Vanished Battalion

McCrery, Nigel/ Edward, HRH Prince (FRW)

Simon & Schuster Ltd（1999/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 192 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780671711313
• DDC分類 940.4

Full Description

Unravels the mystery of what happened to the 150 Norfolk men who formed the Sandringham Company in WW I. Sent into battle against the Turks at Gallipoli in 1915, none of the men was ever seen again. The author, given access to the Royal archives, shows the men were captured and shot by the Turks.

Contents

Part 1: the beginnings; Saragarhi (1897); period 1899-1913; China (1914) and India. Part 2: the First World War. Part 3: period 1919-1940. Part 4: the Second World War. Part 5: period 1945-1962; Battle of Walong - 1962; December 1962 to September 1965; Indo-Pak War 1965; 1965 to December 1971; Indo-Pak War 1971; 1972 to 1987. Appendices: The siege of Tsing-Tao - report by Major E.F.Knox. Awards won during World War I. Battle of Walong - report by Major Harbans Singh. Summary of killed and wounded - battle of Walong.