Description
Excerpt from The War History of the 1st/4th Battalion the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, Now the Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire), 1914-1918
The purpose of this book is to supply to the people of Preston and district. For the first time, a complete and authentic record of the adventures of their original local Territorial Infantry Battalion during the Great War, such a record being a chapter of local history which must sooner or later be written to put into the hands of the relatives and friends of those who have gloriously fallen the story of the unit with which they served faithful unto death, with its accompanying tribute from their surviving comrades to supply to the latter-maimed or whole - a book which they may hand down to posterity to speak of their service and last, but not least, to Speak to those who shall succeed to our traditions, of Comradeship, Cheerfulness, Endurance, Devotion to Duty, and all the virtues which go to make up the Spirit of the Regiment.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The purpose of this book is to supply to the people of Preston and district. For the first time, a complete and authentic record of the adventures of their original local Territorial Infantry Battalion during the Great War, such a record being a chapter of local history which must sooner or later be written to put into the hands of the relatives and friends of those who have gloriously fallen the story of the unit with which they served faithful unto death, with its accompanying tribute from their surviving comrades to supply to the latter-maimed or whole - a book which they may hand down to posterity to speak of their service and last, but not least, to Speak to those who shall succeed to our traditions, of Comradeship, Cheerfulness, Endurance, Devotion to Duty, and all the virtues which go to make up the Spirit of the Regiment.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Details
Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
Contributors
Author
Great Britain Army
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780266275619
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 251
Paperback
Contributors
Author
Great Britain Army
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781333467609
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
Page Count - 253
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