Fighting on three fronts : a Black Watch Battalion in the Great War / by Major D.D. Ogilvie ; with a preface by Major-General E.S. Girdwood, C.B., C.M.G. lately C.O.C. 74th (Yeomanry) Division.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ogilvie, D. D., author.

Girdwood, E. E., author of introduction, etc.

Series:

Eyewitnesses from the Great War.

Eyewitnesses from the Great War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1914-1918.

Great Britain. Army. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders).

Great Britain.

Ogilvie, D. D. (David Douglas)--Diaries.

Ogilvie, D. D.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (207 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1914, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Regiment was a cavalry regiment with its headquarters in Kirkcaldy and squadrons based in Dunfermline, Cupar, Dundee and Forfar. The regiment was sent to Gallipoli in September 1915, and fought there as a dismounted cavalry formation and served until the final disembarkation, being one of the last units to leave. In just two months;the regiment lost three quarters of its strength to casualties and disease.The survivors were sent to Egypt where, in 1917, they formed the cadre of an infantry battalion, the 14th Battalion Royal Highlanders; better known as

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: At Home - 1914-1915; Chapter 2: Abroad - 1915; Chapter 3: Egypt - 1916; Chapter 4: Egypt and Palestine - 1917; Chapter 5: Palestine - 1918; Chapter 6: France - 1918; Chapter 7: Some Personalities; Chapter 8: The Predecessors of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry; Honours and Awards; List of Casualties

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 26, 2015).

ISBN:

9781473851139

1473851130

9781473851450

1473851459

OCLC:

909146437