The Lovegrove Papers
The Lovegrove Papers

Author: Cecil Lawrence Lovegrove

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Disk contains the transcription of the manuscript of the "Wellington Infantry Battalion 1914-1916" by Cecil Lawrence Lovegrove [Heritage archives reference: NZC15/55] and digital images of the Diary of the Wellington Regiment 1914-1916 [Heritage archives reference: NZC15/5]. The transcription of the manuscript was completed by Randal Springer. The manuscript covers the period from mobilisation of the battalion in August 1914 to re-organisation in March 1916 when it became 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment. The author served with the Wellington Infantry Battalion in Egypt, Gallipoli and France and the manuscript is based on his memories, notes and information from a diary kept by Major William Cunningham [NZC15/6/1] and other World War One correspondence [NZC15/7]. It details the career and command of Colonel William Malone, who commanded the battalion from 1914-1915 and includes a separate essay on the Battle of Chunuk Bair 6th-11th August 1915.

The Devil's Own War
The Devil's Own War

Author: Herbert Hart

Publisher: Exisle Publishing

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0908988222

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The first (hardback) edition of this book sold out before its official publication date, and public demand has been so great that a paperback edition will now be published.Brigadier-General Herbert Hart landed at Gallipoli on 26 April 1915, commanded the Wellington Battalion during the closing stages of that campaign, then served as a battalion and brigade commander on the Western Front between 1916 and 1918. Throughout the war he kept a diary, in which he recorded his experiences in the great battles on Gallipoli, the Somme and Passchendaele.Hart's diary is now widely regarded as one of the most important personal sources relating to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Exceptionally well written, it includes gripping descriptions of both combat and life behind the front line and on leave in France and United Kingdom. While Hart can appear quite detached at times, he is also a very human observer of the events around him, understanding the plight of his men, finding humour in the most unlikely situations and noticing unexpected details at moments of high tension.As a first-hand account of life in the firestorm of World War One, The Devil's Own War is hard to beat.

Our Friend the Enemy
Our Friend the Enemy

Author: David W. Cameron

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2014-10-01

Total Pages: 651

ISBN-13: 1922132756

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Our Friend the Enemy is the first detailed history of the Gallipoli campaign at Anzac since Charles Bean’s Official History. Viewed from both sides of the wire and described in first-hand accounts. Australian Captain Herbert Layh recounted that as they approached the beach on 25 April that, once we were behind cover the Turks turned their .. [fire] on us, and gave us a lively 10 minutes. A poor chap next to me was hit three times. He begged me to shoot him, but luckily for him a fourth bullet got him and put him out of his pain. Later that day, Sergeant Charles Saunders, a New Zealand engineer, described his first taste of battle, The Turks were entrenched some 50-100 yards from the edge of the face of the gully and their machine guns swept the edges. Line after line of our men went up, some lines didn’t take two paces over the crest when down they went to a man and on came another line. Gunner Recep Trudal of the Turkish 27th Regiment wrote of the fierce Turkish counter-attack on 19 May designed to push the Anzac’s back into the sea, It started at morning prayer call time, and then it went on and on, never stopped. You know there was no break for eating or anything … Attack was our command. That was what the Pasha said. Once he says “Attack”, you attack, and you either die or you survive.