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WITH BAYONETS FIXED: THE 12TH 13TH BATTALIONS OF THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY IN THE GREAT WAR (HARDBACK)

Pen Sword Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2013. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 236 x 178 mm. Language: English . Brand New Book. In August and September 1914 the Regimental Depot of the Durham Light Infantry at in Newcastle was overwhelmed by the number of men enlisting. Accommodation was tight so the men were formed into batches and sent o to training grounds in the south of England. Over 2,000 men were sent to Bulllswater near Woking in Surrey where they became the 12th and 13th Battalions of the DLI serving in 68 Brigade of the 23rd Division, commanded by Lieutenant General Sir James Babington KCB KCMG. The Division never failed to take an objective between 1915 and 1918. Aer initial training around Aldershot and Ashford, in May they embarked for France on 25 August 1915. In November Private Thomas Kenny, of the 13th DLI, a miner from Wingate, County Durham, won the Victoria Cross rescuing his wounded oicer. In the summer of 1916 they joined the fighting on the Somme and took part in the capture of Contalmaison on 10 July. In October the two battalions took part in the capture of Le Sars before being sent north to the Ypres Salient. In Flanders they took part in the Battle of Messines and the 3rd Battle of Ypres. In November 1917 the 23rd Division was ordered to the Italian Front. The 12th and 13th Battalions were initially deployed on the Montello before moving into the mountainous region of the Asiago Plateau. They were attacked by the Austrians on 15 June 1918, however, the only enemy soldiers that entered the Durhams trenches did so as prisoners, brought in by men of the two battalions. The 13th DLI was ordered back to France in September 1918 where it took part in...

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