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Battle of Mons (23- |
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Action of Elouges |
24 August |
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Affair of Landrecies |
25 August |
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Rearguard Action of Solesmes |
25 August |
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Battle of Le Cateau (26 August - |
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Rearguard Affair of Le Grand Fayt |
26 August |
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Rearguard Affair of Etreux |
27 August |
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Affair of Cerizy |
28 August |
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Rearguard action of Villers Cotterets |
1 September |
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Rearguard action of Crepy en Valois |
1 September |
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Affair of Nery |
1 September |
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Battle of the Marne (7- |
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Battle of the Aisne (12- |
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Including the capture of the Aisne Heights including the Chemin des Dames |
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Actions of the Aisne Heights |
20 September |
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Action of Chivy |
26 September |
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Defence of Antwerp (4- |
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Battle of La Bassee (10 October - |
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Battle of Messines (12 October - |
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Battle of Armentieres (13 October - |
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Including the capture of Meteren |
13- |
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The First Battle of Ypres 1914 (19 October - |
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Battle of Langemarck |
21- |
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Battle of Gheluvelt |
29- |
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Battle of Nonn Bosschen |
11 November |
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Winter Operations (23 November - |
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Defence of Festubert |
23- |
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Attack on Wytschaete |
14 December |
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Defence of Givenchy |
20- |
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1915 |
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Winter Operations (25 January - |
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First action of Givenchy |
25 January |
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Affairs of Cuinchy |
29 January & 1- |
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Battle of Neuve Chappelle (10- |
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Action of St Eloi |
14- |
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Capture of Hill 60 |
17- |
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The Second Battle of Ypres (22 April - |
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Battle of Gravenstaffel |
22- |
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Battle of St Julien |
24 April - |
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Battle of Frezenberg |
8- |
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Second action of Givenchy |
15- |
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Battle of Bellewaarde |
24- |
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Other actions in Spring 1915 (15 June - |
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First attack on Bellewaarde |
15 June |
Actions of Hooge |
19 July. 30 July. 9 August |
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The Battle of Loos (25 September - |
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Action of Pietre |
25 September |
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Actions of Bois Grenier |
25 September |
14th Division |
Second attack on Bellewaarde |
25- |
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Actions of Hohenzollern Redoubt |
13- |
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49th Division |
The defence against the first Phosgene attack |
19 December |
1917 |
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Operations on the Ancre (11 January - |
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Capture of Munich Trench |
10- |
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Capture of Puisieux Trench |
3 February |
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Capture of Ten Tree Alley |
10- |
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Actions of Miraumont |
17- |
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Capture of Thilloys |
25 February - |
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Capture of Irles |
10 March |
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14th Division The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line (14 March - |
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Occupation of Peronne |
18 March |
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The Second Battle of Arras 1917 (9 April - |
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Battle of Vimy |
9- |
14th Division 50th Division |
First battle of the Scarpe incl the capture of Monchy le Preux and the Wancourt Ridge |
9- |
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50th & 62nd Div |
The first attack on Bullecourt |
11 April |
50th & 62nd Div |
The German attack on Lagnicourt |
15 April |
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Attack on La Coulotte |
23 April |
50th Division |
Second Battle of the Scarpe incl the capture of Guemappe and Gavrelle |
23- |
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Battle of Arleux |
28- |
14th Division |
Third Battle of the Scarpe |
3- |
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50th & 62nd Div |
Battle of Bullecourt Clare Norman Houseman died 3 May |
3- |
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Capture of Roeux |
13- |
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Actions on the Hindenburg Line |
20 May - |
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53rd Division Egypt - |
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The Battle of Messines and subsequent actions (7 June - |
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Battle of Messines incl the capture of Wytschaete |
7- |
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Operations on the Flanders Coast |
20 June - |
Capture of Oppy Wood |
28 June |
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German attacks on Nieuport |
10- |
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OperationHush ( Planned for July - |
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49th Division |
Cancelled |
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The Third Battle of Ypres 1917 (31 July - |
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( Passchendaele ) |
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Battle of Pilkem |
31 July - |
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Capture of Westhoek |
10 August |
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Battle of Hill 70 |
15- |
14th Division |
Battle of Langemarck |
16- |
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Local Operations around St Julian |
19,22,27 August |
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Battle of Menin Road |
20- |
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Battle of Polygon Wood |
26 September - |
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Battle of Broodseinde |
4 October |
49th Division |
Battle of Poelcapelle |
9 October |
14th Division |
First Battle of Passchendaele |
12 October |
14th Division 50th Division |
Second Battle of Passchendaele |
26 October - |
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53rd Division Egypt - incl the capture of Beersheba (31 Oct) and the capture of Tell Khuweilfe (3- |
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The Cambrai Operations (20 November - |
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The Tank attack (Battle of Cambrai) |
20- |
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Capture of Bourlon Wood |
23- |
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German counter attack |
30 November - |
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Action of Welsh Ridge |
30 December |
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53rd Division Egypt - |
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53rd Division Egypt - |
1916 |
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Actions of Spring 1916 (14 February - |
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Actions of the Bluff |
14- |
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Actions of the St Eloi Craters |
27 March - |
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German attacks on Vimy Ridge |
21 May |
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Battle of Mount Sorrel |
2- |
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The Battle of the Somme 1916 (1 July - |
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49th Division |
Battle of Albert incl the capture of Montauben, Mametz, Fricourt, Contalmaison and La Boiselle |
1- |
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incl the attack on the Gommecourt salient |
1 July |
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49th Division |
Battle of Bazentin incl the capture of Longueval, Trones Wood and Ovillers |
14- |
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incl the attack on Fromelles |
19 July |
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incl the attacks on High Wood |
2- |
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14th Division |
Battle of Delville Wood |
15 July - |
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49th Division |
Battle of Pozieres incl the fighting for Mouquet Farm |
23 July - |
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Battle of Guillemont |
3- |
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Battle of Ginchy |
9 September |
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14thDivision 49th Division |
Battle of Flers- incl the capture of Martinpuich John Houseman died 15 September |
15- |
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Battle of Morval incl the capture of Combles, Lesboeufs and Guedecourt |
25- |
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Battle of Thiepval |
26- |
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Battle of Le Transloy incl the capture of Eaucourt L’Abbaye, Le Sars and the attacks on Butte de Warlencourt |
1- |
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Battle of the Ancre Heights incl the capture of the Schwaben Redoubt, Stuff Redoubt and the Regina Trench |
1 October - |
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Battle of Ancre incl the capture of Beaumont Hamel |
13- |
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53rd Division Egypt - |
1918 |
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The First Battle of the Somme 1918 (21 March - |
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14th Division 50th Division |
Battle of St Quentin |
21- |
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24- |
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First Battle of Bapaume |
24- |
50th Division |
Battle of Rosieres |
26- |
32nd Division |
First battle of Arras |
28 March |
14th Division |
Battle of the Avre |
4 April |
32nd Division |
Battle of the Ancre |
5 April |
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53rd Division Egypt - |
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The Fourth Battle of Ypres 1918 (9 - |
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(The Battle of the Lys) |
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49th Division 50th Division |
Battle of Estaires |
9- |
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49th Division |
Battle of Messines |
10- |
50th Division |
Battle of Hazebrouck incl the defence of the Hinges Ridge and the Nieppe Forest Walter Houseman died 12 April |
12- |
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49th Division |
Battle of Bailleul incl the defence of Neuve Eglise |
13- |
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49th Division |
First Battle of Kemmel |
17- |
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Battle of Bethune incl the second defence of Givenchy |
18 April |
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Action of Villers Bretonneux |
24- |
49th Division |
Second Battle of Kemmel |
25- |
49th Division |
Battle of the Scherpenberg |
29 April |
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Battle of the Aisne 1918 (27 May - |
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Action of La Becque |
28 June |
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Capture of Meteren |
19 July |
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Battles of the Marne 1918 (20 July - |
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Battle of Tardenois incl the fighting for the Ardre Valley |
20- |
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Battle of the Soissonais and the Ourcq incl the attack on Buzancy and the capture of the Beugneux Ridge |
23 July - |
32nd Division Battle of Amiens (8 - |
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The Second Battle of the Somme 1918 (21 August - |
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32nd Division |
Battle of Albert incl the capture of Chuignes |
21- |
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32nd Division |
The second battle of Bapaume |
31 August - |
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The Advance in Flanders (18 August - |
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Actions of Outtersteene Ridge |
18 August |
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The Second Battle of Arras (26 August - |
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Battle of the Scarpe incl the capture of Monchy le Preux |
26- |
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Battle of Drocourt- |
2- |
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Battles of the Hindenburg Line (12 September - |
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Battle of Havrincourt |
12 September |
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Battle of Epehy |
18 September |
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Battle of the Canal du Nord incl the capture of Bourlon Wood |
27 September - |
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32nd Division |
Battle of St Quentin Canal incl the passage at Bellenglise and the capture of the Bellicourt tunnel defences |
29 September - |
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32nd Division |
Battle of Beaurevoir |
3- |
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Battle of Cambrai incl the capture of Villers Outreaux and Cambrai |
8- |
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49th Division |
The pursuit to the Selle |
9- |
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53rd Division Egypt - |
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The Final Advance in Flanders (28 September - |
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Battle of Ypres |
28 September - |
14th Division |
Battle of Courtrai |
14- |
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Actions of Ooteghern |
25 October |
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Actions of Tieghem |
31 October |
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The Final Advance in Artois (2 October - |
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The Final Advance in Picardy (17 October - |
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49th Division |
Battle of the Selle |
17- |
49th Division |
Battle of Valenciennes incl the capture of Mont Houy |
1- |
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32nd Division |
Battle of the Sambre incl the passage of the Sambre- |
4 November |
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Passage of the Grande Honelle |
5- |
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Capture of Mons |
11 November |