Teenage Tommy: Memoirs of a Cavalryman in the First World War

by Richard van Emden

Benjamin Clouting was just sixteen years old when he embarked with the British Expeditionary Force for France in August 1914. The youngest man in the 4th Dragoon Guards, he took part in the BEF's celebrated first action at Casteau on August 22nd, and, two days later, had his horse shot from under him during the famous cavalry charge of the 4th Dragoon Guards and the 9th Lancers at Audregnies. Ben served on the Western front during every major engagement...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783032871
• ISBN13: 9781783032877
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"