THE ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION

by Douglas Jerrold

Contents
Chapter Page
Author's preface and Introduction
by Winston Churchill		 v & xi
I The Formation Of The Royal Naval Division 1
II Ostend, Dunkirk and Antwerp 13
III The Time Of Preparation 40
IV The Voyage to the East 58
V The Gallipoli Landings 72
VI The May Battles 96
VII The Defence Of Anzac 114
VIII The Battles of June and July 127
IX Anticlimax 152
X From The Eastern Mediterranean to the French Front 168
XI The Battle of the Ancre 183
XII The German Retreat 208
XIII The Spring Offensive of 1917 223
XIV Oppy Wood, Passchendaele and Welsh Ridge 245
XV The Allied Defensive of 1918 272
XVI The Advance to Victory 298
XVII Conclusion 327

Appendices

Appendix A

Extracts from Minutes ofthe First Lord of the Admiralty
(The Right Hon. Winston S.Churchill), dated 16th, 17th and 30th August, 1914,
Governing the Formation of the Royal Naval Division

333

Appendix B

Composition of Staff of Royal Naval Division, 1914-1919

337

Appendix C

Summary Statement of Royal Naval Division Casualties

338

Appendix D

Names of Officers of The Royal Naval Division
Killed in the Engagement of June 4th - 6th, 1915         

339

Appendix E

Names of Officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Royal
Marines Killed :
(i) in the Engagement of November 13th -14th, 1916
(ii) in the First and 2nd Battles of Gavrelle, April, 1917
(iii)in the Concluding Engagements of August, September, October and November,1918

340

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Appendix F

Account of a Raid CarriedOut by Drake Battalion, July 12th -13th, 1918

345

Index pages

347
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