N. A.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Whiteaway, E. G. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Kinder, G. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wall, D. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hutchinson, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Reay, P. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Milligan, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Taft, C. F. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hirst, G. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Capt. &amp; Q.M.</td>
-    <td>Farrar, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jowett, P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Burrows, H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Graves, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Friend, C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Pyman, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Nicholson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Nethercot, R. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Crabtree, R. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hartley, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bullock, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Naylor, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, I. R. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Henderson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Oates, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Monkman, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Foster, S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hauson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>McLintock, W. C.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Clay, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stead, C. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306197</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wheeler, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7047</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Winters, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Leisham, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18/209</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Oliver, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305674</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gowar, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306265</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Speight, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306251</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Andrews, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">303966</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Horner, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305374</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, G. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305960</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306144</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crymble, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306795</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Buttery, E. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306238</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bryce, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305700</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hutton, W. R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305621</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bullock, F. H. T.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_287"></a>[287]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201685</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Suffil, S. G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305958</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hipps, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305213</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Swarbeck, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306413</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lockridge, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306818</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stanhope, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59618</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hubbard, C. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305932</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Richardson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235234</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mulrooney, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265562</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Trott, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265422</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Elsworth, R. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306674</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Booker, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">365685</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gough, H. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305814</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Threadgould, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305804</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Broadley, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305904</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Audsley, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306209</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wallis, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42393</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pamment, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241935</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hensey, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305183</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, D. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305404</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dunant, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42378</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brown, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306280</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Russell, F. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305066</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Latts, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15760</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Emms, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305726</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Webster, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201025</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Earl, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24535</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stevenson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15-1744</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>West, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52909</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Briggs, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240436</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hill, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305949</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Athe, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305208</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Markinson, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">236016</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18-158</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Garside, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306898</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sawyer, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201997</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kelly, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37391</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Anderson, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20166</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Falconer, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3370</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Potts, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4548</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Priestley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306240</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>McCourt, E. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13-383</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Emmett, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241152</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hollings, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305209</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wise, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266418</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Izitt, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46068</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Caset, T. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">-1226</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Todd, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265746</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Winn, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307403</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>McCready, T. R. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20578</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lewis, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266208</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wainwright, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8171</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Carney, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58777</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Keen, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305223</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Slater, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59164</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Youds, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307755</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_288"></a>[288]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60286</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Swynhoe, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">61028</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leach, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20442</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Booth, C. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">43397</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Bird, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305111</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Pratt, D. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42889</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Stockdale, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306774</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Greenwood, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8055</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205144</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Lumbley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24144</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Willoughby, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27605</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Clunie, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58868</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hakey, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205506</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, R. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205143</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Collier, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63934</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Routledge, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305447</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Westerman, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306092</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42440</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Butler, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">61033</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60609</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Dobson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306746</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Owens, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63912</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Longbottom, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13633</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60475</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Reed, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16-107</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Grayson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2993</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Preval, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3730</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Draycott, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306873</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Gough, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308646</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Sutton, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306188</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Harland, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306362</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235247</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>McGowan, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306202</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Morton, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307729</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306218</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Wilby, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39331</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Ibbitson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267732</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Ibbitson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307766</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Rooney, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14-13409</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Lunn, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57267</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306506</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Russell, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306113</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Rawcliffe, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306297</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hallas, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306810</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Gaunt, I.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306864</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Issitt, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57449</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Newrick, I. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306274</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hutchinson, M. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40210</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Cross, S. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39497</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">61919</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Marsh, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266321</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Gibson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">53953</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Eagin, S. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">61949</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307254</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305968</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>North, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16-62</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Beasley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58765</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267455</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Colman, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60703</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Barnett, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267197</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Goodall, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_289"></a>[289]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27582</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Bell, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42815</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Allan, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40804</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Palframan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62441</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Smith, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40633</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Haywood, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39440</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42395</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307108</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Lax, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52337</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Smith, W. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306703</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Worrall, C. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58787</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Darlington, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306731</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Prentice, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266112</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Collinson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52471</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Spurway, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59620</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Emms, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305147</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Mellor, J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">53747</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Tinker, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38494</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Hinchliffe, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39356</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Kermody, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">81373</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Binns, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39568</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Fairlie, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">59620</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Freeman, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49515</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Haw, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305868</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Curry, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268038</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Jeffrey, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52146</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Warrell, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52119</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Reading, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">236316</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Carter, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20366</td>
-    <td>Rfm.</td>
-    <td>Holdsworth, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306294</td>
-    <td>Sglr.</td>
-    <td>Curnock, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24323</td>
-    <td>Sglr.</td>
-    <td>Collephy, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267658</td>
-    <td>Sglr.</td>
-    <td>Scott, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63779</td>
-    <td>Bdsmn.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/4th WEST RIDING REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Nash, H. E. P.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Smithson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Stocks, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lupton, B. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Threappleton, —.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Sherrick, J. W. (U.S.)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Sayers, R. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Cordingley, L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Knowles, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Castle, J. P.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Irons, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Duckett, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hully, M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dunnett, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Scott, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Potter, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Cram, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Radcliffe, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Saunders, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_290"></a>[290]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Spafford, A. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bilsbrough, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Marsden, F. K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Walker. H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202040</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Lowes, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203174</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wilcox, R. P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201254</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265479</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Peacock, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34578</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, J. J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200455</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hoyle, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10908</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Mann, J. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201134</td>
-    <td>Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Furness, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201170</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Wood, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201583</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kingham, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201680</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Spetch, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200709</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Beverley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201217</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Heaton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305265</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Garrod, G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201273</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201066</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hipwood, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201458</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, W. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202122</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200735</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Greenwood, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201000</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hay, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306764</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Redfearn, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201649</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200707</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Whitebread, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202257</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crabtree, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200798</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crossley, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200897</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hoyle, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263065</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Clayton, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235044</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Madden, D.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267261</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266173</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Blackburn, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201295</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Nettleton, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205610</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Scott, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265081</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Scarborough, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49839</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201630</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Greenwood, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265294</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Falkingham, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34628</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Scotton, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201774</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hanson, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200708</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Berry, K.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266167</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Rowley, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306966</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kirton, C. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201148</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hanson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200800</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Foulds, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22406</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Atkins, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34721</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cowell, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201544</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Matthews, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24981</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Waller, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263171</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205531</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hegarty, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241737</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Freshwater, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306026</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_291"></a>[291]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265844</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202333</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202398</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Horner, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3053</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Astin, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8825</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allen, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202441</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Butterworth, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201484</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Greenwood, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200968</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hind, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3562</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sunderland, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201209</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sutcliffe, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202253</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barrett, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31910</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Calligan, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201051</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202382</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rawnsley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202305</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cotton, T. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238024</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kershaw, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201294</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nutton, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204069</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hutchinson, N. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202075</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kelly, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202017</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walford, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">256394</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">245738</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49796</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shackleton, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235728</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Heslop, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307574</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Maude, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35278</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allen, A. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49836</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lister, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">44634</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Priest, F. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34718</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ash, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201072</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202236</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dumstead, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22382</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Eastgate, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235572</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hall, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202046</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Henley, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22484</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202066</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202227</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Woodhead, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">350417</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crabtree, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34327</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cleghorn, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34720</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cardon, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22367</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tranter, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24135</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rodgers, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34860</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McGarvey, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40086</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Reay, J. L. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26318</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267405</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Firth, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267199</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Richardson, F. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202133</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Massey, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201540</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Woodhead, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200620</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jones, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202472</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sunderland, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203564</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306781</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fox, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267128</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Feather, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201536</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Patchett, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31749</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hamer, J. A.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17491</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mote, F. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201239</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Patrick, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11760</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lipman, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205560</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robertshaw, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203075</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allison, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_292"></a>[292]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46783</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haines, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9154</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Blythe, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266273</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cockerill, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">322103</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dodd, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22372</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235711</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201614</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barber, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22506</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Atkins, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32836</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308095</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whitehouse, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32417</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hardcastle, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33475</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">257247</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Livesey, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267774</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cockerill, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266273</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Broughton, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308063</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shannon, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10504</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Massheder, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242061</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>North, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202115</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Waterfield, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32641</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lockwood, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26840</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Booth, G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25125</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pindred. J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203844</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hart, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202310</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Blacks, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265791</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wood, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26376</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Glading, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266258</td>
-    <td>Dmr.</td>
-    <td>Lyons, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/5th WEST RIDING REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Best, T. A. D.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Walker, J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Jackson, H. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Robinson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Goodall, T.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Moxon, C. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Sykes, K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Watkinson, P. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Tinker, G. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Cockhill, J. B.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Ellis, C. G. H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Harris, E. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bernay, G. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Black, D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Tod, J. McK.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mollett, B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Yates, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Osincup, G. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Walte, H. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ridley, P. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_293"></a>[293]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jack, A. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Morton, T. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dodd, G. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Barnes, P. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Machin, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Walker, L. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hogan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Wright, A. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9323</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Earle, B.</td>
-    <td>Italian Bronze Medal</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240139</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hulse, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240358</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240101</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240222</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Jones, G. V.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">340598</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Waterhouse, C. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12275</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Handby, K.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240957</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Dennis, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240431</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Pedley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240829</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Airey, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, W. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241414</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Priestley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240950</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12391</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dean, F. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240719</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Eastwood, H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266035</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Burrows, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241337</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Siswick, B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15807</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hamshaw, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12886</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Greaves, G. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306308</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McNay, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242879</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hazle, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202122</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240156</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ware, G. A. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241704</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dyson, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15002</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Judson, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240763</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hepworth, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235755</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pearson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241596</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Draper, F. N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240320</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Micklethwaite, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240076</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lee, S. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240008</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Merriman, H. S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240219</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Field, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268050</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Spivey, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306019</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266170</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Southgate, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240157</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Allen, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25069</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cockrane, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203206</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gledhill, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240970</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Quarterman, R. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241689</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Parker, C. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265094</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shires, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11099</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williams, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_294"></a>[294]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240832</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cox, A. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267955</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pemberton, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266325</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tillotson, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267226</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308501</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hinchcliffe, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242106</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Whitterton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238190</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Arnold, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305152</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Buckley, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8397</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Priestley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241742</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240981</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Eglinton, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240971</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Halliwell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201484</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Greenwood, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202472</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sunderland, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267064</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bates, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23773</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240464</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fawcett, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306466</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Parker, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241549</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Armitage, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240954</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Nedderman, R. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205353</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241860</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lockwood, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11013</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Grogan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14870</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Watson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10664</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fairburn, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240604</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ingram, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240320</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Whiting, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">48495</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bell, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33488</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ramsay, R. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">30106</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Healey, T. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242979</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Keogh, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34410</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Donkin, A. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17016</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240204</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Buckley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240205</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266072</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Rowley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24726</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ackroyd, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">49707</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hall, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238188</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Straker, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240858</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ball, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241907</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Garbutt, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241638</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shoarsmith, E. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241222</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Rhodes, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235629</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Levey, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34510</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wild, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268800</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barker, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241030</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Farrell, R. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5100</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, C.</td>
-    <td>French Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263029</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tipton, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203949</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tewlett, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241049</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Moete, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265782</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walker, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_295"></a>[295]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25078</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241417</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marsden, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235092</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Slater, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241688</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, G. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242439</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Raistrick, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242392</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brook, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205564</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240750</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Squires, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26337</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Glass, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242367</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Raynard, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242759</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pearce, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265891</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Butterfield, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242466</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wray, E. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23901</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Holroyd, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242859</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ibbotson, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">29495</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Strafford, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241978</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hartley, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25262</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Binsley, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266187</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wiltham, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241045</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dale, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240742</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tomlinson, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22602</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Frank, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240159</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dobson, G. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266281</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ready, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34506</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tandy, H.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204703</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Appleyard, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241663</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241887</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sutcliffe, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24603</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202639</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gibbs, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241465</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bonner, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204034</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Battye, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242392</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brook, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241596</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Locking, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24165</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, G. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">262472</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Baker, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25101</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lee, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242683</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Beardsley, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242607</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203539</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268909</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Denton, T. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240433</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crossland, W. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203121</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mackrell, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268800</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barker, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34561</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Walker, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34759</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McClintock, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241691</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cook, L. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306313</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stead, H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241048</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_296"></a>[296]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242034</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Castle, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">236722</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>White, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201823</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Womersley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26204</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harris, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54426</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hill, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34499</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Peel, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241669</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Asquith, H. O. K.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34464</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rider, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16100</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Overend, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34757</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Parkes, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">340623</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dondaband, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203562</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Armitage, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235598</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bashford, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25098</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jeffcott, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240674</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Middleton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34588</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williams, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241857</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cox, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235593</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bell, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201575</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Birchenough, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26327</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bale, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35158</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Charnock, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26304</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tippett, C. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">269234</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Laverock, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">269091</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Baldwin, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34563</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241184</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Swale, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34552</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Snowden, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240885</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Holroyd, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34515</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Auton, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203657</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Darlington, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26663</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cartledge, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35639</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266597</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fletcher, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">307334</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Talbot, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34408</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dewhirst, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202065</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, E. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33500</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gracie, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33754</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pallett, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305187</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hollingworth, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203297</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Daft, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263016</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fox, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17112</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205420</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Drake, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241352</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haywood, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235653</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ward, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34488</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Key, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240883</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jennings, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306037</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14367</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17052</td>
-    <td>Dmr.</td>
-    <td>Moran, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/6th WEST RIDING REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Somervell, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Geldard, N.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Luckman, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_297"></a>[297]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Barraclough, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6872</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Gartside, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265530</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Maude, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265926</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McLeod, J. T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265690</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mason, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240661</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Davies, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265835</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Smith, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266926</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Garnett, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10921</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rigg, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266961</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Constantine, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267272</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Egan, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266956</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Caton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265828</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bowman, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265664</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Metcalf, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26640</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Carey, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266475</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Midgley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266876</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hodkinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266022</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Patterson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5107</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nussey, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4564</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williams, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267064</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bates, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266338</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Birkett, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266771</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mills, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266766</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, A. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266966</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bateson, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266356</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stevens, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267043</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hodges, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">300077</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Standish, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11628</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Devannie, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267279</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cooks, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267212</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">269304</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mokes, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/7th WEST RIDING REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Cockburn, G. E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Miller, G. W. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Shearne, F. E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hayward, S. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hopper, H. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Furniss, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Tanner, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Vaughan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gloag, A. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Muff, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Pepper, F. G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Buckley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hardaker, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305815</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306155</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305362</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Holroyd, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305158</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hitchcock, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266285</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Golding, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305544</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Allen, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305852</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Walton, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11826</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Neatby, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306271</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Holden, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265487</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Alton, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_298"></a>[298]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306015</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Baxter, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26695</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Nutter, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305907</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Blakeley, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19370</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ramsden, T. V. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306568</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Heaton, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15005</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7302</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wooley, R.</td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306779</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267177</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hay, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10926</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306861</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crowther, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25139</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">28041</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Turnbull, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305946</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hoyle, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306908</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barron, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306231</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, J. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16300</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crombie, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17275</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tunney, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306811</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306625</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thornton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25140</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">91541</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Blythe, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305944</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sykes, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16842</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Graham, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33484</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23624</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dyson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">266932</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smales, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306659</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hainsworth, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">305283</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, H. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267054</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Horner, T. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25336</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gallagher, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32701</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Owen, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25265</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stott, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23698</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306890</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bancroft, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">308112</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Armitage, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/4th KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Chaytor, C. A.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Power, R. E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Brook, —.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Shearman, C.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Beaumont, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wellington, J. H. (East Yorks, attached)</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bentley, P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>3 Bars to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>McNicol, M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Capt. &amp;</td>
-    <td>Earle, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Adjt.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Clarke, J. T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lee, N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hale-White, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>McCausland, C. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_299"></a>[299]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Briggs, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Curtis, G. S. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Spencer, G. E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ireland, C. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rodger, J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Cocker, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Schools, P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240829</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Ledger, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201304</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Townend, E. W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36812</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Woods, E. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200649</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Naylor, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8244</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fenton, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240961</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242411</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Howsley, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200797</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Walsh, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241337</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Andrew, R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34580</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stevens, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201539</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hunt, F. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cater, W. W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17262</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fox, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235661</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Davenport, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8995</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hampson, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11787</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Parker, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200866</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bryan, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63249</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, D. R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63250</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Broughton, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">300670</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Auty, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202230</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hommingway, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200958</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Walker, H. V.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240374</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201303</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Turpin, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201216</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Maddox, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16933</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Game, J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201471</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Baker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10400</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Newbolt, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201693</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39442</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Carr, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201154</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hampson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241765</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Booth, H. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201402</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dakin, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35967</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Barmby, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63264</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Beardsley, T. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15780</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Parr, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200948</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35540</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cooke, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201432</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wimpenny, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200778</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lee, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47618</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chatterton, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201213</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, J. I.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39343</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kennedy, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201517</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Scholey, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_300"></a>[300]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200267</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Benson, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238009</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Geary, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201388</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200807</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Elliott, R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235834</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Newton, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201558</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Oakland, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">43549</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mattingley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263112</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sleightholme, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241771</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Eayling. H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40620</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>James, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263113</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41329</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kay, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201319</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Armitage, G. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202341</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sheard, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201816</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Rooker, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41431</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Parker, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203928</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hayes, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24729</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sternburg, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201216</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Maddox, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">238024</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lockwood, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202835</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fairburn, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201934</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hazel, H. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">245289</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, S. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200111</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37455</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263188</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hum, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63455</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Potts, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52885</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Posser, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201197</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Heaps, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201817</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ward, K.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202215</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wadsworth, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202313</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williamson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235832</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">601457</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Burton, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63266</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bosward, E. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63899</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>French, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63940</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Strawbridge, W. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63935</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>O’Neill, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32868</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crookes, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204328</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gill, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63899</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cockman, V. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242510</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Senior, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">253987</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jones, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63336</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clewlow, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200955</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Goodfellow, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36194</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lawler, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38737</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Northin, G. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">51840</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Peacock, T. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201288</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whiteley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202468</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Machin, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202451</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Greaves, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5532</td>
-    <td>Bugler</td>
-    <td>Burkill, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/5th KING’S OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Watson, O. C. S.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Peter, F. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_301"></a>[301]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Barton, B. J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bentley, P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Oliphant, T. A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Crawford, W. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Crow, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Spencer, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Capt. &amp; Adjt.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Capt. &amp; Adjt.</td>
-    <td>Lynn, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Hon. Capt. &amp;</td>
-    <td>Barker, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Qr. Mstr.</td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rose, A. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Houghton, R. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stansfield, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Townend, O. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Tomalin, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Champion, A. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Logan, R. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Trigg, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Prestall, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Doherty, F. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Moore, P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Callear, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gray, G. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Crofts, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jenkins, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Atkins, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mottram, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Platt, O. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Morris, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>James, W. G.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ibbott, W. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Douglass, A. F. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240650</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Sampson, B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63076</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Younghusband, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5541</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Watson, F. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240829</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Ledger, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242172</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240012</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Firth, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240020</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Strudwick, E. E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241146</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fox, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18805</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Drage, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241572</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Ward, H. P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11777</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Tordoff, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8461</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Boughby, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205688</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hamilton, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15368</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Norbury, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63132</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dawson, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">249099</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Brooke, A. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241315</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Raywood, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_302"></a>[302]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240231</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240536</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Chatterton, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240683</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mulligan, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240043</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Westlake, F. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240194</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Calvert, L.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241658</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Kirkham, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241326</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hasky, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241103</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, O. C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242191</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240781</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Foster, J. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240537</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Guy, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240415</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Leng, R. A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240349</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Fletcher, J. T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240075</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240890</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Schmidt, A. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240675</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Smith, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242072</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stocks, J. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63846</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williamson, T. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202150</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Essery, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42157</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Close, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242869</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>McNamara, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242945</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Machin, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240592</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wright, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235096</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Womersley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202196</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Harris, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58137</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Riddle, H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240658</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Foulstone, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242174</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wardle, S. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240699</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Marchington, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58077</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Routledge, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58112</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Yates, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1336</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Martin, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242887</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Reynolds, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18329</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jenkins, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241690</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hawes, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65196</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williamson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205687</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Clazey, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263057</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pallett, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240668</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stocks, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241189</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Buck, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">55081</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Errington, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35875</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dungworth, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39734</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ayre, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241455</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Porter, E. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19117</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263053</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Crosland, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19091</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williams, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241070</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Morris, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63215</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45520</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Turner, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263042</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ledger, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241361</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Toplis, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26080</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Norfolk, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27233</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35055</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hunter, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240643</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brompton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242650</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bower, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_303"></a>[303]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241920</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spiers, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242640</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41157</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Broomhead, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142701</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, S. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>2nd Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62318</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24084</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rendle, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65193</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bevans, G. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205677</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205708</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60872</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ayscough, T. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240742</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cragg, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14701</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Flynn, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60869</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hooley, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11245</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hooley, C. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63189</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Macfarlane, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42996</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hinchcliffe, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27756</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barnes, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263004</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lingley, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202854</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dickinson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">243047</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65183</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Duffy, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62969</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clark, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36427</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Maiser, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205202</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Humphries, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203132</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205677</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203515</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Westoby, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38208</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Peters, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65177</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allan, A. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201923</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Malham, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65192</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shipley, M. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23016</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ferguson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">64027</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>White, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203132</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, T. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35035</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Graham, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240328</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crowcroft, T. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240388</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gladwin, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241508</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Woodall, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242605</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Greaves, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4170</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240990</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Beddoes, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241025</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Boyer, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242959</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hird, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46423</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Petty, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40437</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jessop, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241829</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Benson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200765</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hutchinson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26226</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Godfrey, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241191</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Speight, B.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22262</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Budby, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242753</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Boam, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38454</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Muir, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242439</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fennel, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242142</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Day, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240455</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Abbott, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42858</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_304"></a>[304]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/4th YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Blacker, F. S. J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Ludgrab, C. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Stickney, J. E. D.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hill, C. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Smith, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lucas, E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Ormesher, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wilson, A. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Ellse, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Maxwell, S. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Rodgers, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pennington, B. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Hart, L. H. P.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hedges, N. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dixon, C. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Skrine, D. V. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Perkins, S. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Munro, M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>2 Bars to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Halliday, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Carter, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Longmire, L. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Thackeray, E. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Revitt, C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Penny, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bradbury, J. C. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Summerbell, A. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Murrell-Talbot, E. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Eckersley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Simpkin, A. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>May, W. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dryden, G. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, T. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Proudfoot, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200893</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Davis, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201402</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Fish, P. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200824</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Wyman, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200850</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Murfin, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200797</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Elsworth, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201253</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Turton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201312</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Nelson, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201861</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Box, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200955</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Levesley, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201006</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hunter, A. K.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">15496</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bissel, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_305"></a>[305]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205353</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Daykins, J.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2984</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Blakemore, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200949</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Askham, T. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201550</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hodgson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263013</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Murphy, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19731</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bowman, T. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202740</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Slingsby, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201042</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pashby, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200971</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dickenson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200931</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pemberton, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">55779</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Harrop, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25989</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wellington, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241246</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Orwin, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200202</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Coldwell, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32819</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Munn, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201350</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Stephens, E.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200810</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Birtles, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202582</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robertson, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201258</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Priest, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202655</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hulley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201568</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201432</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shelton, H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38319</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Turner, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24749</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Park, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201064</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pettit, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19731</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bowman, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57603</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205348</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Coke, S. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235930</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Elridge, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201906</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">55597</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Roddy, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201884</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ibbotson, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3-1479</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Guy, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7551</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Flintham, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58392</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leggett, G. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>2nd Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37698</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shelly, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201168</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Mann, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241908</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Corbett, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39445</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Winterbottom, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235931</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ferguson, J. E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205319</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Aherns, A. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58246</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lawson, M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24245</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Buck, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57717</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hill, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18786</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Waldron, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">943</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Harrington C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">236171</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Nash, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235999</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>McNeill, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235937</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wood, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241934</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Riley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35560</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gibbons, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57269</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jones, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">321926</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lumley, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27227</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_306"></a>[306]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200095</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hattersley, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201406</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rowe, H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201712</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Coggin, J. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202468</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Machen, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35616</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hainring, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204426</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202486</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Danby, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201180</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bacon, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205355</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Denton, A. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202634</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Garside, A. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">732</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Milner, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204405</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Willett, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202405</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Farnham, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37633</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hewe, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32914</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stainthorpe, N. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241683</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Greensmith, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241168</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dale, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9578</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Turrell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">901955</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bagshaw, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37618</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Vause, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240732</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Slater, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201540</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradley, O. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201084</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Slater, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202760</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lewin, F. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20491</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Adamson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265175</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Platt, B. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200476</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bradshaw, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">56751</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>White, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">263185</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kirton, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">265255</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dickenson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202774</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jubb, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58081</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dickins, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57365</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Todd, E. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9610</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spreckley, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241672</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hinds, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57911</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Powner, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">523874</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Horan, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">21198</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rankin, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57723</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hill, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200763</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clark, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204923</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whyatt, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201457</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lockwood, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58445</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Errington, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241678</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Slater, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58241</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rogers, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235994</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Arnold, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203903</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hammerton, P. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32878</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Graham, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35637</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wigglesworth, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57753</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Beever, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58092</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Francis, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32688</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rawcliffe, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57538</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Patterson, F. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202430</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cragg, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">222432</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hunt, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">58383</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cockerill, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36446</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spencer, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57675</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Venus, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240304</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dye, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202350</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Oxley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_307"></a>[307]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201164</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mills, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4132</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brown, P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18786</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Waldren, J. J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">57603</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/5th YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Prince, P.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Cap. (R.A.M.C.)</td>
-    <td>Wilson, A. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Surridge, S. O. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hall, R. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lancaster, A. C.</td>
-    <td>Chevalier de l’Ordre de Leopold Belgian</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bate, R. E. de B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stansee, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Hill, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Beetham, C. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dunkerton, E. L. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Maxwell, S. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wells, D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Shooter, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240370</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Rudd, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240331</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Gray, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1772</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Williams, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240791</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240279</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Shenton, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241974</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Chadwick, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241760</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Rollett, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240797</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gummer, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240268</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pennington, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242683</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>McGarrell, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240318</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Whitaker, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241248</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Front, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240580</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bareham, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241363</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cutler, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241135</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Evans, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200637</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2920</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Auty, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241816</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Banks, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3086</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gledhill, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3294</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Causer, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3295</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Parkinson, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3746</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241327</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hewitt, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241714</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Guest, R. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241922</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Blenkharn, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">242637</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Burn, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241704</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Corbett, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241047</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cartledge, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240956</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Statham, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240042</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Longden, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241882</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hogg, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240899</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Peat, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241246</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Orwin, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241949</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smithson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241208</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241589</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241636</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lodge, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_308"></a>[308]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240579</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Trout, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">473</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pickersgill, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203539</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, T. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241687</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, W. V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241700</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Headley, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241022</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bamforth, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">1/5th DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Bastow, H. V.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Windeatt, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hamlyn, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Antony, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pitts-Lewis, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Treacher, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bedford, R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Edgar, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Steer, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Coleman, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Matthews, S. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Fisher, D. K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Stanley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Northey, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240062</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Bessell, S. J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240068</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Winsborrow, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204679</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hepper, E. T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240601</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cowles, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240113</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Crispin, E. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240917</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hodge, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240586</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lethbridge, W. O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240070</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Woolcott, L. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240774</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sparkes, F. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8733</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pascoe, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240441</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pook, F. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240473</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Aggett, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240034</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Botterell, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">72002</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Craigie, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240075</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Yolland, Y. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37057</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Sullivan, B. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240682</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Penwarden, W. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240967</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, W. H. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67450</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Matthews, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241056</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tribble, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240124</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Radmore, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240258</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Heath, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240990</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, J. H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240468</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ashton, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23772</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lang, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45643</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Short, A. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240452</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Phillips, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240755</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Collman, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240396</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dollen, F. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240640</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cox, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241182</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Walters, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_309"></a>[309]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63831</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leach, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240176</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Willis, E. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">315348</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Skinner, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240335</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rice, S.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241029</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hale, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67595</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240338</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sillitoe, W. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241015</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stone, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241398</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stephens, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241072</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Martin, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240244</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>White, C. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203600</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ponsford, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240159</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mann, G. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67466</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Crawshaw, R. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241089</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hooper, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67275</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bates, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241046</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Foghill, J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241090</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jarvis, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240464</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Blight, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32370</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Morris, T. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240017</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Menhinnick, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241160</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65351</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lawerence, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240291</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ball, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240495</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jolly, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240882</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J. R. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67383</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Salter, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240526</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Leach, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32322</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dunford, F. J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">206144</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Baker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240233</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Warren, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24155</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Furneaux, L. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">72039</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brown, C. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">345266</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Eddy, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241009</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Phillips, C. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67150</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilcoxon, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">72015</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Arrowsmith, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">24594</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williams, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241253</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Metherell, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240937</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ridge, C. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240324</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Potter, W. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67397</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Trinder, R. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">206044</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">51273</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">30049</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dean, A.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67550</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Matthews, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47479</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Duxbury, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241180</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pearce, R. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240889</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Knight, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240998</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Flood, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240770</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bearne, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241145</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Grate, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">240713</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Southern, R. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241115</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hill, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">315728</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johns, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">77313</td>
-    <td>Dmr.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, C. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_310"></a>[310]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">9th DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Crouch, E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Wilson, P. P.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Jameson, T. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Thompson, W. D. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Rickaby, J. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Marshall, C. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Gee, C. H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Weightman, J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Armstrong, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Plummer, H. C. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Meikle, W. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Cowling, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Blakey, J. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dodds, L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203361</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Johnstone, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/1424</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Simms, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325082</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Noble, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">327152</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Carr, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325025</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Munro, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325306</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325036</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hutton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">248045</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Graham, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325066</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, W. J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325314</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mason, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">327253</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Paliant, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325854</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jones, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">326790</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Clay, H. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27629</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williams, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325063</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Holburn, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200536</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Edmundson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325637</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gill, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">276275</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fenwick, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">327169</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Outram, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325981</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bickerton, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">348018</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Scorer, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325224</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Garrity, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325545</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hammond, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201310</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Moore, J. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325617</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Waters, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">76439</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jones, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325586</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Farrow, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325465</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Masters, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325379</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stirling, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325479</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Landreth, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>2nd Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325647</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Burnside, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40519</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Henry, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_311"></a>[311]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325709</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cobb, C. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325498</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hardy, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325910</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Leadbitter, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">41052</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325054</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325658</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Nobes, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325833</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Robson, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325832</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hudson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25115</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Nichol, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203391</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wallace, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325497</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Norris, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39804</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Otley, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325156</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Quinn, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">348014</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Nicholson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">327247</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wood, B.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">235673</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hindmarsh, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325178</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Henderson, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204230</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Timothy, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">52854</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Baxendale, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325054</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Carmichael, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">348022</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fenwick, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40531</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gill, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325326</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Caygill, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325604</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Howe, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203197</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Slack, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325886</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Moore, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325784</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Waterworth, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">43084</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Annable, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325786</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whittaker, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325979</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Galley, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325098</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Slater, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325253</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">295094</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Todd, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203582</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cranny, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325715</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Morgan, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325493</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Watts, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325111</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Timothy, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">327171</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Forbes, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325513</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Parker, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325394</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dempsey, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325474</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Morris, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325697</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hewitt, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325055</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cass, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325165</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325952</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fortune, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325915</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williamson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">77892</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Skilbeck, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">350981</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wood, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325642</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tebb, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">61720</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wright, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325392</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Newton, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200538</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kitching, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">375495</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wiseman, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">82592</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Munt, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325705</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Radford, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">82159</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, —.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">277132</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Atkin, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325492</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Byrne, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_312"></a>[312]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325212</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25803</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Purvis, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">91404</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Holmes, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">273099</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gundry, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325975</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8579</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>O’Neill, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12217</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Coombes, J. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">78047</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12165</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325410</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Prudham, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">44760</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Burton, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203590</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Young, T.</td>
-    <td>V.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325256</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brown, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325977</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Laws, A. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">72989</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lowes, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325850</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chambers, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325863</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fodden, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">302220</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McCoy, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325291</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gray, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325091</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wishart, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40529</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Glanville, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">325623</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/4th HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Parsons, B. E. T.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Cave, W. S.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pulley, C. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Ledgard, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Cottam, H. C. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Cotelee, R. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Willsher, H. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wheeler, H. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wheeler, J. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Barker, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Neil, E. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Brierley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gadcey, C. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Turner, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Dear, R. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Young, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Shorland, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lane, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Bryant, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Fenn, R. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Greenhalgh, S. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Holbrook, F. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">4893</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Hubert, A. R.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200027</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Porter, S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201105</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Dennett, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200343</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Rilson, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201335</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Corney, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200069</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Walsh, W. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201152</td>
-    <td>C.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Barney, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200031</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hamilton, T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39016</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Morris, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_313"></a>[313]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12856</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jarvis, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201328</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gundry, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200100</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Meaden, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201109</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Churcher, H. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205050</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Moscrop, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">306830</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Redman, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">230378</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Sandy, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9657</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gardner, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201136</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Raymont, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200183</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lansdowne, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">209966</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Painting, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201253</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Samways, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200305</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Shadwell, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202820</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Tucker, M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19706</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Harrison, H. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205042</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Charlton, T. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202609</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Williams, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200534</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Digweed, J. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200613</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bone, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202347</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hopkinson, J. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">37635</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Holles, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202440</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kent, R. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40896</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Brogden, E. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">356847</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Broadley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200315</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hixon, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202740</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Baldwin, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">18801</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Steere, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">21392</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hurford, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205032</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Horner, G. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201193</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Arnold, F. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1238</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Pulham, F.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">12334</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Childs, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201562</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Allen, F. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11617</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Falder, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">356621</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jameson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">13714</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Langston, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33627</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tonge, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42296</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ford, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200475</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, J. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201206</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Higgins, E. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">357322</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stevens, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202496</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kearley, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201630</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Adams, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11417</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Cavell, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">10161</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ayling, P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45716</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Ward, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201332</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Stewart, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">14031</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Fox, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8630</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Purkiss, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">28438</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tompkinson, J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">204788</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simms, E. T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20089</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Murrell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27031</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Starr, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7728</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, W. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200298</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>May, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_314"></a>[314]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205440</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Buckett, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202427</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kervill, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202711</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mitchell, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201600</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Panker, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202475</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Carter, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202586</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Seevior, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17079</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Raybould, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31737</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Blunn, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">55034</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Holland, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202848</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hillier, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202244</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Charlton, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205041</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Austin, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27630</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hewitt, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202423</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Earley, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27928</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Box, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202875</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mannock, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">39033</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hall, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202475</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cawte, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">236839</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Morson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201339</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Brandon, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200757</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202461</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clarke, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201652</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Banning, C. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201825</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>West, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202815</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tappenden, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202428</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Street, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8470</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Purdue, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33560</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tonkin, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38473</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stone, F. T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201824</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Moody, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200464</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bushby, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202479</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cooper, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20570</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ackerman, A. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200897</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Piper, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201459</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stone, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205099</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spencer, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200763</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Meager, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40672</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cuthbert, G. W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11227</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bushell, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">43613</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Phillips, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202769</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hampton, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">30911</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kenny, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">28714</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Vincent, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201752</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, V.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201452</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Richardson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">203833</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Trasher, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205037</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Anger, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">19186</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Nolan, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">55074</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gleinster, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202534</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Parfoot, S. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202836</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Budden, B. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45673</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pickard, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">25199</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kibby, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26566</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Surridge, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">44119</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dowie, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202490</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sheath, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26452</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Fry, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202527</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Trent, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">21480</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Squires, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202746</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">31551</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Besant, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_315"></a>[315]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45697</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sellars, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">45692</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201090</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Siggance, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">40399</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ellis, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2823</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Donsan, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26456</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Collins, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">33126</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lewington, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54883</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Seymour, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27705</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Frampton, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">44940</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sullivan, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17301</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Boyes, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">205069</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hogg, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38595</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Campbell, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">200212</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Gosse, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">28799</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Levey, E. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">201140</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Rivers, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">202792</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Newington, H. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/20th LONDON REGIMENT.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Craddock, W. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Capt. &amp; Adjt.</td>
-    <td>Elliot, W. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hunt, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Bacon, D. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Wilson, H. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Woolfe, B. T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Pritchard, J. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Smout, P. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Rogers, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6530</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Skeer, W. T.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630283</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Clyne, E. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630905</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Salkeld, J. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">530828</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mahony, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630662</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Powell, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630629</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cook, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">632883</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Cannon, H. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">632750</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Lewis, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630570</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dickens, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630957</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Eames. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630386</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Beckley, C. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">632492</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Graney, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">650720</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hadlow, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630986</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Crate, A. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">632016</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">634492</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Feaver, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630659</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Challis, H. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630022</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Smith, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630925</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">631887</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Giddings, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630313</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Crawley, C. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">632665</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>McRobie, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36678</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gardner, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">632034</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>White, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">632603</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630149</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">663040</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Westall, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630463</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Woolfe, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">634306</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hales, S. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_316"></a>[316]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">38874</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Taylor, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630071</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tapsfield, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">633179</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Critchell, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">632788</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, H. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630405</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Mardell, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630350</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barron, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36604</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Earl, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36659</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Clark, J. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36617</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bates, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">645067</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Timms, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630780</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Owen, B. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">633010</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Meade, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">G/28610</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allsopp, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36750</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ross, P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">633837</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barnett, J. T. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">633077</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marrison, T. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">630061</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Haynes, J. L.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">BLACK WATCH.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241344</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Graham, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">268658</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simonette, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/41332</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>McMonagle, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">267467</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hopkins, R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/7978</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Prentice, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">62nd MACHINE GUN CORPS.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Pollak, L. A.</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Lismore, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Gordon, A. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>McSweeney, D. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Lang, J. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Williams, N. V.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>King, C. B. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Horsley, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Margerison, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gulston, A. S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Lane, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gordon, K.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Crossman, A. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mann, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Waterhouse, H. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Blundell, T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Madge, G. M. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Long, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Gadsby, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Boyd, F. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Baxendale, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mason, P. N.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Madge, M. H. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Trimlett, E.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_317"></a>[317]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Newman, W. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>2/Lieut.</td>
-    <td>McFarlane, J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">141703</td>
-    <td>R.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Keane, S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8238</td>
-    <td>R.Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Brown, J. K.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5518</td>
-    <td>C.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Vernon, H. S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">42523</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hazel, W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">27800</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hogg, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5828</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bennett, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">16908</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Little, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">20100</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Shepherd, J.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">66665</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Littlefair, A. G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46188</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Driver, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">35035</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wilkinson, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65550</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Carter, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">17312</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Still, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Donnelly, R. J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">23048</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Macrea, M.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">9632</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Read, G. P.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67840</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Turner, L. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">89602</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hitchcock, H. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">64401</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Condon, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">26630</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hindle, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34308</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Todd, B. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67866</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gardner, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">62735</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Phillips, G.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">3663</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Chapman, R. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22714</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Torkington, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65650</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Bate, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">148291</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Knowles, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">81450</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Newby, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">6776</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Gibson, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63949</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thorne, W. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54666</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thornleigh, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63955</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Schofield, G. P.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">87182</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">7084</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Haigh, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">119135</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Kelly, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">66254</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Baseley, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142545</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dye, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">8546</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Tyles, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">63891</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Laws, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">126104</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Stiff, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">127375</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wood, L. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142589</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Spurr, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67088</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tracey, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142099</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Howard, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">86963</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pallington, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">146656</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McAlindin, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">123701</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robins, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">117196</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cawthan, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142534</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Ratcliffe, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">136805</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Proctor, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">119562</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Carter, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">88251</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Compton, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">128062</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142612</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Beaumont, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">68560</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Constables, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">137277</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Whybrow, T. H. R.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">60242</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Johnson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_318"></a>[318]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">126041</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>White, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">32796</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Russell, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">105266</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>France, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11266</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wilson, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">87841</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Munleck, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">66254</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Webster, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">142500</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Leake, M. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">103908</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Pollard, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">146183</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>May, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">132987</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cawkwell, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">121759</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Renalls, C.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">66389</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Birkby, G. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">34041</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Lovett, F. M.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">67758</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Murray, G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">44307</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Henderson, P. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">64420</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, A. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">64406</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Downes, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">62nd (W.R.) DIVISIONAL R.A.S.C.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Wilberforce, H. H.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Wright, P. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Wooliscroft, W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">251981</td>
-    <td>S.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Park, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/250911</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hanstock, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/250951</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Holdsworth, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">54/252530</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Close, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/4251921</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Martin, A. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/053265</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Dobbyn, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/188488</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Boyd, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/052965</td>
-    <td>M. S. Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Grimshaw, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/078332</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Bailey, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">S/253855</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Shuttlesworth, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/253750</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Carter, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/250935</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Simpson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T/249588</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Craven, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/251497</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Stabler, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/252514</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Nettleton, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T/24988</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Tuffley, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/260354</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Mackellor, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T/364956</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Jordan, A. S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/253666</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Lockwood, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/252331</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Parkin, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/252477</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Faulkingham, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T/21788</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Mannering, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/253892</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Allet, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M/206143</td>
-    <td>Dr.</td>
-    <td>Prothers, D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">HEADQUARTERS, R.A.M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Steill, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Jack, G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Scott, J. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>2nd Bar to M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hird, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pringle, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Frew, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hickey, W. J. L.</td>
-    <td>M.C.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_319"></a>[319]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405380</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Gregson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401178</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, E.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403156</td>
-    <td>L.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Barber, J. H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403297</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Langley, F. C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403389</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Squire, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405305</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Warner, T.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403343</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marsden, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403640</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Green, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401255</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Braddock, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403533</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Edwards, N. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403358</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Bourke, T. E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">56962</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, L. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403150</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Allen, W. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">79505</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Sayer, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405470</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Evers, O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405300</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Charlesworth, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">47867</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Scholes, C.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">11445</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smithson, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">457517</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dayment, W. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405223</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smith, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/1st WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Pope, H. E.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Mackenzie, L. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Pickles, H. D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Blackburn, J. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401327</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Knaggs, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401178</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hirst, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401144</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wood, F. D.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401173</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Micklethwaite, G. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401152</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Odgers, A. D.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401160</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Summerscales, D. G.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">22655</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Burdon, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">461489</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Williamson, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/182142</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Titterton, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">53660</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>McLean, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401494</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Coates, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403494</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Yates, O.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401401</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Hunter, T. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">401225</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Braddick, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">51846</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Goodwin, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wood, G. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M2/102446</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Coleahill, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/2nd WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Eames, C. W.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Kenworthy, T. R.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403183</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Tamar, T. A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403173</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Disbrey, W. T.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403420</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fuguel, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">388039</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Liddell, S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405068</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Lake, H. H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_320"></a>[320]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403117</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Thomas, G. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403567</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Hillaby, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403528</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Watkinson, F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403249</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Peakman, G. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405142</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Barker, S.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403468</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Marshall, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403330</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Wright, C. V.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403642</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Cockerham, R.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">DM2/190928</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Horton, R.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403410</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Boshell, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403500</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Chadwick, S. S.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">402334</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Senior, J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403295</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Dawson, A. J.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/3rd WEST RIDING FIELD AMBULANCE.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Wrigglesworth, F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Young, J. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">T4/252459</td>
-    <td>S.S.M.</td>
-    <td>Roberts, F.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405375</td>
-    <td>Q.M.S.</td>
-    <td>Fowler, G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405202</td>
-    <td>S.-Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Torr, J. W.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405051</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Pattison, A.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">46986</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Wignall, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405444</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Thornton, E.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405309</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Harris, G. B.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">403103</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Robinson, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">36280</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Richardson, F. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">405052</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Shaw, N.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">M/321557</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Kinnear, H.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">65036</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Tipping, P. J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">MISCELLANEOUS UNITS ATTACHED TO 62nd (W.R.) DIVISION.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">QUEEN’S OWN OXFORD HUSSARS.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">285372</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Jones, N. F.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">KING EDWARD’S HORSE.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lt.-Col.</td>
-    <td>Russell, C. G.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">2/1st (W.R.) MOBILE VETERINARY SECTION.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">TT/03262</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Mollekin,</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">5788</td>
-    <td>Condtr.</td>
-    <td>Bush, A. G.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_321"></a>[321]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">MOUNTED MILITARY POLICE.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/2367</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Hood, W.</td>
-    <td>M.S.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/2899</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Jones, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">P/5963</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Dent, J. W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg"><span class="smcap">62nd DIVISIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL.</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">241941</td>
-    <td>L.-Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Whitehead, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">623583</td>
-    <td>Pte.</td>
-    <td>Smale, A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">DIVISIONAL EMPLOYMENT COMPANY.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">224596</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Town, P. A.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">CHAPLAINS.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Chavasse, C. M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Martin, O.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Harland, C. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Wood, D.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Moran, M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Hindle, B. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Price, H. G.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Revd.</td>
-    <td>Thornhill, R. W.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_322"></a>[322]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="APPENDIX_III">APPENDIX III.<br>
-<span class="smcap smaller">HONOURS AND AWARDS OBTAINED BY WEST RIDING
-TERRITORIAL TROOPS NOT SERVING WITH THE 49th AND
-62nd DIVISIONS.</span></h2>
-
-</div>
-
-<table class="borders">
-  <tr>
-    <th>Regtl. No.</th>
-    <th>Rank.</th>
-    <th>Name.</th>
-    <th>Award.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">YORKSHIRE HUSSARS</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Watts, A. F.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Pearson, R. S.</td>
-    <td>O.B.E.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Collins, A. E. D.</td>
-    <td>Knight of the Crown (Belgian)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Howard, A. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Preston, T.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Slingsby, H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Mars, L. J.</td>
-    <td>M.B.E.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Ferrier, C. G.</td>
-    <td>O.B.E.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">YORKSHIRE DRAGOONS.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Thompson, R.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Major</td>
-    <td>Brooke, R. W.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Hirst, C. J.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Barrett, F. P.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Sheppard, M.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Unwin, H. T. H.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Thompson, R. C.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Watson, R. A.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Beilly, R. B.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Snowden, S.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2484</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Fanvel, L.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2650</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Storer, J.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2361</td>
-    <td>Sgt.</td>
-    <td>Tinker,</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">2172</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Granswick, W.</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">WEST RIDING R.G.A.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="nw">2 Officers</td>
-    <td rowspan="4" class="nw valign">Names not obtainable</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="nw">1 Other Rank</td>
-    <td>Croix de Guerre</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="nw">18 Other Ranks</td>
-    <td>M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="nw">1 Other Rank</td>
-    <td>Bar to M.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">NORTHERN SIGNAL COMPANIES R.E.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Lieut.</td>
-    <td>Jackson, W. F.</td>
-    <td>M.C.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td colspan="4" class="reg">YORKSHIRE MOUNTED BRIGADE FIELD AMBULANCE.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td>Captain</td>
-    <td>Downie, J.</td>
-    <td>D.S.O.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Order of St. Anne, 4th Class (Russia)</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">1147</td>
-    <td>Cpl.</td>
-    <td>Carey, H.</td>
-    <td>D.C.M.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
-
-<div class="chapter">
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_323"></a>[323]</span></p>
-
-<h2 class="nobreak" id="APPENDIX_IV">APPENDIX IV.<br>
-<span class="smaller">RETURN OF CASUALTIES UP TO THE END OF DECEMBER, 1918.</span></h2>
-
-<p>This Return is provisional only, and, though so deplorably
-heavy, cannot be regarded as complete.</p>
-
-</div>
-
-<table class="borders max70">
-  <tr>
-    <th rowspan="2">UNIT.</th>
-    <th colspan="4"><span class="smcap">Officers.</span></th>
-    <th colspan="4"><span class="smcap">Other Ranks.</span></th>
-    <th rowspan="2">REMARKS.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <th>Killed.</th>
-    <th>Wounded.</th>
-    <th>Missing.</th>
-    <th>Sick.</th>
-    <th>Killed.</th>
-    <th>Wounded.</th>
-    <th>Missing.</th>
-    <th class="br">Sick.</th>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Yorkshire Hussars</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">7</td>
-    <td class="tdr">11</td>
-    <td class="tdr">42</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">120</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Yorkshire Dragoons</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr">14</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">59</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>West Riding R.H.A.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Yorks. Mtd. Bde. R.A.S.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Yorks. Mtd. Bde. Field Ambulance</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">8</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Signal Troops with Mtd. Bde.</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Headquarters W.R. Division</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">7</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>245th Brigade R.F.A.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">6</td>
-    <td class="tdr">15</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">7</td>
-    <td class="tdr">36</td>
-    <td class="tdr">173</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">184</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>246th Brigade R.F.A.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">9</td>
-    <td class="tdr">10</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">16</td>
-    <td class="tdr">82</td>
-    <td class="tdr">221</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr">268</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>247th Brigade R.F.A.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">8</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">12</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">19</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">92</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>248th Brigade R.F.A. (Howitzer)</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">6</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">20</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">61</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>310th Brigade R.F.A.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">26</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr">20</td>
-    <td class="tdr">204</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">375</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>312th Brigade R.F.A.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr">24</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">6</td>
-    <td class="tdr">47</td>
-    <td class="tdr">177</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">291</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>West Riding R.G.A. (Heavy Battery)</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr">11</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">21</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Divisional Ammunition Column</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">7</td>
-    <td class="tdr">80</td>
-    <td class="tdr">103</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">306</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Trench Mortar Batteries</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">18</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">22</td>
-    <td class="tdr">211</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">55</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>W.R. Divisional Royal Engineers</td>
-    <td class="tdr">19</td>
-    <td class="tdr">26</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">27</td>
-    <td class="tdr">110</td>
-    <td class="tdr">635</td>
-    <td class="tdr">20</td>
-    <td class="tdr">983</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>5th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">33</td>
-    <td class="tdr">105</td>
-    <td class="tdr">11</td>
-    <td class="tdr">54</td>
-    <td class="tdr">497</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,902</td>
-    <td class="tdr">323</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,339</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>6th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">38</td>
-    <td class="tdr">96</td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr">48</td>
-    <td class="tdr">374</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,488</td>
-    <td class="tdr">196</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,044</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>7th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">28</td>
-    <td class="tdr">70</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">51</td>
-    <td class="tdr">433</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,642</td>
-    <td class="tdr">145</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,535</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>8th Bn. West Yorks. Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">46</td>
-    <td class="tdr">116</td>
-    <td class="tdr">11</td>
-    <td class="tdr">60</td>
-    <td class="tdr">528</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2,917</td>
-    <td class="tdr">237</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,689</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>4th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">38</td>
-    <td class="tdr">107</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">57</td>
-    <td class="tdr">720</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2,651</td>
-    <td class="tdr">251</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,731</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>5th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">28</td>
-    <td class="tdr">121</td>
-    <td class="tdr">9</td>
-    <td class="tdr">64</td>
-    <td class="tdr">535</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2,404</td>
-    <td class="tdr">437</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,517</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>6th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">24</td>
-    <td class="tdr">66</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr">43</td>
-    <td class="tdr">252</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,396</td>
-    <td class="tdr">131</td>
-    <td class="tdr">868</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>7th Bn. West Riding Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">22</td>
-    <td class="tdr">70</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">66</td>
-    <td class="tdr">375</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,514</td>
-    <td class="tdr">100</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,101</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>4th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">48</td>
-    <td class="tdr">138</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">83</td>
-    <td class="tdr">630</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2,947</td>
-    <td class="tdr">579</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,560</td>
-    <td class="tdr"><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_324"></a>[324]</span></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>5th Bn. K.O.Y.L.I.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">48</td>
-    <td class="tdr">103</td>
-    <td class="tdr">7</td>
-    <td class="tdr">58</td>
-    <td class="tdr">676</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2,878</td>
-    <td class="tdr">493</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,867</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>4th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">36</td>
-    <td class="tdr">113</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">56</td>
-    <td class="tdr">614</td>
-    <td class="tdr">3,015</td>
-    <td class="tdr">438</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,538</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>5th Bn. York and Lancaster Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">35</td>
-    <td class="tdr">83</td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr">40</td>
-    <td class="tdr">481</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1,861</td>
-    <td class="tdr">216</td>
-    <td class="tdr">851</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>5th Devon Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">10</td>
-    <td class="tdr">31</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr">138</td>
-    <td class="tdr">645</td>
-    <td class="tdr">60</td>
-    <td class="tdr">353</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>4th Hants. Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr">24</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr">157</td>
-    <td class="tdr">662</td>
-    <td class="tdr">105</td>
-    <td class="tdr">422</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>19th Lancashire Fusiliers</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">6</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">3</td>
-    <td class="tdr">18</td>
-    <td class="tdr">433</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">194</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>9th Durham Light Infantry</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">24</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">93</td>
-    <td class="tdr">506</td>
-    <td class="tdr">46</td>
-    <td class="tdr">345</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>2/20th London Regt.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">11</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">91</td>
-    <td class="tdr">421</td>
-    <td class="tdr">40</td>
-    <td class="tdr">210</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Machine-Gun Corps</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr">47</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">7</td>
-    <td class="tdr">109</td>
-    <td class="tdr">702</td>
-    <td class="tdr">16</td>
-    <td class="tdr">627</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Divisional Cyclists Corps</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">45</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">58</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>West Riding Divisional R.A.S.C.</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">8</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr">25</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">300</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>1st West Riding Field Ambulance</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">6</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">14</td>
-    <td class="tdr">11</td>
-    <td class="tdr">61</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">161</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>2nd West Riding Field Ambulance</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">8</td>
-    <td class="tdr">9</td>
-    <td class="tdr">65</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">248</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>3rd West Riding Field Ambulance</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">7</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">5</td>
-    <td class="tdr">18</td>
-    <td class="tdr">162</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">201</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Casualty Clearing Station</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">11</td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">23</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Mobile Veterinary Section</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">20</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Sanitary Section</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Chaplains</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>243rd Employment Company</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">1</td>
-    <td class="tdr">4</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">10</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td>M.M.P.</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-    <td class="tdr">2</td>
-    <td class="tdr"></td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td class="tdr">TOTAL</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">496</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">1,505</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">69</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">857</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">7,197</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">32,192</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">3,844</td>
-    <td class="tdr total">22,653</td>
-    <td class="tdr total"></td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Total</td>
-    <td>Officers</td>
-    <td class="tdr">2,927</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td>Other Ranks</td>
-    <td class="tdr">65,886</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td></td>
-    <td></td>
-    <td class="tdr total">68,813</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop">
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-<p class="center">BY THE SAME AUTHOR AND PUBLISHERS.</p>
-
-<p class="center"><i>428 pages.</i> <i>12s. net.</i></p>
-
-<p class="center larger">A GENERAL SKETCH OF EUROPEAN
-LITERATURE IN THE CENTURIES
-OF ROMANCE.</p>
-
-<table>
-  <tr>
-    <td>Chap.</td>
-    <td class="tdr">I</td>
-    <td>Story-Matters and Story-Writers.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">II</td>
-    <td>The Age of Dante.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">III</td>
-    <td>The Fourteenth Century.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">IV</td>
-    <td>1374 to 1492.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">V</td>
-    <td>The Transit through 1492.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">VI</td>
-    <td>Europe at School.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">VII</td>
-    <td>Europe at Large.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">VIII</td>
-    <td>The Maturity of Romance.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">IX</td>
-    <td>The Age of Milton.</td>
-  </tr>
-  <tr>
-    <td><span class="ditto">”</span></td>
-    <td class="tdr">X</td>
-    <td>The Watershed of 1637.</td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-<p class="center"><span class="smcap">By LAURIE MAGNUS, M.A.</span></p>
-
-<p class="hanging">Starting at the twelfth century, “The Centuries of Romance” brings down
-the history of literature in Europe to the year 1637 (including the works
-of Milton and Calderon), when the French Academy was founded, and
-a natural break occurs between the centuries of Romance and <i>Bon Sens</i>.
-It is intended to provide English students, both professional and
-amateur, with a measure and a standard of comparison for the true and
-correct appreciation of the literature and literary history of our own
-country.</p>
-
-<p><i>The Spectator</i> says: “Many people who are not students will find
-this survey of a wide field both interesting and useful, for few writers since
-Hallam’s day have attempted to envisage the literary activity of medieval
-and modern Europe as a whole.”</p>
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-existed in the English language.... The author of this ample and
-learned book, which shows an amazing depth and range of reading, writes
-with power and precision, and has provided an invaluable literary map,
-so to speak, of that which is a <i>terra incognita</i> to most English students of
-literature.”</p>
-
-<p><i>The Times Literary Supplement</i> says: “The mass of knowledge of which
-he disposes, if nowhere amounting to specialism, is in the aggregate extraordinarily
-copious and varied; and he handles it with an agility of mind,
-an openness to impressions, and a deftness in seizing salient points, which
-make his book constantly fresh and informing.”</p>
-
-<p><i>The Journal of Education</i> says: ... “The other and nobler way,
-of which Goldsmith (with all his shortcomings) and Hallam set the example,
-and which Mr. Laurie Magnus has followed, gives us something different
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-to the summit of hills that command a great stretch of plain: he views the
-country spread out as a map before him, and places that he has passed
-through or will visit in days to come are seen in their right relations to each
-other. To attempt this kind of conspectus is incomparably the more difficult
-task, and success in it seems to require the wide knowledge and power of
-generalization of a Lord Acton. Mr. Laurie Magnus would doubtless
-disclaim the ambition to ‘rival the cultivated mind of Europe incarnate in
-its finest characteristics,’ but he has performed a very arduous feat with a
-skill that, to one reader at least, has pleasantly recalled Viscount Bryce’s
-memorable description of Acton’s conversation.”</p>
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-<p>C.H.H., whose initials reveal a distinguished authority on the subject,
-writes in the <i>Manchester Guardian</i>: “Mr. Magnus has conceived his task
-on large lines.... Continental culture through the centuries has
-moved to vast and complex rhythms of its own, only fitfully and in fragments
-caught up into our island music, and it is the merit of Mr. Magnus’s sketch
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