"GOOD-BYE, AND GOOD LUCK!"—BRIGADIER-GENERAL
A.E. McNAMARA, C.M.G., D.S.O., AND HIS
FAREWELL TO THE 23RD ROYAL FUSILIERS
(FIRST SPORTSMAN'S BATTALION)[ToC]
Appreciation of and admiration for the Battalion was also expressed by Brigadier-General A.E. McNamara, commanding the 99th Infantry Brigade, when he bade it "good-bye and good luck" on February 25, 1919, when it left the 2nd Division to join the London Division.
"Owing to the reorganization of the Army of Occupation," he said, "the 23rd Royal Fusiliers, the oldest member of the 99th Infantry Brigade, is leaving it.
"I wish to place on record my high appreciation and admiration of the magnificent services of the Battalion while in the 99th Infantry Brigade.
"The Battalion came out to France with the 99th Infantry Brigade in November, 1915. Since then it has taken a leading part in all the many and strenuous battles in which the Brigade has been engaged. In these eventful three years we have seen together good times and bad, but whether things were good or evil the 23rd Royal Fusiliers have ever shown the same high discipline, esprit de corps, and indomitable spirit which eventually beat down all resistance and won the war.
BATTALION HEADQUARTERS: HORNCHURCH.[ToList]