Public Schools Battalion in the Great War

"e;The experience of combat was never more horrific than on the Western Front, come to life in this notable addition to the literature of war."e; -Washington Examiner Founded in August 1914 with the principle that recruiting would be restricted to public school old boys, the volunteers gathered at Hurst Park racecourse in a spirit of youthful enthusiasm. A more somber mood soon set in. Despite man...