Skipman Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Am reading this at the moment ( paperback ) and found it online. It's funny,very well written, and if you want to learn a lot more about a K1 unit, this is the book.http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Ian_Hay/The...ndred_Thousand/ENJOYMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dycer Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Mike, I agree. I've had a Paperback copy for years and it is always worth another read. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sheldon Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Do not forget, he also wrote 'Carrying on after The First Hundred Thousand'. My father and grandfather were great fans of it, especially the chapter concerning the signallers, entitled 'Ye Merrie Buzzers'. Jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dycer Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Jack, In all my years of searching I've never seen the sequel in print,although the original was reprinted as a Scots Literary masterpiece. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Morgan Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 The title of the sequel is, All In It; K(1) Carries On. I was surprised to learn that The First Hundred thousand (and the sequel) are available online, as the copyright doesn't expire until 2022. How do they get away with it? Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Page by Page Books, not sure how they get away with it. American Company. There's another book that might be worth a read. http://www.pagebypagebooks.com/Arthur_Guy_...y/Over_The_Top/ In the First Hundred Thousand, which Argyll Bn is he writing about? Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daggers Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Don't forget the same author's 'The Last Million - how they invaded France and England'. Covers the entry of the USA into WW1. It can be found offered online. D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Lees Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 I have early edition hardback copies of both "The First Hundred Thousand" & "Carrying On - After the First Hundred Thousand". Inside the front cover of the first one is a small newspaper cutting and portrait photo captioned: "Captain J.H. Beith, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, who has been awarded the Military Cross. He is "Ian Hay," the author of "The First 100,000," the most successful book of the war". Perhaps that will assist to identify which battalion is being discussed. Perhaps later editions of the sequel were titled, "All In It; K(1) Carries On", but my edition has no mention of that title anywhere. I haven't read either book, but perhaps I should shunt them up the reading pile. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Good thinking Ken. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 I was very lucky because inserted into my copy was this. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Nice one Mick. What an autograph. Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 It almost compensates for the copy of 'Reach for the Sky' signed by both Douglas Bader and Kenneth More I lost in a house move some years ago. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 Almost. That must have hurt. When young, I gave away about 100 photos ,postcards, etc of a ww1 soldier we found when we moved into a house. Now 30 yrs later have identified the man as one of the men on one of my local memorials. Can't remember who got them. Stupid or what? Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auchonvillerssomme Posted 17 June , 2009 Share Posted 17 June , 2009 The book originated from Mrs Bader who I met when I was a very young Pte at the the Cambridge Military Hospital when she visited. This is probably why we never ever throw anything away. mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 July , 2009 Share Posted 25 July , 2009 Here is his next book All in it " K(1) " carries on http://www.archive.org/details/allinit00hayuoft Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 25 July , 2009 Share Posted 25 July , 2009 Wasn't the book based around the 9th (Scottish) Division, which would make it the 10th Bn, ASH. I've got a couple of his books on the shelf cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 July , 2009 Share Posted 25 July , 2009 10th A&SH it is Jon. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html...9669D946796D6CF Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay dubaya Posted 25 July , 2009 Share Posted 25 July , 2009 I often wonder if my Great Uncle Arthur ever served under him cheers, Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 25 July , 2009 Share Posted 25 July , 2009 I think you can find them all here. http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbi...ey=Hay%2C%20Ian Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Hartley Posted 6 August , 2013 Share Posted 6 August , 2013 I'm reading "All in it" online. Is there a view about how much is fact or fiction? Or fact but with the names changed? There are exchanges between an officer - Angus Mclachlan - and his servant, Peter Bogle. As far as I can establish the only Peter Bogle is Black Watch but I can't find an officer of this name at all which is a bit odd as, in the account, the officer is killed. Is this one of these accounts where one mustn't let the facts get in the way of a good story? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dycer Posted 6 August , 2013 Share Posted 6 August , 2013 John, It is a book of fiction. Obviously drawn from,at the time reality plus the fact,from the author's perspective and wish to entertain,educate,enlighten and serve.. I do wonder how it was allowed to be printed,in 1915,in view of the then censorship laws. But the Book remains, to my mind,a contemporary 1915 Book,of innocent parody,not of individual characters,but how a Service Battalion was formed,trained and initially served,comprising of many individuals. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 August , 2013 Share Posted 6 August , 2013 How are you getting on with the Jock lingo John. Peter Bogle-" a hoose painter tae trade " Braw! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Bennitt Posted 6 August , 2013 Share Posted 6 August , 2013 I have a paperback edition of 'The First Hundred Thousand' which I read and enjoyed at the time I bought it. Then I read it again after learning that one of my family was mortally wounded with a 9th Division battalion (Seaforths, not Argylls) at Loos and Hay's description of tha attack really brought it home to me what he must have gone through. A great book. cheers Martin B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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