Ladies from Hell

With the London-Scottish Regiment During the First World War

Autor: R Douglas Pinkerton

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The 'Cockney Jocks' at war in Flanders and France The wide distributi...

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Autor

R Douglas Pinkerton

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engleză

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Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2011

Pagini

152

EAN

9780857066893

ISBN

9780857066893

Enbook ID

07415624

Editura

Leonaur Ltd

Greutate

358

Dimensiuni

140 x 216 x 13

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The 'Cockney Jocks' at war in Flanders and France The wide distribution of Scots throughout Britain and the Empire led to the formation new 'Scottish' regiments and the London Scottish, formed in 1859 as a volunteer rifle corps and originally commanded by Lord Elcho, was a primary example. Elcho, anxious to embrace all the fighting men of Scotland into one brotherhood irrespective of their clan origins, uniquely clad the regiment in kilts of 'Hodden Grey,' a traditional hard wearing Scottish homespun cloth devoid of the tartan check and, as he perceived, being a drab colour suited for life on military campaign in the most practical way. Pinkerton, the author of this book was a soldier among the ranks of the regiment who answered the nation's call to arms during the First World War. The regiment was mobilised at the outbreak of hostilities and the 1st battalion had the distinction of being the first Territorials to go into action during operations at Messines in October 1914. Pinkerton takes his readers to war with the London Scottish on the western front where it took part in all the major offensives of the conflict. Predictably this vital account is filled with immediate first hand account action and anecdotes and is essential reading for anyone interested in the war in the trenches the kilted infantry knew. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

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