Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie
by G. B. Laurie
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About this eBook
- Author
- Laurie, G. B. (George Brenton), 1867-1915
- Title
- Letters of Lt.-Col. George Brenton Laurie (commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) Dated November 4th, 1914-March 11th, 1915
- Credits
- Produced by David Clarke, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)
- Subject
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 24862
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24862
- Release Date
- March 17, 2008
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.LETTERS — OF — Lieut.-Colonel GEORGE BRENTON LAURIE — LETTERS — OF — Lt.-Col. GEORGE BRENTON LAURIE — (Commanding 1st Battn. Royal Irish Rifles) — Dated NOVEMBER 4th, 1914-MARCH 11th, 1915 — Edited by FLORENCE VERE-LAURIE — Contents — FOREWORD SKETCH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL LAURIE'S CAREER. LETTERS OF NOVEMBER, 1914. LETTERS OF DECEMBER, 1914. "CHRISTMAS IN THE CRIMEA. LETTERS OF JANUARY, 1915. LETTERS OF FEBRUARY, 1915. LETTERS OF MARCH, 1915. "AFTERWARDS." — TO HALIBURTON, BLANCHE, AND SYDNEY. — FOREWORD ToC — By Lieut.-Colonel Sir John Ross of Bladensburg, K.C.B., K.C.V.O. (late Coldstream Guards) . — SKETCH OF LIEUT.-COLONEL LAURIE'S CAREER. ToC — ( From the "Bond of Sacrifice," reproduced by permission of the Editor. ) — LETTERS OF NOVEMBER, 1914. ToC — LETTERS OF DECEMBER, 1914. ToC — "CHRISTMAS IN THE CRIMEA. ToC — "How it was Celebrated near Balaclava in 1854. — "By Lieut.-General Laurie, C.B., M.P. — LETTERS OF JANUARY, 1915. ToC — LETTERS OF FEBRUARY, 1915. ToC — LETTERS OF MARCH, 1915. ToC — "AFTERWARDS." ToC — A few other Letters, Extracts, etc., received in 1915. — THE LATE COLONEL LAURIE. — ( From the "Irish Telegraph," March 20th, 1915. ) — R.I. RIFLES ENGAGED. — Lieut.-Colonel Laurie Killed. — Other Regimental Losses. — Colonel Laurie's Military Career. — (" Belfast Newsletter," March 20th, 1915. ) — FROM NEUVE CHAPELLE. — Belfast Regiment's Part. — Heroism of Colonel Laurie. — ( "Morning Post," September 20th, 1916. ) — THE ROYAL IRISH RIFLES. — Ulster Gallantry.
- 3.SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY BY HIS MAJESTY THE KING. [14] — R.I.R.'s AT NEUVE CHAPELLE. — "THE MAN OF SORROWS." — FOOTNOTES:
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