The Irish Guards in the Great War (Vol. 1&2)

These volumes try to give soberly and with what truth is possible, the experiences of both battalions of the Irish Guards from 1914 to 1918. The point of view is the battalions', and the facts mainly follow the Regimental Diaries, supplemented by the few private letters and documents which such a war made possible, and by some tales that have gathered round men and their actions.

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. He wrote tales and poems of British soldiers in India and stories for children. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".

Contents:

Mons to La Bassée

La Bassée to Laventie

The Salient to The Somme

The Somme to Gouzeaucourt

Arras to The Armistice

Loos and The First Autumn

Salient and the Somme

Rancourt to Bourlon Wood

Arras to the End