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Lord Desmond FitzGerald & the Irish Guards in the Great War

A study of the Micks first two years in action in the Great War, as seen through the eyes of Lord Desmond FitzGerald, an officer, with attention to key battles such as Mons, Retz, La Bassée Road, Neuve Chapelle, Givenchy, Festubert, and Loos. Also homing in on figures like Father John Gwynn, Mick O’Leary VC, Gerald Madden and the Earl of Rosse.