The Brown Brethren

Patrick MacGill (1889 - 1963)

The Brown Brethren tells the story of friends and comrades who fought together during World War I on the Western Front. The principal characters belong to the London Irish Rifles, a volunteer regiment whose 1st Battalion was mobilized immediately with the outbreak of the war. The 1st Battalion, to which this story's characters belong, especially distinguished itself at the Battle of Loos in 1915. This book takes the men up through the Battle of the Somme (1916.) - Summary by KevinS

Genre(s): Historical Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 At the Café Belle Vue KevinS
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Play 02 The Lone Road KevinS
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Play 03 In Love KevinS
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Play 04 To the Trenches KevinS
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Play 05 Marching KevinS
00:11:17
Play 06 Christmas Eve KevinS
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Play 07 Christmas Day KevinS
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Play 08 Back to His Own KevinS
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Play 09 Trench Fever KevinS
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Play 10 Lost to the Wide KevinS
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Play 11 A Scrap KevinS
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Play 12 The Day's Work KevinS
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Play 13 The Trenches KevinS
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Play 14 The Sniper KevinS
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Play 15 Taters and Vaseline KevinS
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Play 16 The Rooky KevinS
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Play 17 Young Blood KevinS
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Play 18 Bathing KevinS
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Play 19 The Somme KevinS
00:18:51
Play 20 Back from Battle KevinS
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Play 21 Resting KevinS
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Play 22 The Married Man KevinS
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