The Welsh Guards - Famous Regiments Series

Book Code:  SH3517

The Welsh Guards - Famous Regiments Series

 

Although the youngest of the Regiments of the Household Division, the Welsh Guards have established a reputation both on the battlefield, and on the parade ground, that is fully equal to the proud standards for which Guardsmen have long been famous. The Welsh Guards were formed in 1915, and they saw much hard fighting in both World Wars. Of the first thirty years of their existence, almost a third was spent at war and as a result tradition and regimental spirit were quickly forged. Such is the variety of the modern soldier's life, that in the years since the Second World War, the Welsh Guards have been employed in sixteen different countries (in some of them two or three times) as diverse as Texas and the snows of arctic Norway. This swift account takes their story from the Regiment's foundation in 1915, from their baptism in fire at Loos, through another World War, and on to the tragic business of trying to preserve lives, and some sort of life, in the internecine bitterness of Northern Ireland.

 

John Retallack

Hardcover with d/w 176pp Warne 1981 1st Ed

 

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