World War I remembered: Royal marine buglers and musicians at war.

"World War I was not just about men fighting in trenches, or at sea in their 'castles of steel'; it really was the first war to encompass the world. People from every continent fought, or were fought over. Australians and New Zealanders fought in Turkey, Canadians fought in France and West Indians fought in Africa. Men of the United States fought in Europe and the Pacific whilst Russians fought in Russia. The Royal Marine Artillery and the Royal Marines Light Infantry also fought all over the world; this is what they have always done, what they still do and hwy they have the Globe as part of the Corps Crest. What is less well known is that during World War I musicians from the Royal Marine Bands, famous for ceremonial, drill, spectacle and, most of all, music, also fought on land and sea. Buglers and musicians served, played music and were in the fronline in many parts of the world, in all climates and environments. Even less is known about the bandsmen from Malta, Sicily, Italy and Goa who fought, and sometimes died, with ship's bands. Little is known of Royal Marine buglers who, durig World War I, continued to enlist when only fourteen years old. Here are some extraordinary stories about ordinary, but remarkable, people."--Provided by the publisher.