With the Tanks 1916-1918 - Hardcover

Watson, Captain W.H.L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1783463155 ISBN 13: 9781783463152

Publisher: Pen and Sword Military, 2014

Synopsis

William Watson was a young Oxford post-graduate at the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Along with several friends from Oxford he enlisted in the army expecting the war to last six weeks. Watson began his service in the Great War as a British Army motorcycle dispatch rider. He saw active service during the key battles of 1914 and early 1915. Watson was then commissioned and became a tank commander and saw active service with the tanks most notably at Cambrai in 1917.

This well written and evocative memoir was originally published under the tile ‘A Company Of Tanks’ it constitutes a wonderful primary source and is an invaluable addition to the library of anyone with an interest in the evolution of the tank as a decisive weapon on the battlefield. Highly detailed, but nonetheless accessible this superb new illustrated edition, edited by Emmy AwardTM winning historian Bob Carruthers is greatly recommended for serious enthusiasts and casual readers alike.

About this title

About the Author:

Bob Carruthers is an Emmy Award winning author and historian, who has written extensively on the Great War. A graduate of Edinburgh University, Bob is the author of a number of military history titles including the Amazon best seller The Wehrmacht in Russia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pen and Sword Military
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1783463155
• ISBN 13: 9781783463152
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248
• Illustrator: Carruthers Bob