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Frank Richards is well known for his Old Soldiers Never Die, probably the best account of the Great War as seen through the eyes of a private soldier. Richards served in the trenches from August 1914 to the end in the 2nd Battalion Royal Welch Fusiliers (RWF). Born in 1884 he enlisted in the RWF at Brecon in April 1901, just three months after the death of Queen Victoria. Brecon was the home of the South Wales Borderers (SWB) and the recruiting sergeant there did his best to persuade the new recruit to join the SWB (Rorkes Drift and all that) but all in vain. What attracted Richards to the RWF was the fact that they had a battalion in China and another in S Africa, and they were the only regiment in the Army privileged to wear the flash - a smart bunch of five black ribbons sewn in a fan shape on the back of the tunic collar. This was a reminder of the days when soldiers wore their hair long, tied at the back in a queue or pig-tail.This is a marvellous book, full of nostalgia as it takes you back to the days of the Empire before the outbreak of the Great War, to that great little army that died on the Western front in 1914; it is in fact a prequel to Old Soldiers Never Die. Richards served in India and in Burma and his descriptions of the soldiers life in those countries in those far off days and his anecdotes make wonderful reading. Kipling described east of Suez as the place where there aint no ten commandments. For the soldier the prime virtues were courage, honesty, loyalty to friends and a pride in the regiment. In his inimitable style Richards is down to earth though never having to use the four-letter language that is de rigueur today nor was the soldiers attitude to the natives very politically correct. As one of his fellow reservists said when they mobilised for war in August 1914: Theres only one way to treat foreigners from Hong Kong to France, and that is to knock hell out of them. Some of his yarns are for the broad minded - witness the magnificently built prostitute who chose the date of the Delhi Durbar of 1903 to announce her forthcoming retirement. To celebrate the occasion and as an act of loyalty to the Crown she decided on her final appearance to make herself freely available to all soldiers between the hours of 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. with preference given to old customers; a notice to this effect was pinned on her door. But life in the army wasnt all bad; Richards served eight years with the colours, nearly all of them in India and Burma, and in those eight years he grew three inches in height and put on three stone in weight. As a reservist he was recalled to the Colours in August 1914 and in the war that followed he was awarded the DCM and MM. This is a superb book!. Panj Pyare - Wikipedia Panj Pyare (Punjabi: Paj Pi'r literally the five beloved ones) is the name collectively given to the five Sikh men Bhai Daya Singh Anandpur Sahib Takht Anandpur Sahib Takhat Sri Kesgarh Anandpur Sahib Takht Anandpur Sahib Takhat Sri Kesgarh Sahib Gurudwara Anandpur Sahib Anandpur Sahib Tour Anandpur Sahib Pilgrimage Hola Mohalla Anandpur Figurines Model Soldiers Roffler Mirof Ray Lamb Poste Figurines / Soldiers / Soldats de Plomb / Military Models / Ray Lamb / Sanderson / Chota Sahib / Metal Models / Figurines Militaires / Model Soldiers / Zinnfiguren Sikhism for Children - Primary Homework Help Sikhism for Children doing their homework Easy to read and understand Saints - Sikhism Religion of the Sikh People Bhai Mardana (1459 to 1520) Bhai Mardana was the lifelong companion and first disciple of Guru Nanak Bhai Mardana was born in 1459 at Nankana Sahib Sikh Names (SikhNamescom) Sikh Names Meanings Suggest Suggest a Name!! (& optionally meaning & pronunciation) Books Books about Sikh Names : Need a Sikh baby name? Get Started Choose a letter by taking a Khalsa - Wikipedia History; Ik Onkar (One Supreme God) Gurdwara (Temple) Harmandir Sahib (The Golden Temple) Khalsa (The Devotees - Organization) Panj Pyare (The Beloved Five) Home - Daily Sikh Updates - The Latest in Sikh News Manjit Singh GK has joined forces with the SGPC to work together in taking back the land of Gurdwara Gyan Godri Sahib The Gurdwara is the historical shrine at Main Page - SikhiWiki free Sikh encyclopedia that the tenth Sikh Guru Guru Gobind Singh spent 25 years at Anandpur sahib and to protect the community from the growing animosity of the hill Rajas and their Mool Mantar - SikhiWiki free Sikh encyclopedia The Mool Mantar (also spelt Mul Mantra) is the most important composition contained within the Sri Guru Granth Sahib the holy scripture of the Sikhs; it is the basis
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