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From Deveron to Devastation: Brother Officers of the 7th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the First World War - Couverture rigide

Bourhill, James Bourhill

 
9781781553541: From Deveron to Devastation: Brother Officers of the 7th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in the First World War
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ISBN 10 : 1781553548 ISBN 13 : 9781781553541
Editeur : Fonthill Media Ltd, 2014

Synopsis

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Daniel Reid was killed on the first day of the Battle of Passchendaele. His body was never recovered, but what is remarkable is that his eloquent journal has survived untouched for 100 years. The context for Reid s creative writing and contemporary account of the war are provided partly by the memoirs of his brother, Harry, who was the transport officer in the same battalion, and partly from historical research. Although it is essentially a biography of two Scottish-born brothers in an Irish battalion on the Western Front, this book is unique in that it reaches to the corners of the Empire and tells of conflicts from German South-West Africa to the Rand Rebellion of 1922. Alexander Daniel Reid was a professional soldier and served with the Indian Army before migrating to Canada. Harry began a career working for one of the wealthiest mining magnates in Johannesburg. Their chances of survival in the Fighting Seventh Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers were slim. Theirs is a narrative common enough to serve as a general introduction to the First World War for a new generation of readers, yet it contains valuable new material to add to the historical record.

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À propos de l'auteur

JAMES FRASER BOURHILL schooled at St John s College in Johannesburg, South Africa. Bourhill did national service in a mounted infantry unit. His tertiary education began at Cerara College of Agriculture, after which he went farming in Rhodesia and North America before returning to Rustenburg where he lives today. Bourhill is the author of Come Back to Portofino: Through Italy with the 6th South African Armoured Division.

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Éditeur
Fonthill Media Ltd
Date d'édition
2014
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1781553548
ISBN 13 
9781781553541
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
192
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