The 23rd (Service) Battalion Royal Fusiliers (First Sportsman's)THE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERSReading editionChapter navigation17 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS.THE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERSFRED. W. WARDFOREWORDSFORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED, AND ITS RECORD IN BRIEFA NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER—THE COSMOPOLITAN COMPOSITION OF THE BATTALIONTRAINING AT HOME—HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED FROM THE ROUGH MATERIALSERVICE OVERSEAS—HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE FRONT, AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY.GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED—HOLDING UP A GERMAN ADVANCE—SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK—AND SOME OTHER THINGSPRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR—MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN THE BATTALION"GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"—BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E. McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE 23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION)THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD—AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS—A PERSONAL NARRATIVEEXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR—EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"THE HONOURS' LISTTHE ROLL OF HONOURTHE NOMINAL ROLLPrevious chapter ←THE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS.Next chapter →FRED. W. WARDAll chapters and sections (17)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS.THE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERSFRED. W. WARDFOREWORDSFORMATION OF THE BATTALION, THE HONOURS GAINED, AND ITS RECORD IN BRIEFA NEW TYPE OF SOLDIER—THE COSMOPOLITAN COMPOSITION OF THE BATTALIONTRAINING AT HOME—HOW THE FINISHED SOLDIER EMERGED FROM THE ROUGH MATERIALSERVICE OVERSEAS—HEAVY FIGHTING ALL ALONG THE FRONT, AND A TRIUMPHAL MARCH INTO GERMANY.GREAT WORK ACCOMPLISHED—HOLDING UP A GERMAN ADVANCE—SILENCING SNIPERS IN A DERELICT TANK—AND SOME OTHER THINGSPRESENTATION OF THE KING'S COLOUR—MAJOR-GENERAL SIR C.E. PEREIRA, K.C.B., C.M.G., AND HIS PRIDE IN THE BATTALION"GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"—BRIGADIER-GENERAL A.E. McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS FAREWELL TO THE 23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS (FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION)THE BATTLE OF DELVILLE WOOD—AN ADVANCE IN FACE OF HUNDREDS OF MACHINE GUNS—A PERSONAL NARRATIVEEXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER OF WAR—EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY KEPT BY "MR. BROOKS, THE SCHOOLMASTER"THE HONOURS' LISTTHE ROLL OF HONOURTHE NOMINAL ROLL(FIRST SPORTSMAN'S)A RECORD OF ITS SERVICES IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914-1919BY← THE 23rd (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL FUSILIERS.FRED. W. WARD →