Field Service Pocket Book (1914)

Field Service Pocket Book (1914). This handbook, originally issued in 1914, gives a remarkably detailed picture of the rules and regulations governing the British army at the start of the First World War. This book was issued by the British War Office to all senior NCOs, warrant officers and officers in the Great War. It details many aspects of the British military art, starting with the war establishments of the British Army (cavalry and Infantry Divisions and ancillary units). The 1914 issue is important because it summarises the state of the British Army at the outbreak of the war. Illustrated. Hardcover. 290pp.