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Cheshire Bantams (Hardback)

15th, 16th and 17th Battalions of the Cheshire Regiment

Military > Regimental History WWI > Battles & Campaigns > Somme WWI > By Year > 1914 WWI > By Year > 1917 WWI > By Year > 1918 World History > UK & Ireland > England > London

By Stephen McGreal
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Pages: 224
ISBN: 9781844153879
Published: 18th May 2006
Last Released: 1st August 2007

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Raised in Birkenhead in 1914 the Bantams were unique as the average height of the volunteers was a mere five foot! Previously denied the opportunity to serve, these men seized this chance to join up. As a result the battalions comprised working class men from all over Britain: Welsh miners, sturdy London dockers, Lancashire mill workers and Merseyside labourers. As part of 35th (Bantam) Division, the Bantams fought on the Somme. The Bantams' casualties were so severe that by early 1917 the Division effectively ceased to exist. Thereafter reinforcements came from the General Pool. They suffered heavily again at Houlthust Forest. The 35th Division played a key part in stopping the German 1918 offensive. Some 900 members of these Battalions lost their lives in The Great War.

This volume is invaluable and in my opinion is worthy of space in any library.

Roll of Honour, Michael D. Booker

As seen in the Wirral News.

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About Stephen McGreal

Stephen McGreal is a married man, with three adult daughters. Locally, he is known as ‘the rocking horse man’, due to his long-standing occupation within this toy market niche. His spare time is frequently spent researching in military archives, writing or occasionally acting as a Western Front guide. Stephen is the author of seven other books on the Great War.

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