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Follow the 42nd |  |
| This series of maps was produced by Richard G Crompton of Oxfordshire, UK, a relative of John Henry Crompton of the 42nd Battalion AIF. see photo right. John Henry Crompton fell with the 42nd and as he has no known grave is commemorated at Menin Gate. |
| These maps allow you to trace the movements of the 42nd Battalion, 11th Brigade, 3rd Division AIF from their training at Salisbury Plain in 1916 to France and Belgium up until 1918 and the successful attack on the Hindenburg Line that finally broke the German will to resist. |
Map 1: 22 July to 25 Nov 1916; Training |
Map 2: 23 July 1916; Moving in. Map 5: 6 Dec to 23 Dec 1916; Armentieres >>>>
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Map 3: 27 Nov 1916 to 4 May 1917. The Nursery Section. |
Map 4 : 6 Dec 1916 to 1 May 1917 |
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| The Warneton Approach | The Attack at Warneton | The Attack (2) |
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The Attack 31st July 1917 |
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WARNETON ATTACK Hotspot master map has many more interesting details on a series of linked maps and ariel photos. |
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| 15 Sep to 7 Oct 1917. The approach to Zonnebeke |
Zonnebeke 2002 |
October 1917 Ypres township. |
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| 4th October 1917. 11 Brigade's attack on Zonnebeke | 4th October 1917. Details of the work of the 42nd Battalion during the attack on Zonnebeke. |
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To the Hindenburg Line
^^5 September to 5 October 1918^^ Mr Crompton's grandfather, 2nd Lt. G A Pitts of the 1/4 Oxfordshire& Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, passed along this same route between his arrival at the front, on 27 March 1917, and his 'Blighty' wound, received at Gillemont Farm 24 April 1917, in an action where three Military Medals were awarded. |
30 September to 2 October 1918 |
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