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Battery Action!: The Diary of a Gunner 1916-19
A fascinating previously unpublished diary written by Gunner Sydney Hall while serving in three Royal Garrison Artillery (RGA) batteries in the Great War spanning his situation in 1916, joining up, training, service in France and Flanders and demobilisation. This diary was first typed in the 1920’s from his war time diaries and while fresh in his mind, Hall provides vivid descriptions of daily life, relationships among the men, technical aspects of the battery, going into action and the passage to victory in 1918. The author has verified names of people and places as well as dates and set each chapter in the historical context of the war on the Western Front.
392 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2015
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January 14, 2021
Parasitic and somewhat disrespectful.
Where intellect and knowledge are absent is this a lazy way to squeeze out a second book to stay on the fusty Western Front lecture circuit?
As per another reader’s Amazon review: “I imagine that he [Gunner Sydney Hall] would be equally disappointed that his account of his service has been published without his name on the cover and with Paul Cobb curiously being credited as the ‘author’.”
Where intellect and knowledge are absent is this a lazy way to squeeze out a second book to stay on the fusty Western Front lecture circuit?
As per another reader’s Amazon review: “I imagine that he [Gunner Sydney Hall] would be equally disappointed that his account of his service has been published without his name on the cover and with Paul Cobb curiously being credited as the ‘author’.”
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