With the Scottish Regiments at the Front
Author : Evelyn Charles Vivian
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
Release : 1914
Category : World War, 1914-1918
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Author : Evelyn Charles Vivian
Publisher :
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
Release : 1914
Category : World War, 1914-1918
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Author : Paul Cowan
Publisher : Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 27,33 MB
Release : 2008
Category : History
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A compilation of Scotland's failures on the battlefields of the world from Mons Graupius to Korea.
Author : Steve Murdoch
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 22,13 MB
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9004474307
This volume examines the impact of military activity upon Scotland's national identity as the country underwent a fundamental transition through domestic centralisation at the turn of the seventeenth century, integration into the United Kingdom in 1707, and as a partner in Britain's global empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It is divided into three thematic sections that examine the evolution of Scottish military identity over the early modern period, how the Highland region moved from a relationship of hostility to the Lowland political authorities to the central element in eighteenth and ninteenth century Scottish soldiering, and, finally, how aspects of Scotland's civilian society interrelated with her soldiers.
Author : David Stewart
Publisher :
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 25,54 MB
Release : 1822
Category : Clans
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Author : Francis Grose
Publisher :
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 18,68 MB
Release : 1788
Category : Armor
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Author : John S. Keltie
Publisher :
Page : 914 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 1881
Category :
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Author : Sir John Scott Keltie
Publisher :
Page : 1196 pages
File Size : 34,32 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Clans
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Author : Andrew Dewar Gibb
Publisher : Frontline Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2016-06-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1848324316
A unique and absorbing account of Churchill’s life during World War I, as written by his battalion’s adjutant who would later become his friend. Following his resignation from the Government after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, Winston Churchill’s political career stalled. Never one to give in, Churchill was determined to continue fighting the enemy. He was already a Major in the Territorial Reserve and he was offered promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and with it command of a battalion on the Western Front. On 5 January 1916, Churchill took up his new post with the 6th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. The battalion’s adjutant was Captain Andrew Dewar Gibb who formed a close relationship with Churchill that lasted far beyond their few weeks together in the war. Dewar Gibb subsequently wrote an account of his and Churchill’s time together in the trenches. Packed with amusing anecdotes and fascinating detail, Gibb’s story shows an entirely different side to Churchill’s character from the forceful public figure normally presented to the world. Churchill proved to be a caring and compassionate commander and utterly fearless. Despised on his arrival, he was adored by his men by the time he departed . . . Supplemented with many of Churchill’s letters, the observations of other officers and additional narrative, this is the most unusual and absorbing account of this part of Churchill’s life that has ever been told. Praise for With Winston Churchill at the Front “A good book for anyone interested in Churchill, and also for those who might want to learn more about command at the front during the Great War.” —The NYMAS Review “This is a view of Churchill different from every episode in his memorable life.” —Roads to the Great War
Author : Archibald K. Murray
Publisher : Glasgow, T. Murray and son
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 21,10 MB
Release : 1862
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Author : Sir John Scott Keltie
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 36,73 MB
Release : 1875
Category : Clans
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