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On 9 November two battalions of the 23rd Brigade, 2nd Middlesex and 2nd West Yorks. were ordered to relieve Canadian infantry at Pommerœul 5.5 mi (8.9 km) east of the Scheldt and 2.25 mi (3.62 km) over the Belgian border.
The unit was renumbered the 5th (West Middlesex) Middlesex RVC on 3 September 1880 and was attached as a Volunteer Battalion (VB) to the Royal Fusiliers on 1 July the following year, transferring to the King's Royal Rifle Corps (KRRC) as the 4th VB in July 1883, without changing its title in either case.
The 30th (Works) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment was the first to be established in August 1916. It was soon filled and a second unit, the 31st (Works) Battalion, was also raised. [1] Citizens liable to serve were only those who had been born in Britain or brought there before the age of 10 and who had remained resident since that point. [4]
24th Middlesex VRC: 8th (City of London) Bn, London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) Honourable Artillery Company (part) 26th (City of London) Bn, The London Regiment (Honourable Artillery Company) Title not adopted , and unit continued to be known as: Honourable Artillery Company Infantry Battalion County of London 1st Middlesex VRC (Queen ...
The 8th Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was active in both the First and Second World Wars.The division was first formed in October 1914 during the First World War, initially consisting mainly of soldiers of the Regular Army and served on the Western Front throughout the war, sustaining many casualties, before disbandment in 1919.
Near the end of 1914, when regular army battalions returned to Europe from serving around the British Empire, they formed the 7th and 8th Division, with the 20th–25th brigades. [3] As the war progressed, three more regular army divisions were formed the 27th , 28th and 29th , with their brigades being numbered from 80th–88th.
The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1966. The regiment was formed, as the Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment), in 1881 as part of the Childers Reforms when the 57th (West Middlesex) and 77th (East Middlesex) Regiments of Foot were amalgamated with the county's militia and rifle volunteer units.
At Arras, this retreat was minor, so the attack went in on schedule on 9 April, from old German communication trenches. 167th Brigade attacked with 1/3rd Londons and 8th Middlesex leading, the objective being Neuville-Vitasse. 1/3rd Londons progressed well, two tanks working with the battalion dealing with a strongpoint at Neuville Mill, and ...