Ross Coulthart

The Lost Tommies


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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2016

      Copyright © Ross Coulthart 2016

      Ross Coulthart asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

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      Source ISBN: 9780008103316

      Ebook Edition © May 2016 ISBN: 9780008110390

      Version: 2016-03-09

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      Contents

       Cover

       Title page

       Part One THE DISCOVERY

       Part Two THE TOMMIES

       The Prince of Wales’ Own West Yorkshire Regiment

       The Battle of the Somme – July

       The Pals

       The Leeds Rifles

       The Liverpool Pals

       The Stretcher-bearers

       The Stretcher-bearer

       The Durham Light Infantry

       Shot at Dawn

       The Bantams

       Faithful in Adversity – the RAMC

       The Fusiliers

       Military Police

       The Suicide Club

       The Lewis Machine Gun

       The Irish

       The Padres and the Chaplains

       The Concert Parties

       The Army Services Corps

       The Labour Corps

       The Scots

       The Black Volunteers

       The Sappers

       ‘They Had No Choice’

       The Gunners

       Sport

       The Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

       The Crosses