Good Old Somersets: An Old Contemptible Battalion in 1914

by Brian Gillard (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $37.76

  This is a day-by-day chronicle of the Somerset Light Infantry Battalion from August to December 1914, using the official War Diaries together with extracts from personal diaries and correspondence. It covers fighting, movements, trench life and the relaxation of a typical group of regular soldiers who came to be known as 'The Old Contemptibles'.