Defence of Festubert information

The Defence of Festubert was an engagement on the Western Front early in the First World War when Indian and British battalions of the 7th (Meerut) Division...

The Battle of Festubert (15–25 May 1915) was an attack by the British army in the Artois region of France on the western front during World War I. The...

department Defence of Festubert (November 1914) Battle of Festubert (May 1915) Battle of the Lys (1918) (Festubert was on the southern extremity of this battle)...

War when he performed the deed during the Defence of Festubert for which he was awarded the VC. The citation of the VC reads: His Majesty the KING-EMPEROR...

commenced on 12 October as part of a period known as the "Race to the Sea". The battalion was involved in the defence of Festubert in November and Givenchy in...

fought in the Defence of Festubert, and the next month in the Defence of Givenchy. Later in 1915, the battalion saw action in the Battle of Aubers Ridge...

as part of the Indian Corps on the Western Front until the end of 1915. For the rest of 1914, the brigade took part in the Defence of Festubert (23 – 24...

HMCS Festubert was one of twelve Battle-class naval trawlers constructed for and used by the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) during the First World War. Following...

and Australia (b. 1852) Defence of Festubert — A German infantry regiment captured 800 yards (730 m) of trench east of Festubert, France from British Indian...

1914 Ypres 1914–15 Gheluvelt Festubert, 1914 (also 1914–15) Givenchy 1914 Neuve Chappelle Ypres 1915 St Julien Aubers Festubert, 1915 Loos. Somme 1916 Bazentin...

November 1914, de Pass entered a German sap near Festubert, France, and destroyed a traverse in the face of the enemy's bombs. He also rescued, under heavy...

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a regiment of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Bombay Sappers draw their origin from the erstwhile Bombay Presidency army of the British...

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Darwan Singh Negi at Festubert and Rfn Gabar Singh Negi (posthumous) at Neuve Chapelle. Nk Darwan Singh also had the distinction of being the first Indian...

Chapelle, Gravenstafel, St. Julien, Frezenberg, Heliewaarde, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Hooge 1915, Loos, Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916, 18, Albert 1916, 18...

Klein Zillebeke. In May 1915, the 1st Battalion took part in the Battle of Festubert, though did not see much action. Two further battalions were formed for...

1914, Gheluvelt, Nonne Bosschen, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Festubert 1915, Loos, Mount Sorrel, Somme 1916 '18, Flers-Courcelette, Morval, Pilckem...

regiment of the British Army, created by the amalgamation of three historic regiments in 2006. It lost one battalion as part of the Army 2020 defence review...

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Tirah, Punjab Frontier, Afghanistan 1919 First World War: La Bassée 1914, Festubert 1914–15, Givenchy 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Aubers, Loos, France and Flanders...