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Leeds rifles : the Prince of Wales's own (West Yorkshire Regiment ) 7th and 8th Territorial Battalions, 1914 - 1918 : written in letters of gold

Title
Leeds rifles : the Prince of Wales's own (West Yorkshire Regiment ) 7th and 8th Territorial Battalions, 1914 - 1918 : written in letters of gold / Andrew Kirk.
Author
Kirk, Andrew
Publication
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2017.

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Description
376 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"The Leeds Rifles" is a detailed chronicle of the four Battalions of Riflemen who left Leeds for the Western Front. In 1914, just as now, they were more numerous and less fashionable than the City Battalion, The Pals and their full war time story has never been told. This volume describes their volunteer origins and how they came to be woven into the social fabric of Leeds from where they drew their enduring esprit de corps, discipline and resolve. It takes the reader on a journey across the Western Front contrasting the First Line Battalions lot, to stand in the mud of Ypres and endure all without breaking with the Second Line Battalions blooding at Bullecourt and transformation as part of an elite assault Division that went on to occupy Germany. It s told in part, by those who were there and experienced the fear, elation and the sadness of loss and who took strength from their Volunteer ethos and their common origins in Leeds. All the Leeds Rifles main battles are described in detail as are the helter-skelter actions of the Last 100 Days of mobile warfare and escalating casualties, when the defeated but still defiant German Army found itself in full and final retreat. Follow the fortunes of these enfants de Yorkshire , these Leeds Lads as they speak out from the pages of history with a very familiar accent.
Subject
  • Great Britain. Army. Leeds Rifles
  • Great Britain. Army. West Yorkshire Regiment
  • World War (1914-1918)
  • 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Regimental histories > Great Britain
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Personal narratives, British
  • World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > Western Front
  • Military campaigns
  • Regimental histories
  • Great Britain
  • Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
Genre/Form
Personal narratives – British.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Call Number
JFE 18-1931
ISBN
  • 1526711486
  • 9781526711489
OCLC
1015823598
Author
Kirk, Andrew, author.
Title
Leeds rifles : the Prince of Wales's own (West Yorkshire Regiment ) 7th and 8th Territorial Battalions, 1914 - 1918 : written in letters of gold / Andrew Kirk.
Publisher
Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2017.
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chronological Term
1914-1918
Research Call Number
JFE 18-1931
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