27 (Machine Gun) Battalion
Contents
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Contents
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FOREWORD | v | |
PREFACE | vii | |
1 | GOING OVERSEAS | 1 |
2 | EGYPT | 12 |
3 | THE FIRST ENCOUNTER | 28 |
4 | WITHDRAWAL FROM GREECE | 51 |
5 | CRETE | 84 |
6 | SIDI REZEGH | 118 |
7 | SIDI AZEIZ AND GAZALA | 164 |
8 | THE BEKAA VALLEY | 192 |
9 | MINQAR QAIM | 202 |
10 | RUWEISAT RIDGE | 219 |
11 | EL MREIR | 245 |
12 | THE NEW ZEALAND BOX | 256 |
13 | THE BATTLE OF ALAMEIN | 275 |
14 | THE PURSUIT | 298 |
15 | TEBAGA GAP | 320 |
16 | VICTORY IN AFRICA | 338 |
17 | THE SANGRO RIVER | 354 |
18 | ORSOGNA | 369 |
19 | CASSINO | 387 |
20 | CARDITO, TERELLE, BALSORANO | 404 |
21 | FLORENCE | 419 |
22 | THE ROMAGNA | 437 |
23 | MACHINE-GUNNERS INTO RIFLEMEN | 463 |
24 | THE SILLARO AND GAIANA | 467 |
25 | THE END OF THE WAR | 492 |
APPENDIX: THE VICKERS GUN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR | 515 | |
ROLL OF HONOUR | 519 | |
SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES | 524 | |
HONOURS AND AWARDS | 525 | |
COMMANDING OFFICERS | 526 | |
INDEX | 527 |