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63 (RN) Division Unit Commanders during OP MICHAEL (German Spring Offensive), March 1918
63 (RN) Division Unit Commanders during OP MICHAEL (German Spring Offensive), March 1918
This community lists the Commanders of the Units of 63 (RN) Division who are mentioned in the Divisional War Diary Report of Operations during the period 21 - 29 March 1918 which was the German Army Spring Offensive (OP MICHAEL). 63rd (RN) Div contained 188th, 189th and 190th Brigades. The Spring Offensive started at 0430hrs on 21st March 1918, and the 63rd Division was involved in a series of fighting withdrawals over the old 1916 Somme Battle field until the offensive was held on Ance Hights at the end of March. This series of German Offences marked the "high water" point of the German Army in this area during WW1.
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Born 1885
Died 1918
Royal Navy 1/748 Commander Royal Naval Division Commanding Officer, Hawke Battalion
More about Bernard Henry Ellis -
Born 1867
Died 1953
British Army Colonel /Temporary Major General Staff
British Army Major General 63rd (Royal Naval) Division General Officer Commanding
More about Charles Edward Lawrie -
Born 1884
British Army Captain Royal Engineers
British Army Major Royal Engineers Officer Commanding 248th Field Company, 189th Inf Bde
More about Alexander Mcculloch Paterson -
Born 1884
Died 1918
Royal Navy Second Lieutenant
Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marine Light Infantry Commanding Officer of 2nd Royal Marines
More about Cecil Graham Farquharson -
Born 1888
British Army Lieutenant Royal Naval Division Royal Engineers
Royal Navy Deal/36/S Corporal Royal Marines Divisional Engineers
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Marines Divisional Engineers
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More about John Walter Revell -
Born 1878
Died 1955
British Army Motor Machine Gun
British Army Major Royal Fusiliers
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Royal Fusiliers Commanding Officer of 7th Battalion
More about Edmund George Savile L'estrange-Malone -
Born 1879
Died 1949
Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marine Light Infantry
Royal Navy Major Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Battalion
Royal Navy Major Royal Marine Light Infantry 2nd Battalion
More about Noel Stanley Clutterbuck -
Born 1880
Died 1918
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Bedfordshire Regiment Commanding Officer of 4th Battalion
More about John Stanhope Collings-Wells -
Born 1880
Died 1918
British Army Major Worcestershire Regiment
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Worcestershire Regiment Commanding Officer of the 14th Battalion
More about Alfred Caldier Ladd -
Born 1883
British Army Lieutenant Royal Marines
British Army Temporary Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marines
British Army Lieutenant Colonel Machine Gun Corps
More about Thomas Robert Mccready -
Born 1889
Died 1968
British Army Captain Royal Engineers 249th Field Company
Royal Navy Lieutenant Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Howe Battalion
British Army Major Royal Engineers Officer Commanding, 249th Field Company, 190th Infantry Brigade
More about George Russell Edgar -
Born 1883
Died 1969
Royal Navy Commander Royal Naval Division Commanding Officer of the Hood Battalion
More about William Markham Le Clerk Egerton -
Born 1889
Died 1927
Royal Navy 10/1523 Commander Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy Division Commanding Officer of Anson Battalion
More about Archibald Walter Buckle -
Born 1872
Died 1930
British Army Lieutenant Colonel /Temporary Brigadier General Royal Marine Light Infantry Staff
Royal Navy Lieutenant Colonel Royal Marine Light Infantry Battalion Commander
Royal Navy Brigadier General Royal Marine Light Infantry Brigade Commander of 190th Infantry Brigade
More about Alexander Richard Hamilton Hutchison -
Born 1878
Died 1951
British Army Brigadier General Lahore Division 8th Gurkha Rifles
British Army Brigadier General GOC 189th Brigade
British Army Brigadier General GOC 188th Brigade
More about John Francis Stanhope Duke Coleridge -
Born 1891
Died 1967
Royal Navy Z.P/1061 Ordinary Seaman Royal Naval Division
Royal Navy Temporary Lieutenant Commander Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Royal Navy Lieutenant Commander Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Commanding Officer of the Drake Battalion
More about Daniel Marcus William Beak -
Born 1870
Died 1943
British Army Major Lahore Division
British Army Bearer Dragoon Guards 4th Corps
British Army Brevet Colonel (Temporary Brigadier General) BGGS, IV Corps, BEF France
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More about Hugo Douglas De Pree -
Born 1881
Died 1948
British Army Command British Expeditionary Force
British Army Field Artillery Brigade
British Army Leuitenant Colonel Royal Field Artillery
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More about Malby Crofton