Machine-Gunner 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of the Machine Gun Corps

C. E. Crutchley; Aachine

ISBN 10: 0561002274 / ISBN 13: 9780561002279

Published by Bailey Bros and Swinfen Ltd, Folkestone, 1975

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Paperblock edges lightly speckled. feint offset to ends. 238pp of text including index with illustartions throughout. (IS-AY-KW-Wa).

Seller Inventory # 120796

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Machine-Gunner 1914-1918: Personal Experiences of the Machine Gun Corps
• Publisher: Bailey Bros and Swinfen Ltd, Folkestone
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0561002274
• ISBN 13: 9780561002279
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Second Revised and Enlarged
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Militaria - Regional Conflicts, post WWii

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Synopsis

In 1914 there were only two machine guns supporting a British infantry battalion of 800 men, and in the light of the effectiveness of German and French machine guns the Machine Gun Corps was formed in October 1915. This remarkable book, compiled and edited by C E Crutchley, is a collection of the personal accounts of officers and men who served in the front lines with their machine guns in one of the most ghastly wars, spread over three continents. The strength of the book lies in the fact that these are the actual words of the soldiers themselves, complete with characteristic modes of expression and oddities of emphasis and spelling. All theatres of war are covered from the defence of the Suez Canal, Gallipoli and Mesopotamia in the east to France and Flanders, the German offensive of March 1918 and the final act on the Western Front that brought the war to an end. October 2006 is the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Machine Gun Corps.