Download or read book The Civil Service Rifles in the Great War written by Jill Knight and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-02-19 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Made up entirely of volunteer civil servants and their friends and despite the Government's reluctance to release them, the Prince of Wales' Own Civil Service Rifles fought with distinction at Loos, the Somme, Messines, Cambrai, Salonika and Palestine. As casualties mounted, the Rifles' spirit and loyalties strengthened. The Author draws on numerous personal accounts, graphically written, as well as official records.