The 53rd Division fought bravely in both world wars. In the first, they battled the Turks in Palestine, and in the second they landed in Normandy. Mainly recruited in Wales, they weathered battles like Gallipoli, Gaza, the Bulge and the Reichswald.

In this detailed account of the division from its inception in 1908 to its disbandment in 1968, Patrick Delaforce has interviewed over sixty men, NCOs and officers, which form this well-researched chronicle that celebrates the contribution of a group of Welshmen to the war effort.

Patrick Delaforce was educated at Winchester and served as a Troop Commander from Normandy to the Baltic in the Second World War. He then became a Port Wine shipper in Portugal, managed an advertising agency in New York before becoming a wine grower in France. He then lived in England as a full-time author and wrote fourteen books of travel, history, biography and wine. Patrick died in 2018, aged 94.