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Pick up your Parrots and Monkeys...: A Boy Soldier in India by William Pennington (Paperback, 2004)

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'Pick up your parrots and monkeys, and fall in facing the boat' was the traditional last order given to a detachment of British soldiers heading home from India. William Pennington heard it from the 'old salts' he met on the docks as he arrived in India at the age of 15. Enlisted as a 'boy soldier', a bugler in the horse artillery, he served in the 1930s when the British Army in India was little changed from that described by Kipling. Pennington's compelling description of army life in the last days of the Raj is followed by an equally moving account of his experiences in the Burma campaign. Promoted from the ranks, he fought the Japanese as an artillery officer, specialising in forward observation: the most dangerous job in the jungle.

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PublisherOrion Publishing Group

ISBN-139780753817834

eBay Product ID (ePID)92004989

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Number of Pages352 Pages

Publication NamePick Up Your Parrots and Monkeys...: a Boy Soldier in India

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory

Publication Year2004

TypeTextbook

AuthorWilliam Pennington

Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories

FormatPaperback

Dimensions

Item Height198 mm

Item Weight370 g

Item Width129 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorWilliam Pennington

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by daddy_duncaz
07 Nov, 2018
GREAT STORY SOME EXPERIENCE
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