This book fully revises standard regimental history by establishing
the framework and background to the regiment's role in the Great
War. It tests the current theories about the British army in the
war and some of the conclusions of modern military historians. In
recent years a fascinating reassessment of the combat performance
of the British Army in the Great War has stressed the fact that the
British Army ascended a 'learning curve' during the conflict
resulting in a modern military machine of awesome power. Research
carried out thus far has been on a grand scale with very few
examinations of smaller units. This study of the battalion of the
Buffs has tested these theoretical ideas. The central questions
addressed in this study are: * The factors that dominated the
officer-man relationship during the war. * How identity and combat
efficiency was maintained in the light of heavy casualties. * The
relative importance of individual characters to the efficiency of a
battalion as opposed to the 'managerial structures' of the BEF. *
The importance of brigade and division to the performance of a
battalion. * The effective understanding and deployment of new
weapons. * The reactions of individual men to the trials of war. *
The personal and private reactions of the soldiers' communities in
Kent. Using previously uncovered material, this book adds a
significant new chapter to our understanding of the British army on
the Western Front, and the way its home community in East Kent
reacted to experience. It reveals the way in which the regiment
adjusted to the shock of modern warfare, and the bloody learning
curve the Buffs ascended as they shared the British Expeditionary
Force's march towards final victory.
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