The Incomparable 29th and the “River Clyde‪”‬

At ten o’clock at night, the Marquette slips from Avonmouth under sealed orders, her lights forbidden and two destroyers guarding her against submarines. Lieutenant George Davidson knows only the rumours: the Dardanelles, perhaps, and a war whose destination is still a secret.

In March 1915, Davidson’s field ambulance leaves Coventry for the uncertain eastern front, carrying hundreds of men, horses and mules aboard a crowded transport. The voyage is a world of seasickness, cramped hammocks and anxious guesses; even the ship steers far off its usual course to avoid alerting the enemy. As a medical officer, Davidson is bound for the battle ahead, but before the first shots there is a long passage through danger—and no word home. What waits for the “Incomparable 29th” at the end of the voyage?

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