The words of British servicemen who were there: many British soldiers, sailors and airmen who served in Ireland from 1918-21 left accounts of their service. The author has delved deep into British military archives to unearth never-before published accounts.
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'A welcome counterbalance to the accepted view in all those books on what followed after 1916' Irish Independent 'More than a useful addition to the growing research on the period' Sunday Business Post 'Fascinating new book' Magill
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List of Acronyms and Abbreviations |
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| Preface |
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| Introduction |
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1 | (6) |
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Brigadier Frederick Clarke |
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30 | (16) |
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46 | (7) |
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53 | (5) |
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Flying Officer F.C. Penny |
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58 | (16) |
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Vice Admiral H.T. Baillie Grohman |
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74 | (9) |
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83 | (9) |
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Lieutenant General A.E. Percival |
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92 | (53) |
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Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery |
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145 | (8) |
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Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn Lindsay Young |
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153 | (13) |
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Major General Douglas Wimberley |
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166 | (27) |
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Lieutenant Colonel Hughes-Hallett |
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193 | (14) |
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207 | (13) |
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220 | (10) |
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230 | (9) |
| Further Reading |
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239 | (2) |
| Index |
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DR WILLIAM SHEEHAN is an honours graduate of University College Cork and he has an MA in history from the Open University. From Kanturk in County Cork, he has worked in the Health Services and has recently completed a PhD on the British Army in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence. This book is the final volume in a trilogy that includes British Voices (2005) and Fighting For Dublin (2007). His PhD thesis, A Hard Local War will be published by The Collins Press in 2010.
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