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Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Harry Patch, the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War, is one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. Harry vividly remembers his childhood in the Somerset countryside of Edwardian England. He left school in 1913 to become an apprentice plumber but three years later was conscripted, serving as a machine gunner in the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Fighting in the mud and...
2) Gallipoli
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on unpublished personal accounts by individuals at all levels and from all sides, Peter Hart combines his trademark eye for vivid personal stories with a strong narrative to bring a modern view of the military disaster of Gallipoli.
Author
Series
Captain Kelly Maguire trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Lamplight Audiobooks
Language
English
Formats
Description
A young recruit; a cataclysmic war; a baptism by fire... A gritty adventure full of danger, blood and guts, perfect for fans of Alan Evans and Alexander Fullerton. Confident and strong willed, Kelly Maguire knew from a young age that he could accomplish great things. A constant and abiding love of the ocean would prove to be the making of him. When the call of war is heard in the early 1910s, Kelly knows that he must answer it. Enlisting in the Royal...
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