Four Years on the Western Front by Rifleman

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Four Years on the Western Front by Rifleman

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Four Years on the Western Front by Rifleman

The author (real name Aubrey Smith) served with the London Rifle Brigade (1/5th Bn London Regt) throughout the Great War. The LRB was among the first Territorial battalions to land in France (November 1914) and A. Rifleman joined it at the end of January 1915 in Plugstreet . He served in the trenches and in the battalion Transport Section. This is a classic among memoirs of an other rank, one to be counted with Old Soldiers Never Die and Theres a Devil in the Drum. The author saw action at Second Ypres (gas attack), Gommecourt, the Somme, Arras, Third Ypres, Cambral, in the German 1918 offensive and in the final advance. He was awarded the MM in August 1917 and a bar in November 1918. An enthralling picture of life in an infantry battalion on the Western Front.

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ISBN 13 9781843420354
ISBN 10 184342035X
Title Four Years on the Western Front
Author Rifleman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Naval & Military Press Ltd
Year published 2001-07-02
Number of pages 424
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.