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The War History of the 4th Battalion, the London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), 1914-1919

Chapter 2: FOREWORD
By F. Clive Grimwade
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The narrative records the battalion's mobilisation and domestic duties, the raising of second-, third- and reserve line units, and movements to Malta, the Gallipoli peninsula, Egypt and the Western Front. It provides a chronological account of trench operations and set-piece actions such as Neuve Chapelle, the battles around Ypres, the Somme and Arras, Bullecourt, Third Ypres, Cambrai and the final advances, interleaving tactical descriptions, unit dispositions, maps and illustrations. Appendices supply campaign notes on Malta, lists of honours and decorations, and details of postwar reconstruction, while chapters trace personnel changes, casualties and the battalion's operational role across the conflict.

FOREWORD

It was considered by the past and present members of the 4th Battalion, The London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), that some permanent record of the part taken by the Regiment in the European War should be compiled, and a War History Committee was formed in February 1920 to consider the preparation of such a record.

At the unanimous request of the Committee Captain F. Clive Grimwade undertook to write the Regiment's War History.

The Committee desire to express their keen appreciation of the manner in which he has overcome the difficulties of compiling such a History and of his devotion in carrying out this long and arduous work.

The Committee wish to express their thanks also to Lieut.-Col. Marchment, to Captains Boutall, Garratt, Croll and Hetley, and to other officers who have given Captain Grimwade valuable assistance; to the author's mother, Mrs Grimwade, for her assistance in arranging information as to officers' personal services and in correcting the drafts of the book; and to the Regiment's Honorary Colonel, Lord Marshall, for facilitating the publication of the book.

THE WAR HISTORY COMMITTEE,
4th Battalion, The London
Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).

LESLIE T. BURNETT, Lieut.-Col. (Chairman).
G. H. M. VINE, Major (retired).
H. J. DUNCAN-TEAPE, Major.
S. J. ELLIOTT, Major.

February 1922