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Mud and bodies : the war diaries and letters of Captain N A C Weir, 1914-1920 / Mike Burns and Saul David.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burns, Mike, author.
- David, Saul, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers--Great Britain--Correspondence.
- Soldiers.
- Soldiers--Great Britain--Diaries.
- World War, 1914-1918--Personal narratives, British.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
- Soviet Union.
- Great Britain. Army. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Battalion, 2nd--History.
- Great Britain.
- Weir, N. A. C. (Neil Archibald Campbell), 1895-1967--Diaries.
- Weir, N. A. C.
- Weir, N. A. C. (Neil Archibald Campbell), 1895-1967--Correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (355 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Frontline Books, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Neil Weir died in 1967, but it was not until 2009 that his grandson, Mike Burns, discovered his diary among some boxes he had been left, and learnt that his grandfather had served as an officer in the 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlander throughout the First World War, seeing action at Loos, the Somme and Vimy Ridge, as well as in staff and training posts. It ends with his work at the War Office during the Russian Civil War of 1919-20. In the diary, and the accompanying letters which have been collected from various members of the Weir family, we hear the authentic voice of a First
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Glossary; Preface; Introduction; 1. - Service at Home; 2. - Service in France; 3. - Into Battle; 4. - The Ypres Salient; 5. - 'Plug Street'; 6. - Rest and Training for the 'Big Push'; 7. - The Battle of the Somme; 8. - Vimy Ridge; 9. - Back to the Somme; 10. - Service with an Officer Cadet Battalion; 11. - Reserve Battalion; 12. - Staff Learner; 13. - Back to the 3rd Argylls; 14. - War Office; 15. - The Russian Civil War; Postscript; Appendix - Final Farewells; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781783465408
- 1783465409
- 9781783830060
- 1783830069
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