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RBK A VERY PARFIT GENTIL KNIGHT

by Simon Harris

Published by Rooke Publishing. 1st. 2004

Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper. Ralph Kite was an ordinary Edwardian schoolboy, who was sent home at an early age from Tasmania to be educated in England. During his tragically short life he rose to command a company of the 52nd Light Infantry on the Somme. Having won the Military Cross he was mortally wounded and spent an agonising month dying of his wounds. In essence this is an informal history of the 52nd Light Infantry between the spring of 1915 and late 1916. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. xxiii and175 pages including index.

SIGNED with a personal dedication to half-title page. Also includes a letter signed by the author. A lovely copy.

ISBN: 095486400X
Stock no. 1831082

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Contents

  • List of Maps
  • Glossary
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • I The Early Years (1895-1897)
  • II Tasmania (1897-1905)
  • III Upland House (1905-1909)
  • IV Marlborough College (1909-1913)
  • V Keble College (1913-1914)
  • VI Preparations for War - Sandhurst (1914)
  • VII The Third Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (1914-1915)
  • VIII Early Days in the Trenches and the Night Attack at Richebourg l'Avoue (March - May 1915)
  • IX The 5th Brigade Bombing School and the Trenches at Vermelles, Givenchy, Cuinchy and Zoave Valley (May 1915-July 1916)
  • X The Final Months in the Trenches - Waterlot Farm and the Redan Ridge (July - November 1916)
  • XI Le Treport- Lady Murray's and the Funeral (November 1916 - December 1916)
  • XII In Memoriam
  • XIII The Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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