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Recollections of the Great War: Three Years on Campaign in France and Flanders with the Northumberland Fusiliers
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This rare primary source account is the story of the hard fighting battalion of the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, which saw action on the Somme, Passchendaele and in the Battle of Arras. This wonderfully detailed account provides a rare insight into the experiences of the common soldier on the front line during some of the bitterest conflicts of the war. Unembellished and unwavering in his account, Francis Buckley here records not only the events of the battles he fought in, but also provides an emotional tribute to the heroism of the friends he made and lost during his time in the field. As well as his fellow troops of the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, Buckley also remembers, with great fondness, the bravery of the officers and men of the 149th Infantry Brigade, and of the 50th Division. His recollections here provide a poignant reminder of the true human cost of war in the modern age.

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This edition published in 2015 by

Pen & Sword Military
An imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd.
47 Church Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2AS

This book was first published as Q.6.A and Other Places - Recollections of 1916, 1917, 1918 by Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co. Ltd., London, 1920.

ISBN: 9781473833555
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INTRODUCTION

I N THE FOLLOWING pages I have tried to set down as faithfully as I can some of the impressions which remain to me now of three years service in France and Flanders.

I have naturally suppressed much of the grim and ghastly horrors that were shared by all in the fighting area. A narrative must be written from some point of view, and I have had to select my own. I regret that so much personal and trivial incident should appear. Perhaps some will be able to see through the gross egotistical covering and get a glimpse, however faint, of the deeds of deathless heroism performed by my beloved comrades - the officers and men of the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, the officers and men of the 149th Infantry Brigade, the officers and men of the 50th Division.

The climax of the story is the battle on the Somme where so many dear friends have perished. The name is taken from a spot where a small party of the 7th N.F. did something long afterwards to avenge their fallen comrades.

Finally no criticism of the Higher Command is intended by anything that has been written. If such can be read between the lines, it is unintentional and a matter for sincere regret.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
WHEN IT BEGAN

CHAPTER II
THE MEN OF THE NORTH COUNTRY

CHAPTER III
ALNWICK

CHAPTER IV
THE JOURNEY OUT

CHAPTER V
HILL 60

CHAPTER VI
MOUNT SORREL AND CANNY HILL

CHAPTER VII
KEMMEL

CHAPTER VIII
DIVISIONAL REST

CHAPTER IX
BRIGADE HEAD-QUARTERS

CHAPTER X
THE BRIGADE BOMBING SCHOOL

CHAPTER XI
ST. ELOI AND NEUVE EGLISE

CHAPTER XII
THE SOMME

CHAPTER XIII
HNENCOURT

CHAPTER XIV
MAMETZ WOOD

CHAPTER XV
THE 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1916

CHAPTER XVI
MILLENCOURT

CHAPTER XVII
HOOK SAP

CHAPTER XVIII
SECOND LEAVE - BRESLE

CHAPTER XIX
BUTTE OF WARLENCOURT - TRENCH WARFARE

CHAPTER XX
FRANCE AND THE FRENCH

CHAPTER XXI
SOUTH OF THE SOMME

CHAPTER XXII
THE BATTLE OF ARRAS

CHAPTER XXIII
WANCOURT TOWER - CROISILLES

CHAPTER XXIV
MONCHY-AU-BOIS

CHAPTER XXV
TRENCH WARFARE - VIS-CHERISY FRONT

CHAPTER XXVI
THE HOUTHULST FOREST

CHAPTER XXVII
DIVISIONAL REST NEAR ST. OMER

CHAPTER XXVIII
THE PASSCHENDAELE RIDGE

CHAPTER XXIX
GOOD-BYE TO THE 50TH DIVISION

CHAPTER XXX
DIGGING TRENCHES ABOUT LOOS

CHAPTER XXXI
THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE 1918 - SECOND BATTLE OF ARRAS

CHAPTER XXXII
TRENCH WARFARE - HBUTERNE

CHAPTER XXXIII
TRENCH WARFARE - THE COLINCAMPS RIDGE

CHAPTER XXXIV
THE BRITISH OFFENSIVE 1918 - BAPAUME RETAKEN

CHAPTER XXXV
THE STORMING OF THE HINDENBURG LINE NEAR TRESCAULT

CHAPTER XXXVI
THE GERMANS LAST STAND

CHAPTER XXXVII
THE FINAL RUSH FORWARD

CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE END OF IT ALL

NOTE

The following abbreviations are used:

B.H.Q.	-	Brigade Head-quarters.
C.C.S.	-	Casualty Clearing Station.
C.O.	-	Commanding Officer.
C.T.	-	Communication Trench.
D.A.Q.M.G.	-	Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster-General.
D.H.Q.	-	Divisional Head-quarters.
F.A.	-	Field Ambulance.
H.Q.	-	Head-quarters.
L.-C.	-	Lance-Corporal.
N.C.O.	-	Non-commissioned Officer.
O.C.	-	Officer Commanding.
O.P.	-	Observation Post.
O.T.C.	-	Officers Training Corps.
Q.M.	-	Quartermaster.
R.T.O.	-	Railway Transport Officer.
Y.M.C.A.	-	Young Mens Christian Association.

CHAPTER I

WHEN IT BEGAN

B EFORE THE WAR I was living in London, with chambers at Lincolns Inn.

I was not surprised when the trouble started. Ever since 1904 it was reasonably clear to me that our country would have to fight the Germans or go under.

The days before we declared war on Germany were spent in London. During the last few of them it was as though a terrible thunderstorm was hanging overhead, ready to burst: gloom and foreboding on the faces of all. There is no doubt that most of our people were taken by surprise and that they were aghast at the sudden gathering of the war cloud. But when the stroke of fate fell and we were committed to the war, there was a curious sense of relief in many hearts. Better death and ruin than dishonour. A shameful peace or neutrality is for most Englishmen harder to bear than all the horrors of war. Besides, this struggle for freedom had to be fought out, though few can have foretold the cost.

I had been rejected for the Territorial Force by the Army authorities in 1908 on account of weak eyesight. I had therefore few hopes of better luck in August 1914. At first only trained men were enrolled at the Inns of Court O.T.C., and this went on for some months - till the nation in fact began to realise the size of its task. So after two or three vain attempts to find my way into the services, I had to be content with the truncheon and armlet of a special constable. With this force I had no special adventures, but I learnt a good deal about the Vine Street Police area, and about the electric power stations of the West End. Christmas Day was spent on duty in the streets, and Easter Day found me still there. Then something happened which decided my own little fate, as well perhaps as the fate of Europe. This was the sinking of the good ship

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