Tyneside Irish: 24th, 25th & 26th & 27th (Service) Battalions of the Northumberland Fusiliers: A History of the Tyneside Irish Brigade

by John Sheen

The 'Pals" battalions were a phenomenon of the Great War, never repeated since. Under Lord Derby's scheme, and in response to Kitchener's famous call for a million volunteers, local communities raised (and initially often paid for) entire battalions for service on the Western Front. Their experience was all too frequently tragic, as men who had known each other all their lives, had worked, volunteered, and trained together, and had shipped to France...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848840934
• ISBN13: 9781848840935
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.8" x 9.3"