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Originally posted in March 2019 on The Old Contemptibles – Men of the British Expeditionary Force 1914
So I seized the opportunity to join up with a well known Arabist soldier and traveler …
… One particularly timeless gem is a brief description of Lord Lucan …
… although being under constant mortar fire all day, believe it or not we had no casualties …
… seized and deposited in the horses’ drinking trough, fully clothed and then rolled in the horse manure dump …
Part One. Jun/Jul 1944
… The trumpeter on duty took up his duties with the new guard …
… The jingle of harness, the thunder of hooves, surely nothing could be more exciting …
… three Squadrons ‘in line’ and galloped towards a ridge on which was a Battery of German Field Guns …
