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      The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion)

      Record of War Service, 1914-1918

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066121440

Table of Contents

       ILLUSTRATIONS.

       " They ask a better Britain as their monument. "

       I.—FORMATION AND HOME TRAINING.

       THE NATION'S CALL TO ARMS. ToC

       A BATTALION IN BEING. ToC

       ESPRIT DE CORPS. ToC

       HOME STATIONS AND TRAINING. ToC

       II.—ACTIVE SERVICE.

       ON TREK. ToC

       TRENCH ROUTINE. ToC

       THE RAID. ToC

       A LULL BEFORE THE STORM. ToC

       THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME. ToC

       A DIARY ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE. ToC

       HULLUCH AND THEREABOUTS. ToC

       BEAUMONT-HAMEL. ToC

       THE NEW YEAR, 1917. ToC

       ON THE HEELS OF THE ENEMY. ToC

       IN FLANDERS. ToC

       OPERATIONS ON THE COAST. ToC

       THE YPRES SALIENT. ToC

       THE DISBANDMENT. ToC

       III.—AN ODD MUSTER.

       THE SPIRIT OF THE BATTALION. ToC

       "CO-OPERATION." ToC

       "THE OUTPOST." ToC

       SPORT OF THE BATTALION. ToC

       THE R.S.M. ToC

       A REMEMBRANCE. ToC

       THE COMFORTS COMMITTEE. ToC

       MEMORIAL SERVICE IN GLASGOW. ToC

       THE CLUB. ToC

       "E" COMPANY. ToC

       IV.—HONOURS AND AWARDS.

       Battalion Honour. ToC

       Victoria Cross. ToC

       Honours Gained by Officers and others while Serving with the Battalion. ToC

       Honours Gained by Original Members of the Battalion after being Transferred to other Units. ToC

       LIST OF OFFICERS who were granted Commissions in the Battalion on its formation and posted to Companies as shewn. ToC

       The following "other ranks" of the Battalion were granted Commissions in the Battalion.

       Roll of Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men, who joined the Chamber of Commerce Battalion from 12th September, 1914, till Embarkation of Battalion, 22nd November, 1915.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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	Facing Page
Frontispiece.
The Late Mr. Montagu M.W. Baird and Mr. James W. Murray, Presidents of the Chamber,	14
Original Officers in Command of Companies—Majors W.J. Paul, J.R. Young, W. Auld, V.D., and E. Hutchison,	16
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