Household Battalion
The Household Battalion was an infantry battalion of the British army during the Great War. It was formed in September 1916 from the reserves of the Household Cavalry regiments (the 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards) to help fill the every-increasing demands for infantry on the Western Front. Considerable effort was expended in the conversion of cavalrymen into footsoldiers trained and equipped for trench warfare. The battalion spent its entire existence on the Western Front as part of the 4th Infantry Division, arriving as the Battle of the Somme was ending in early December 1916. It fought in the Battle of Arras and later at Third Ypres, suffering severely in the assault on Poelcappelle. Its last major engagement was the defence of Bourlon Ridge during the Battl
10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment10th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom)1st Regiment of Life Guards2nd Regiment of Life Guards4th Infantry Division (United Kingdom)British Land Units of the First World WarBritish cavalry during the First World WarCavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)Cecil BodingtonEdward Stanley, Lord Stanley (died 1938)Entrenching battalionsHousehold Cavalry Composite RegimentSt. John Greer ErvineWyndham Portal, 1st Viscount Portal
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Household Battalion
The Household Battalion was an infantry battalion of the British army during the Great War. It was formed in September 1916 from the reserves of the Household Cavalry regiments (the 1st Life Guards, 2nd Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards) to help fill the every-increasing demands for infantry on the Western Front. Considerable effort was expended in the conversion of cavalrymen into footsoldiers trained and equipped for trench warfare. The battalion spent its entire existence on the Western Front as part of the 4th Infantry Division, arriving as the Battle of the Somme was ending in early December 1916. It fought in the Battle of Arras and later at Third Ypres, suffering severely in the assault on Poelcappelle. Its last major engagement was the defence of Bourlon Ridge during the Battl
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Дворцовый батальон (англ. Hous ...... и времён Первой мировой войны.
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Cap badge of the Household Battalion
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The Household Battalion was an ...... Bourlon Ridge during the Battl
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Дворцовый батальон (англ. Hous ...... и времён Первой мировой войны.
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Household Battalion
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