Macready, General – The Rt. Hon. Sir Nevil.

Annals of an Active Life. With sixteen Illustrations.

Two Volumes. London, Hutchinson & Co., [c.1924]. Octavo. Frontispiece, 694 pages [continuous pagination through both volumes]. Hardcover / Original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

With several, very interesting remarks regarding the formig of Jewish Battalions, “composed mainly of Jews whose linguistic qualifications were confined to Hebrew, Russian or Yiddish, large numbers of whom it was suggested would be found in the East of London. Jewish officers and non-commissioned officers already serving in the Army were allowed to volunteer for these battalions, which were trained and organized at Plymouth by Lieut.-Colonel J.H.Patterson, D.S.O., who had rendered good service at Gallipoli in command of the Zion Mule Corps. The raising of these units was not without its humorous sides. The East End Jew was by no means over anxious to risk his skin for the land of his adoption, and a good many made themselves scarce as soon as they were called up. The police were given the name of the absentee – for example, Isaac Cohen – but when they searched the locality they found perhaps a hundred Isaac Cohens….″

General Sir Cecil Frederick Nevil Macready, 1st Baronet, GCMG, KCB, PC (Ire) (7 May 1862 – 9 January 1946), known affectionately as Make-Ready (close to the correct pronunciation of his name), was a British Army officer. He served in senior staff appointments in the First World War and was the last British military commander in Ireland, and also served for two years as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis in London. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Catalogue No.8 – Judaica Collection · Irish History – Rare · Jewish History – Rare · Jewish Military History · Judaica · Judaica – Collection · Judaica – Rare · Military History – Rare
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 29147AB

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