The Black Watch: (Royal Highland Regiment)(the 42nd Regiment of Foot).

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H. Hamilton, 1968 - 141 pages

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Contents

Section 1
14
Section 2
21
Section 3
23
Copyright

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About the author (1968)

Philip Howard graduated with a first in classics from Trinity College, Oxford University. After graduation, he spent two years in the national service including being a lieutenant in the Black Watch. He was a journalist and author. He was a parliamentary correspondent for the Glasgow Herald before joining the Times in 1964. He went on to become the literary editor for 14 years, a columnist and commentator, and was still writing for the Times until a few weeks before his death. He wrote numerous books including The Royal Palaces, London's River, and We Thundered Out: 200 Years of the Times. He died on October 15, 2014 at the age of 80.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Black Watch: (Royal Highland Regiment)(the 42nd Regiment of Foot).
Famous regiments
AuthorPhilip Howard
PublisherH. Hamilton, 1968
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized16 Aug 2006
ISBN0241015383, 9780241015384
Length141 pages
  
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