Pick up your parrots and monkeys : and fall in facing the boat : the life of a boy soldier in India
Pennington, J. W., 1920-2004
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Enlisted as a 'boy soldier', William Pennington served in the 1930s when the British Army in India was little changed from that described by Kipling. Pennington's description of army life in the last days of the Raj is followed by an account of his experiences in the Burma campaign.
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Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2004.
Collation:
xxviii, 419 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., col. facsim., map, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Cassell, 2003.
ISBN:
07538178379780753817834
Dewey class:
356.1'092920.PEN920.PENN
Language:
English
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BRN:
229847