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THE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS.
(FIRST SPORTSMAN'S)
THE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS
(FIRST SPORTSMAN'S)
A RECORD OF ITS SERVICES IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919
FRED. W. WARD
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FOREWORDS
THE SPORTSMENToC
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G.ToC
FROM MAJOR-GENERAL R.O. KELLETT, C.B., C.M.G.ToC
FORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED, AND ITS RECORD IN BRIEF
FORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED, AND ITS RECORD IN BRIEFToC
Raised in London in 1914 by Mrs E. Cunliffe-Owen (now Mrs. Stamford, O.B.E.)
A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER—THE COSMOPOLITAN COMPOSITION OF THE BATTALION
A NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER—THE COSMOPOLITAN COMPOSITION OF THE BATTALIONToC
TRAINING AT HOME—HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED FROM THE ROUGH MATERIAL
TRAINING AT HOME—HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED FROM THE ROUGH MATERIALToC
SERVICE OVERSEAS—HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE FRONT, AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY.
SERVICE OVERSEAS—HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE FRONT, AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY.ToC
1916.
1917.
1918.
1919.
GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED—HOLDING UP A GERMAN ADVANCE—SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK—AND SOME OTHER THINGS
GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED—HOLDING UP A GERMAN ADVANCE—SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK—AND SOME OTHER THINGSToC
PRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR—MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN THE BATTALION
PRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR—MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN THE BATTALIONToC
"GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"—BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E. McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE 23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION)
"GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"—BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E. McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE 23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION)ToC
THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD—AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS—A PERSONAL NARRATIVE
THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD—AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS—A PERSONAL NARRATIVEToC
EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR—EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"
EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR—EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"ToC
THE HONOURS' LIST
NAMES OF OFFICERS AND MEN AWARDED DECORATIONS AND MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES
THE HONOURS' LISTToC
OFFICERS
N.C.O.'S AND MEN
THE ROLL OF HONOUR
OFFICERS AND OTHER RANKS WHO DIED THAT ENGLAND MIGHT LIVE
THE ROLL OF HONOURToC
OFFICERS
N.C.O.'s AND MEN
THE NOMINAL ROLL
NAMES AND NUMBERS OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS OF THE BATTALION WHO JOINED EITHER AT THE HOTEL CECIL, LONDON, OR AT HORNCHURCH, ESSEX
THE NOMINAL ROLLToC
EDITOR'S NOTE.ToC
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