bonsoir,
le 4th bat du Royal Fusilier est levé à Parkhurst (Isle de Wight) en 1914.
il est intégré à la 9th Brigade de la 3rd Division.
débarque au Havre le 13 Aout 1914.
historique de la division :
1914The Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, including the the Rearguard action of Solesmes
The Battle of Le Cateau
The Battle of the Marne
The Battle of the Aisne including participation in the Actions on the Aisne heights
The Battles of La Bassee and Messines 1914
First Battle of Ypres
1915Winter Operations 1914-15
The First Attack on Bellewaarde
The Actions of Hooge
The Second Attack on Bellewaarde (in support of the opening attack in the Battle of Loos)
1916The Actions of the Bluff and St Eloi Craters (local operations 1916)
The Battle of Albert
The Battle of Bazentin in which the Division helped capture Longueval
The Battle of Delville Wood
The Battle of the Ancre
The battles marked are phases of the Battles of the Somme 1916
1917The First Battle of the Scarpe
The Second Battle of the Scarpe
The Battle of Arleux
The Third Battle of the Scarpe in which the Division helped capture Roeux
The battles marked are phases of the Battles of Arras 1917
The Battle of the Menin Road
The Battle of Polygon Wood
The battles marked are phases of the Third Battle of Ypres
The Battle of Cambrai 1917
1918The Battle of St Quentin
The Battle of Bapaume
The First Battle of Arras 1918
The battles marked are phases of the First Battles of the Somme 1918
The Battle of Estaires
The Battle of Hazebrouck
The Battle of Bethune
The battles marked are phases of the Battles of the Lys
The Battle of Albert
The Second Battle of Bapaume
The battles marked are phases of the Second Battles of the Somme 1918
The Battle of the Canal du Nord
The Battle of Cambrai 1918
The battles marked are phases of the Battles of the Hindenburg Line
The Battle of the Selle
michel