The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War : a history of the 16th (Public Schools) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), August 1914 to July 1916 /

The Public Schools Battalion in the Great War : a history of the 16th (Public Schools) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), August 1914 to July 1916 /

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Founded in August 1914 with the principle that recruiting would be restricted to public school 'old boys', 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 commission...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hurst, Stephen Brunel, 1932-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2007
Subjects:
Great Britain > Army. > Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). > Battalion, 16th > History.
Great Britain > Army. > Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment). > Battalion, 16th.
World War (1914-1918)
1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front
World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > Great Britain
HISTORY > Europe > Western
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Great Britain
Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
History > UNAUTHORIZED
Table of Contents:
  • Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; MAPS; LIST OF MAPS; PART ONE; Chapter 1
  • UNFINISHED BUSINESS; Chapter 2
  • LONDON: THE HUB OF EMPIRE; Chapter 3
  • WATERLOO: THE SPECIAL TRAIN; Chapter 4
  • THE ORIGINALS; Chapter 5
  • THE LAMPS ARE GOING OUT; Chapter 6
  • FROM THE EMPIRE; Chapter 7
  • THE FIGHTING COOKS; Chapter 8
  • ESCAPE FROM THE TAR FACTORY; Chapter 9
  • FAEX ROMULI; Chapter 10
  • MEN WHO MARCH AWAY; Chapter 11
  • GOODBYE PICCADILLY; THE ROAD TO FLANDERS.; PART TWO; Chapter 12
  • TOWARDS THE GUNS; Chapter 13
  • A CUSHY ENOUGH TOWN; Chapter 14
  • THE LA BASSÉE CANAL
  • Acknowledgementsbibliography; index; index of military units and formations
  • Chapter 15
  • CHRISTMAS 1915Chapter 16
  • THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD; Chapter 17
  • THE BRICKSTACKS; Chapter 18
  • SAINT OMER THE VIEW FROM THE CHÂTEAU; Chapter 19
  • LEAVE SPRING 1916; PART THREE; Chapter 20
  • THE GOLDEN VIRGIN; Chapter 21
  • OCEAN VILLAS; Chapter 22
  • LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES; Chapter 23
  • THE MASTER OF RAILWAY TIMETABLES; Chapter 24
  • LE GRAND TROU; Chapter 25
  • NOW THRIVE THE ARMOURERS; Chapter 26
  • OVER THE BAGS; Chapter 27
  • THE LAST DAY; Chapter 28
  • NIGHT; PART FOUR; Chapter 29
  • JULY 1ST: MORNING; Chapter 30
  • JULY 1ST: MID MORNING; Chapter 31
  • JULY 1ST: NOON
  • Chapter 32
  • JULY 1ST: AFTERNOONChapter 33
  • NIGHT THE 1ST AND 2ND OF JULY; Chapter 34
  • A DAY OF UPS AND DOWNS; Chapter 35
  • SITTING, TRAIN OR SHIP; NOTE ON THE MEDICAL EVACUATION PLAN; Chapter 36
  • THE VALLEY OF THE DEAD; PART FIVE; Chapter 37
  • THE AFTERMATH; Chapter 38
  • THE SOMME WINTER 1916-1917; Chapter 39
  • THE SURVIVORS 1918; Chapter 40
  • SIXTY YEARS ON THE SURVIVORS' VIEW; APPENDIX ONE
  • THE GUNS; APPENDIX TWO
  • ROBERT GRAVES AND THE LIBEL OF 16PSB; APPENDIX THREE
  • LANDSCAPE AND THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SIXTY YEARS LATER; APPENDIX FOUR
  • CASUALTIES: 16TH MIDDLESEX JULY 1ST 1916

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