author
Cecil Francis Romer
b. 1869
Best known as a British Army general, he also left behind a detailed firsthand military history of the Boer War. His writing has the clear, practical feel of someone recording events he knew from inside the ranks.
1 Audiobook
The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War With a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland
by Cecil Francis Romer, Arthur Edward Mainwaring
About the author
Born in 1869, Cecil Francis Romer is remembered primarily for his military career, rising to senior command in the British Army. Alongside that work, he is credited as co-author of The Second Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers in the South African War, with a Description of the Operations in the Aden Hinterland, a historical account connected to the regiment in which he served.
That book stands out as a soldier's chronicle: direct, observant, and closely tied to the campaigns of the period. For listeners interested in military history, his work offers a contemporary perspective shaped by personal experience rather than distant hindsight.
Romer lived a long life, dying in 1962. While he is not chiefly known as a literary figure, his surviving book remains a useful window into British military life and the South African War.