Londoners on the Western Front
In spite of all the books written on the First World War, some remarkable stories still remain untold, and that of the 58th London Division is one of the most neglected. A territorial formation, lacking the glamour of the old army or the Kitchener Volunteers, the 58th never received an official history and apart from the odd mention and a poignant memorial on the Somme battlefield depicting a rider cradling a dying horse, it has faded from memory. Yet the Division saw hard service and won through at Passchendaele where it won fame for capturing the Wurst Farm ridge - many of its soldiers were decorated for this action, and the ridge afterward…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4738-3644-0
- EAN: 9781473836440
- Produktnummer: 22567190
- Verlag: Pen and Sword
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 214 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 89'731 KB
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