In Haig's Shadow Brigadier-General Hugo de Pree and the First World War |
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| Author:
| Sheffield, Gary |
| Foreword by:
| Glover, Janet |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78438-353-4 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2019 |
| Publisher: | Greenhill Book
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $52.99 |
Book Description:
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Hugo de Pree was the cousin of the better-known Field Marshall Douglas Haig. However, de Pree had a distinguished military career in his own right.Educated at Eton and RMA Woolwich, de Pree grew up alongside Haig, primed for a career in the military. He served in the Boer War before the First World War began.
Hugo de Pree was the cousin of the better-known Field Marshall Douglas Haig. However, de Pree had a distinguished military career in his own right.Educated at Eton and RMA Woolwich, de Pree grew up alongside Haig, primed for a career in the military. He served in the Boer War before the First World War began.