Pick up your parrots and monkeys : and fall in facing the boat
Pennington, William2003
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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.
Main title:
Pick up your parrots and monkeys : and fall in facing the boat / Captain J.W. (Penny) Pennington.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Cassell, 2003.
Collation:
414 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., col. facsim., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9780304365647 (hbk)
Dewey class:
356.1092
Language:
English
Subject:
Index terms:
World War 1939-1945
BRN:
116598