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Remembering those who served with the british expeditionary force in 1914 and the chums of the old contemptibles association on this day of anniversaries. Click download or read online button to old contemptibles book pdf for free now. British expeditionary force world war ii, the british field force sent to france in world war ii. The diary was written in two separate volumes one is a letts diary for 1915, covering the period 5th august 1914 to 31st december 1916 and the other is a notebook which covers the period 1st. Download pdf the old contemptibles free online new. But as it turned out, walking over the old contemptibles, those implacable riflemen of the british expeditionary force, proved a tougher task than the kaiser imagined and beyond the capability of the german armies. The british expeditionary force bef was the british army sent to the western front during the first world war. The old contemptibles by martha grimes librarything.
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He was a member of the old contemptibles assoc until he died. The old contemptibles in birmingham nicholsons pubs. Written more at the strategic and operational levels rather than the tactical, this book discusses how the bef ended up in france in 1914, and what they did when they got there. The name selfadopted by british troops belonging to the regular army in 1914, the term was supposedly derived from a comment made by the german kaiser, wilhelm ii. The old contemptibles richard jury mysteries book 11.
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