Concentrating on the Ploegsteert and Neuve Eglise sectors in Belgium,
this book features stories on such well known figures as sculptor
Charles Sargent Jagger, ARA ; R Poulton Palmer and 'Tanky' Turner,
great friends and rugby football captains of England and Scotland
respectively; as well the discovery and eventual burial of a
Lancashire Fuslier who was killed in action in 1914; the research
leading to the erection in 2002 of a 'Believed to be buried' headstone
in the Strand cemetery of an Australian killed in action at Messines
in 1917; the action in 1914 that initiated the birth of the infamous
'Birdcage' on the western edge of Ploegsteert Wood and other stories
of interest to enthusiasts of the Great War.Another in the Cameos of
the Western Front series on men, minor actions and battlefield sites,
this book, like its predecessors is an ideal 'companion' for the
battlefield visitor.
Les mer
Ypres & Picardy, 1914–18
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781783402311
Publisert
2023
Utgiver
Vendor
Pen & Sword Military (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter