19 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
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Contents
| Page | ||
| foreword | v | |
| introduction | vii | |
| 1 | trentham | 1 |
| 2 | new zealand to egypt | 8 |
| 3 | egypt | 14 |
| 4 | the western desert | 28 |
| 5 | baggush box | 35 |
| 6 | helwan | 51 |
| 7 | over to macedonia | 57 |
| 8 | campaign in greece | 68 |
| 9 | reorganisation on crete | 111 |
| 10 | airborne invasion | 126 |
| 11 | back to egypt | 172 |
| 12 | the division in the desert | 186 |
| 13 | baggush to syria | 232 |
| 14 | back to the western desert | 251 |
| 15 | infantry into armour | 301 |
| 16 | egypt to italy | 319 |
| 17 | armour into action | 329 |
| 18 | a new year and a fresh front | 358 |
| 19 | cassino fortress | 366 |
| 20 | the break-out into the liri valley | 395 |
| 21 | rome and the pursuit north | 418 |
| 22 | back to the adriatic coast | 442 |
| 23 | faenza to trieste | 482 |
| 24 | repatriation and rehabilitation | 526 |
| appendix I: Regimental History of ‘Major’, No. 1 Dog, 2 NZ Division | 531 | |
| appendix II: Tale of a Tank | 537 | |
| roll of honour | 542 | |
| summary of casualties | 548 | |
| honours and awards | 549 | |
| commanding officers | 551 | |
| index | 553 |
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He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say, “Tomorrow is Saint Crispian”:
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say, “These wounds I had on Crispin's day.”
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
Familiar in his mouth as household words,—
—Shakespeare (King Henry V)
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