Author: Robin Grist
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 152673608X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This book describes the campaigns fought by the Gloucestershire Regiments sixteen infantry battalions and the 1/1st RGH which saw action on all the Allied fronts. During The Great War the Gloucesters who already had more battle honors than any other regiment won another eighty-two.Over 46,000 men served in the Gloucesters and the RGH during the First World War without any member of either regiment being charged with either desertion or cowardice. Twenty-five Military Medals were won by 1st Gloucesters at Festubert on one day in April 1918, a record for a single battalion.A Gallant County captures the contrast between the fighting in the mud of the Western Front, the heat and dust of the Middle East and the horrors of Gallipoli. The author skilfully paints the picture of infantry and cavalry actions in the different theatres. 1/1st RGH were one of only two yeomanry regiments to fight from Egypt to Aleppo.The use of personal accounts and descriptions of acts of individual and collective gallantry make this a superb record of a Countys outstanding contribution to victory.
A Gallant County
Author: Robin Grist
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 152673608X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This book describes the campaigns fought by the Gloucestershire Regiments sixteen infantry battalions and the 1/1st RGH which saw action on all the Allied fronts. During The Great War the Gloucesters who already had more battle honors than any other regiment won another eighty-two.Over 46,000 men served in the Gloucesters and the RGH during the First World War without any member of either regiment being charged with either desertion or cowardice. Twenty-five Military Medals were won by 1st Gloucesters at Festubert on one day in April 1918, a record for a single battalion.A Gallant County captures the contrast between the fighting in the mud of the Western Front, the heat and dust of the Middle East and the horrors of Gallipoli. The author skilfully paints the picture of infantry and cavalry actions in the different theatres. 1/1st RGH were one of only two yeomanry regiments to fight from Egypt to Aleppo.The use of personal accounts and descriptions of acts of individual and collective gallantry make this a superb record of a Countys outstanding contribution to victory.
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 152673608X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
This book describes the campaigns fought by the Gloucestershire Regiments sixteen infantry battalions and the 1/1st RGH which saw action on all the Allied fronts. During The Great War the Gloucesters who already had more battle honors than any other regiment won another eighty-two.Over 46,000 men served in the Gloucesters and the RGH during the First World War without any member of either regiment being charged with either desertion or cowardice. Twenty-five Military Medals were won by 1st Gloucesters at Festubert on one day in April 1918, a record for a single battalion.A Gallant County captures the contrast between the fighting in the mud of the Western Front, the heat and dust of the Middle East and the horrors of Gallipoli. The author skilfully paints the picture of infantry and cavalry actions in the different theatres. 1/1st RGH were one of only two yeomanry regiments to fight from Egypt to Aleppo.The use of personal accounts and descriptions of acts of individual and collective gallantry make this a superb record of a Countys outstanding contribution to victory.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Hamilton and Wright Counties, Iowa
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Our County and Its People
Author: George Baker Anderson
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Category : Genesee County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Category : Genesee County (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 954
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Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio
An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham
Author: Eneas Mackenzie
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Category : Durham (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Category : Durham (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 482
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Barry and Eaton Counties, Mich
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Category : Barry County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Category : Barry County (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 844
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Public Accounts of the Province of New Brunswick
Author: New Brunswick. Comptroller-General
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Category : New Brunswick
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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Category : New Brunswick
Languages : en
Pages : 952
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A Portrait and Biographical Record of Allen and Van Wert Counties, Ohio, Containing Biographical Sketches of Many Prominent and Representative Citizens, Together with Biographies and Portraits of All the Presidents of the United States, and Biographies of the Governors of Ohio
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Category : Allen County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1462
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Category : Allen County (Ohio)
Languages : en
Pages : 1462
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History of Kern County, California
Author: Wallace Melvin Morgan
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Category : Kern County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1590
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Category : Kern County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1590
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