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Barnsley Pals

Jon Cooksey

  • Bindwijze: Hardcover
  • Taal: en
  • Categorie: Technologie & Bouwkunde
  • ISBN: 9781844157075
The 13th & 14th Battalions York & Lancaster Regiment
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Taal:en
Bindwijze:Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum:20 maart 2008
Aantal pagina's:320
Betrokkenen
Hoofdauteur:Jon Cooksey
Hoofdauteur:Jon Cooksey
Overige kenmerken
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:170 mm
Verpakking hoogte:235 mm
Verpakking lengte:235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:905 g
Overige kenmerken
Extra groot lettertype:Nee
Studieboek:Nee
Verpakking breedte:170 mm
Verpakking hoogte:235 mm
Verpakking lengte:235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht:905 g

Samenvatting

The 'Pals' battalions were a phenomenon of the Great War, never repeated since. Under Lord Derby's scheme, and in response to Kitchener's famous call for a million volunteers, local communities raised (and initially often paid for) entire battalions for service on the Western Front. Their experience was all too frequently tragic, as men who had known each other all their lives, had worked, volunteered, and trained together, and had shipped to France together, encountered the first full fury of modern battle on the Somme in July 1916. Many of the Pals battalions would not long survive that first brutal baptism, but their spirit and fighting qualities have gone down into history - these were, truly, the cream of Britain's young men, and every single one of them was a volunteer.