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Arthur Purefoy Irwin) A. P. I. (Samuels S.
Drawn from the diary and records of a young Irish officer killed in the First World War, this account brings the Ulster Division’s experience in France close to the reader. Its author left behind a vivid, personal wartime record that was published after his death.
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With the Ulster Division in France A Story of the 11th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers), From Bordon to Thiepval.
by Arthur Purefoy Irwin) A. P. I. (Samuels S., Dorothy Gage Samuels
About the author
Best known for With the Ulster Division in France, Arthur Purefoy Irwin Samuels was an Irish officer in the 11th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. Project Gutenberg identifies him as the author of that work, which was published with Dorothy Gage Samuels and built from the notes and material he gathered while serving at the front.
The book itself explains that Samuels had kept a detailed record of events with the aim of one day writing an account of the division, especially his own battalion. That gives his writing a direct, eyewitness quality: it is not just military history, but a personal record shaped by someone living through the campaign.
Available records indicate that he died on September 24, 1916, during the First World War. Because of his early death, the surviving book stands as both a history of the Ulster Division and a lasting memorial to the work he did not live to complete.