The Great War

1914-1918

Driver: J.G. Richards (No.42846)

7th Brigade Royal Horse Artillery

Munitions Column

1st Cavalry Division

 

Biography of Jack Richards

Part 1 (4 August 1914 – 29 May 1915)

Mobilisation – Battle of Mons – The Great Retreat – The Affair of Néry – Battle of the Marne – Battle of the Aisne – Race to the sea – Battle of Messines – Christmas 1914 – Battle of Ypres

Part 2 (26 June 1915 – 24 November 1916)

Home leave in Brixton – Behind the lines (“nothing of importance”) – Christmas at Halinghen – Routine at Samer – Battle of the Somme – On the beach – Battle of Flers-Courcelette – Capture of Beaumont-Hamel

Part 3 (16 December 1916 – 8 December 1917)

Christmas 1916 in London – Action in Flanders – Battle of Arras – Two days in hospital – Hill 65 (Lens) – On the coast at Hardelot – Battle of Cambrai

Part 4 (7 February 1918 – 20 April 1919)

On leave in London – Theatre with Nellie – In camp at Tincourt – The German Spring Offensive – Nearly killed at  Poeuilly – Riding through the trenches with the Captain –Hundred Days Offensive – 17 night marches in 21 days – The Armistice – Advance into Germany – De-mobilisation – A few reflections on Germany and the German people