- Publisher: Pen & Sword
- Year: 2017
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 344pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 198x129mm
- Condition: New - Acceptable
- Weight: 0.4kg
- ISBN: 9781473860896
- Product code: 515723
Britain's Last Tommies
Final Memories from Soldiers of the 1914–18 War in their Own Words
New Paperback Illustrated
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Richard van Emden interviewed many First World War veterans during their lifetimes, discussing their experiences in the RFC, artillery, cavalry and supply lines. In this book he uses their eyewitness accounts and photographs to create a chronological account of the war on the Western Front, Gallipolli and elsewhere, including their demob experiences, highlighting their courage, sense of humour and comradeship. Off-mint.
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On the centenary of the Great War, there are now no longer any veterans alive of the six million men who served on the Western Front. Although this means that the Great War as a living history is to all intents and purposes over, the twenty years Richard van Emden spent interviewing and carefully recording the memories of over 270 veterans, makes this extraordinary collection of stories even more poignant. As well as stories told by the veterans themselves, Richard has also included his own memories of these remarkable men: the remarkable, the sad, the funny, the moving. The book also features an outstanding collection of photographs taken of the veterans as soldiers during the war, together with recent images of almost all of them, taken at home, back on the Western Front or at the final veterans' reunion. Britain's Last Tommies is the author's personal tribute to a unique list of veterans, all of whom individually held the poignant title of being the last Gallipoli veteran, the last Royal Flying Corps veteran, the last Distinguished Conduct Medal holder, the last cavalryman and the last Prisoner of War.
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Richard van Emden interviewed many First World War veterans during their lifetimes, discussing their experiences in the RFC, artillery, cavalry and supply lines. In this book he uses their eyewitness accounts and photographs to create a chronological account of the war on the Western Front, Gallipolli and elsewhere, including their demob experiences, highlighting their courage, sense of humour and comradeship. <i>Off-mint.</i>
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198x129mm
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Paperback
First World War
