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A History of 119 Infantry Brigade in the Great War with Special Reference To
The History of 119 Infantry Brigade in the Great War with Special Reference to the Command of Brigadier-General Frank Percy Crozier by Michael Anthony Taylor A thesis submitted to the University of Birmingham for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of History School of History and Cultures College of Arts and Law University of Birmingham September 2016 University of Birmingham Research Archive e-theses repository This unpublished thesis/dissertation is copyright of the author and/or third parties. The intellectual property rights of the author or third parties in respect of this work are as defined by The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or as modified by any successor legislation. Any use made of information contained in this thesis/dissertation must be in accordance with that legislation and must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the permission of the copyright holder. Abstract 119 Brigade, 40th Division, had an unusual origin as a ‘left-over’ brigade of the Welsh Army Corps and was the only completely bantam formation outside 35th Division. This study investigates the formation’s national identity and demonstrates that it was indeed strongly ‘Welsh’ in more than name until 1918. New data on the social background of men and officers is added to that generated by earlier studies. The examination of the brigade’s actions on the Western Front challenges the widely held belief that there was an inherent problem with this and other bantam formations. The original make-up of the brigade is compared with its later forms when new and less efficient units were introduced. -
Salmon Chronicles
SALMON CHRONICLES BY H. J. D. SALMON PRIVATELY PRINTED SALMON CHRONICLES has been designed and printed by John Gartner at The Hawthorn Press in an edition limited to 100 copies and the type distributed. Preface These Chronicles, re-written from my original notes, are arranged as far as I could do so, showing each man in the county in which he or his ancestors resided or held land. Many of the records are vague and useless, but were copied when found in case further particulars might afterwards be discovered. The number of different variants of the name is very re markable, but it is very doubtful whether many that have been included herein are related at all. When surnames were first used and for many years after wards the spelling of the names was certainly not regarded as a matter of vital importance, and one frequently finds the same man's name spelt in many different ways, and brothers with their surnames spelt differently ; as in the case of Robert Selyman (Seleman) KT of Wilts, Dorset etc. (CA1297-1350) and Roger Saloman (Saleman) KT of Surrey and Sussex (died 1343). Later the sons of both these men often appear in the State Records with their names spelt in various ways, but ultimately almost always Salman or Salmon. Patent rolls of September 1379 and February 1381 provide "protection for one year for Roger Selyman alias Sele man alias Selman, going to Ireland on the King's Service." Showing clearly that the name might be spelt in various ways. These Chronicles have been collected over a long period. -
Black & White Illustrated Budget
) BL'ACK^WHITE Vol. IV.—No. 55.] [Oct. 27, if,oo Regd. at the G.P.O. as a Newspaper. [I'kice 2d. Post free, 2%d. angloboerwar.com COLONEL WILLIAM HENRY MACKINNON the Colonel commanding the City of London Imperial Volunteers, better known as the C.LV., whom we welcome in our midst, has every reason to be proud of his regiment. The gallant Colonel has done very much for the regiment and the regiment has done much for him. Colonel Mackinncn entered the Army in 1870, became Colonel in 1889, and last year was Assistant Adjutant-General of the Home District. ( Thoto by Elliott and Fry. — BLACK AND Unmoved by the bad Q. C. , he was born in luck of the last race for Lincolnshire nearly fifty- the America Cup, Sir eight years ago. At uni- Thomas Lipton, like a versity he was a famous true sportsman, has athlete, winning the mile issued a challenge championship in 1865. It through Mr. Hugh C. was in 1878 that he be- Kelly, the secretary of came Queen's Counsel, the Royal Ulster Yacht and he is the only man Club. The challenge has for a considerable period been accepted by the New who has secured that York Yacht Club, and honour at the early age doubtless the famous of thirty-six. American yacht builders, ¥ ** the Herreshol'fs, will be asked to build an- Never having been in other boat to meet that Parliament, Justice A. L. of the challenger. Yachts- Smith, the new Master of men in America do not the Rolls, is less known feel that the English to the public, but his pro- boats are now handi- motion will, nevertheless, capped, and they think be acclaimed in legal that challengers have a circles, where "A. -
Marteine Kemes Arundel Lloyd of the Grenadier Guards, 1891-1916
1 SAVED BY A CAT: MARTEINE KEMES ARUNDEL LLOYD OF THE GRENADIER GUARDS, 1891-1916 Synopsis Animals have always played an important role in war, from Hannibal’s elephants to horses, dogs and pigeons in twentieth-century wars. That role has now been recognized with the unveiling of the Annimals in War Memorial at Hyde Park in 2004. Cats, however, are not normally seen as useful for armies or navies, except perhaps for ridding ships and trenches of rats (as was the case with Simon, winner of the PDSA Dickin Medal for ratting while wounded on HMS Ammethyst in 1949). In December 1914, however, following the fierce battle between the British and German armies around Ypres, one cat received considerable publicity, for he had apparently saved the life of a British officer. This paper examines that event in the context of the life of the officer he supposedly saved. The Lloyds of Bronwydd The small British army that entered the war in August 1914 had an officer corps with a distinctly privileged background. Although many officers, such as Douglas Haig, came from wealthy business and commercial backgrounds or from the professional classees, the army was still seen as a suitable career for scions of aristocratic and gentry families.1 For some families, army service had long been trraditional, with at least one, usually a younger, son entering the army every ggeneration. This was the case with the Lloyd family of Bronwydd in Cardiganshire, Wales. Marteine Kemes Arundel Lloyd was following a family tradition of military service stretching back at least a hundred years when he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1909. -
A Welsh Response to the Great War: the 38Th (Welsh) Division on The
A Welsh Response to the Great War: The 38th (Welsh) Division on the Western Front 1914 – 1919 Peter Robinson Thesis Submitted for the Degree of Master of Philosophy Cardiff University 2017 1 Abstract The story of how ‘Lloyd George’s Army’ became a well-respected Welsh Division is the starting point of this work. As the Great War progressed the division became better known for its military effectiveness rather than its political association. It should be seen as a Welsh Division, representing Wales, and its people, united with other small nations, in the fight for ‘civilisation’. By the end of the war, it did represent the martial spirit of Welsh heroes of the past and not one man. This thesis aims to explore the demands of modern trench warfare made on the men of the Welsh Division who rose to the challenges they were confronted with. This research will probe the role of the senior commanders as well as the middle and junior ranking officers concerned. Although the focus revolves around the battles which were a major feature of the war on the Western Front, it will also put into place the men who were present during these events. In nearly all cases, they were very much men of the New Armies, and in the Welsh case, they were very much part of the society they came from. Through their attestation forms the evidence reveals most of these men who came forward to join the Welsh Division as junior officers were, in the main, the products of the Welsh universities and grammar schools. -
Ancient Coins
Ancient Coins Greek Coins 1 Sicily, Syracuse (480-475 BC), tetradrachm from the rule of the tyrant Gelon, ΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙΟΝ, head of Artemis-Arethusa r., four dolphins around, rev. quadriga driven to r. by a male charioteer, Nike flying above, crowning the horses with a wreath, wt. 17.37gms. (S.913), good fine £400-500 2 Boeotia, Thebes (425-395 BC), stater, Boeotian shield, rev. hd. of Dionysos r. wreathed with ivy in incuse square, wt. 12.00gms. (BMC.58), good very fine or better £1250-1500 3 Boeotia, Thebes (c. 395-338 BC), stater, Boeotian shield, rev. ΔA – IM either side of amphora, wt. 12.20gms. (BMC.126), a little double struck, good very fine £200-300 4 Corinth, Corinthia (500-450 BC), stater, Pegasos with curved wing flying l., koppa beneath, rev. hd. of Athena facing to r., wearing Corinthian helmet and necklace, all within an incuse square, wt. 8.49gms. (Ravel 129), good very fine or better £700-800 ANCIENT COINS 5 6 7 5 Sikyon (c. 350-330 BC), stater, chimaera stg. l., wreath above, ΣI below, rev. dove in wreath flying r., A above tail, koppa below, wt. 12.06gms. (BMC.106), obverse a little off-centre, otherwise nearly extremely fine with an old cabinet tone £300-400 6 Ionia, Klazomenai (499-494 BC), didrachm, forepart of a winged boar r., rev. incuse square, wt. 6.64gms. (BMC.6; SNG Copenhagen 1, S.3501), about very fine £500-600 7 Achaemenid Persia, Darius I (524-485 BC), silver siglos, Persian king or hero in kneeling-running position r. -
The London of TUESDA F, Jthe 23Rd of JUNE, 1908 Iig
J13imtfi. 28151, 4641 SUPPLEMENT TO The London Of TUESDA F, Jthe 23rd of JUNE, 1908 iig FKIDAY, JUNE 26, 1908. CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS Major-General Harcourt Mortimer Bengough, . OF KNIGHTHOOD. C.B. (Retired). Major-General Thomas Graham, C.B., Royal (late Lord Chamberlain!s Office, St. James's Palace, Bengal) Artillery (Retired). June 26, 1908. Major-General John Muuro Sym, C.B., Indian Army. The KING- has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the Celebration or His Majesty's Lieutenant-General Frederick Lance, C.B., Indian Army, Colonel 22nd Sam Browne's Cavalry Birthday, to give orders for the following pro- (Frontier Force). motions in, and appointments to, the Most Honourable Order of the Bath :— Lieutenant-General William Henry Mackinnon, C.V.O., C.B., Director General of ithe Territorial To be Ordinary Members of the Military Force. Division of the Second Class or Knights Com- Major-General Herbert Scott Gould Miles, C.V.O., manders :— C.B., Quartermaster-General to the Forces (3rd Admiral Sir Reginald Neville distance. K.C.M.G., Military Member, Army Council). c.v.o. Major-General and Honorary Lieutenant-General Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund Samuel Po6, K.C.V.O. The Honourable Somerset John Gough Cal- Vice - Admiral The Honourable Sir .Hedworth thorpe, C.B., Colonel fith (Princess Charlotte Lambton, K.C.V.O., C.B. of Wales's) Dragoon Guards. Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Bridgeman Bridgeroan, K.c.v:o. To be Ordinary Members of the Military Division of the Third Class, or Companions :— To be Ordinary Members of the Military : Major-General Henry Bulckley Burlton Watkis, Division of the First -Class, or Knights Grand Indian Army, Brigade Commander, India.