SEEK GLORY, NOW KEEP GLORY
Written by John Ashby
Published by Helion & Company
in 2000
ISBN: 1874622450
- Categorised in:
- MILITARY
- WORLD WAR I
- GENEALOGY
- REGIMENTAL HISTORY (UK)
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SEEK GLORY, NOW KEEP GLORY
Written by John Ashby.
Stock no. 1806274
1st.
2000.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Story of the 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1914-1918. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1874622450. Bumping to spine and corners. Contents fine. Pictorial wrapper is lightly faded at spine and lightly creased.
Front cover
Contents
- Acknowledgements and Author's Note
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Prologue: A Brief History of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment 1675-1914
- PART I - EUPHORIA?
- Chapter 1 On the Brink: The Outbreak of War, July-August 1914
- Chapter 2 Going to War: The BEF, August 1914
- Chapter 3 "An Interesting Situation": Le Cateau and the Retreat from Mons, August 1914
- PART II - INJUSTICE
- Chapter 4 A Tale of Two Colonels: St Quentin, 27 August 1914 and Aftermath
- Chapter 5 Soldiering On: The Fates and Fortunes of Elkington and Mainwaring
- PART III - DEATH TOMORROW?
- Chapter 6 " All Ranks Showed Great Gallantry" The 1st Battalion, Royal Warwicks, Sepgtember 1914-October 1916
- Chapter 7 With Tenacity and Valour: The 1st Battalion, Royal Warwicks, November 1916-June 1919
- APPENDICES
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index