Battles and Engagements On The Western Front
- 1915
- Second Battle of Ypres
- Battle of Gravenstafel—April 22–23
- Battle of St. Julien—April 24 – May 4 (see also Saint Julien Memorial)
- Battle of Festubert—May 15–25
- Second Battle of Givenchy—June 15–16
1916:
- Battle of Mount Sorrel—June 2–13
- Battle of the Somme
- Battle of Flers-Courcelette—September 15–22
- Battle of Thiepval—September 26–28
- Battle of Le Transloy—October 1–18
- Battle of the Ancre Heights—October 1 – November 11
1917:
- Battle of Vimy Ridge—April 9–14
- Battle of Arleux—April 28–29
- Third Battle of the Scarpe—May 3–4 (including the capture of Fresnoy)
- Second Battle of Passchendaele—October 26 – November 10
1918:
- Battle of Amiens—August 8–11
- Actions round Damery—August 15–17
- Battle of the Scarpe—August 26–30
- Battle of Drocourt-Quéant—September 2–3
- Battle of the Canal du Nord—September 27 – October 1
- Battle of Cambrai—October 8–9
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