Black Maria Posted 1 December , 2013 Share Posted 1 December , 2013 If anyone is interested in memoirs , this classic from 1967 has been reprinted in Hardback by Transworld Publishers Ltd with two new chapters on the author's post war life written by his son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sapper D. Posted 9 December , 2013 Share Posted 9 December , 2013 My copy should drop in the letterbox any day now. Looking forward to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneEH Posted 2 June , 2014 Share Posted 2 June , 2014 In the middle of reading this. The author was a very young officer, junior in years and senior in rank to my WO grandfather, but the picture he paints graphically describes the everyday experiences of the RFA in the latter years of the war. He succeeds in bringing events to life in a way which is moving and particularly helpful to those of us who are not military historians, but have a direct connection with those who served. Recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrel Posted 2 June , 2014 Share Posted 2 June , 2014 Splendid book - money well spent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 28 January , 2015 Author Share Posted 28 January , 2015 I decided to only collect original memoirs and already have a copy of the 1967 edition but have purchased the new edition because of the new contents, I'm sure i won't be disappointed. On a rather trivial note, i can't help notice that Huntly Gordon looks very much like Ray Mears in the photograph on the front cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverFox100 Posted 8 February , 2015 Share Posted 8 February , 2015 I have recently completed this book. I have to say I really enjoyed reading it, it is well written and describes well the situation that existed at the time he was there. Another one of those books you read that make you think 'How on earth did they cope with this'. Thoroughly recommend to anyone interested in the RFA in the war. Regards. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scorer Posted 4 October , 2016 Share Posted 4 October , 2016 I have just finished this, and I completely agree with the views expressed here and elsewhere on the Forum. It's simply one of the best books I've read, and I fully recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Hastings Posted 4 October , 2016 Share Posted 4 October , 2016 3 minutes ago, The Scorer said: I have just finished this, and I completely agree with the views expressed here and elsewhere on the Forum. It's simply one of the best books I've read, and I fully recommend it. I am fifty pages in it and totally enthralled, especially as I'm an ex Gunner. Hate putting it down! Cheers Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 4 October , 2016 Share Posted 4 October , 2016 For those who liked The Unreturning Army a list of ten other books by Royal Artillery officers who served during the Great War: 1. Talbot Kelly, R.B. A Subaltern's Odessy: A Memoir of the Great War 1915-1917. 2. Behrend, Arthur. As From Kemmel Hill An Adjutant in France and Flanders. 3. Tyndale-Biscoe, Julian. Gunner Subaltern 1914-1918. 4. Siepmann, Harry. Echo of the Guns: Recollections of an Artillery Officer 1914-18. 5. Campbell, P.J. In the Cannon's Mouth. 6. Campbell, R.J. The Ebb and Flow of Battle. 7. Quex (Nichols, G.H.F.). Pushed and the Return Push. 8. Hamilton, Ralph G.A. The War Diary of the Master of Belhaven 1914-1918. 9. Carr, William. A Time to Leave the Plowshares: A Gunner Remembers 1917-18. 10. Davson, H.M. Memoirs of the Great War. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulgranger Posted 4 October , 2016 Share Posted 4 October , 2016 To which you could add 'The Gambardier' by 'Mark Severn' (Frank Lushington), and two novels, 'Medal Without Bar' by Richard Blaker, and 'Peter Jackson, Cigar Merchant' by Gilbert Frankau. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 4 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 4 October , 2016 I have not long finished reading ' Behind the barrage' by George Goodchild ( Royal Garrison Artillery at Messines/Ypres ) which I enjoyed very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 4 October , 2016 Share Posted 4 October , 2016 Yes, both are good books. Another very good read is An Artillery Officer in the First World War by Colonel R. Macleod, DSO, MC, RFA. Macleod served with 80 Bty, RFA, V Bty, RHA, the RFC, and A/241 Bty, RFA during the Great War. My copy is a mimeographed copy of 244 pages with card covers. The only other copy I have seen is at the Imperial War Museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 5 October , 2016 Share Posted 5 October , 2016 8 hours ago, rflory said: Yes, both are good books. Another very good read is An Artillery Officer in the First World War by Colonel R. Macleod, DSO, MC, RFA. Macleod served with 80 Bty, RFA, V Bty, RHA, the RFC, and A/241 Bty, RFA during the Great War. My copy is a mimeographed copy of 244 pages with card covers. The only other copy I have seen is at the Imperial War Museum. That I'd love to see. I think I've mentioned this before, but many, many years ago I knew MacLeod's sisters, who lived in Cambridge and were what could best be described as 'eccentric'. No real relevance at all, but they used to travel to Scotland each year for a golfing holiday. By taxi. (Apparently one year there had been a problem with the train so they took a cab and were so impressed with the service that they hired the same driver each year). Lovely old ladies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rflory Posted 6 October , 2016 Share Posted 6 October , 2016 Steven: Interesting story. The Macleod book is very well written and loaded with detailed information concerning the units with which he served. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Broomfield Posted 6 October , 2016 Share Posted 6 October , 2016 Might try and see if the IWM copy can be viewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 6 October , 2016 Share Posted 6 October , 2016 1 hour ago, Steven Broomfield said: Might try and see if the IWM copy can be viewed. Better hurry up before they flog it off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 7 October , 2016 Share Posted 7 October , 2016 On 04/10/2016 at 23:39, rflory said: Yes, both are good books. Another very good read is An Artillery Officer in the First World War by Colonel R. Macleod, DSO, MC, RFA. Macleod served with 80 Bty, RFA, V Bty, RHA, the RFC, and A/241 Bty, RFA during the Great War. My copy is a mimeographed copy of 244 pages with card covers. The only other copy I have seen is at the Imperial War Museum. another copy! cannot remember where mine came from never seen it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 7 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2016 2 hours ago, barkalotloudly said: another copy! cannot remember where mine came from never seen it again I.W.M ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkalotloudly Posted 7 October , 2016 Share Posted 7 October , 2016 of course that is what those little stamps in the book stand for!!!! i thought it was for "Ian William Morris" silly little ol` me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Filsell Posted 7 October , 2016 Share Posted 7 October , 2016 (edited) Others missing in action in my collection are the most excellent and little known A F U Green's Evening Tattoo (published in 1941 when paper and book production became severely limited ) which includes his experiences with 7th Inf Divn at Ypres and, for first rate French view of the Gunner's work Paul Lintier's My Seventy Five (1929) Edited 7 October , 2016 by David Filsell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 7 October , 2016 Share Posted 7 October , 2016 There's a copy of the Lintier on ABE for £29.99. Sadly no jacket. An excellent book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 7 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2016 I have a copy of ' Evening Tattoo' in my collection and I notice there are two copies for sale on Amazon and one is inscribed by the author ( £15.99 ). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Jacket Collector Posted 7 October , 2016 Share Posted 7 October , 2016 43 minutes ago, Black Maria said: I have a copy of ' Evening Tattoo' in my collection and I notice there are two copies for sale on Amazon and one is inscribed by the author ( £15.99 ). The signed one has now sold, sorry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Maria Posted 7 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 7 October , 2016 2 minutes ago, Dust Jacket Collector said: The signed one has now sold, sorry! Well it certainly was a good buy at that price and it's now become a little more rarer as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marilyne Posted 23 December , 2018 Share Posted 23 December , 2018 On 01/12/2013 at 14:59, Black Maria said: If anyone is interested in memoirs , this classic from 1967 has been reprinted in Hardback by Transworld Publishers Ltd with two new chapters on the author's post war life written by his son. Hi. I'm 2 chapters in the 1967 edition, owned by Defense Library ... any way to have a quick summary of the two new chapters??? M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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