FIGHTING TYKES

*BON ETAT*
*LIVRE EN ANGLAIS*

BY CHARLES WHITING AND ERIC TAYLOR
In World War II the West Yorkshire and the East Yorkshire, the York and Lancaster and King's Own Light Infantry, the Green Howards, the Duke of Wellington's, the Yorkshire Hussars, the East Riding Yeomanry and the Yorkshire Dragoons all fought, died and won over three continents in a dozen different countries, ranging from the Falklands to Fiji. More than 20,000 of the "Fighting Tykes", as the Yorkshiremen were called, were killed, wounded and captured, and together they won a dozen VCs, including the only one gained on D-Day. This is the story of how those fighting Yorkshiremen came from mill and moor to serve their county - and country. They included men like the Duke of Wellington, killed in action, and the cricketer Hedley Verity, who died in captivity, as well as the humble unknown, dying in their scores, and finally hundreds, in the great nine-month retreat across Burma. The book is aimed at the younger generation who are studying World War II for GCSE.