BILL MITCHINSON has written prolifically on the Great War. Besides three guides for the Battleground Europe series, his books include "Cotton Town Comrades" (1993), "Gentlemen and Officers: The Impact and Experience of War on a Territorial Regiment" (1995), and "Pioneer Battalions in the Great War" (1997). "England's Last Hope" is the second in a trilogy examining Britain's auxiliary forces, the first volume of which," Defending Albion," was shortlisted for the 2005 Templar Prize. Dr Mitchinson is a member of the Centre for First World War Studies at the University of Birmingham and works as a...