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- English
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About this book
Formed in 1868, and already possessors of a proud history by the outbreak of the First World War, the men of the 9th (Glasgow Highland) Battalion, The Highland Light Infantry, were right at the heart of the cataclysmic events that unfolded between 1914 and 1918 on the Western Front.
One of the first Territorial units to be rushed to France in 1914, they participated in almost all the major British battles, including the Somme in 1916 and Ypres in 1917. Altogether, around 4,500 men served with the Glasgow Highlanders in the First World War. The composition of the Glasgow Highlanders changed dramatically over five years of fighting, as the original Territorial members were replaced. Despite this change, the ethos of the battalion, built up over half a century of peace and many months of warfare, survived.
Alec Weir has steeped himself in the proud history of the Glasgow Highlanders in the First World War. His accessible, informal style, employing many first hand accounts, and his rigorous research combine here to produce a fascinating and detailed account of how ordinary men from all walks of life confronted and mastered the hellish conditions of trench warfare.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Piecing it All Together
- 1. Highland Origins
- 2. 1914: August to October – An End and a Beginning
- 3. 1914: November to December – Much-needed Reinforcements
- 4. 1915: January to March – Neuve-Chapelle – Nearly
- 5. 1915: April to June – Festubert
- 6. 1915: July to September – Loos
- 7. 1915: October to December – Second Winter
- 8. 1916: January to March – Lines of Communication
- 9. 1916: April to June – Lines of Communication then Back to the Trenches
- 10. 1916: July to September – The Somme
- 11. 1916: October to December – Still the Somme
- 12. 1917: January to March – Even More of the Somme
- 13. 1917: April to June – Arras
- 14. 1917: July to September – The Belgian Coast, then Ypres
- 15. 1917: October to December – Messines and Passchendaele
- 16. 1918: January to March – Still Passchendaele
- 17. 1918: April to June – Neuve-Eglise
- 18. 1918: July to September – The St-Quentin Canal
- 19. 1918: October to December – The Selle and the Sambre
- 20. 1919 – Guard Duties
- 21. Retrospect
- Sources and Bibliography
- Appendix 1 Outline History of Glasgow Highlanders, 1868–1919
- Appendix 2 Names of Those Known to Have Served with the Glasgow Highlanders in the First World War