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Category Archives: Generals
The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part Six – 1918
And so we arrive at the final part of this series. 1918 was the year when the nature of the war would change once more, as three years of trench warfare gave way to mobile warfare, with vast sweeping assaults, … Continue reading
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The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part Five – 1917
The first General Officer casualty in 1917 occurred on 24th January when Brigadier-General Cyril (not Cecil, as many sources erroneously state) Prescott-Decie, C.R.A. 4th Division (left), was severely wounded ‘somewhere in France’, although he would recover, becoming B.G.R.A.* Irish Command … Continue reading
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The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part Four – 1916
January 1916 saw the deaths of two British generals. Brigadier-General Hugh Gregory Fitton D.S.O., G.O.C. 101st Brigade, 34th Division (above), forced to cross open ground due to the appalling state of the front line trenches near Ypres on the night … Continue reading
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The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part Three – Gallipoli 1915 – Disaster in the Dardanelles
The Gallipoli section of this series of posts is the only part where I have included all General Officers, including those who were dismissed – and one of them had earned a D.S.O. in South Africa in 1900 in an … Continue reading
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The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part Two – The Western Front 1915
1915 would begin with the deaths of two generals that I introduced you to last post. On 22nd February, Brigadier-General Sir John Edmond Gough V.C., Chief of Staff 1st Army, was killed by a German sniper on the Aubers Ridge, … Continue reading
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The Dead Donkeys: The Myth of the ‘Château Generals’ Part One – 1914
“It is a simple historical fact that the British Generals of the First World War, whatever their faults, did not fail in their duty. It was not a British delegation that crossed the lines with a white flag in November … Continue reading
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