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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Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 610
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Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio
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Category : Wood County, Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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Category : Wood County, Ohio
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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Storm Data
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Category : Storms
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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Category : Storms
Languages : en
Pages : 698
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The History and Antiquities of the County of the Town of Carrickfergus, from the Earliest Records Till 1839
Author: Samuel McSkimin
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Category : Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Carrickfergus (Northern Ireland)
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Kansas
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Category : Clay County (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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Category : Clay County (Kan.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1262
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History of Vanderburgh County, Indiana
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Category : Vanderburgh County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Vanderburgh County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Monongalia, Marion and Taylor Counties, West Virginia
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Category : Marion County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Category : Marion County (W. Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 690
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Biographical History of Tippecanoe, White, Jasper, Newton, Benton, Warren and Pulaski Counties, Indiana
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Category : Benton County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Category : Benton County (Ind.)
Languages : en
Pages : 632
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Confederate Veteran
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 988
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Category : Confederate States of America
Languages : en
Pages : 988
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