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The Graveyards of Gallipoli; A Digger History Associate Site |
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A Tribute to the Men of all the Nations that took part in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915 |
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Royal Naval Division Battalion badges. |
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Drake Battalion RND |
Hood Battalion RND |
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| Howe Battalion RND | Nelson Battalion RND |
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Hawke Battalion |
Anson Battalion RND |
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1st Bn the 28th London (Artists Rifles) RND |
Rank badge/RND (all battalions) |
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RND Machine Gun Coy. (Image Frank Green) |
Royal Marines Light Infantry RND (Image Frank Green) |
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EXTREMELY RARE Royal Naval Division Divisional Engineers Silver Enameled
Sweetheart Brooch which was issued during the First World War.
In over 40 years this is the only example that I have ever come across and I have never seen an original Cap Badge for this unit. It is so RARE that it is not even listed with the other Royal Naval Division badges in Kipling and King. |
| Royal Naval Division, Divisional Engineers |
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| 7th Bn Royal Fusiliers | 4th Bn Bedfordshire Regiment |
Lettering is "HAC" |
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| 1st Bn. Honourable Artillery Company (Infantry Section) | 10th Bn Royal Dublin Fusiliers |
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| 2nd Bn Royal Irish Rifles | 1st Bn the 4th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry |
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| 14th Bn Worcestershire Regt (Pioneers) | Royal Artillery |
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| Royal Engineers | Royal Army Medical Corps |
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| History of the division (in part) | Quoted from http://www.1914-1918.net/63div.htm |
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War, there was a surplus of some 20-30,000 men on the Reserves of the
Royal Navy who would not find jobs on any ship of war. It was
recognised that this was sufficient to form two Naval Brigades, and a
Brigade of Marines. The Royal Marine Brigade was formed at once, and
was moved to Ostende on 27th August 1914, although it returned 4 days
later. On 20th September it arrived at Dunkirk with orders to assist
in the defence of Antwerp. The two other Brigades moved to Dunkirk for
the same purpose on 5th October 1914. In the haste to organise and
move the units to Belgium, 80% went to war without even basic
equipment such as packs, mess tins or water bottles. No khaki uniform
was issued. The two Naval Brigades were armed with ancient
charger-loading rifles, only 3 days before embarking. The Division was
originally titled the Royal Naval Division, and was formed in England
in September 1914. At this stage, it had no Artillery, Field
Ambulances etc.
The Defence of Antwerp RND units that withdrew from Antwerp returned to England, arriving 11th October 1914. Approximately 1,500 troops of the 1st Royal Naval Brigade crossed the Dutch frontier and were interned in the Netherlands. After a lengthy period of refit and training (scattered in various locations, and still short of many of the units that ordinarily made up the establishment of a Division), the Division moved to Egypt preparatory to the Gallipoli campaign. Gallipoli By the end of the Division's part in the Gallipoli campaign, very few men with sea service remained. The Division transferred from the authority of the Admiralty to the War Office on 29th April 1916, and was redesignated the 63rd (Royal Naval) Division on 19th July 1916. The Division moved to France, arriving Marseilles 12-23rd May 1916, after which it remained on the Western Front. |
| RND at Gallipoli | Quoted from http://www.internet-promotions.co.uk/archives/caithness/63rdrn.htm | ||||||||||||||||||
| The RN Div
landed at Dover about 11/10/14 and started to replace lost equipment and
men. (Note; by 1916 there were only a handful of the "Antwerp"
men left, the casualties being so high). The Div assembled around
Blandford 27/11/14.
The Div started to embark for Lemnos at Devonport 06/02/15 and by 01/03/15 the rest of the Div (except the training Depot) were on their way to Lemnos. By 19/03/15 the Div were stationed of the Gallipoli Peninsular, but as the "great Naval attack" on the 18th had failed the Div were landed at Port Said by 29/03/15. The Div re-embarked for Mudros 08/04/15 and were landed Helles, Gallipoli 25/04/15.
The Div were evacuated to Mudros and split up. Drake and Hawke to Imbros 19 Jan - 15 Feb 1916. Hood to Mudros 20 Jan - 22 Feb 1916. 2nd Bde to Stavros 20 Jan. The Division did not reform until arriving back in France in May 1916. During this time the Naval Division were transferred from the Admiralty to the War Office (Army) (Authority. - 79/8954 (S.D.2.) d/d. 29/04/16). |
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Royal Naval Air Service (including RNAS Armoured Car Section) |
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| RNAS pilot's cap badge | RNAS Armoured Car Section badge |
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