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Each One a Pocket Hercules: The Bantam Experiment and the case of the 35th Division

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Each One a Pocket Hercules (1) : The Bantam Experiment and the case of the 35th Division Few episodes in the massive expansion of the British Army in 1914-1915 more graphically illustrate the haphazard, improvised and often reactive nature of that process than the story of the ‘Bantam’ experiment and, in particular, the experience of the 35th (Ban…