The Green Howards in the Great War: 8th and 9th Battalions A.P.W.O Yorkshire Regiment

by John Sheen

In answer to Lord Kitchener's appeal, in late August and September 1914 many men joined Alexandra's Princess of Wales's Own Yorkshire Regiment, better known as The Green Howards. Recruits came from around the Middlesbrough area and the ironstone mines on the North Yorkshire moors, while others came from the East Durham coalfield and the Durham City area.

The 8th and 9th Battalions left the Regimental Depot in Richmond in late September and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1399080946
• ISBN13: 9781399080941
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 288 Pages