Salient Points Four
Author | : Tony Spagnoly |
Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 159 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780850529326 |
ISBN-13 | : 0850529328 |
Rating | : 4/5 (328 Downloads) |
Download or read book Salient Points Four written by Tony Spagnoly and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Concentrating on the Ploegsteert and Neuve Eglise sectors in Belgium, this book features stories on such well known figures as sculptor Charles Sargent Jagger, ARA; R. Poulton Palmer and 'Tanky' Turner, great friends and rugby football captains of England and Scotland respectively; as well the discovery and eventual burial of a Lancashire Fusilier who was killed in action in 1914; the research leading to the erection in 2002 of a 'Believed to be buried' headstone in the Strand cemetery of an Australian killed in action at Messines in 1917; the action in 1914 that initiated the birth of the infamous 'Birdcage' on the western edge of Ploegsteert Wood and other stories of interest to enthusiasts of the Great War. Another in the Cameos of the Western Front series on men, minor actions and battlefield sites, this book, like its predecessors is an ideal 'companion' for the battlefield visitor.