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From Eton To Ypres - Couverture souple

Abel Smith, Charles

 
9780750981798: From Eton To Ypres
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0750981792 ISBN 13 : 9780750981798
Editeur : The History Press, 2017

Synopsis

Regarded as one of the most outstanding commanding officers on the Western Front, Wilfrid Abel Smith commanded an elite unit of 1,000 of the finest soldiers in the British Army. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, Smith was a career soldier who led his battalion of Grenadiers with distinction through the First Battle of Ypres and the winter trench warfare of 1914-15. He died of wounds received at the Battle of Festubert in May 1915.The letters and diaries provide a vivid, first-hand account of the fighting and suffering on the front line, written by a compassionate commander and affectionate family man. Most of his brother officers were Old Etonians, including his brigade commander, Lord Cavan, and his second-in-command, George 'Ma' Jeffreys. Smith's account offers a poignant insight into the way in which the privileged world of a Guards officer responded, with the highest sense of duty and courage, to the unprecedented demands of industrial warfare.From Eton to Ypres is edited by his great-grandson, Charles Abel Smith.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Regarded as one of the most outstanding commanding officers on the Western Front, Wilfrid Abel Smith commanded an elite unit of 1,000 of the finest soldiers in the British Army. Educated at Eton and Sandhurst, Smith was a career soldier who led his battalion of Grenadiers with distinction through the First Battle of Ypres and the winter trench warfare of 1914 15. He died of wounds received at the Battle of Festubert in May 1915.

The letters and diaries provide a vivid, first-hand account of the fighting and suffering on the front line, written by a compassionate commander and affectionate family man. Most of his brother officers were Old Etonians, including his brigade commander, Lord Cavan, and his second-in-command, George Ma Jeffreys. Smith s account offers a poignant insight into the way in which the privileged world of a Guards officer responded, with the highest sense of duty and courage, to the unprecedented demands of industrial warfare.

From Eton to Ypres is edited by his great-grandson, Charles Abel Smith.

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles Abel Smith is an Old Etonian and has recently retired from a career in finance.

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Éditeur
The History Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0750981792
ISBN 13 
9780750981798
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
272
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