Fighting Tigers

by Richardson, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9780850528954
• ISBN10: 085052895X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-09-01
• Publisher: Leo Cooper

Summary

Rather than being a conventional regimental history, Fighting Tigers instead picks out fourteen classic actions and campaigns fought by men of the Leicestershire (later Royal Leicestershire) Regiment. These are some of the actions in which the bravery and determination of 'The Tigers' shone through most clearly. The book also illustrates the bonds of kinship which within a family regiment such as the Leicesters are extremely strong, with several generations serving at different times, and surnames often recurring. The book covers the Boer War, First World War, Second World War, Korean War and the 'undeclared' war in Borneo in 1963. The actions covered include Ladysmith and the Somme via the evacuation at Dunkirk to the jungles of Burma, and thence to the hills of Korea, along the way charting the characters and the commanders of various battalions, and chronicling the Honours and decorations which were gained. Selling Points * A Regimental history with a difference. 100% graphic action. * The Tigers have a strong National and Midlands following. * Companion volume to the successful earlier book The Tigers by the same author. The Author A young professional historian and museum curator, Matthew Richardson has recently moved from Saddleworth Museum to the Isle of Man and now works at the Manx National Heritage Service. Author of the best selling Tigers, he was a contributor to Passchendale in Perspective and At The Eleventh Hour.

Author Biography

Matthew Richardson is currently Curator of Social History with Manx National Heritage, Isle of Man.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 6
Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction	p. 9
Lombard's Kop	p. 11
Armentieres	p. 23
The Hohenzollern Redoubt	p. 39
Mesopotamia	p. 53
Bazentin: Hell on Earth	p. 69
Pontruet	p. 87
Norway: 'You Came Here to Fight'	p. 97
Escape Via Dunkirk	p. 117
Crete: A Place in History	p. 135
Salerno and Beyond	p. 153
Ghosts in the Jungle	p. 167
Normandy and the Low Countries	p. 181
Tigers in the Hills: Korea	p. 197
The Last Patrol	p. 217
Epilogue	p. 236
Index	p. 237
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