The Guards 1915-17: An Elite Division at War

The Guards 1915–17: An Elite Division at War is the first history of this illustrious division during these years to have been written since 1924. Making extensive use of the original unit war diaries and key memoirs, it provides a readable narrative and analysis of its battlefield experiences at Loos, Flers—Courcelette, Morval and Pilckem Ridge.

These two years are rich in interest. The Guards Division had more than its fair share of ‘larger than life’ characters to consider such as the div...