McCrae's Battalion - The Story Of The 16th Royal Scots - Jack Alexander

Jack Alexander tells the remarkable story of the 16th Royal Scots, known as McCrae’s Battalion, raised in Edinburgh during the First World War and closely associated with the famous Hearts football club. The battalion suffered devastating losses on the first day of the Somme, later fought at Arras and Passchendaele, and endured fierce German attacks during the 1918 Lys offensive. Drawing on twelve years of research, including letters, diaries, photographs and interviews with veterans’ families, Alexander reconstructs the lives, battles and experiences of the men of McCrae’s Battalion, restoring a largely forgotten story to history.

Hardback with dj

Illustrated

Printed - 2003

Pages - 320

ISBN -9781840187076

Condition - very good used book

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