The Battle of the Somme, 1916, provided a severe and bloody test for the inexperienced units of Kitchener's 'new' volunteer armies, among them the 38th (Welsh) Division which had been raised by Lloyd George in 1914 in an ambitious, but unsuccessful, attempt to create a Welsh Army Corps of two divisions. The Welsh Division went to France in December 1915 under the command of Major General Ivor Philipps, Liberal MP and political acquaintance of Lloyd George. The division's early training had given it the appearance of a smart, well disciplined force and both the divisional commander and Lloyd George were confident that it would distinguish itself in battle. After six months in the trenches near Neuve Chappelle, the division marched to t...
The idea of a learning process has become broadly accepted among military historians of the First Wo...
Celebrated for its performance in North Africa and Sicily, 51st Highland Division performed unexpect...
Revisionist historians of the Western Front have demonstrated that Britain had no alternative but to...
The work attempts to explore the contribution Wales made to the Great War through the experience of ...
The blooding of 38th (Welsh) Division at Mametz Wood on the Somme in July 1916 remains an iconic and...
This paper focuses on the unique ability of the British 18th Division to attain all of its allocated...
This is a study of the British 8th Infantry Division on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918. It ...
119 Brigade, 40th Division, had an unusual origin as a 'left-over' brigade of the Welsh Army Corps a...
The British Air CampaigndDuring the Battle of the Somme, April-November, 1916: A Pyrrhic Victory The...
The year 1915 was a difficult one for the British Army. The Official Historian, Sir James Edmonds, l...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for ...
A thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton f...
Lecture showing the effect of the Battle of the Somme with the focus on the Kent infantry regiment
Infantry brigades have been described as the ‘building blocks’ of the British army. Despite this, th...
The first major action of the 1st Anzac Corps on the Western Front was the Battle of Pozières Ridge,...
The idea of a learning process has become broadly accepted among military historians of the First Wo...
Celebrated for its performance in North Africa and Sicily, 51st Highland Division performed unexpect...
Revisionist historians of the Western Front have demonstrated that Britain had no alternative but to...
The work attempts to explore the contribution Wales made to the Great War through the experience of ...
The blooding of 38th (Welsh) Division at Mametz Wood on the Somme in July 1916 remains an iconic and...
This paper focuses on the unique ability of the British 18th Division to attain all of its allocated...
This is a study of the British 8th Infantry Division on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918. It ...
119 Brigade, 40th Division, had an unusual origin as a 'left-over' brigade of the Welsh Army Corps a...
The British Air CampaigndDuring the Battle of the Somme, April-November, 1916: A Pyrrhic Victory The...
The year 1915 was a difficult one for the British Army. The Official Historian, Sir James Edmonds, l...
A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton for ...
A thesis is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the University of Wolverhampton f...
Lecture showing the effect of the Battle of the Somme with the focus on the Kent infantry regiment
Infantry brigades have been described as the ‘building blocks’ of the British army. Despite this, th...
The first major action of the 1st Anzac Corps on the Western Front was the Battle of Pozières Ridge,...
The idea of a learning process has become broadly accepted among military historians of the First Wo...
Celebrated for its performance in North Africa and Sicily, 51st Highland Division performed unexpect...
Revisionist historians of the Western Front have demonstrated that Britain had no alternative but to...