GUARDS DIVISION IN THE GREAT WAR

Formed in France in August 1915. Its first action was Loos and from then on it was seldom out of the fighting. Undoubtedly one of the finest fighting formations of the war. 44,333 casualties of whom 13,981 dead. Fifteen VCs. Includes an account of the 4th Guards Brigade before the formation of the division and after the brigade was reformed in Feb 1918. Order of battle, succession of commanders and staff, origin and history of Guards MG Regiment and Entrenching Battalion.