50th (Northumbrian) Division
The Northumbrian Division was an infantry division of the British Army, formed in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force with units drawn from the north-east of England, notably Northumberland, Durham and the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. The division was numbered as 50th (Northumbrian) Division in 1915 and served on the Western Front throughout World War I. Due to losses suffered in the Ludendorf Offensive in March 1918 it had to be comprehensively reorganized. It was once again reformed in the Territorial Army as the Northumbrian Division in 1920.
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50th (Northumbrian) Division
The Northumbrian Division was an infantry division of the British Army, formed in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force with units drawn from the north-east of England, notably Northumberland, Durham and the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire. The division was numbered as 50th (Northumbrian) Division in 1915 and served on the Western Front throughout World War I. Due to losses suffered in the Ludendorf Offensive in March 1918 it had to be comprehensively reorganized. It was once again reformed in the Territorial Army as the Northumbrian Division in 1920.
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An officer of the 50th Division.
An officer of the 5th Durham Light Infantry
Artillery officer of 50th Division.
Colonel Shiel, 50th Division Artillery
Officer of the 5th D.L.I.
Rev. R.W. Callin, a Padre of 50th Division
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The Story of the 6th Battalion ...... ance, April 1915-November 1918
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...It [the trench] lay along a ...... hey were not buried very deep!
Apart from the heavy casualtie ...... er will power kept them going.
Cold, damp day; mud sticky and plentiful.
Fifty square miles of slime an ...... ly reek of deadly mustard gas.
For honest filth and disgustin ...... ch we found very true to life.
I think the only thing that sa ...... my life as they made, singing.
You have no idea of the state ...... up before the winter is over.
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