18 JUNE 1927, Page 33

Somerset men are spread over all the earth and their

Light Infantry has been famous on a. hundred fields. Would that there were space to tell in these columns of the great deeds done by this famous regiment, but heroism and sacrifice rarely achieve their due meed of praise. In The History of the Somersctshire Light Infantry, 1914-1919, Mr. Edward Wyrall has made a fitting memoir of those gallant gentlemen of all ranks who fought and died for their country. Many who were not in the regiment, and all those who were, will be glad to have this fine record of the sixteen battalions of the Somersets who carried the honour of their county and country from Le Cateau to the North West Frontier in practically every great battle and on every important front.