The greater game : sporting icons who fell in the Great War
Harris, Clive2008
Book
This text examines the deadly impact of the Great War on a number of leading professional sportsmen of the age. It also covers those sports-orientated units such as the 16th Battalion Royal Scots (formed around Hearts FC) and the 'Sportsman's Battalions' of the Royal Fusiliers.
Main title:
The greater game : sporting icons who fell in the Great War / Clive Harris and Julian Whippy ; foreword by Richard Holmes.
Author:
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2008.
Collation:
xvi, 199 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193) and index.
ISBN:
9781844157624 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.41241
Local class:
940.41241
Language:
English
BRN:
52350