Elaine McFarland was born in Ayrshire. She is Professor of History at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her publications include: Protestants First: Orangeism in Nineteenth Century Scotland (1990); Ireland and Scotland in the Age of Revolution (1994); Scotland and the Great War (1999) and John Ferguson 1836-1906: Irish Issues in Scottish Politics (2004). She has also published a number of recent articles on death, mourning and war commemoration in the twentieth century.

• Contents: Hunters and Westons – A Gentleman and a Soldier – Small Wars – Hunting the Boer – Brain of the Army – ‘A Brigadier and a Band of Brothers’ – Winter in the Trenches – ‘A Second Crimea’ - The Road to Gallipoli – Achieving the Impossible - The Beaches and Beyond – A Dealer in Hope - The Last Battles – A Day of Disaster – Holding On – Breaking Through – The Man That Gets Things Done.

Elaine McFarland was born in Ayrshire. She is Professor of History at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her publications include: Protestants First: Orangeism in Nineteenth Century Scotland (1990); Ireland and Scotland in the Age of Revolution (1994); Scotland and the Great War (1999) and John Ferguson 1836-1906: Irish Issues in Scottish Politics (2004). She has also published a number of recent articles on death, mourning and war commemoration in the twentieth century.

• Contents: Hunters and Westons – A Gentleman and a Soldier – Small Wars – Hunting the Boer – Brain of the Army – ‘A Brigadier and a Band of Brothers’ – Winter in the Trenches – ‘A Second Crimea’ - The Road to Gallipoli – Achieving the Impossible - The Beaches and Beyond – A Dealer in Hope - The Last Battles – A Day of Disaster – Holding On – Breaking Through – The Man That Gets Things Done.

Elaine McFarland was born in Ayrshire. She is Professor of History at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her publications include: Protestants First: Orangeism in Nineteenth Century Scotland (1990); Ireland and Scotland in the Age of Revolution (1994); Scotland and the Great War (1999) and John Ferguson 1836-1906: Irish Issues in Scottish Politics (2004). She has also published a number of recent articles on death, mourning and war commemoration in the twentieth century.

• Contents: Hunters and Westons – A Gentleman and a Soldier – Small Wars – Hunting the Boer – Brain of the Army – ‘A Brigadier and a Band of Brothers’ – Winter in the Trenches – ‘A Second Crimea’ - The Road to Gallipoli – Achieving the Impossible - The Beaches and Beyond – A Dealer in Hope - The Last Battles – A Day of Disaster – Holding On – Breaking Through – The Man That Gets Things Done.