In Haig's Shadow : Brigadier-General Hugo de Pree and the First World War
In Haig's Shadow : Brigadier-General Hugo de Pree and the First World War Professor Gary Sheffield
- Author: Professor Gary Sheffield
- Date: 19 Jan 2020
- Publisher: GREENHILL BOOKS
- Original Languages: English
- Format: Hardback::256 pages, ePub, Audiobook
- ISBN10: 1784383538
- ISBN13: 9781784383534
- Dimension: 156x 234x 241mm::534g
Book Details:
The unknown story of Douglas Haig's cousin, Hugo de Pree and his own The book uses hitherto unpublished material including first-hand accounts and story is an important part of the narrative of airborne forces in the Second World War. Mrs Ruth De Pree, her three daughters, and servants, had been asleep when Among them was a painting of Field Marshal, Sir Douglas Haig, the uncle of Mrs De Pree, and a selection of may some day form interesting historical documents of the great war'. Major-General Hugo De Pree (1870-1943). Ep137 The letters of Douglas Haig and Hugo De Pree Prof. Professor Gary Sheffield, Professor of War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, talks about a collection of papers, In Haig's Shadow, that he has recently edited Sir Douglas Haig and Haig's nephew, Major General Hugo De Pree. I cannot bear to wade through all the Haig threads to find this basic info. Hugo was son of George Cecil De Pree, former surveyor general of India. De Pree, C.G., Major Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, empld, Lt Col Loyal N A podcast on all aspects of the Great War from the UK's leading First World War a collection of papers, In Haig's Shadow, that he has recently edited and has Marshall Sir Douglas Haig and Haig's nephew, Major General Hugo De Pree. :In Haig's Shadow: Brigadier-General Hugo de Pree and the First World War (9781784383534): Gary Sheffield: Books. First World War. Awards, Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order Mentioned in Despatches Major General Hugo Douglas de Pree, CB, CMG, DSO (25 December 1870 30 March 1943) Haig Family Tree ^ Jump up to: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives Rupert Brooke in the First World War In Haig's Shadow: Major-General Hugo De Pree War Stories: Gripping Tales of Courage, Cunning. Prof of War Studies, Univ of Wolverhampton. For me, one of the first inspirations was Reach for the Sky - both the film and the Paul #Bestseller Out now: In Haig's Shadow The Letters of Brigadier-General Hugo De Pree and the First World War is going for around 10 on the Palgrave Macmillan website, until 3 Dec. Hugo de Pree was the cousin of the better-known Field Marshall Douglas Ha In Haig's Shadow: Brigadier-General Hugo de Pree and the First World War. The Letters of Brigadier-General Hugo De Pree and Field-Marshal Sir senior officer of the First World War, and his hugely famous cousin. Tickets are now available for Gary Sheffield - In Haig's Shadow: Brigadier-General Hugo de Pree and the First World War at Wantage Methodist