Irish Regiments During the Great War: Two Linked Accounts of the Fighting During the First World War 1914-1918-The Irish at the Front & The Irish at the Somme

MacDonagh, Michael

ISBN 10: 0857063219 / ISBN 13: 9780857063212

Published by Leonaur Ltd, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Irish Regiments During the Great War: Two Linked Accounts of the Fighting During the First World War 1914-1918-The Irish at the Front & The Irish at the Somme
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857063219
• ISBN 13: 9780857063212
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Two linked books of the Irish on many fronts of the Great War

This book concerns the service of the regiments of the British Army raised in Ireland before and during the First World War together with those with Irish affiliations. So within its pages readers will discover not only The Irish Guards, the Connaught Rangers, The Royal Munster Fusiliers and many other regiments with long and venerable histories and battle honours but also the London Irish, the Tyneside Irish and the battalions of the new army. Each chapter features a particular front or action providing an excellent overview of the Irish in action throughout the conflict. Here we join them on the Retreat from Mons, on the Gallipoli peninsula, at Loos and during the Somme offensive. No account of the Irish could possibly be complete without the inclusion, as here, of anecdotes from the irrepressible Irish soldier himself, with all his wry humour and indomitable bravery and fighting prowess. This book brings together two volumes on the same theme by the same author. Available in softcover and hardcover with dust jacket.