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The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War: The History of the 16th (Public Schools) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own) August 1914 to July 1916
By
Steve Hurst
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Pen & Sword
Publication date
July 30, 2007
Pages
303
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781844155101
ISBN-10
1844155102
Dimensions
1 by 7 by 9.50 in.
Weight
2.10 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$39.95
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Founded in August 1914 with the principle that recruiting would be restricted to public school âold boysâ, the volunteers gathered at Hurst Park racecourse in a spirit of youthful enthusiasm. A more somber mood soon set in. Despite many of the original volunteers leaving to take commissions in other regiments the battalion, now officially the 7th Middlesex, remained an elite until its disbandment in 1917.
The climax of the Battalionâs war came on 1 July 1916. Close to the Hawthorn Redoubt Crater are two cemeteries sited on either side of the Auchonvilliers â Beaumont Hamel road. They contain row upon row of stones marking the graves of members of the Public Schools Battalion.
The author, shocked by this discovery, has spent ten years researching the history of the Battalion and the events of that fateful day as they affected it. The result is a fascinating and moving record of a very uniquely British battalion.
The climax of the Battalionâs war came on 1 July 1916. Close to the Hawthorn Redoubt Crater are two cemeteries sited on either side of the Auchonvilliers â Beaumont Hamel road. They contain row upon row of stones marking the graves of members of the Public Schools Battalion.
The author, shocked by this discovery, has spent ten years researching the history of the Battalion and the events of that fateful day as they affected it. The result is a fascinating and moving record of a very uniquely British battalion.
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9781844155101 | details & prices | 303 pages | 7.00 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 2.10 lbs | List price $39.95
About: Founded in August 1914 with the principle that recruiting would be restricted to public school âold boysâ, the volunteers gathered at Hurst Park racecourse in a spirit of youthful enthusiasm.
About: Founded in August 1914 with the principle that recruiting would be restricted to public school âold boysâ, the volunteers gathered at Hurst Park racecourse in a spirit of youthful enthusiasm.
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