Recollections of Forty Years' ServiceW. Blackwood and sons, 1903 - 386 sider |
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... heads above water again as loyal subjects ; and for the last four generations soldiering has been our only trade , and the Army List our territorial home . With the ex- ception of a few farmers in the far north and a minister or two ...
... heads above water again as loyal subjects ; and for the last four generations soldiering has been our only trade , and the Army List our territorial home . With the ex- ception of a few farmers in the far north and a minister or two ...
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... head on his desk and sobbed as if his heart would break . In course of time I got used to school - life , but it was not until I went to a small private school , Welton Vicarage in Northamptonshire , that I came to the conclusion ...
... head on his desk and sobbed as if his heart would break . In course of time I got used to school - life , but it was not until I went to a small private school , Welton Vicarage in Northamptonshire , that I came to the conclusion ...
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... depot of the 1st battalion Royals at Winchester , where were also the depots of the 3rd Buffs , 7th and 23rd Fusiliers , 46th and 88th Regiments , whose head- quarters were all in the Crimea . 14 CHAPTER II . DEPOT AND CRIMEA . A DEPOT.
... depot of the 1st battalion Royals at Winchester , where were also the depots of the 3rd Buffs , 7th and 23rd Fusiliers , 46th and 88th Regiments , whose head- quarters were all in the Crimea . 14 CHAPTER II . DEPOT AND CRIMEA . A DEPOT.
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... heads by a heavy sea , and sank as he drifted past us with three life - buoys quite near him , our voyage was uneventful . Most of us landed at Constantinople and did the bazaar . Scutari with its cemetery , the last home of so many of ...
... heads by a heavy sea , and sank as he drifted past us with three life - buoys quite near him , our voyage was uneventful . Most of us landed at Constantinople and did the bazaar . Scutari with its cemetery , the last home of so many of ...
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... Heads , and I was allowed to row on board the light - ship , and got news that Delhi had fallen , but Lucknow was still ... head , putting him in the shade , and doing everything possible to get his temperature down , so little did our ...
... Heads , and I was allowed to row on board the light - ship , and got news that Delhi had fallen , but Lucknow was still ... head , putting him in the shade , and doing everything possible to get his temperature down , so little did our ...
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