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John David Hills. The Fifth Leicestershire
The Fifth Leicestershire
Table of Contents
PREFACE
AUTHOR'S NOTE
ILLUSTRATIONS
MAPS
CHAPTER 1
ENGLAND
CHAPTER II
EARLY EXPERIENCES
(Photos by Capt. C.R. Knighton.)
CHAPTER III
"THE SALIENT."
CHAPTER IV
"HOHENZOLLERN."
General map of Arras-Bethune area. to illustrate Chapters IV, V, VI, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV & XV
CHAPTER V
FLANDERS MUD TO THE MEDITERRANEAN
CHAPTER VI
THE VIMY RIDGE
CHAPTER VII
GOMMECOURT
Sketch map of Gommecourt to illustrate the attack of the 1st July 1916. German trenches in RED
CHAPTER VIII
MONCHY AU BOIS
General map to illustrate chapters VII, VIII &. IX
CHAPTER IX
GOMMECOURT AGAIN
CHAPTER X
LENS
SKETCH MAP TO ILLUSTRATE FIGHTING AT LENS -MAY, JUNE 1917-
CHAPTER XI
HILL 65
CHAPTER XII
ST. ELIE LEFT
CHAPTER XIII
CAMBRIN RIGHT
CHAPTER XIV
GORRE AND ESSARS AT PEACE
CHAPTER XV
GORRE AND ESSARS AT WAR
CHAPTER XVI
PONTRUET
Diagram (not to scale) to illustrate positions of Companies at 5.14 A.m. Sept 24th 1918 during attack on Pontruet
CHAPTER XVII
CROSSING THE CANAL
SKETCH MAP OF CAMBRAI-ST. QUENTIN-AVESNES AREA. To illustrate battles of Sept Oct Nov 1918
CHAPTER XVIII
FRESNOY AND RIQUERVAL WOODS
CHAPTER XIX
THE LAST FIGHT
CHAPTER XX
HOME AGAIN
APPENDIX 1
Officers who sailed To France with the Regiment, February, 1915
APPENDIX II
Honours
V.C
APPENDIX III
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John David Hills
A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919
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And as with men, so with animals. "The waggon and horses" sounds beautifully complete as well as highly attractive, but in the army we must not forget to see that harness comes as well. And this thought, the lack of harness, carries us to another great event in our history, the end of the Luton days, the march to Ware.
Why was the march to Ware planned exactly like that? It is not in the hope of getting an answer we ask the question. Waggons and horses and no harness, and whose fault? Waggons and horses with harness, and carrying a double load to make up—no fault, a necessity. Officers away on leave—but let us set things down in order. Barely a fortnight after the march to France along the Bedford Road, on Saturday, the 14th of November, a proportion of officers and men went on leave as usual till Monday, and all was calm and still. At 1 a.m. on Monday, orders were received to move at 7 a.m., complete for Ware, a distance, by the route set, of 25 to 30 miles—some say 50 to 100 miles. Official clear-the-line telegrams were poured out recalling the leave takers. Waggons were packed—(were they not packed!)—billets were cleared, and we toed the line at the correct time. For want of harness, the four cooks' carts and two water carts were left behind; for want of time, meat was issued raw; for want of orders, no long halt was given at mid-day. One short and sharp bit of hill on the way was too much for the horses, and such regimental transport as we had with us had to be man-handled. This little diversion gave regiments a choice of two systems, gaps between regiments, or gaps between sections of the same regiment, and gave spectators, who had come in considerable numbers, a subject for discussion. But the chief feature of the day was that we reached Ware that day as complete as we started. We arrived at 7–20 p.m. except for two Companies who were detached as rear guard to the Division. The tail end of the Divisional train lost touch and took the wrong turning, and for this reason the two Companies did not come in till 11–30 p.m. We understand that the third bar on our medal will be the march to Ware.
