HISTORY OF THE 12th SERVICE BATTALION YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847349781)

Raised on the suggestion of the politician and economic historian H.A.L. Fisher, then Liberal Education Minister, after the idea was mooted by two of his students at Sheffield University, this Service Battalion, after initial training in and around Sheffield saw its first overseas service in Egypt, the Battalion was well and truly 'blooded' along with so many others, on July 1st 1916 at Serre on the Somme. After service at Vimy Ridge, it returned to the Somme and more hard fighting at Hebuterne. The Battalion helped to defend Arras during the Ludendorff offensives in 1918. Accompanied by photographs, maps and a Roll of Honour, this is a very vivid and evocative history.

Author: Richard A. Sparling
ISBN-10: 1847349781
ISBN-13: 9781847349781
Publisher: Naval & Military Press
Language: English
Published: 07/08/2009
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.46d