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The delay in publication has been unavoidable, and even now the book is not as complete as its compilers would wish; in particular, it is not possible to give the names of casualties as they occurred, except in the case of Officers; both Company and Battalion records have had to be destroyed again and again, and there is little material left to work on except the War Diary and individual diaries.

The book is a live product. Every line of it is either written by those who were actually with the Battalion during the period of which they write, or is condensed from the War Diary. It would have been far easier, and, from a literary point of view, more satisfactory, to have handed over the documents to a professional Historian to write up, but it was felt that the vivid descriptions of eyewitnesses, even though lacking in style, were preferable to any such compilation.

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: The Colours Portrait of Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Hindle, D.S.O. Reduced Facsimile of the Roll of Volunteers for Service Abroad Facing Chapter I. Group of Officers—Bedford, 1915 FacingPage 4 Photograph—Meteren, 1915 " 7 Battalion about to Parade for Trenches, 1916 " 31 Christmas Card, 1916 " 50 Aeroplane Photograph of Trench Lines in Salient " 57 Aeroplane Oblique Photograph of Trenches in Salient " 58 Aeroplane Oblique Photograph, showing Objectives for Third Battle of Ypres " 61 Panorama Photograph from Pond Farm " 81 Aeroplane Photograph of D.13.c. " 82 Aeroplane Oblique Photograph of Objectives—Menin Road Battle " 85 Group of W.O.’s and N.C.O.’s—Delettes, 1918 " 106 Remnant of Givenchy Keep, 1920 Page 116 The Colours Marching Past—Brussels Facing Page 131 Site of the Battalion Memorial Page 132 Divisional Cocarde " 133