500 of the Best Cockney War Stories

500 of the Best Cockney War Stories

500 of the Best Cockney War StoriesSir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much...
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500 of the Best Cockney War Stories

500 of the Best Cockney War Stories

$18.15 $9.07

500 of the Best Cockney War Stories

$18.15 $9.07
Author: Various
Format: eBook
Language: English

500 of the Best Cockney War Stories

Sir Ian Hamilton's story of another war shows that, however much methods of fighting may vary from generation to generation, there is no break in continuity of a great tradition, that the spirits of laughter and high adventure are immortal in the make-up of the British soldier. Sir Ian's story is doubly fitting. As President of the Metropolitan Area of the British Legion he is intimately concerned with the after-war welfare of just that Tommy Atkins who is immortalised in these pages. In the second place, all profits from the sale of this book will be devoted to the cause which the Higher Command in every branch of the Services is fosteringthe British Legion. To dig out the character of a General even from the plans of his General Staff is difficult; how much more difficult to dig out the adventures of Number 1000 Private Thomas Atkins from those of the other 999 who went "like one man" with him over the top? In the side-shows there was more scope for the individual and in the Victorian wars much more scope. To show the sort of thing I mean I am going to put down here for the first time an old story, almost forgotten now, in the hopes that it may interest by its contrast to barrages and barbed wire. Although only an old-fashioned affair of half a dozen bullets and three or four dead men it was a great event to me as it led to my first meeting with the great little Bobs of Kandahar. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 44263
Author: Various
Release Date: Nov 23, 2013
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Thomas, Bert, 1883-1966

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