Chapter II: Appendix: VII

TRANSLATION OF THE ITALIAN DIPLOMA 215

ILLUSTRATIONS

LT.-COL. L. L. C. REYNOLDS, D.S.O., T.D. _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE BATTALION OFFICERS, CHELMSFORD, MARCH 1915 4 A TYPICAL FLANDERS ROAD 8 THE 1ST BUCKS BATTALION CEMETERY, PLOEGSTEERT 8 COY. H.Q. IN THE “KEEP” AT HÉBUTERNE 16 HÉBUTERNE CHURCH, 1915 16 OUR TRENCHES IN FOREGROUND. GOMMECOURT WOOD IN BACKGROUND, WITH Z HEDGE IN FRONT OF IT 18 REST BILLETS, COUIN 18 LT.-COL. F. O. WETHERED, C.M.G., V.D.; LT.-COL. C. P. DOIG, D.S.O.; LT.-COL. L. C. HAWKINS, T.D. 20 THE 1ST BUCKS BATTALION CEMETERY, HÉBUTERNE 22 FRONT LINE COY. H.Q., LE SARS 48 REPRODUCTION OF A FRENCH POSTCARD OF PÉRONNE AFTER GERMAN EVACUATION IN MARCH 1917. (WITH CRUDE TRANSLATION) 54 PÉRONNE CHURCH 58 RONSSOY SUGAR FACTORY 58 CHEDDAR VILLA, ST. JULIEN 72 THE STEENBEEK 76 THE BATTLE-FIELD NEAR ST. JULIEN, YPRES 76 RESERVE BATTALION H.Q., KABERLABA N. 120 THE C.-IN-C. PRESENTING MEDALS TO THE BATTALION AT GRANEZZA, AUGUST 1918 120 THE LAST QUARTER GUARD, ITALY, 1919 140 THE CADRE, 1919 142 ITALIAN MEMORIAL CERTIFICATE 216

MAPS AND PANORAMA

MAP No. 1. SOMME OPERATIONS, JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1916 28 „ No. 2. ATTACK ON TOMBOIS FARM, NIGHT 16/17, APRIL, 1917 60 „ No. 3. THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES, JULY TO OCTOBER, 1917 80 „ No. 4. ITALIAN OPERATIONS _In pocket of cover_ „ No. 5. AREA RAIDED ON NIGHT 26/27 AUGUST, 1918 116 PANORAMA FROM MT. TORLE 128

IMPORTANT NOTE

On the eve of publication, and too late for mention in the text, the officer commanding the 1st Bucks Battalion has received a letter from the War Office enclosing a translation of an Italian diploma and a facsimile in bronze of a gold medal presented to H.M. the King of Italy. Copies of the letter and diploma will be found printed in Appendix VII to this Record, and will be read with pride.

It will be seen that, out of all the Infantry Battalions engaged on the Italian Front, the 1st Bucks Battalion, the 1st Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and the H.A.C. are the three selected recipients of this high honour.

THE
FIRST BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
BATTALION

1914–1919