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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE WAR HISTORY OF

THE 4TH BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS), 1914-
1919 ***
 THE WAR HISTORY
OF THE 4TH BATTALION
THE LONDON REGIMENT
(ROYAL FUSILIERS)
1914-1919
 Frontispiece
Ypres Cathedral
 THE WAR HISTORY
OF THE 4TH BATTALION
THE LONDON REGIMENT
(ROYAL FUSILIERS)
1914-1919

BY
CAPTAIN F. CLIVE GRIMWADE
4TH BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT (ROYAL FUSILIERS)

LONDON
HEADQUARTERS OF THE 4TH LONDON REGIMENT
112 SHAFTESBURY STREET, N.1
1922
 Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh

THIS HISTORY IS DEDICATED

TO THE MEMORY OF
Colonel E. T. RODNEY WILDE, V.D.,
WHO COMMANDED THE BATTALION
FROM 23RD NOVEMBER 1890 TO 24TH JANUARY 1903
AND COMPILED ITS HISTORICAL RECORDS
FROM 1643 TO 1908
 FOREWORD
It was considered by the past and present members of the 4th
Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), that some
permanent record of the part taken by the Regiment in the European
War should be compiled, and a War History Committee was formed
in February 1920 to consider the preparation of such a record.
At the unanimous request of the Committee Captain F. Clive
Grimwade undertook to write the Regiment's War History.
The Committee desire to express their keen appreciation of the
manner in which he has overcome the difficulties of compiling such a
History and of his devotion in carrying out this long and arduous
work.
The Committee wish to express their thanks also to Lieut.-Col.
Marchment, to Captains Boutall, Garratt, Croll and Hetley, and to
other officers who have given Captain Grimwade valuable assistance;
to the author's mother, Mrs Grimwade, for her assistance in
arranging information as to officers' personal services and in
correcting the drafts of the book; and to the Regiment's Honorary
Colonel, Lord Marshall, for facilitating the publication of the book.
THE WAR HISTORY COMMITTEE,
4th Battalion, The London
Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).

LESLIE T. BURNETT, Lieut.-Col.

(Chairman).
G. H. M. VINE, Major (retired).
H. J. DUNCAN-TEAPE, Major.
S. J. ELLIOTT, Major.
February 1922
 CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I.Mobilisation—Departure Overseas 1
The 1/4th Battalion in Malta—Formation of the
II. 8
2/4th Battalion
The 1/4th Battalion in France—Operations at
III. 18
Neuve Chapelle
The 1/4th Battalion in the Second Battle of
IV. 40
Ypres, 1915
V. Operations during the Summer of 1915 58
VI. The 1/4th Battalion in the 47th Division 73
The 2/4th Battalion in Malta, Gallipoli Peninsula
VII. 86
and Southern Egypt
VIII. The 3/4th and 4/4th Battalions at Home 115
IX. The Formation of the 56th Division 132
The 1/4th Battalion in the Battles of the Somme,
X. 139
1916—I. The Attack on Gommecourt
The 1/4th Battalion in the Battles of the Somme,
XI. 177
1916—II. The Battles of September and October
XII. The 1/4th Battalion during the Winter 1916/17 217
The 2/4th Battalion in France—German Retirement
XIII. 236
from the Somme
XIV. The 1/4th Battalion in the Battles of Arras, 1917 251
The 2/4th Battalion in the Battles for Bullecourt,
XV. 273
1917
The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917—I. The 1/4
XVI. 294
Battalion on the Menin Road.
The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917—II. The 2/4
XVII. 306
Battalion on the Northern Ridges
 The 1/4th Battalion in the Battle of Cambrai,
XVIII. 325
1917
The 1/4th Battalion, Winter 1917/18—The
XIX. 345
Reserve Battalion 1916/17
The 2/4th Battalion in the Second Battle of the
XX. 359
Somme, 1918
The 1/4th Battalion in the Defence of Arras,
XXI. 392
1918
The 1/4th and 2/4th Battalions during the Summer
XXII. 409
Months of 1918—The Reserve Battalion, 1918
The Final Advance—I. The 2/4th Battalion in the
XXIII. 428
Battles of Amiens and Bapaume, 1918
The Final Advance—II. The 1/4th Battalion in the
XXIV. 460
Battle of Bapaume, 1918
The Final Advance—III. The 1/4th Battalion in
XXV. 478
the Battles of Cambrai and the Sambre, 1918
LIST OF APPENDICES
I.Malta 508
II. Honours and Decorations 510
The Reconstruction of the 4th London Regiment in
III. 518
1920
Index 521
ILLUSTRATIONS
Ypres Cathedral Frontispiece
TO FACE
PAGE
Ghain Tuffieha Camp—Melleha Camp—Selmun
8
Palace
Melleha—The Grand Harbour, Valetta 16
St Jean Village in April 1920 56
Rouge Croix, La Bassée Road—The Doll's House
(Ferozepore Brigade Headquarters), La Bassée 64
Road
 Signpost Lane, Neuve Chapelle—Ruined Farmhouse,
232
Neuve Chapelle
Inverness Copse 304
Passchendaele Ridge 320
Arras Cathedral 416
SKETCH MAPS
By Captain F. Clive Grimwade
NO.
1. Neuve Chapelle—Richebourg l'Avoué 32
2. The Second Battle of Ypres, 1915 48
3. Gallipoli Peninsula—Cape Helles Trenches, 1915 96
4. The Attack on Gommecourt, 1st July 1916 144
5. The Battle of Ginchy, September 1916 192
6. The Battle of Morval, September 1916 204
The Battle of the Le Transloy Ridges, October
7. 208
1916
8. Laventie, Winter 1916/17 224
9. The German Retirement, February-March 1917 240
10.Cavalry Farm, May 1917 266
11.Bullecourt, May-June, 1917 288
The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917 (1/4th
12. 296
Battalion)
The Third Battle of Ypres, 1917 (2/4th
13. 312
Battalion)
14. The Battle of Cambrai, 1917 336
15.The Retreat from La Fère, March 1918 368
16.The Defence of Arras, March 1918 400
The Battle of Amiens, 1918 (2/4th Battalion)—
17. 432
The Action at Chipilly Ridge, 8th-10th August
18.The Battle of Bapaume, 1918 (2/4th Battalion) 448
19.The Battle of Bapaume, 1918 (1/4th Battalion) 472
20.The Battle of Cambrai, 1918—The Canal du Nord 488
21.The Battle of the Sambre, 1918 496
 CHAPTER I
MOBILISATION—DEPARTURE
OVERSEAS
Of the London Volunteer Corps the unit now known as the 4th (City
of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) is one
of the most ancient. Called out as a Trained Band in 1643 to share in
repelling a threatened Royalist invasion of the City during the Civil
Wars, it has had a practically unbroken history for nearly three
hundred years. After the regular constitution of the Volunteer Forces
in the middle of last century it achieved some distinction as the 1st
Tower Hamlets Rifle Brigade, and despatched a machine-gun
detachment to the fighting in South Africa in 1900. In 1903 it
became affiliated to The Royal Fusiliers, as the 4th Volunteer
Battalion of that distinguished Regiment. On the reorganisation of
the auxiliary forces in 1908 by Lord Haldane, it acquired its present
designation, which we will abbreviate to the more convenient title by
which it became known in the Great War, namely, The 4th London
Regiment.
Prior to the War the training provided for the Territorial Force was
only such as to furnish the nucleus of a Second Line Army. Fourteen
days in camp each summer, an easy musketry course, and a few
drills at headquarters could not develop a soldier fit to meet fully
trained troops. That this was recognised by Lord Haldane is
evidenced by the fact that his scheme provided for a period of six
months' training at home for all Territorial soldiers should war break
out, prior to their despatch on active service.
But they were none the less given a definite rôle in the defence of
the Motherland. Possibly this was not always realised to the full by
all the officers and non-commissioned officers of the Regiment; but
it was unmistakably brought home to them one evening in February
1914 when a secret meeting of officers was convened at
Headquarters in Hoxton for the explanation of the scheme of
mobilisation and of the task which the Regiment would be called
upon to execute should war occur.
At that date the scheme of Mobilisation was already complete. Under
it the 1st London Infantry Brigade, of which the 4th London formed
a part, was entrusted with the supremely important task of guarding
the London and South Western Railway between London and
Southampton during the mobilisation and embarkation of the
Expeditionary Force from the latter port. The section allotted to the
4th Battalion was the main line from Waterloo Station to
Farnborough (inclusive); the Alton branch from its junction with the
main line near Brookwood to Bentley Station; and the branch from
the last-named station to Borden Camp. These dispositions were
worked out in the greatest detail, and arrangements were made for
the efficient guarding of all railway stations, signal boxes, junctions,
tunnels and bridges, and for a system of constant patrolling of the
line.
The Infantry of the Territorial Force not being supplied during peace
time with war scale of transport, ammunition, etc., provision was
made for this necessary equipment to be drawn on mobilisation, and
waggons and horses in civilian employ were "earmarked" beforehand
for this purpose.
The scheme having been explained, arrangements were made to
detail all guards, patrols, and requisitioning parties in readiness.
When the war cloud over South-eastern Europe began to spread in
July 1914 and threatened to envelop this country in the storm, the
finishing touches were put to the scheme at a memorable secret
meeting at Headquarters on the evening of Thursday, 31st July
1914. After that meeting few who attended it had any doubt as to
what was about to take place.
The annual camp in 1914 for the 1st London Division (Major-Gen. W.
Fry, C.B., C.V.O.) had been arranged for Sunday, 2nd August, and on
that date, this country still not having declared its intentions as to
the war, the 4th London Regiment entrained for Wareham, in
Dorsetshire, where the camp was to be held, with a strength of 23
officers and about 650 other ranks under Lieut.-Col. G. P. Botterill.
Camp was reached shortly after noon, but scarcely had the Battalion
marched in when an order was received recalling it to London. By
2.30 p.m. it was once again entrained, quivering with excitement
and well-nourished on the journey to town with the most impossible
rumours of gigantic battles, most of which apocryphal happenings it
swallowed with gusto. At 2 a.m. on the 3rd August the 4th Londons
marched into Headquarters, and after a few hours' rest began to put
the wheels of the carefully assembled machine of mobilisation into
motion. All went without a hitch. Field dressings, identity discs and
small books were issued: separation allowance and next-of-kin rolls
prepared. The "earmarked" horses and vehicles were collected, and
with the aid of these, ammunition drawn from the Hyde Park
Magazine.
Blankets, lanterns and other stores sent up the River from Woolwich
were unloaded and conveyed direct to the platform at Waterloo
Station, ready for issue to the Battalion on its arrival there. The
machine was moving steadily. During the day the Regimental Colours
were handed over to the Lord Mayor of London for safe keeping.
Shortly after midnight the 4th London Regiment entrained at
Waterloo in two trains, from which at each stop the allotted platoons
detrained: so that by the time the end of the sector was reached in
the early hours of the 4th August 1914, the railway was already
guarded. Eighteen hours before the declaration of war the Battalion
was on its war station: a good lead from Territorial troops to the rest
of the country!
The distribution of the Battalion was as follows:
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