The Kensington Battalion

The Kensington Battalion
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Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Total Pages : 591
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ISBN-10 : 9781783461080
ISBN-13 : 178346108X
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Book Synopsis The Kensington Battalion by : G. I. S. Inglis

Download or read book The Kensington Battalion written by G. I. S. Inglis and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2011-02-23 with total page 591 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raised by the Mayor of Kensington, the 22nd Royal Fusiliers (the Kensington Battalion) were a strange mixture of social classes (bankers and stevedores, writers and laborers) with a strong sprinkling of irreverent colonials thrown in. Such a disparate group needed a strong leader and, luckily, in Randle Barratt Barker, they found one, first as their trainer and then as the Commanding Officer.As this superb book reveals The Kensington Battalion had a unique spirit and given their ordeals they needed this. They suffered severely in the battles of 1917 and, starved of reinforcements, were disbanded in 1918. Yet thanks to a strong Old Comrades Association, a special magazine Mufti, welfare work and reunions the Battalions close spirit lived on.The author has successfully drawn on a wealth of first hand material (diaries, letters and official documents) as well as interviews from the 1980s to produce a fitting and atmospheric record of service and sacrifice.


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