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  Uniforms - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
West Riding (Duke of Wellington's) Border Royal Sussex Hampshire South Staffordshire Dorsetshire.
The facings are - dark red 1st and 3rd, fl 2nd and 6th, grass green 4th and 9th, imperial yellow 5th and 12th, sulphur yellow 7th and loth, scarlet 8th and iith, madder red 13th and 14th, white 15th.
In the 1st Guard division the shoulderstraps and piping are red and white, in the 2nd red and red, in the 3rd yellow and yellow respectively.
www.1911ency.org /U/UN/UNIFORMS.htm   (13818 words)

  
 Battle of Cambrai - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On the left the 62nd (2nd West Riding) Division swept all the way through Havrincourt and Graincourt to within reach of the woods on Bourlon Ridge and the 36th (Ulster) Division on their left reached the Bapaume-Cambrai road.
The Germans had put two divisions of Gruppe Arras on the ridge with another two in reserve, Gruppe Caudry was reinforced and to challenge the RFC the squadrons under the Red Baron were assigned.
The commands of 29th and 12th divisions were almost captured, with Brigadier-General Vincent having to fight free from his own encircled headquarters and then grab men from any retreating units to try to halt the Germans.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cambrai   (2140 words)

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