"'Roly' Grimshaw, at the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, was a Captain in the 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse Corps; he was at home on leave from India at the time, but eventually rejoined his regiment in Egypt when they were en route to Europe and was with them from their arrival in France until he was severely wounded in December 1914.
The book is in three parts: the first is Captain Grimshaw's diary of his ..."