Achiet-le-Grand during WW1
190th Bde
4th Bn Bedfords
7th Bn Royal fusiliers
1/28th Bn London Regt (Artists' Rifles)
188th Bde
6th Bn (Howe)
8th Bn (Anson)
1st Royal Marine light infantry
189th Bde
1st Bn (Drake)
2nd Bn (Hawke)
5th Bn (Nelson)
7th Bn (Hood)
Pionneers
14th Bn Worcestershire Regt
INFANTRY
Troops involved in the recapture of Achiet-le-Grand (Attack South East at 4.55 am)
DCLI= Duke of Cornwall's light infantry( Bristol Pals)
KRRC= King's Royal rifle corps
I haven't got information on 63rd Brigade on the 23rd August
On the Left of the 37th Division was the 3rd Division and on its right the New Zealand Division
37th Division 21st August 1918
111th brigade 112th Brigade 63rd brigade(right)
13th Rifle brigade ? 1st Essex left 8th Somerset light infantry left
13th KRRC? 1/1st Hertfordshire right 8th Lincolnshire left
10th Royal fusiliers? 4th Middlesex right
13th Royal fusiliers right
63rd RN Division 5th Division Attack 6.25am
190th Brigade right 15th Brigade left 95th Brigade
1st Cheshire left 1st East Surreys left
16th Warwicks right 1st Devons right
188th Brigade 1st Norfolk left 12th Gloucesteshire?
1st Bedfordshire right 1st DCLI?
189th Brigade
TANKS (not complete)
The Third Army was allotted the 1st, 2nd, 3rd tank Brigade
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1st Brigade: 3rdMedium A, 7th Mark IV,10th Mark V & 17th Armoured cars.
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2nd Brigade: 6th Medium A, 12th Mark IV, 15th Mark V.
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3rd Brigade: 9th Mark V, 11th Mark V, 14th Mark V.
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73rd RAF Squadron and 8 th Squadron attached to the tank corps for counter battery work.
Allotment to IV Corps for 3rd Tank Bn
37th Division
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2 Companies 7th Tank Bn 20 Tanks Mk IV
5th Division and 63rd RND
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First 2 Companies & a section of the 7th Tank Bn 28 Tanks Mk IV + secondly
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1 Company Mk V 10th Tank Bn and 1 Company"Whippets" 3rd Tank Bn 13 Tanks for each one of these Divisions.
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co-orperation of 1 companie Whippets 3rd Light Tank Bn 13 Tanks
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6 Amoured Cars 17th Amoured Cars Bn