{"product_id":"9781783461080","title":"The Kensington Battalion: 'Never Lost a Yard of Trench'","description":"Raised by the Mayor of Kensington, the 22nd Royal Fusiliers (the Kensington Battalion) were a strange mixture of social classes (bankers and stevedores, writers and laborers) with a strong sprinkling of irreverent colonials thrown in.  Such a disparate group needed a strong leader and, luckily, in Randle Barratt Barker, they found one, first as their trainer and then as the Commanding Officer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs this superb book reveals The Kensington Battalion had a unique spirit and given their ordeals they needed this.  They suffered severely in the battles of 1917 and, starved of reinforcements, were disbanded in 1918.  Yet thanks to a strong Old Comrades Association, a special magazine Mufti, welfare work and reunions the Battalion’s close spirit lived on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author has successfully drawn on a wealth of first hand material (diaries, letters and official documents) as well as interviews from the 1980s to produce a fitting and atmospheric record of service and sacrifice.","brand":"Pen and Sword","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47167088230640,"sku":"9781783461080","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783461080_p0.jpg?v=1763723714","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783461080","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}