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The Daredevil of the Army: A Motorcycle Despatch Rider and 'Buzzer' in the Br-,
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- Title
- The Daredevil of the Army: A Motorcycle Despatch Rider and 'Buzz
- ISBN
- 9780857067302
- Book Title
- Daredevil of the Army : A Motorcycle Despatch Rider and 'Buzzer' in the British Army During the First World War
- Item Length
- 8.5 in
- Publisher
- Leonaur The Limited
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.3 in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Military / World War I, General, Military
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 6.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 128 Pages
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A bikers war-compellingly recounted The highly dangerous task of the aide-de-camp was often to carry urgent despatches with essential calls to action across the field of battle. The young men chosen for the job were invariably dashing, brave and prepared to take risks to achieve their objectives. They were, of course, always expert horsemen. The age of the military horseman had not quite come to a close at the time of the First World War, but-as with most forms of progress-he was sharing duties with that which would eventually replace him, the machines of the new age. Now there was a another breed of 'daredevil, ' though necessarily 'cut from the same cloth.' The motorcycle despatch riders were a new service created in an age of innovation. All were so called 'amateur' soldiers though immediately at least ranked corporal so that they could, by British Army convention, address officers directly. These were invariably intelligent, accomplished young men drawn from the professions or universities. Their creed was the same as that of their horse mounted predecessors-the messages they carried had to get through and to deliver them motorcyclists often had to outpace charging Uhlans. Many of them ended their careers tangled among the wreckage of their 'bikes.' The author of this book has written a thrilling first hand account of his experiences riding military motorcycles along the front lines during the early stages of the First World War. Later as an officer he took command of a unit of 'buzzers, ' whose job it was to maintain telephone links. A highly entertaining book and thoroughly recommended to all those interested in motorcycles, motorcycling and the Great War in Europe. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket.
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Publisher
Leonaur The Limited
ISBN-10
0857067303
ISBN-13
9780857067302
eBay Product ID (ePID)
127144917
Product Key Features
Book Title
Daredevil of the Army : A Motorcycle Despatch Rider and 'Buzzer' in the British Army During the First World War
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War I, General, Military
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary Collections
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
6.1 Oz
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