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Lt.-Col. Rowland Feilding
Lieut.-Col. Rowland Charles Feilding (May 18, 1871 - Sep 5, 1945) was the son of a Church of England cleric with English and Austrian connections, and a civil engineer by training. During 1896 he w...показать большеLieut.-Col. Rowland Charles Feilding (May 18, 1871 - Sep 5, 1945) was the son of a Church of England cleric with English and Austrian connections, and a civil engineer by training. During 1896 he was in South Africa and fought in the Matabele Wars, joining ‘Gifford’s Horse’, which protected white settlers. He later served in the Lancashire Fusiliers, at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, was serving in a territorial unit, but in 1915 transferred to the service of the Coldstream Guards (Special Reserve), where he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and with whom he served in France until joining the 6th Connaughts in 1916. Feilding was decorated with the award of the Companion, Distinguished Service Order in 1917. Following the disbandment of the 6th Connaught Rangers in 1918, Feilding joined the 1/15th Londons (Civil Service Rifles).показать меньше
Книги автора Lt.-Col. Rowland Feilding
War Letters to a Wife: France and Flanders, 1915-1919 [Illustrated Edition]