Lieut.-Colonel W. F. A. WADHAM
and
Captain J. CROSSLEY
COPYRIGHT
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| Chapter I. | Early Days | 7 |
| Chapter II. | Festubert | 21 |
| Chapter III. | Picardy | 32 |
| Chapter IV. | Arras | 48 |
| Chapter V. | The Somme | 58 |
| Chapter VI. | Ypres | 73 |
| Chapter VII. | Third Battle of Ypres | 82 |
| Chapter VIII. | Givenchy | 110 |
| Chapter IX. | Conclusion | 134 |
| Appendices | I–XX | |
| Index | XXI–XXIV |
These notes have been compiled, more or less in the form of a diary,with a view to placing on record the services of those who voluntarilycame forward to serve their country in its hour of need.
WALTER F. A. WADHAM.
February, 1920.
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Notes by Lieut.-Col. W. F. A. Wadham, V.D.
The year 1914 will for ever be looked back upon as the most memorablein the history of the Battalion.
The outbreak of the Great War in the month of August of that yearcaused the Mobilization Scheme, over which for years past eachsucceeding Adjutant had, in his turn, burned much midnight oil inendeavours to bring up-to-date the efforts of his predecessor, to beput to the test.
On Sunday, August 2nd, of that year, the Battalion proceeded to Camp atKirkby Lonsdale to undergo the usual fourteen days’ Annual Training asone of the units forming the West Lancashire Brigade of the TerritorialForce. War and rumours of War then filled the air, and, upon arrival atKirkby Lonsdale, a warning was issued by the Brigade Commander (ColonelG. L. Hibbert, D.S.O.) for the units composing the Brigade not to makethemselves too comfortable, nor to make preparations for