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17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Empire)
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The 17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Empire), (17th RF) was a 'Pals battalion' recruited as part of 'Kitchener's Army' in World War I. It served with the 2nd Division on the Western Front from November 1915 until the Armistice, seeing action on the Somme and the Ancre, at Arras and Cambrai (where one of its officers won the Victoria Cross), against the German spring offensive, and in the final Hundred Days Offensive, when it made a daring crossing of the St Quentin Canal.
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17th (Service) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (Empire) | |
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Active | 31 August 1914–26 October 1919 |
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Type | Pals battalion |
Role | Infantry |
Size | One Battalion |
Part of | 2nd Division |
Garrison/HQ | London |
Engagements | Battle of the Somme Battle of the Ancre Battle of Arras Battle of Cambrai German spring offensive Hundred Days Offensive |
Commanders | |
Colonel of the Regiment | General Sir Bindon Blood |
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