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As soon as the detrainment was completed, we proceeded on board the "Mount Temple," with certain Royal Field Artillery Details, the ship being under the command of Major Kent, R.F.A.

From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.

The Commander-in-Chief may be forced to ask Marshal French to co-operate with British Divisions as they detrain and without waiting for the whole of the detrainment to be carried out.

From 1914 by French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres

It was ready forty-eight hours after detrainment, just in the nick of time.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir

On the 12th October the Division marched to Hazebrouck, where it covered the detrainment of the 4th Division and came into touch with the enemy.

From A Short History of the 6th Division Aug. 1914-March 1919 by Marden, Thomas Owen, Sir

On the 8th, General Headquarters moved to Abbeville, at which place the 2nd Corps had nearly completed their detrainment.

From 1914 by French, John Denton Pinkstone, Earl of Ypres