Publisher's Synopsis
Excellent, detailed history of the Royal Marines in the Great War. Championed by the First Lord of the Admiralty, WInston Churchill, the Marines were in action almost from the first day - at Antwerp, Gallipoli, on the Western Front, in the Cameroons, and in East Africa, In 1918 they took part in the famous raid on the belgian port of Zeebrugge, and were deployed in North Russia, with both Naval and Land Forces. This massive and impressive history contains Roll of Awards for all ranks.
