Barking and Dagenham in the Great War
(Part of the Towns & Cities in the Great War Series)
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The First World War was only a matter of days old when Barking placed itself firmly on the map, after Driver Job Henry Charles Drain of the 37th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was born in Barking on 18 October 1895, and on 26 August 1914, the 18-year-old Drain was at Le Cateau, France, when Captain Douglas Reynolds of the same battery was trying to recapture two guns. Driver Drain and another driver, Frederick Luke,...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1473834155
ISBN13:9781473834156
Release Date:August 2019
Publisher:Pen & Sword Military
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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