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by Andrew Macdonald


  1st East Yorkshire 258; casualties 258

  7th East Yorkshire 270–71; casualties 270

  10th East Yorkshires 46, 47

  1st Essex 71, 164–65; casualties 164

  2nd Essex 68, 163; casualties 163

  10th Essex 59, 68, 71, 302–303, 305–306; casualties 305

  2nd Gordon Highlanders 262–63, 265, 273; casualties 263

  1st Hampshire 66, 152–53; casualties 153

  2nd Hampshire 164–65; casualties 165

  15th Highland Light Infantry 184; casualties 184

  16th Highland Light Infantry 182–83, 186; casualties 183

  17th Highland Light Infantry 182–83, 209; casualties 182

  17th King’s (Liverpool) 51, 289–91, 294; casualties 290

  18th King’s (Liverpool) 290–94; casualties 290

  19th King’s (Liverpool) 300; casualties 300

  20th King’s (Liverpool) 289–91, 294, 298, 300; casualties 290

  1st King’s Own (Royal Lancaster) 156, 163; casualties 156

  1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers 150–51, 162; casualties 150

  2nd King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 182–83; casualties 183

  8th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 238–39, 245; casualties 238

  9th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 254, 257–58, 275–76; casualties 254

  10th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 41, 254, 257–58, 261, 275; casualties 254

  12th King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry 156; casualties 156

  King’s Royal Rifle Corps 16

  1st Lancashire Fusiliers 111, 149, 165, 186; casualties 149

  2nd Lancashire Fusiliers 117, 156, 163; casualties 163

  15th Lancashire Fusiliers 183, 185–86, 199, 201; casualties 183

  16th Lancashire Fusiliers 185–86, 197, 200; casualties 185

  19th Lancashire Fusiliers 183–84; casualties 183

  1/4th Leicester 355; casualties 355

  1/5th Leicester 44, 118, 327, 342, 350–52; casualties 350

  7th Leicester 357

  Leicestershire Regiment 58, 112

  1st Lincoln 259–60; casualties 259

  2nd Lincoln 226, 236–38; casualties 236

  1/4th Lincoln 327; casualties 327

  1/5th Lincoln 117, 343, 352–53; casualties 343

  8th Lincoln 258–60; casualties 258

  10th Lincoln 219, 220, 222, 224–25; casualties 220

  1/1st London (Royal Fusiliers) 332; casualties 332

  1/2nd London (Royal Fusiliers) 331, 337; casualties 331

  1/3rd London (Royal Fusiliers) 327, 332, 337; casualties 327

  1/4th London (Royal Fusiliers) 332, 334, 337; casualties 332

  1/5th London (London Rifle Brigade) 45, 47, 112, 117–18, 321, 329, 331–37, 339, 357, 359; casualties 331

  1/9th London (Queen Victoria’s Rifles) 45, 62, 331, 333–34, 336–37; casualties 331

  1/12th London (The Rangers) 108, 139, 331–32; casualties 332

  1/13th London (Kensington) 332, 336–37; casualties 332

  1/14th London (London Scottish) 332–34, 337, 339–40; casualties 332

  1/16th London (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) 331, 333, 337, 341; casualties 331

  2nd Manchester 182; casualties 182

  16th Manchester 43, 55, 294–96, 299, 317–18; casualties 294

  17th Manchester 294–96, 299; casualties 294

  18th Manchester 295; casualties 295

  19th Manchester 41, 290–91, 293, 300; casualties 290

  20th Manchester 271–72, 278; casualties 271

  21st Manchester 262, 268, 272–74, 378; casualties 262

  22nd Manchester 40, 262, 264; casualties 262

  24th Manchester 274; casualties 274

  2nd Middlesex 233, 235–37, 242; casualties 235

  4th Middlesex 252, 258; casualties 258

  1/7th Middlesex 332; casualties 332

  1/8th Middlesex 332; casualties 332

  12th Middlesex 44, 310; casualties 310

  16th Middlesex 46, 140, 150–51, 167–68, 172; casualties 150

  1/1st Monmouth 328; casualties 328

  1/2nd Monmouth 149; casualties 149

  Newfoundland Regiment vii, 41, 54, 141, 160, 164, 174; casualties 164

  8th Norfolk 46, 54, 117, 301, 304–305, 309–311; casualties 305

  1/5th North Stafford 342–44, 346, 350–51; casualties 343

  1/6th North Stafford 343, 345–46, 352; casualties 343

  6th Northampton 302–303; casualties 303

  12th Northumberland Fusiliers 259, 261, 276; casualties 259

  13th Northumberland Fusiliers 259, 276; casualties 259

  14th Northumberland Fusiliers 259; casualties 259

  16th Northumberland Fusiliers 70, 183, 185, 209; casualties 183

  18th Northumberland Fusiliers 216 218, 224, 226; casualties 216

  20th Northumberland Fusiliers 220, 229–30, 232; casualties 220

  21st Northumberland Fusiliers 58, 220, 226–28; casualties 220

  22nd Northumberland Fusiliers 220, 227–28; casualties 220

  23rd Northumberland Fusiliers 220, 229–30, 232; casualties 220

  24th Northumberland Fusiliers 221–23, 225, 232; casualties 221

  25th Northumberland Fusiliers 221, 230; casualties 221

  26th Northumberland Fusiliers 219, 221, 225, 227–28; casualties 221

  27th Northumberland Fusiliers 216, 221–22, 224; casualties 221

  2nd Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) 262–63, 268, 272, 274; casualties 262

  7th Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) 44, 301, 306–307, 309; casualties 306

  7th Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent) 301, 308–311; casualties 311

  1st Rifle Brigade 117, 152–54; casualties 153

  2nd Rifle Brigade 118, 186, 216; casualties 216

  2nd Royal Berkshire 226, 233, 235–36; casualties 235

  6th Royal Berkshire 301, 305–306, 309; casualties 305

  1st Royal Dublin Fusiliers 150; casualties 150

  2nd Royal Dublin Fusiliers 69, 162–63; casualties 163

  2nd Royal Fusiliers 150, 167; casualties 150

  11th Royal Fusiliers 301–304, 310; casualties 302

  1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 150, 152; casualties 150

  2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 201; casualties 201

  9th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 189, 192, 210; casualties 189

  10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 68, 189, 190, 193–94; casualties 189

  11th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 189, 196, 202; casualties 189

  1st Royal Irish Fusiliers 162, 165, 169; casualties 165

  9th Royal Irish Fusiliers 187–88, 210; casualties 187

  2nd Royal Irish Regiment 274; casualties 274

  1st Royal Irish Rifles 236; casualties 236

  8th Royal Irish Rifles 191, 202; casualties 191

  9th Royal Irish Rifles 60, 72, 139, 191–94; casualties 191

  10th Royal Irish Rifles 191, 195; casualties 191

  11th Royal Irish Rifles 189; casualties 189

  12th Royal Irish Rifles 187, 210; casualties 187

  13th Royal Irish Rifles 188; casualties 188

  14th Royal Irish Rifles 177, 189–90, 193, 203, 207, 210; casualties 189

  15th Royal Irish Rifles 188; casualties 188

  16th Royal Irish Rifles 195; casualties 195

  15th Royal Scots 55, 219–22, 224; casualties 220

  16th Royal Scots 211, 220–22, 224; casualties 220

  2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers 68, 283, 295–96; casualties 295

  8th Royal Sussex 40, 111, 304, 308; casualties 304

  1st Royal Warwick 165; casualties 165

  2nd Royal Warwick 273; casualties 273

  1/5th Royal Warwick 332

  1/6th Royal Warwick 152–53, 155; casualties 153

  1/8th Royal Warwick 152–56, 176; casualties 153

  1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers 255, 272, 278; casualties 272

  2nd Scottish Rifles 111, 216, 233, 237; ca
sualties 237

  2nd Seaforth Highlanders 162–63, 169; casualties 163

  1/5th Sherwood Foresters 346, 348–49, 353; casualties 346

  1/6th Sherwood Foresters 346, 352; casualties 346

  1/7th Sherwood Foresters 57, 346–48, 351; casualties 346

  1/8th Sherwood Foresters 346; casualties 346

  11th Sherwood Foresters 239; casualties 239

  1st Somerset Light Infantry 71, 152–53, 155, 160, 169; casualties 153

  8th Somerset Light Infantry 254, 258, 260–61; casualties 254

  1st South Stafford 262, 268, 273; casualties 262

  1/5th South Stafford 343, 345, 350–51; casualties 343

  1/6th South Stafford 343, 345; casualties 343

  2nd South Wales Borderers 43–44, 56, 150–51; casualties 150

  8th Suffolk 313; casualties 313

  11th Suffolk 51, 114, 219–20, 222–25; casualties 220

  2nd West Yorkshire 236; casualties 236

  1/5th West Yorkshire 201, 203; casualties 201

  1/6th West Yorkshire 201; casualties 201

  1/7th West Yorkshire 203, 205, 210; casualties 203

  1/8th West Yorkshire 198, 203; casualties 198

  10th West Yorkshire 251–53, 256, 270–71, 369; casualties 251

  15th West Yorkshire 56, 157, 159; casualties 157

  16th West Yorkshire 157; casualties 157

  18th West Yorkshire 56, 157, 173; casualties 157

  2nd Wiltshire 291; casualties 291

  4th Worcester 165; casualties 165

  1/4th York & Lancaster 71; casualties

  1/5th York & Lancaster 202; casualties 202

  8th York & Lancaster 44, 117, 238, 240; casualties 238

  9th York & Lancaster 239; casualties 239

  10th York & Lancaster 258–59, 61; casualties 258

  12th York & Lancaster 118, 157–59, 171; casualties 157

  13th York & Lancaster 158–60; casualties 158

  14th York & Lancaster 158; casualties 158

  2nd Yorkshire 57, 291, 293; casualties 291

  7th Yorkshire 117, 256–57, 270; casualties 256

  10th Yorkshire 255, 259–61; casualties 259

  Artillery

  Royal Field Artillery (RFA) 45–46, 49–50, 54, 110, 112, 117, 123, 182, 229, 318, 327, 342

  Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) 47, 50, 108–109, 123–24, 131 161, 260, 276, 335

  Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) 46

  152nd Brigade, RFA 229

  Brigade Machine-gun Companies

  21st Machine-Gun Company 283

  53rd Machine-Gun Company 301

  Brigade Trench Mortar Batteries

  34th Trench Mortar Battery 232

  55th Trench Mortar Battery 117, 301

  107th Trench Mortar Battery 182

  Cavalry

  1st Cavalry Division 377

  2nd Indian Cavalry Division 377

  3rd Cavalry Division 372, 377

  1st Cavalry Brigade 3

  17th Lancers 3

  7th (Queen’s Own) Hussars 3

  Royal Army Medical Corps

  Royal Army Medical Corps 348

  Royal Engineers

  Special Brigade 304

  1/1st Durham Field Company 152

  2/1st London Field Company 332

  2/1st North Midland Field Company 347

  1/2nd North Midland Field Company 347

  1st Home Counties (Territorial Force) Field Company 241

  1/1st Renfrew Field Company 152

  1/1st West Riding Field Company 149

  1/2nd Field Company 149

  2nd Home Counties (Territorial Force) Field Company 241

  2/2nd London Field Company 331

  1/3rd Durham Field Company 274

  1/3rd Kent Field Company 149

  7th Field Company 152

  15th Field Company 241

  54th Field Company 274

  79th Field Company 311

  80th Field Company 311

  92nd Field Company 311

  95th Field Company 274

  97th Field Company 276

  98th Field Company 276

  121st Field Company 181

  122nd Field Company 181

  126th Field Company 276

  150th Field Company 181, 202

  151st Field Company 66

  201st Field Company 299

  206th Field Company 181

  207th Field Company 224

  209th Field Company 226

  210th Field Company 156

  211th Field Company 156

  218th Field Company 181

  219th Field Company 181–82

  223rd Field Company 156

  Royal Flying Corps

  Royal Flying Corps (RFC) xiii, 48, 68, 74, 92–93, 111–12, 119, 127, 132–33, 152, 166, 211, 218, 229, 265–66, 288, 311, 314, 347

  1st Kite Balloon Section 48

  5th Kite Balloon Section 48

  3rd Squadron 48, 112, 211, 229, 265

  4th Squadron 48

  8th Squadron 48

  9th Squadron 48, 265

  12 Squadron 111

  15th Squadron 48, 152

  21st Squadron 48

  22nd Squadron 48

  24th Squadron 48, 211, 311

  27th Squadron 48

  60th Squadron 48

  70th Squadron 48

  FRENCH MILITARY UNITS AND FORMATIONS

  Groupe des Armées du Nord xviii, 13

  Second Army xviii, 24

  Sixth Army xviii, 18, 29, 32, 318, 363, 380

  Tenth Army xviii, 13, 32

  1st Colonial Corps 380; casualties 380

  XX Corps xvii, 284, 288–89, 316, 380; casualties 380

  XXXV Corps 380; casualties 380

  39th Division 316

  GERMAN MILITARY UNITS AND FORMATIONS

  Supreme Army Command (OHL) xvii, 14: planning and preparations 75, 77; in bombardment 136; on 1 July 267, 287, 316; assessed 380, 385–86

  Armies

  Second Army xi, xiii, xvii: planning and preparations 74–77, 79, 88, 106; in bombardment 114, 116, 135, 137; on 1 July 144, 180, 217, 267; assessed 363, 365, 373, 382–86

  Sixth Army 77, 79, 386

  Army Corps

  VI Reserve Corps xiii, 76

  XIV Reserve Corps vii, xi, xiii, xvii, 48, 53: planning and preparations 74–78, 80–83, 86, 88–90, 92–93, 95–97, 100–101, 104–106; in bombardment 116, 128, 130–31, 133–34, 137; on 1 July 144, 148, 167, 180, 286–87, 318–19, 329–30, 356–57; assessed 363–64, 376, 381, 383; casualties vii, 116, 128, 364, 383

  XVII Army Corps xiii, xvii, 137, 381

  Infantry Divisions

  Division Frentz 382

  1st Bavarian Infantry Division 87

  2nd Guards Reserve Division xiii, xvii; planning and preparations 76, 78, 85, 88, 92, 95; in bombardment 134, 137; on 1 July 322, 324, 329, 330, 333, 335, 353, 355–56; assessed 363, 375–76; casualties 342, 354, 356

  5th Infantry Division 382

  10th Bavarian Division xiii, xvii; planning and preparations 76, 78; on 1 July 286

  11th Infantry Division 380

  11th Reserve Division 76, 381

  12th Infantry Division xiii, xvii; planning and preparations 76, 78, 80, 95; in bombardment 134, 137–38; on 1 July 249, 286, 313, 319, 363, 375–76, 380–81, 383; casualties 299, 319

  12th Reserve Division 76, 315, 381–82

  22nd Reserve Division 382

  26th Reserve Division xiii, xvii; planning and preparations 75–76, 78, 80–82, 85, 88, 90, 92, 95, 97; in bombardment 121, 128, 130, 134, 138; on 1 July 144, 148, 194, 212, 218, 234, 243, 249, 314; assessed 363, 373, 375–76, 381; casualties 175–76, 205–206, 242

  28th Reserve Division xiii, xvii; planning and preparations 75–76, 78, 80, 85, 88, 90–92, 95, 104; in bombardment 134, 137; on 1 July 212, 218, 232–33, 249, 252, 265–67, 279, 286–88, 313, 319; assessed 363, 375–76, 383; casualties 232–33, 244, 280–81, 300, 319

  52nd Infantry Division xiii, xvi
i; planning and preparations 76, 78, 81, 85, 88, 92, 95; in bombardment 134, 137; on 1 July 144, 148, 322, 324, 355–56; assessed 363, 375–76; casualties 342, 354, 356

  111th Infantry Division 324, 355

  121st Infantry Division 380, 382

  185th Infantry Division 76, 381

  Infantry and Pioneer Units

  Bavarian Infantry Regiment 16 (BIR16) 315, 317, 383

  Bavarian Infantry Leib Regiment (BILR) 103

  Bavarian Pioneer Regiment (BPR) 265, 281; casualties 281

  Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 6 (BRIR6) 87; on 1 July 286–88, 292–93, 298, 300, 319; casualties 292, 300

  Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment 8 (BRIR8): on 1 July 189, 196, 203–204, 206, 208, 383; casualties 189, 206

  Infantry Regiment 23 (IR23) 74, 87, 105; on 1 July 227–28, 232, 253, 262, 267, 277, 280, 286, 313–15; casualties 232, 280–81, 313

  Infantry Regiment 62 (IR62) 87, 99, 116, 130; on 1 July 286–87, 292–93, 300, 314–15; casualties 116, 300

  Infantry Regiment 66 (IR66) 74, 84, 98; on 1 July 324, 335, 342, 356; casualties 342, 356

  Infantry Regiment 169 (IR169) 84; on 1 July 144, 156–57, 161, 172; casualties 157, 175–76

  Infantry Regiment 170 (IR170) 333–36, 338–39, 342, 356; casualties 342, 356

  Infantry Regiment 180 (IR180) vii, 93–94, 99, 103–106, 113, 115, 119, 121, 129; on 1 July 191, 196, 212, 216–18, 235, 238–40, 242–43; casualties 242

  Infantry Regiment 185 (IR185) 204

  Landwehr Brigade Replacement Battalion 55 (LDW55) 232, 277; casualties 232

  Pioneer Battalion 13 (PB13) 277, 280; casualties 280

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 15 (RIR15) 330, 338, 340, 342, 356; casualties 342, 356

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 40 (RIR40) 98

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 51 (RIR51) 317, 383

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 55 (RIR55) 116; on 1 July 334–36, 338, 341–43, 345, 354, 356; casualties 116, 342, 354, 356

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 77 (RIR77) 329, 356; casualties 356

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 91 (RIR91): on 1 July 329, 343, 345, 347–49, 354, 356; casualties 354, 356

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 99 (RIR99) 95, 101, 103, 109, 115–16, 120–21, 130; on 1 July 186, 189, 200, 206–207, 242; casualties 116, 130, 206

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 109 (RIR109) 74, 84–85, 87, 95, 100–102, 113, 120, 122; on 1 July 252–54, 261–67, 276–80, 286, 288, 302–303, 306, 310, 313; casualties 280, 313

  Reserve Infantry Regiment 110 (RIR110) 83, 94–96, 100, 102, 130; on 1 July 212, 216, 218–20, 223, 226–28, 232, 257; casualties 232

 

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