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Map No. 1—Festubert FacingPage 12 Map of Battle of Festubert (Sketch Map) " 15 Map of Battle of Festubert (7 p.m.) Page 16 Map of Battle of Guillemont " ssss1 Map of Battle of Delville Wood " ssss1 Map of Battle of Guedecourt " ssss1 Map No. 2—Ypres Salient FacingPage 40 Map of the Third Battle of Ypres, showing Objectives Page 63 Map No. 3—Menin Road Battle FacingPage 83 Map No. 4—Gillemont Farm Sector " 96 Map No. 5—Vaucellette Farm Area " 100 Map No. 6—Givenchy " 108 Facsimile of German Map, showing Plan of Attack, Captured April 9th, 1918 " 110

A Reduced Facsimile of the Roll of Volunteers for Service Abroad signed in the Public Hall, on 8th August, 1914

A Company B Company C Company

D Company E Company F Company

G Company H Company

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The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment has a peculiar history, being descended from the old 47th, the Lanarkshiressss1 Regiment, and the 81st, the Loyal Lincoln Volunteers.

In 1881, when these two Regiments were at their Depot at Preston, it was found convenient to amalgamate them, and they became the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the North Lancashire Regiment. The Lincolnshire men were not pleased at having to drop the epithet “Loyal” (conferred on them[B] in memory of an occasion during the Peninsular War when, on volunteers being told to step one pace forward, the entire Battalion moved forward one pace), and they placed their views before the War Office, with the result that the new formation was allowed to retain the epithet, and it became the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. This little outline of its history explains why the 1st Battalion’s March-past is “My love is like a red, red rose,” generally known as the “Red Rose,” and the 2nd Battalion’s “The Lincolnshire Poacher.”