Mud and bodies: the war diaries and letters of Captain N.A.C. Weir, 1914-1920

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Neil Weir died in 1967, but it was not until 2009 that his grandson, Mike Burns, discovered his diary among some boxes he had been left, and learnt that his grandfather had served as an officer in the 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlander throughout the First World War, seeing action at Loos, the Somme and Vimy Ridge, as well as in staff and training posts. It ends with his work at the War Office during the Russian Civil War of 1919-20. In the diary, and the accompanying letters which have been collected from various members of the Weir family, we hear the authentic voice of a First.;Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Glossary; Preface; Introduction; 1. -- Service at Home; 2. -- Service in France; 3. -- Into Battle; 4. -- The Ypres Salient; 5. -- 'Plug Street'; 6. -- Rest and Training for the 'Big Push'; 7. -- The Battle of the Somme; 8. -- Vimy Ridge; 9. -- Back to the Somme; 10. -- Service with an Officer Cadet Battalion; 11. -- Reserve Battalion; 12. -- Staff Learner; 13. -- Back to the 3rd Argylls; 14. -- War Office; 15. -- The Russian Civil War; Postscript; Appendix -- Final Farewells; Index.