To view as to take the careers of this 9 is itself a window on the changeod face of the British Army in the Great War: three were army regulars, those who has joined before 1914, and all were officers in Indian regiments; three were part of the Army reserve, those who has served in university OTCs, or left the army before 1914 or been part of the Volunteers; and three were those who had responded to Kitchener’s call in 1914, the Reserve of IndianArmy, most of who would see their first day of battle in Somme in 1916.
Looking at the careers of these 9 is itself a window on the changing face of the British Army in the Great War: three were army regulars, those who has joined before 1914, and all were officers in Indian regiments; three were part of the Army reserve, those who has served in university OTCs, or left the army before 1914 or been part of the Volunteers; and three were those who had responded to Kitchener’s call in 1914, the New Army, most of whom would see their first day of battle on the Somme in 1916.