Gavin Roynon: 2 books
Massacre of the Innocents
The Crofton Diaries, Ypres 1914-1915
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2004
Crofton's commentary offers a fascinating glimpse into the mindset of the regular officer class largely wiped out by the end of 1915. Covering the period when bloody and unsuccessful British attempts to break the stalemate were made at Festubert, Neuve Chapelle and Aubers, Crofton describes the bewildering...
by Gavin Roynon
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Sir Morgan Crofton fought in the Boer War and joined the 2nd Life Guards at 34 years old as a cavalry office. His diary charts his experiences on the front-line at Ypres from late October 1914 to the centenary of Waterloo in June 1915. Crofton describes a battlefield a world away from what he and...