Doug504 Posted 8 May , 2015 Share Posted 8 May , 2015 Are any members aware of a history of the 41st division in the Great War? Being from Sunderland I've looked into the movements of the 20th Battalion the D.L.I. but wish to look at the bigger picture of how they related to other units. Alternatively, histories of the 122 - 124th Brigades? Doug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 9 May , 2015 Share Posted 9 May , 2015 None of the above, I'm afraid. As far as I am aware, neither the division, nor the constituent brigades, produced histories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longboat Posted 9 May , 2015 Share Posted 9 May , 2015 Doug, I've have an interest in the 41st and have used the battalion and regimental histories that were published after the war, battalion war diaries, retrospective historical sources such as the books on the 20th D.L.I and the 10th Royal West Surrey's to get an idea of the bigger picture. There is also Sapper Martin, whose diary covers his time in the 41st Division from September 1916 if I remember correctly. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug504 Posted 11 May , 2015 Author Share Posted 11 May , 2015 Doug, I've have an interest in the 41st and have used the battalion and regimental histories that were published after the war, battalion war diaries, retrospective historical sources such as the books on the 20th D.L.I and the 10th Royal West Surrey's to get an idea of the bigger picture. There is also Sapper Martin, whose diary covers his time in the 41st Division from September 1916 if I remember correctly. Stuart Stuart, thanks for the information,looks like I'll have to go down the same route. I have not read "Sapper Martin" so that's enough excuse to purchase a copy, again thanks for the information. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas69 Posted 7 January , 2022 Share Posted 7 January , 2022 Do you know anything about 41 div Signals? There was one company of RE ( Signallers) listed in Orbat. I am following up a relative W Chappell. cheers Chas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longboat Posted 9 January , 2022 Share Posted 9 January , 2022 Chas, Worth a read of this Sapper Martin. Served with the 41st Divisions Royal Engineer's Signals although may not mention W Chappell. Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chas69 Posted 16 January , 2022 Share Posted 16 January , 2022 Stuart; Thanks ever so much indeed for the ref to Sapper Martin - I have read a bit on Google Books and more on Internet Archive. What a moving account of what it was like to be an RE Signaller on the Western Front. He mentions being somewhere with a "Chappell" and Glasspole on 7/4/18 so with a bit of crosschecking I may yet find if, or which, this was of the three Chappell brothers in the Signals rather than a non-signaller from another unit in the Brigade. In any event his account of a Signaller's life will give a huge insight into what our relatives would probably have been doing and the conditions they had to cope with. A great read and I'd recommend it to anyone else who is interested Chas . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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