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Monthly Archives: October 2014

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Lt Holbech Marches to Roulers

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Roulers
Scots Guards given hot coffee by locals on road from Thielt to Roulers © IWM (Q 57187)
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Lt Holbech Leaves Ghent for Thielt

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March to Thielt
Scots Guards march to Thielt © IWM (Q 57177)
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Newsflash!

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Battle for Flanders underway.

German forces besiege Warsaw.

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Black Costumes For Sale

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Black Costumes

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Newsflash!

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The fall of Antwerp

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Lt W H Holbech in Ghent

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Lieutenant W H Holbech of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, collecting foliage for camouflaging trenches at Ghent © IWM (Q 57175)
Lieutenant W H Holbech of the 2nd Battalion, Scots Guards, collecting foliage for camouflaging trenches at Ghent © IWM (Q 57175)

 

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Lt Holbech Arrives in Ghent

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Entrenching at Ghent
A hastily built trench at Ghent. The Scots Guards arrived at 11 am after marching all night. © IWM (Q 57165)
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Prepare for Victory!

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Prepare for Victory Flags

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Lt Holbech Rests at Sommergem

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Sommergem
Scots Guards rest at Sommergem after being ordered back to Ghent © IWM (Q 57142)
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Lt Holbech Marches to Ostend

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March to Ostend
Scots Guards March to Ostend. Are greeted enthusiastically by Belgians © IWM (Q 57141)

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Video

  1. Mademoiselle from Armentieres

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  2. Keep the Home Fires Burning

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Images

  1. Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry (1st South Midland Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division) landing at Suvla Bay, August 1915 © IWM (Q 50216)
    Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry (1st South Midland Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division) landing at Suvla Bay, August 1915 © IWM (Q 50216)

    Warwickshire Yeomanry Land at Suvla Bay

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  2. Sulis

    Drinking Success to Germany

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  3. The following is a list of officers, NCOs and men who returned to HM Transport Wayfarer (after it was torpedoed) in order to save 763 horses on April 11th, last: Lt-Col R. Airth-Richardson, DL (Warwickshire Yeomanry), Officer Commanding; Lt H. R. Yorke ((Warwickshire Yeomanry); Veterinary Lt R. B. Palmer (A.V.C. attached); 1468 Sgt E. J. Cox; 2262 Farrier-Sgt J. W. Jones; 1591 Farrier-Sgt J. Newman; 2241 L-Corpl B. Hough; 2201 Pte J. Dixon; 2204 Pte F. Farndon; 2200 Pte H. H. Daulman; 2185 Pte T. Warner; 1722 Pte G. Briddles; 1737 Pte J. E. Pearson; 2380 Pte E. G. Trenfield; 2298 Pte A. Woodward; 1181 Pte J. J. H. Spencer; 2190 Pte A. J. Bowen; 2184 Pte J. A. Wilkes; 2119 Pte H. M. Young; 2729 Pte C. H. Colley; 2361 Pte A. J. Bennett (all of the Warwickshire Yeomanry). Capt R. Lakin was put in command of troops on SS Framfield which towed SS Wayfarer. Second Lt R. F. Gooch was put in command of troops taken to Falmouth on SS Newlyn.

    SS Wayfarer
    SS Wayfarer

    Banbury Guardian, July 1915

    HM Transport Wayfarer

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A Year in the Life of Avon Dassett, 1914-15

Images

  1. Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry (1st South Midland Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division) landing at Suvla Bay, August 1915 © IWM (Q 50216)
    Warwickshire and Worcestershire Yeomanry (1st South Midland Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division) landing at Suvla Bay, August 1915 © IWM (Q 50216)

    Warwickshire Yeomanry Land at Suvla Bay

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  2. Sulis

    Drinking Success to Germany

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