Of those we loved : a great war narrative remembered and illustrated

Author/Creator:: Read, I. L., 1895-1971, author
Publication/Creation:: South Yorkshire, England : Pen & Sword Military, 2013
Resource Type:: Book

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Full Title:: Of those we loved : a great war narrative remembered and illustrated / I L "Dick" Read

Subjects:: Read, I. L.,1895-1971
Soldiers--England--Biography
World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British

Table of Contents:: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 1 For What Purpose?; 2 Wulverghem; 3 French Trenches; 4 Autumn Manoeuvres, 1915; 5 Down The Line; 6 Winter, 1915; 7 Overture; 8 The Somme; 9 Bazentin; 10 Arras; 11 Gueudcourt; 12 Vermelles; 13 Cold Interlude; 14 The Hindenburg Line; 15 Unexpected News; 16 England, 1917; 17 Lichfield-Newhaven-Cherbourg; 18 The Overland Route; 19 Egypt; 20 The Xth Army (Mangin); 21 Flanders Again; 22 The Final Advance; 23 Armistice; Appendices
Summary:: The Author was among the first to respond to Kitchener's call for volunteers in 1914. He joined 8th Battalion, The Leicestershire Regiment at the outbreak of war as a Private and, within weeks, he and the Battalion were heading for Northern France with the British Expeditionary Force.In this superb memoir we see how the spirit of adventurous patriotism that carried him to war gradually turns to sober reflection as the fighting intensifies and he loses so many friends and comrades at the Battles of the Somme and the Marne.In 1917 he is commissioned into the Royal Sussex Regiment and makes a lon
Language:: English
Language Note:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource (542 p.)
General Note:: Includes index.