The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's)

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

The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's)

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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

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN. BY BILLING AND SONS, LTD. GUILDFORD AND ESHER

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Fred W. Ward

A Record of its Services in the Great War, 1914-1919

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October: Redan.

November: Battle of Beaumont Hamel.

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