Kenneth Gavin Roynon (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition 2011, first printing, number line starts with 1. Hardcover with DJ. Condition new, square tight and crisp book, no markings of any kind, no names no underlinings no highlights no bent pages, no edgewear, Not a reminder. DJ new, bright, no tears no chips no edgewear, Price Not clipped. 8vo, 293 pages, bibliography, index.…

Hardback. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 293 pages.…

HARDCOVER. 2020. Many chaplains were not permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had no military training before the war but he felt that he could only fulfil his pastoral role by getting close to the front line and working with the troops under fire. Best was attached to the 42nd East Lancastrians - the first Territorial Army Division to serve overseas in the conflict, so arguably the least experienced in the ways of war. In his diary we follow his progress through his initial training in Egypt and on to his arrival in Gallipoli in May 1915. Gallipoli has become notorious, even by the standards of the First World War. After a naval campaign to open up a supply route to Russia through Turkey failed, some 480,000 Allied troops were drawn into a land invasion in which hundreds of thousands were injured or killed. In his diary, Best records his efforts to encourage frightened men before they go over the top, to comfort the wounded and, when the fighting stops, to bury the dead. His empathy for the troops is matched by a forthright disgust for their leaders, few of whom share his insight into the horrific realities of trench warfare. 2011, First edition, first impression. A fine copy in a near fine, unclipped d/w.…

First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 293 pages; Summary; Many chaplains were not permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had no military training before the war but he felt that he could only fulfil his pastoral role by getting close to the front line and working with the troops under fire. Best was attached to the 42nd East Lancastrians - the first Territorial Army Division to serve overseas in the conflict, so arguably the least experienced in the ways of war. In his diary we follow his progress through his initial training in Egypt and on to his arrival in Gallipoli in May 1915. Gallipoli has become notorious, even by the standards of the First World War. After a naval campaign to open up a supply route to Russia through Turkey failed, some 480,000 Allied troops were drawn into a land invasion in which hundreds of thousands were injured or killed. In his diary, Best records his efforts to encourage frightened men before they go over the top, to comfort the wounded and, when the fighting stops, to bury the dead. His empathy for the troops is matched by a forthright disgust for their leaders, few of whom share his insight into the horrific realities of trench warfare. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 - Chaplains - Diaries. World War, 1914-1918 - Personal narratives, British. World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula. 1 Kg.…

First Edition. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 293 pages; Summary; Many chaplains were not permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had no military training before the war but he felt that he could only fulfil his pastoral role by getting close to the front line and working with the troops under fire. Best was attached to the 42nd East Lancastrians - the first Territorial Army Division to serve overseas in the conflict, so arguably the least experienced in the ways of war. In his diary we follow his progress through his initial training in Egypt and on to his arrival in Gallipoli in May 1915. Gallipoli has become notorious, even by the standards of the First World War. After a naval campaign to open up a supply route to Russia through Turkey failed, some 480,000 Allied troops were drawn into a land invasion in which hundreds of thousands were injured or killed. In his diary, Best records his efforts to encourage frightened men before they go over the top, to comfort the wounded and, when the fighting stops, to bury the dead. His empathy for the troops is matched by a forthright disgust for their leaders, few of whom share his insight into the horrific realities of trench warfare. Subjects; World War, 1914-1918 - Chaplains - Diaries. World War, 1914-1918 - Personal narratives, British. World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. 293 pp, index, b/w photos, pictorial endpaeprs. Light edgewear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. THE STORY OF AN ARMY CHAPLAIN WHO INSISTED ON ACCOMPANING THE TROOPS UNDER HIS CARE INTO THE HEAT OF BATTLE. CHAPLAIN BEST BECAME INCREASINGLY MORE CRITICAL OF THE BRITISH HIGH COMMAND. HIS DIARIES SHOW HOW THE TRAGEDY WHICH WAS GALLIPOLI LAY NOT IN ITS CONCEPTION BUT IN ITS EXECUTION.…

Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. 8vo pp.293. book.

1st edition dust jacket As New octavo viii + 293pp., b/w plates, maps, bibliog., index, Best was attached to the 42nd East Lancastrians - the first Territorial Army Division to serve overseas in the conflict. In his diary we follow his progress through his initial training in Egypt and on to his arrival in Gallipoli in May 1915 which has become notorious, even by the standards of WWI. Best is scathing in his views of the British High Command.…

8vo. 5.5 x 8.75 inches. [x] + 293 pp. Bound in original green cloth, gilt, in pictorial dust wrapper. A very good copy. Illustrated by maps, facsimile and black and white photographs. Pictorial endpapers. Devices of publisher and Imperial War Museum on title page. The compelling war dairies of the military chaplain, John Kenneth Best (1887-1981), who followed his troops into the front line of the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of 1915; he was invalided home with dysentery and later served on the Western Front. Edited by Gavin Roynon (1936-2018), cricketeer, teacher at Eton and military historian, who published two other volumes of First World War diaries. Published in association with the Imperial War Museum. WWAR1 GALLIPOLI WW1 MILITARY EASTERN EUROPE DIARIES WWAR1.…