Teenage Tommy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Emden, Richard.

Contributor:

Van Emden, Richard, Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Havertown : Pen and Sword, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Benjamin Clouting was just sixteen years old when he embarked with the British Expeditionary Force for France in August 1914. The youngest man in the 4th Dragoon Guards, he took part in the BEF's celebrated first action at Casteau on August 22nd, and, two days later, had his horse shot from under him during the famous cavalry charge of the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 9th Lancers at Audregnies. Ben served on the Western front during every major engagement of the war except Loos, was wounded twice, and in 1919 went with the Army of Occupation to Cologne. The son of a stable groom, Ben was brought

Contents:

Coverpage; Dedication; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps; Introduction to 2013 Edition; Introduction; 1 A Sussex Childhood; 2 Crazy to be a Soldier; 3 The First Shot; 4 Audregnies and the Retreat from Mons; 5 Behind Enemy Lines; 6 Knee-deep in Mud; 7 A Different Life; 8 1918: From Cayeux to Cologne; 9 They think it-s all over...; Epilogue; Select Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781473821750

1473821754

OCLC:

865331115