The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, "the King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919

The History of the 2/6th (Rifle) Battalion, "the King's" (Liverpool Regiment) 1914-1919

Shortly after the Armistice Colonel Fletcher wrote to me asking if I would undertake to write a history of the battalion. All through the war I had cherished a vague idea of doing something of the kind, and with this view had devoted considerable care to the War Diary and to the preservation of other records. I was, therefore, only too pleased to accede to my old Commanding Officer's request, though I felt that I should experienceas, indeed, I have donesome considerable difficulty in dealing with periods during which I was away from the battalion. These cover the time from January, 1915, to March, 1916; the action of the battalion in the third battle of Ypres; and the major portion of the second battle of Cambrai, for which I have had to rely on information which has been readily supplied by those who were present. The work of compilation has, I must admit, been arduous to a degree, and an active business life has necessitated the whole work being written in my evenings and at week-ends. To this fact, I think, the unevenness of the book may fairly be attributed, written as it had to be at odd times, bit by bit, and in the varying states of mind in which I found myself after my day's work at the office. It has, however, been a labour of love, and if the book does in any way fulfil the objects for which I mainly wrote itfirst, to perpetuate the memory of our gallant comrades who laid down their lives for their country; and, secondly, to aid those who survived to recall to their recollection our days of service, and to hand down to their descendants some written record of their lives during those great yearsI shall feel that my labours have been amply repaid. [Pg x] ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 49875
Author: Wurtzburg, C. E. (Charles Edward)
Release Date: Sep 4, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English