About this Item
6 pp., 1 leaf, 338 pp. ; frontispiece, plates, portrait ; 21 cm. ; red cloth, embossed with a Scottish thistle at lower right corner of front cover, with gold lettering ; illustrations include: Harry Lander and His Son Captain John Lander -- I did not stop at sending out my recruiting band. I went out myself -- Carry On!' were the last words of my boy Captain John Lauder to his men but he would mean them for me too -- Bang! Went Sixpence -- Harry Lauder preserves the bonnet of his son brought to him from where the lad fell -- Captain John Lauder and Comrades Before the Trenches in France -- 'Make us laugh again Harry!' Though I remember my son and want to join the ranks I have obeyed -- Harry Lauder "Laird of Dunoon." ; Medal struck off by Germany when Lusitania was sunk -- ; Harry Lauder, the great Scottish entertainer, went to France in WWI to entertain the troops while under fire and on 28 December 1916 at Poiziers, his son John Lauder (1891-1916), a Captain of the 8th Argyll a nd Sutherland Highlanders, was killed in action ; Here Lauder recounts his tragic experience in this, his second book ; He was later knighted for his efforts in the World War ; previous owner name on front ep ; slight foxing, else VG. Seller Inventory # 4767
Contact seller
Report this item
