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A Blue Puttee at War: The Memoir of Captain Sydney Frost, MC by [Frost, Sydney]

A Blue Puttee at War: The Memoir of Captain Sydney Frost, MC Kindle Edition

by Sydney Frost (Author), Edward Roberts (Editor)

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Sydney Frost, a young Nova Scotian, was working in St. John’s at The Bank of Nova Scotia when the First World War began in August 1914. He joined the newly revived Newfoundland Regiment on 21 August 1914, the first night that volunteers were accepted. Assigned Regimental Number 58, he became one of the First Five Hundred, often known as the Blue Puttees. He served with the Regiment throughout the entire War, rising from the rank of Private to that of Captain. He led one of the two Companies of the Regiment that marched in the Triumphal March of the Dominion Troops through London on 3 May 1919 and returned to St. John’s with the Regiment on 1 June 1919.

Frost was one of the few original members of the Regiment who survived to fight throughout the entire War. He recorded, on Christmas Eve 1917, that fewer than thirty of the Blue Puttees were still in active service. That was eleven months before the end of the War in November 1918; those months saw the Regiment take heavy casualties in the fighting during the last “One Hundred Days” before the 11 November Armistice, as the British advanced through northern France and into Flanders and Belgium.

Sydney Frost was awarded the Military Cross for his heroism during the action at Keiberg Ridge, in Belgium, on 29 September 1918. Frost returned to The Bank of Nova Scotia at the end of the War and rose steadily through its ranks. He became its President and Chief Executive Officer in June 1956 and retired as President in 1958, at the age of sixty-five. He remained a Director until January 1969, when he became an Honorary Director. He died in 1985, at the age of ninety-two.

Late in life Sydney Frost wrote a memoir, which he specifically instructed his family was not to be published. They disregarded his admonition and authorized Edward Roberts to edit the memoir and to publish it. The memoir is unique. It is by far the most complete account of World War I by any member of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment. Frost’s account is frank, detailed, and authoritative. It is enriched greatly by the extraordinary archive of Regimental history he assembled over his lifetime. His service in the Regiment was a central feature of his long life. He kept every scrap of paper that came his way, together with a detailed record of his daily activities between 21 August 1914 and 2 June 1919. His scrapbooks—which he later donated to the Regimental Museum in St. John’s—contain thousands of items, including newspaper cuttings and published articles of every description about the Regiment and the men with whom he served.

Length: 538 pages

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File Size: 8342 KB
Print Length: 538 pages
Publisher: Flanker Press (10 Nov. 2014)
Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
Language: English
ASIN: B00PG0PPDQ
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,119,999 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
- #4137 in Books > Biography > War & Espionage > World War I
- #6620 in Kindle Store > Books > Biography & True Accounts > Historical > Military & Wars
- #18050 in Books > History > Military History > World War I

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Dr Richard Purvis

exactly as it happened

12 January 2015

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The account given by this peerless man is manifestly honest and exact. He describes his personal and professional experiences with great insight and accuracy, constantly detailing the achievements of his army colleagues, many of whom were close friends, particularly among " The First Five Hundred" , while modestly recording his own contributions - which reading between the lines merited greater recognition than he actually received. Each successive page reveals him to be a remarkable man,of whom his regiment, and Newfoundland, must be justly proud. Ed Roberts' editing enhances the narrative, while never being intrusive, He succeeds in presenting Sydney Frost's story to a much wider range of readers than simply to military historians.

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