Dan Morton
A Fixture
Not exactly a reference book, but a fine memoir and history of the Light Horse!
The Australian Light Horse in World War I, by Lindsay Baly, pub. Spellmount Ltd., 2004., ISBN 1-86227-255-7
The title of this account of the Australian Light Horse in the Great War comes from the inscription on the headstone of the famous poet, W. B. Yeats,
"Cast a cold eye,
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!"
Lindsay Baly's book is an homage to his father and his father's comrades of the Light Horse cavalry, New Zealand mounted rifles, and British cavalry. It is written using letters and memoirs of three soldiers - Maj. N. B. Barton, MiD, CBE; Maj. J. R. C. Davies, MC, and the authors father, Sergeant Jack Baly, MM, interspersed with vigorous and exciting historical narrative. I recommend it highly to anyone with an interest in the history of the ANZAC mounted troops in WWI, in cavalry operations in Sinai, Palestine and Syria, or just in warm, human memoirs of the Great War.
All the best,
Dan
The Australian Light Horse in World War I, by Lindsay Baly, pub. Spellmount Ltd., 2004., ISBN 1-86227-255-7
The title of this account of the Australian Light Horse in the Great War comes from the inscription on the headstone of the famous poet, W. B. Yeats,
"Cast a cold eye,
On life, on death.
Horseman, pass by!"
Lindsay Baly's book is an homage to his father and his father's comrades of the Light Horse cavalry, New Zealand mounted rifles, and British cavalry. It is written using letters and memoirs of three soldiers - Maj. N. B. Barton, MiD, CBE; Maj. J. R. C. Davies, MC, and the authors father, Sergeant Jack Baly, MM, interspersed with vigorous and exciting historical narrative. I recommend it highly to anyone with an interest in the history of the ANZAC mounted troops in WWI, in cavalry operations in Sinai, Palestine and Syria, or just in warm, human memoirs of the Great War.
All the best,
Dan
