Rough Riders - Two Brothers and the Last Stand at Gallipoli

The last stand at Gallipoli as seen through the eyes of two brothers separated in the heat of war, and a rare insight into the activities of the notorious Rough Riders (the 1st City of London Yeomanry).

About the author

Peter Doyle is a military historian specializing in the role of terrain in warfare. He is a visiting professor at University College London, and is co-secretary of the All Party Parliamentary War Heritage Group. He is the author of Beneath Flanders Fields, The First World War in 100 Objects, Grasping Gallipoli, and Trench Talk. He was also the historical consultant for Battlefield Detectives: The Gallipoli Disaster.

Summary

Frank and Percy Talley of the 1st City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) were destined to leave England to take part in the last, and most costly, single-day battle of the Gallipoli Campaign, on 21 August 1915.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Doyle, Peter Doyle
• Publisher: The History Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9780750962940
• ISBN: 978-0-7509-6294-0
• Dimensions: 242 mm x 165 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 558 g
• Illustrations: 16 Plates, black and white; 35 Illustrations, black and white
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous