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| In this battle the 6th Btn. Royal West Kents was surrounded and cut off after a massive German attack and, according to the War Diary, its remaining strength was only 1 Officer and 17 other ranks. At full strength a battalion consisted of 30 officers and 977 other ranks. |
| "the Germans came pouring on in masses like a Bank Holiday crowd" The Battle from The RWK Regimental History, a detailed account of 30th Nov 1917. | The War Diary of 6th Battalion West Kents 30th Nov 1917. The unit record of what happened on the day written during and just after the battle. |
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| Lateau Wood and Le Quesnet 2004. Photos of the battlefield locations today. | The Officers Of the RWK that fell on 30th November 1917. |
| The Other Ranks of the RWK that fell on 30th November 1917. | The Battle of Cambrai The great tank battle of 1917 of which Lateau Wood was one action. |
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