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Description: | Post war ts memoir (93pp) describing his experiences during the First World War first in East Africa as Chief Staff Officer in Nairobi between 1914 and 1915 and later on the Western Front as the Brigade Commander of the 172nd and 180th Brigade Royal Field Artillery; describing in clear, succinct detail the difficulties in wresting East Africa from the Germans at the start of the war as well as the challenges in dealing with the native population; his transfer to England to train new recruits and their subsequent deployment to France in November 1915; details of the preparation for the battles of the Somme, Messines, Ypres, Cambrai, Amiens, Arras, Lys and Loos giving concise, straightforward descriptions of his artillery battery's actions during those battles, German counter-attacks, his personal opinions of both the German and British military conduct and the ultimate result of each battle.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-09-19 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ward, L E S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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