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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829095103321

Autore

Ogilvie D. D.

Titolo

Fighting on three fronts : a Black Watch Battalion in the Great War / / by Major D.D. Ogilvie ; with a preface by Major-General E.S. Girdwood, C.B., C.M.G. lately C.O.C. 74th (Yeomanry) Division

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : , : Pen & Sword Military, , 2014

ISBN

1-4738-5113-0

1-4738-5145-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (207 p.)

Collana

Eyewitnesses from the Great War

Disciplina

940.48141

Soggetti

World War, 1914-1918

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Chapter 1: At Home - 1914-1915; Chapter 2: Abroad - 1915; Chapter 3: Egypt - 1916; Chapter 4: Egypt and Palestine - 1917; Chapter 5: Palestine - 1918; Chapter 6: France - 1918; Chapter 7: Some Personalities; Chapter 8: The Predecessors of the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry; Honours and Awards; List of Casualties

Sommario/riassunto

In 1914, the Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Regiment was a cavalry regiment with its headquarters in Kirkcaldy and squadrons based in Dunfermline, Cupar, Dundee and Forfar. The regiment was sent to Gallipoli in September 1915, and fought there as a dismounted cavalry formation and served until the final disembarkation, being one of the last units to leave. In just two months;the regiment lost three quarters of its strength to casualties and disease.The survivors were sent to Egypt where, in 1917, they formed the cadre of an infantry battalion, the 14th Battalion Royal Highlanders; better known as