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THE 2ND CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS) IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-19)

Written by W.E. Grey
Published by The Headquarters Of The Regiment in 1929

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THE 2ND CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS) IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-19)
Written by W.E. Grey.
Stock no. 1823650
1st. 1929. Hardback. Very good condition.

Red cloth spine with gilt title, blue cloth boards with gilt vignette to front. B/w plates and maps. Top edge gilt. Red cloth spine faded and browned, gilt also faded. Blue cloth boards rubbed at corners. Text blcok and endpapers browned. A few finger marks to margins.

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Cover of THE 2ND CITY OF LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS) IN THE GREAT WAR (1914-19) by W.E. Grey

Contents

  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER I
  • Mobilization and the Railway Line
  • CHAPTER II
  • 1/2nd Londons in Malta - Formation of the 2/2nd Londons
  • CHAPTER III
  • The 1/2nd Londons in France - Armentieres and the Action of l'Epinette
  • CHAPTER IV
  • The 1/2nd Londons in Defence of Ypres
  • i. First Impressions of the Salient
  • ii. The Actions of Hooge
  • iii. The Defence of the Bluff
  • iv. Last DAys with the 17th Brigade
  • CHAPTER V
  • The 2/2nd Londons in Malta and Gallipoli
  • CHAPTER VI
  • The 2/2nd Londons in Southern Egypt and France - Disbandment
  • CHAPTER VII
  • The 3/2nd and 4/2nd Londons at Home
  • CHAPTER VII
  • The 3/2nd and 4/2nd Londons at Home
  • CHAPTER VIII
  • Formation of the 56th Division
  • CHAPTER IX
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the Battles of the Somme, 1916-I
  • The Attack on the Gommecourt Salient
  • CHAPTER X
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the Battles of the Somme, 1916 - II
  • I. Leuze Wood and the Fighting for Combles
  • ii. The Battle of the Transloy Ridges
  • CHAPTER XI
  • The 1/2nd Londons during the Winter of 1917-17 - Neuve Chapelle and the Laventie Posts
  • CHAPTER XII
  • THE 2/2nd Londons in France - The German Retirement
  • CHAPTER XIII
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the Battles of Arras, 1917
  • i. the Capture of Beaurains
  • ii. The First Battle of the Scarpe, 1917
  • iii. The Third Battle of the Scarpe, 1917
  • CHAPTER XIV
  • The 2/2nd Londons in the Battles of Bullecourt, 1917
  • CHAPTER XV
  • The Battles of Ypres, 1917-I
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the Battle of Langemarck
  • CHAPTER XVI
  • The Battles of Ypres, 1917-II
  • The 2/2nd Londons on the Northern Ridges
  • CHAPTER XVII
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the Battle of Cambrai, 1917
  • i. On the Cambrai Front, September to November 1917
  • ii. The Capture of Tadpole Copse
  • iii. The German Counter-Attack
  • CHAPTER XVIII
  • The 1/2nd Londons during the Winter of 1917-18, On the Artois Front
  • CHAPTER XIX
  • The 2/2nd Londons in the First Battles of the Somme, 1918
  • i. Preparations for the German Offensive
  • ii. The Twenty-First of March
  • iii. The Retreat
  • iv. The Action of Villers Bretonneux
  • CHAPTER XX
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the First Battle of Arras, 1918
  • CHAPTER XXI
  • The 1/2nd and 2/2nd Londons during the Summer Months of 1918 -
  • The Reserve Battalion and the Depot
  • CHAPTER XXII
  • The 2/2nd Londons in the Battle of Amiens and the Second Battles of the Somme, 1918
  • CHAPTER XXIII
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the Second Battles of Arras, 1918
  • CHAPTER XXIV
  • The 2/2nd Londons in the Battle of Epehy
  • CHAPTER XXV
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the Battle of the Canal du Nord - The Action of Aubigny au Bac
  • CHAPTER XXVI
  • The Final Advance - I
  • The 1/2nd Londons in the Battles of Valenciennes and the Sambre
  • CHAPTER XXVII
  • The Final Advance - II
  • The 2/2nd Londons in Pursuit to the schelde
  • EPILOGUE
  • ROLL OF HONOUR
  • SUMMARY OF DECORATIONS AWARDED TO OFFICERS
  • SUMMARY OF DECORATIONS AWAREDED TO WARRANT OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND MEN
  • INDEX
  • INDEX OF ARMS, FORMATIONS, UNITS, ETC.