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Command in the Royal Navy Division: A Military Biography of Brigadier General A. M. Asquith, DSO
Command in the Royal Navy Division A Military Biography of Brigadier General A M Asquith DSO Author:Christopher Page Arthur Asquith, son of the prime minister and friend of Winston Churchill and Rupert Brooke, rose from Sub Lieutenant to Brigadier in just over three years. Wounded four times, he won three DSOs for gallantry as well as the Croix de Guerre and was recommended for the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Cross. This study of an elite British ... more »division in World War I traces the career of one of the most gifted and courageous nonprofessional soldiers of that era.« less