New Zealand Division 1916 1919 The New Zealanders In France Illustrated Edition

Author : Colonel H Stewart C.M.G. D.S.O. M.C.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892427

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NEW ZEALAND DIVISION 1916-1919. The New Zealanders In France [Illustrated Edition] by Colonel H Stewart C.M.G. D.S.O. M.C. Pdf

Contains over 100 maps, photos and illustrations “Formed in Egypt in March 1916 the division arrived in France a month later. It acquired an elite status, fought on the Somme, at Messines and Third Ypres. 49,000 casualties, ten VCs. A very fine and comprehensive history. ...As may be expected this is a remarkably comprehensive account of one of the finest divisions of the BEF of which Earl Haig wrote: “No Division in France built up for itself a finer reputation, whether for the gallantry of its conduct in battle or for the excellence of its behaviour out of the line. Its record does honour to the land from which it came and to the Empire for which it fought.” A German assessment of the division was seen in an Intelligence document captured at Hebuterne in July 1918:- “A particularly good assault Division. Its characteristics are a very strongly developed individual self-confidence or enterprise, characteristic of the colonial British, and a specially pronounced hatred of the Germans.”... The NZ Division of this history was formed in Egypt in March 1916...The infantry consisted of two battalions each of the Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington Regiments and four battalions of the NZ Rifle Brigade, all the divisional troops-artillery, engineers, medical etc .were NZ units. The GOC was Major-General Sir A.H. Russell, promoted from command of a brigade of the composite NZ and Australian Division; he was to be the only commander of the division. The NZ Division arrived in France in April 1916 and it remained on the Western front throughout the war....The author commanded the 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment and in preparing this official account he has drawn on all available material - War Diaries, Operation Orders, Intelligence summaries, Narratives of operations prepared at Corps level and below, Honours and Awards recommendations, Divisional reports and correspondence, personal diaries and papers and Haig’s Despatches. ...”—N&M Print Ed

Author : H. Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1847342019

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New Zealand Division 1916-1919. the New Zealanders in France by H. Stewart Pdf

Author : H. Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : OCLC:336933116

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The New Zealand Division, 1916-1919 by H. Stewart Pdf

Author : Colonel H Stewart C.M.G. D.S.O. M.C.
Publisher : Verdun Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 1782892427

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NEW ZEALAND DIVISION 1916-1919. The New Zealanders In France [Illustrated Edition] by Colonel H Stewart C.M.G. D.S.O. M.C. Pdf

Contains over 100 maps, photos and illustrations “Formed in Egypt in March 1916 the division arrived in France a month later. It acquired an elite status, fought on the Somme, at Messines and Third Ypres. 49,000 casualties, ten VCs. A very fine and comprehensive history. ...As may be expected this is a remarkably comprehensive account of one of the finest divisions of the BEF of which Earl Haig wrote: “No Division in France built up for itself a finer reputation, whether for the gallantry of its conduct in battle or for the excellence of its behaviour out of the line. Its record does honour to the land from which it came and to the Empire for which it fought.” A German assessment of the division was seen in an Intelligence document captured at Hebuterne in July 1918:- “A particularly good assault Division. Its characteristics are a very strongly developed individual self-confidence or enterprise, characteristic of the colonial British, and a specially pronounced hatred of the Germans.”... The NZ Division of this history was formed in Egypt in March 1916...The infantry consisted of two battalions each of the Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington Regiments and four battalions of the NZ Rifle Brigade, all the divisional troops-artillery, engineers, medical etc .were NZ units. The GOC was Major-General Sir A.H. Russell, promoted from command of a brigade of the composite NZ and Australian Division; he was to be the only commander of the division. The NZ Division arrived in France in April 1916 and it remained on the Western front throughout the war....The author commanded the 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment and in preparing this official account he has drawn on all available material - War Diaries, Operation Orders, Intelligence summaries, Narratives of operations prepared at Corps level and below, Honours and Awards recommendations, Divisional reports and correspondence, personal diaries and papers and Haig’s Despatches. ...”—N&M Print Ed

Author : Colonel Claude Horace Weston DSO MID VD KC
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782895732

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Three Years With The New Zealanders [Illustrated Edition] by Colonel Claude Horace Weston DSO MID VD KC Pdf

Illustrated with more than 25 photos and 3 maps. In these gripping battlefield memoirs of Lt.-Col Weston, he recounts his experiences of the bloody fighting that the New Zealanders experienced fighting in Europe during the First World War. The Author sailed from his home in New Plymouth in 1915, as an ex-cadet he volunteered for active service, his destination was to be Egypt as thence to the hellish conditions of Gallipoli. He fought side by side with his men of the Wellington Battalion until the eventual evacuation of all the Allied forces. Little respite was allowed to the author and the other Anzacs who had survived Gallipoli as they were pitched into the fighting on the Western Front during the battle of the Somme in 1916 and then again in the fierce battles of Messines, La Bassée and Passchendaele. By this point Weston had been promoted Lieutenant but was wounded by artillery fire at Ypres in 1917 his war was at an end, being invalided from the service with full honours.

Author : Gerald Gliddon
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015037808741

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Legacy of the Somme 1916 by Gerald Gliddon Pdf

The Battle of the Somme is widely regarded as one of the bloodiest and most controversial land battles ever fought. The first British troops went over the top on 1 July 1916 and by the day's end some 19,000 had been killed in the greatest one-day loss the British Army has ever known. This notoriety has ensured that the Somme and its many fallen warriors live on in countless books, plays and films. Documentary sources about the Somme abound and there is a voracious appetite among the book-buying public for more. Legacy of the Somme 1916 is a unique bibliographical and media guide to the battle, setting on record - in as comprehensive a listing as is possible - much of what has been written, filmed or sound-recorded in the English language between 1916 and 1995. This detailed listing includes official, unofficial and unit histories of the British and Commonwealth armies; biographies, autobiographies and memoirs; literature, drama and media; archives, tanks and war graves registers. Short commentaries accompany each entry and a detailed index enables accurate cross-referencing of subjects. First and foremost this is a unique work of reference which will appeal to all with an interest in the First World War. It will aid historians, researchers and enthusiasts to track down the vast amount of information available on the battle, and will also prove valuable to libraries, museums and the book trade.

Author : Matthew Wright
Publisher : Raupo
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015061448455

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Western Front by Matthew Wright Pdf

The New Zealanders surged up the scaling ladders and over the top into the dawn mist. In November 2004, a soldier from the Western Front was chosen to symbolise all New Zealand's military heritage, underlining the way that our experience in Belgium and France between 1916 and 1918 speaks to us over the years and generations. Why did so many New Zealanders sail from the 'uttermost ends of the Earth' to die in muddy foreign soil? and were the tactics really as mindless as climbing out of a trench and walking very slowly towards the Germans until everyone was dead?

Author : H. Stewart
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1843424088

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New Zealand Division 1916-1919. the New Zealanders in France by H. Stewart Pdf

This is an official history, the second volume of four constituting the Official History Of New Zealand s Effort In The Great War, the other three cover Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine, and the Home Front. As may be expected this is a remarkably comprehensive account of one of the finest divisions of the BEF of which Earl Haig wrote: No Division in France built up for itself a finer reputation, whether for the gallantry of its conduct in battle or for the excellence of its behaviour out of the line. Its record does honour to the land from which it came and to the Empire for which it fought. A German assessment of the division was seen in an Intelligence document captured at Hebuterne in July 1918:- A particularly good assault Division. Its characteristics are a very strongly developed individual self-confidence or enterprise, characteristic of the colonial British, and a specially pronounced hatred of the Germans. In his Copse 125 (Rossignol Wood) Ernst Junger describes the bitter fighting with the New Zealanders (Otago Regiment) in July 1918. The NZ Division of this history was formed in Egypt in March 1916 with the transference of the Australian units of the old composite division, which had fought at Gallipoli, to Australian formations and the raising of fresh NZ units to take their place thus creating a purely New Zealand division. The infantry consisted of two battalions each of the Auckland, Canterbury, Otago and Wellington Regiments and four battalions of the NZ Rifle Brigade, all the divisional troops -artillery, engineers, medical etc were NZ units. The GOC was Major-General Sir A.H.Russell, promoted from command of a brigade of the composite NZ and Australian Division; he was to be the only commander of the division. The NZ Division arrived in France in April 1916 and it remained on the Western front throughout the war. In early 1917 a fourth infantry brigade was formed in England from the surplus reinforcements sent monthly from New Zealand and it joined the division as the 4th NZ Brigade in May, just before the Messines offensive. It was disbanded in February 1918. The division fought on the Somme, at Messines, at Third Ypres as part of II Anzac Corps; when the Germans struck in March 1918 the division was transferred to IV Corps (Harper) in Byng s Third Army where it stayed to the end of the war. The author commanded the 2nd Battalion Canterbury Regiment and in preparing this official account he has drawn on all available material - War Diaries, Operation Orders, Intelligence summaries, Narratives of operations prepared at Corps level and below, Honours and Awards recommendations, Divisional reports and correspondence, personal diaries and papers and Haig s Despatches. The result is a fine, authoritative account of a division which acquired an elite status on the Western Front and whose record was second to none. Ten VCs were won of whom the most famous was Sgt Travis (real name Savage) of the 2nd Battalion Otago Regiment who was known as the king of No Man s Land. Total casualties amounted to just under 49,000 of whom 12,500 died.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2088 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UGA:32108027918641

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Reference Catalogue of Current Literature by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lt Col C. G. Powles
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782892441

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THE NEW ZEALANDERS IN SINAI AND PALESTINE [Illustrated Edition] by Lt Col C. G. Powles Pdf

Contains over 60 illustrations and 10 maps. “The official account of the NZ Mounted Rifles Brigade (Auckland, Canterbury and Wellington Mounted Rifles), which fought right through the Sinai and Palestine campaigns, gaining a high reputation. ...The Mounted Rifles Brigade had been fighting on Gallipoli as infantry, part of the New Zealand and Australian Division, and on 26th December 1915 they arrived back in Alexandria to resume their mounted role; their strength was 62 officers and 1329 other ranks. When reorganization was complete the Brigade numbered 2421 officers and men and 2,884 horses, part of the Australian and New Zealand Mounted Division along with the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Australian Light Horse Brigades. In March 1916 the Brigade took over part of the Suez Canal Defences but it was in August that the Sinai operations began with the Battle of Romani and the subsequent actions in all of which the Brigade took part. Advancing into Palestine they played a great part in that campaign earning high praise from Allenby. In the appendices there is a Brigade Diary showing the more important moves taken and actions fought during the two campaigns, and they make a most impressive list. As with the other volumes of this history of New Zealand’s part in the Great War the narrative is easy to read and follow, gives a clear picture of the terrain (a virtual travelogue in parts) and the conditions of desert fighting, supported by good maps and plenty of contemporary photos. There is no Roll of Honour nor list of Honours and Awards nor index. Apart from the diary the appendices contain a glossary of terms occurring with place names and the brigade order of battle with succession of commanding officers in all units.”—N&M Print edition.

Author : Anderson Robert Dillon Carbery,A. D. Carbery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : UCAL:$B744382

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The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 by Anderson Robert Dillon Carbery,A. D. Carbery Pdf

Author : Damien Fenton,Caroline Lord (Historian),Gavin McLean,Tim Shoebridge
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : New Zealand
ISBN : 0143569759

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New Zealand and the First World War by Damien Fenton,Caroline Lord (Historian),Gavin McLean,Tim Shoebridge Pdf

'The fighting has been and is very stern and hard here, but New Zealand's lads and men have proven themselves the equal of the best soldiers of the world.' - Colonel William Malone, commander of the Wellington Battalion, Quinn's Post, Gallipoli, 15 July 1915 The first of its kind for New Zealand - a lavish, landmark production - New Zealand and the First World War dynamically illustrates 50 key episodes of our wartime life. Featuring over 500 images, many previously unpublished, the book comes with a host of memorabilia: fold-out maps posters booklets letters postcards The complete story of New Zealand's war is brought to life in dramatic detail - our front-line experiences overseas as well as those on the home front, from the outbreak in 1914 to demobilisation in 1919. This terrible conflict was not restricted to faraway battlefields like Gallipoli and Passchendaele - it had an unparalleled impact on New Zealand society, touching nearly every family, every street and every community. Until now, no single history has explored New Zealand's role in the First World War with such breadth and colour. A defining history for a new generation. 'This is the trailblazing history for the war's centenary. It is a brilliant achievement and one every family should have in its home . . . It answers the obvious and not so obvious questions and will delight every age. It is a triumph.' --Christopher Pugsley, New Zealand Listener

Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Library catalogs
ISBN : UOM:39015082913727

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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971 by New York Public Library. Research Libraries Pdf

Author : New York Public Library. Reference Department
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : World War, 1914-1918
ISBN : UOM:39015079915800

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Subject Catalog of the World War I Collection by New York Public Library. Reference Department Pdf

Author : British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1236 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : English imprints
ISBN : PSU:000030000988

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General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955 by British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books Pdf