Used - isbn: 1845740777 - isbn13: 9781845740771 Naval and Military Press

ISBN10: 1845740777, ISBN13: 9781845740771, [publisher: Naval and Military Press] Softcover 2004 N&M Press reprint (original pub 1920). SB. xv + 324pp with 17 maps/sketchesPublished Price £22 This book is concerned with the two West Riding divisions during the Great War - the 49th (1st West Riding) and the second-line 62nd (2nd West Riding), formed after the outbreak of war. The 49th has no separate divisional history of its own but the 62nd has a two volume history, recently reprinted by N&M Press. The record is set out in three parts or books. Book I deals with pre-war history, describing the formation of the West Riding (Territorial) Association in 1908 and what it did in the years before the war (and there is an appendix listing all the Association members and permanent officials from 1908 to1920). This is followed by an account of the all the West Riding units, their formation, training and peacetime stations with a list of their COs at the outbreak of war; and finally there is an account of the process of mobilization when war came. Book II is entitled ‘War’ and takes the story from the arrival in France of the 49th Division in April 1915 through the arrival of the 62nd Division in January 1917 to the end of that year. The Cambrai offensive had ended in December and in the opening attack on 20th November the 62nd had, in the words of Haig in his foreword, carried out an operation of outstanding brilliance. By the end of 1917 casualties ...
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East Sussex Naval & Military Press 2004 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 372 p.

Paperback. New. ISBN 1845740777 9781845740771 [GB]

East Sussex Naval & Military Press 2004 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 372 p.

East Sussex Naval & Military Press 2004 Trade paperback New. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 372 p.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. ISBN 1845740777 9781845740771 [US]