RANDOLPH CHURCHILL FOLLOWS IN WINSTON'S FOOTSTEPS
Posted on Friday 22nd April 2016After leaving the Admiralty in 1915, Winston Churchill was determined to continue the fight against Germany in any capacity he could and, leaving Parliament and politics behind, he crossed the Channel to join the British Expeditionary Force serving in France and Belgium. He was given command of the 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers serving at Ploegsteert, or ‘Plugstreet’ to the British Tommies, at the beginning of 1916. During his four months in the trenches, the men quickly grew to love their new commander, and his Adjutant, Andrew Dewar Gibb, subsequently wrote a memoir detailing their time together.
Packed full with fascinating, even amusing, anecdotes and recollections, this memoir has been re-published for the first time since 1924. At the same time it has been expanded with the addition of further material, such as some of the letters Winston wrote from the trenches to his wife Clementine.
With Winston Churchill At the Front was launched during an impressive ceremony in the Plugstreet 14-18 Experience at Ploegsteert on 16 April 2016. Present at the event was Winston’s great-grandson, Randolph Churchill, Andrew Dewar Gibb’s son, Nigel, and many other dignitaries.



The cover of the original edition of With Winston Churchill at the Front by Captain X (Historic Military Press)


Further Reading
With Winston Churchill at the Front
(Hardback - 221 pages)
ISBN: 9781848324299
by Andrew Dewar Gibb
Only £19.99
Following his resignation from the Government after the disastrous Gallipoli campaign, Winston Churchill’s political career stalled. Never one to give in, Churchill was determined to continue fighting the enemy.
He was already a Major in the Territorial Reserve and he was offered promotion to Lieutenant Colonel and with it command of a battalion on the Western Front. On 5 January 1916, Churchill took up his new post with the 6th (Service) Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers. The battalion’s adjutant was Captain Andrew Dewar Gibb who formed a close…
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