THE GREEN HOWARDS IN THE GREAT WAR: 8th and 9th Battalions A.P.W.O Yorkshire Regiment

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In answer to Lord Kitchener's appeal, in late August and September 1914 many men joined Alexandra's Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment, better known as The Green Howards. Recruits came from around the Middlesbrough area and the ironstone mines on the North Yorkshire moors, while others came from the East Durham coalfield and the Durham City area. Details the career of the 8th and 9th Battalions, from fighting on the Somme front, the Ypres Salient, the Battle of Messines, taking Hill 60, and then bolstering the Italian army. Contains 120 mono illustrations.