# Londoners — Now It Can Be Told character guide

> Londoners in Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The Londoners, the Londoners

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Soldiers from London regiments.

## In the story

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iv)

London lads are more self-conscious, hiding their purpose under irony and cynical jests, dreaming of London.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iv)

The 47th London Division is depicted as more sensitive, imaginative, and prone to nervous tension, yet driven by London pride.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/vii)

The 47th (London) Division is one of the three attacking divisions.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii)

London men fight alongside the Scots, clearing machine-gun nests in the cemetery and encountering civilians fleeing the village.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/ix)

London soldiers form a defensive flank and fight alongside the Scots, capturing the chalk-pit and advancing to Hill 70.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/viii)

The Londoners of the 56th Division, including the London Rifle Brigade, Rangers, Queen Victoria Rifles, London Scottish, Queen's Westminsters, and Kensingtons, break through at Gommecourt but are trapped and decimated.

### [The Breaking Point on the Somme](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/xxii)

London troops capture High Wood, a key position the Germans had held at all costs.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/now_it_can_be_told_se/chapters/iii)

The 56th Division made a record advance through Neuville-Vitasse to Henin and Heninel.

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