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The Irish Guards in the Great War, Volume 1 (of 2)

Chapter 1: THE IRISH GUARDS IN THE GREAT WAR
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An editor compiles diaries, itineraries, maps, and private papers to present a regimental account of a Guards battalion on the Western Front. The narrative follows unit movements, frontline actions, retreats, and the daily routine of trenches, emphasizing hardship, weather, fatigue, and shortages. An introductory essay reflects on the limits and contradictions of eyewitness testimony and record-keeping, while the entries themselves highlight comradeship, improvisation, occasional bravery, and the steady persistence required to hold the line. The work offers a battalion-level perspective focused on lived experience rather than broad strategic analysis.

THE IRISH GUARDS IN THE
GREAT WAR

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Actions and Reactions

Brushwood Boy, The

Captains Courageous

Collected Verse

Day’s Work, The

Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack-Room Ballads

Diversity of Creatures, A

Eyes of Asia, The

Feet of the Young Men, The

Five Nations, The

France at War

Fringes of the Fleet

From Sea to Sea

History of England, A

Irish Guards in the Great War, The

Jungle Book, The

Jungle Book, Second

Just So Song Book

Just So Stories

Kim

Kipling Anthology, Prose and Verse

Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know

Kipling Birthday Book, The

Letters of Travel

Life’s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People

Light That Failed, The

Many Inventions

Naulahka, The (With Wolcott Balestier)

Plain Tales from the Hills

Puck of Pook’s Hill

Rewards and Fairies

Rudyard Kipling’s Verse: Inclusive Edition, 1885-1918

Sea Warfare

Seven Seas, The

Soldier Stories

Soldiers Three, The Story of the Gadsbys, and In Black and White

Song of the English, A

Songs from Books

Stalky & Co.

They

Traffics and Discoveries

Under the Deodars, The Phantom ’Rickshaw, and Wee Willie Winkie

With the Night Mail

Years Between, The