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Gentlemen and officers : the impact and experience of war on a territorial regiment, 1914-1918 / by K. W. Mitchinson.
EBSCOhost eBook History Collection - North America Available online
EBSCOhost eBook History Collection - North America- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mitchinson, K. W., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (338 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Andrews UK, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An impressive work of research which is not so much a regimental history as a social study of the three battalions of the 5th (London Rifle Brigade) London Regiment: 1/5th, 2/5th and 3/5th. The first two served on the Western Front, the third (3/5th) did not leave the UK. LRB was a battalion which required an entrance fee from its members and excluded the labourers' class. It had a strong esprit de corps, a high morale and was not ashamed of its exclusiveness. These characteristics and the r...
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; List of Appendices and Maps; Acknowledgements; Publisher's note; Foreword by Peter Simkins; Preface; Sources; Body matter; Introduction; Chapter I; Chapter II; Chapter III; Chapter IV; Chapter V; Chapter VI; Chapter VII; Chapter VIII; Chapter IX; Plates; Chapter X; Chapter XI; Chapter XII; Chapter XIII; Chapter XIV; Aftermath; Back matter; Footnotes; Appendices; Maps
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-69268-6
- 1-78149-635-8
- OCLC:
- 815389888
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