Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vi
Foreword ix
Chapter 1 Origins of the Tyneside Scottish 1
Chapter 2 The North East at the Outbreak of War 13
Chapter 3 Raising the Tyneside Scottish Brigade 25
Chapter 4 Training, Tragedy and Discipline (Alnwick and Salisbury Plain 1915) 58
Chapter 5 France, the Early Days - January to June 1916 101
Chapter 6 The 1st of July 1916 130
Chapter 7 Reorganisation and Raiding Parties at Armentieres 167
Chapter 8 Arras and Greenland Hill 186
Chapter 9 'No Rest for the Wicked' 211
Chapter 10 Fight to the Finish 229
Chapter 11 The End of Conflict, and the Post War Years 250
Chapter 12 The 29th Reserve Battalion and The Pipes and Drums of the Tyneside Scottish 259
Epilogue 269
Gallantry Awards 271
Appendices
Some Physical Defects Met Within the Raising of an Army 291
Nominal Roll of Officers who Served with the Tyneside Scottish Brigade 295
Nominal Roll of Other Ranks 20th Battalion 308
Nominal Roll of Other Ranks 21st Battalion 334
Nominal Roll of Other Ranks 22nd Battalion 352
Nominal Roll of Other Ranks 23rd Battalion 371
Nominal Roll of Other Ranks 29th Battalion 390
Nominal Rolls 396
Picture Album 398
