Young Citizen, Old Soldier' from Boyhood in Antrim to Hell on the Somme the Journal of Rifleman James McRoberts, no. 1885, 14th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (YCV), January 1915-April 1917 /
For almost 43 years three school notebooks lay in obscurity in the County Armagh home of sixty two-year old James McRoberts. The closely filled pages recorded just over two years in his life in uniform as he played his part in what was then known as the Great War. During the Home Rule crisis of 1914...
| Основен автор: | Truesdale, David. |
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| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Havertown :
Helion & Company,
2012.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=630418 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Young Citizen Old Soldier"". From boyhood in Antrim to Hell on the Somme. |
| Резюме: |
For almost 43 years three school notebooks lay in obscurity in the County Armagh home of sixty two-year old James McRoberts. The closely filled pages recorded just over two years in his life in uniform as he played his part in what was then known as the Great War. During the Home Rule crisis of 1914, one of several in Ireland's history, James McRoberts, like many other men, joined the Young Citizen Volunteers, an organization that eventually became the 14th Royal Irish Rifles, a battalion of the 36th (Ulster) Division. These notebooks, written at the time and with footnotes added some forty ye. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (569 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781909384682 1909384682 |