First World War Diary of Noel Drury, 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers - Gallipoli, Salonika, The Middle East and the Western Front (Hardcover)

The diary of an officer in the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers covering 1914-19 and four theatres of war. Noel Drury (1884-1975) was from a middle-class Dublin Protestant family and served most of the First World War as an officer in the 6th Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the 10th (Irish) Division. The division was the first of Ireland's wartime volunteer formations to be posted overseas, arriving at Gallipoli in August 1915 in the Suvla Bay landings. Drury and his battalion experienced several key phases of the Gallipoli campaign before being redeployed to Salonika in October 1915. Drury was away from his battalion for a year in 1916-17 suffering from malaria, but rejoined in Palestine towards the end of 1917. From there his battalion was sent to the Western Front in the summer of 1918 to take part in the Hundred Days Offensive. Drury's diaries describe training, daily life, contrasting theatres of the war, and show what it meant to be an Irish officer in the British army.

General

Imprint:	Army Records Society
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Publications of the Army Records Society
Release date:	April 2022
First published:	2022
Editors:	Richard S. Grayson
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	348
ISBN-13:	978-1-83838-771-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > From 1900 > First World War
LSN:	1-83838-771-4
Barcode:	9781838387716

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