The Irish Guards in the Great War: The Second Battalion

The Irish Guards In The Great War’ is a classic of military history – Rudyard Kipling’s memorable two volume account of how one regiment fought from 1914-1918. In 1915, on the third day of the Battle of Loos, Kipling’s beloved son John was shot in the head and killed. The result is a classic of military history – a book that is all the more powerful for the deliberate spareness of Kipling’s style and the tightness of the narrative focus.