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When the Whistle Blows
The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War
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- By John Kemp, Andrew Riddoch
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- Hardback
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- Published: 30th Nov 2008
- ISBN: 1844256561
- Pages: 336
- Size: 234mm x 156mm
From the Publisher:
This timely history - published in the 90th anniversary year of the end of the Great War - tells the full story of the 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment, the 'Footballer's Battalion'.
Based on extensive original research, Andrew Riddoch and Paul Kemp draw on many previously unpublished letters, personal accounts and photographs to paint a vivid portrait of this legendary British Army battalion that fought in three of the fiercest battles of the Great War - the Somme, Arras and Cambrai.
The authors show how this remarkable battalion helped shape football, as well as military history.
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