An edition of In the Ranks of the C.I.V (1900)
In the ranks of the C.I.V.
a narrative and diary of personal experiences with the C.I.V. Battery (Honourable Artillery Company) in South Africa
By Erskine Childers
Publish Date
1900
Publisher
Smith, Elder
Language
eng
Pages
154
Description:
Having read only the first 60 pages on line, I find it to be an exceptionally well written and thoroughly absorbing account of an english soldier, a volunteer driver with the cavalry, leaving England and journeying to the South African interior to fight. Written in a diary style, with descriptive gems, it offers an entertaining protrayal of his life on board the troopship "Montfort" and in a foreign country at the turn of the 20th Century.
subjects: Army, Boer War, British Personal narratives, Campaigns, Diaries, Great Britain, Great Britain. Army. City of London Imperial Volunteers, Great Britain. Army. Honourable Artillery Company, Honourable Artillery Company of London, Personal narratives, Personal narratives, British, Regimental histories, South African War, 1899-1902, Great britain, army, Biography
People: Erskine Childers (1870-1922)
Places: Beaufort West, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, England, Matjiesfontein
Times: 1900