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Pioneer Battalions in the Great War

Pioneer Battalions in the Great War

Behind the Front Line, as this thought-provoking book reminds us, there were many pioneer battalions engaged in labouring tasks that freed up fighting men to take their places in the trenches of the Western Front. Not to be confused with the British Army’s Royal Pioneer Corps, these battalions were formed by regiments that had battalions in the Front Line. These men were not just labourers, they were trained soldiers and served in the trenches to repair and rebuild the defences, often under fire, when they fought as well as any other soldier. They dug new trenches and repaired and built roads for the logistics to be transported. The unenviable tasks of digging latrines and burying the dead also fell down to them. The battles fought are fascinating aspects of WWI, but this book examines those units whose work went on tirelessly, both on and off the battlefield.

Title:

Pioneer Battalions in the Great War

Author:

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K.W. Mitchinson

Publisher:

Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley, South Yorkshire

ISBN:

9781783461790

Price:

£16.99

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