LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| [Colonel the Viscount Maitland] | Frontispiece |
| [First Inspection of Battalion: Hyde Park, October,
1914] | to face p. 20 |
| [Marching away from Hyde Park to entrain for
Hornchurch] | 28 |
| [The Camp, Hornchurch] | 30 |
| [Interior of a Hut, Hornchurch] | 30 |
| [Lieutenant-Colonel H.A. Vernon, D.S.O.] | 42 |
| [Lieutenant-Colonel E.A. Winter, D.S.O., M.C.] | 50 |
| [Presentation of Colours: Niederaussem, Germany,
June 24, 1919] | 66 |
| [Battalion Headquarters, Hornchurch] | 80 |
| [The Battalion Pierrot Troupe: Germany] | 80 |
FOREWORDS
THE SPORTSMEN[ToC]
Sportsmen of every kind,
God! we have paid the score
Who left green English fields behind
For the sweat and stink of war!
New to the soldier's trade,
Into the scrum we came,
But we didn't care much what game we played
So long as we played the game.