| Description |
1 online resource (42 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Front Matter; Frontispiece; Title Page; Dedication; Foreword; Body Matter; I: Training Days; II: Gallipoli; III: Serbia; IV: Macedonia; V: Palestine; VI: France; Back Matter; Map; Appendices; Officers who Embarked with the Battalion for Active Service in 1915; Officers Serving on Amalgamation, 2nd Nov., 1916; Officers Serving on Armistice Day; Alphabetical List of Officers Who Have Served with the Battalion |
| Summary |
The 5th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers formed part of the 10th (Irish) Division raised at the outbreak of the Great War in response to Kitchener's call for volunteers. This very concise history relates the battalion's exploits which began at Gallipoli in July 1915. After a hard mauling in this doomed campaign, the battalion recuperated on the Greek island of Lemnos before being hurled into yet another forlorn enterprisxe : the attempt to save Serbia from being overrun. The unit's t .. |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Army. Princess Victoria's Royal Irish Fusiliers. Battalion, 5th -- History
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War I.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781781514450 |
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1781514453 |
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1283693097 |
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9781283693097 |
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