Author: E. R. M. FryerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Reminiscences of a Grenadier, 1914-1919
Author: E. R. M. FryerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Reminiscences of a Grenadier
Author: E. R. M. FryerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 119
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Reminiscences of a Grenadier
Author: E. R. M. FryerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781331406594
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Excerpt from Reminiscences of a Grenadier: 1914 1919 Everyone knows how the War started; if they don't, it is through their own idleness, as books on the subject are legion; I do not propose, therefore, to do more than tell how it started for me and for many more harmless civilians at that time employed in peaceful occupations. The London Season had just come to its allotted end, a season perhaps more magnificent than any of its forerunners. Everyone had given themselves up to amusement; this, indeed, seemed to be the sole object of existence. Whether people had any foreboding of the misery that was to descend on the world I know not, but I remember often feeling that something vague was going to happen, and that the season of 1914 was going to be the last of its kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Reminiscences of a Grenadier, 1914-1919
Author: E R M FryerPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781356146543
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Reminiscences of a Grenadier, 1914-1919
Author: E. R. M. FryerPublisher: Theclassics.Us
ISBN: 9781230271385
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1921 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV THE BATTLE OF THE SOMME We stayed at Volkeringhove till the 29th, during which time we trained, and also had Battalion Sports. The battalion was in very good fettle now, and keen to have another proper fight with the Germans after so many months of trench warfare. There had been a few changes among the officers, and the companies, when we left for the Somme, were commanded by (1) Wolridge Gordon, (2) Stanhope, (3) Hopley, (4) Mackenzie. Colonel Brooke still commanded, with Major Rasch second in command, and Oliver Lyttleton adjutant. We entrained on the 20th at Bollezeele, and travelling all night, arrived at a little place called Petit Houin, not far from St. Pol. Here we detrained and marched some way to La Souich; it was a very hot day, and the march was somewhat trying. La Souich is a pretty little place close to Doullens. We did not stay there long, leaving for the forward area on the 1st, having dinners and bathing at Loucheux en route. We went on in lorries to the Courcelles au Bois area; this place was some three miles from the front line. For some time the authorities seemed undecided where to use us, and we moved about from place to place doing various jobs until we finally settled more or less on the British right wing. We bivouacked at Courcelles; the weather was frightfully hot, and there was practically no shade, so we weren't very comfortable there. We used to go up to the front line every night to dig trenches for the 20th Division, the idea then being that we should eventually take over that part of the line and attack from there. This was the extreme left of the original attack on July 1st, and here the attack had failed. We continued digging up till the 6th, and really made some extraordinarily fine...
Reminiscences of a Grenadier
Author: Peter R. PrestneyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Reminiscences of a Grenadier, 1914-19
Author: E. R. M. FryerFlakhelfer to Grenadier
Author: Karl Heinz SchlesierPublisher: Helion and Company
ISBN: 191029487X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The story of a German boy drafted into military service during WWII is vividly recounted in this memoir of combat and survival. On January 7, 1943, the German Government ordered that boys as young as fifteen be drafted into anti-aircraft service, the Reich Labor Service, and the armed forces. Throughout the war, about 200,000 boys became Flakhelfer and served in batteries of light and heavy flak. Drafted at fifteen, Karl Heinz Schlesier served in regions that suffered some of the heaviest air raids of the war. His memoir is a coming of age story in a world gone mad, where working beside Russian POWs, protecting industries with slave labor, courting a girl among bombed-out ruins was unremarkable. As the war approached its bitter end, Schlesier was thrown into a disintegrating frontline only fifty kilometers from his childhood home. Basing his memoir solely on his diary notes and memories of that period, Schlesier has consciously avoided including what he learned after the war. Flakhelfer to Grenadier gives a voice to the silent generation of boys born in Germany in 1926 and 1927. This generation has been silent because the horror it knew pales in comparison to the horror of the war machine it was conscripted into.
Once a Grenadier Always a Grenadier
Author: Norman WoodPublisher:
ISBN: 9781900880107
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Once a Grenadier
Author: Oliver LindsayPublisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1473816874
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
'An eminent writer has said that regiments great in history have this in common with mortals- through old in glory and honour, they have yet the vigour of youth. To none may the remark be more truthful applied then the Grenadier Guards...' Thus wrote Chichester and Burges-Short in 1900 and, judging by the Regiment's history over the last fifty years, the words ring as true as ever. For this history of Grenadier Guards is indeed a microcosm of all the proud endeavours of the British Army. There are few places of significance where the Regiment has not served: after the round-up of Nazis in 1945 in Germany and Austria, Grenadiers saw action in Palestine and in the jungles of Malaya, and subsequently served during emergencies in Cyprus, the Cameroons, British Guiana, Belize, Northern Ireland, the Gulf and with the United Nations, to indicate but some of the over seas postings which included the Falklands and Hong Kong. Grenadier have also been responsible for the protection of British Sovereigns and the great ceremonial events in London, including the funerals of King George VI and Winston Churchill. Oliver Lindsay has produced a rigorous work of history-his fourth book- rich in quotation after interviewing Grenadiers, serving and retired, of all generations. Drawing on their accounts as well as his own experiences - for he was a regular soldier for thirty-five years- he has written a book of extraordinary interest. Unique among such historians, he tells of the experiences of wives in such places as war-torn Germany in 1945. Tripoli and Cyprus. The story of Grenadiers who served with the Guards parachute Company and in the SAS is included. Five years in the writing, this comprehensive record included coverage of training, tactics, the pronounced changes in the armed forces and the views and anecdotes of the Non Commissioned Officers and Guardsmen. Profusely illustrated and with 14 detailed maps, this is a dedicated history of the senior infantry Regiment in the British Army and what is probably the most famous Regiment in the world.