blue red blue Posted 12 June , 2008 Share Posted 12 June , 2008 has any one got any info on this action which lead to our battle honour?? cheers all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 12 June , 2008 Share Posted 12 June , 2008 What battalion are you talking about? My reading says that the Grenadier Guards were involved in the crossing of the Broembeek in early October and then went into billets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue red blue Posted 12 June , 2008 Author Share Posted 12 June , 2008 1ST BATTALION COLOURS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stiletto_33853 Posted 12 June , 2008 Share Posted 12 June , 2008 1st battalion were in billets, as Ian points out, and conducting training according to their war diary, but they had a cross country running match against the Welsh Guards that day. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Thompson Posted 12 June , 2008 Share Posted 12 June , 2008 Do you mean 29 October 1914 rather than 1917? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 12 June , 2008 Share Posted 12 June , 2008 The 1st Bn certainly held the line at Gheluvelt on 29th October, 1914. An officer later said that the attacking German forces reminded him of an emerging football crowd as they advanced shoulder to shoulder. The hard-pressed grenadiers were reinforced by some Gordon Highlanders and actually counter attacked. The bravery of these men completely misled the Germans who never realised just how thinly the line was held. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue red blue Posted 13 June , 2008 Author Share Posted 13 June , 2008 thanks for that must of got my dates back to front, what was the date for the 1917 battle honour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted 14 June , 2008 Share Posted 14 June , 2008 See: http://www.medwaygrenadiers.org/honours1914.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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