Letters From The Trenches
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Letters From The Trenches

A Soldier of the Great War

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eBook - ePub

Letters From The Trenches

A Soldier of the Great War

About this book

Harry Lamin was born in Derbyshire in 1877 and left school at thirteen to work in the lace industry, but by December 1916 he had been conscripted into the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and sent to war. Harry's letters home to his family describe the conflict with a poignant immediacy, even ninety years on, detailing everything from the action in battle to the often amusing incidents of life amongst his comrades. Throughout the letters, Harry's tone is unwaveringly stoical, uncomplaining and good humoured. Letters From The Trenches is a fitting tribute to the unsung heroes of the Great War who fought and endured and returned home, and the one in six who did not. The letters describe the war through the eyes of those who really lived it, bringing the horrors and triumphs to life for the twenty-first-century reader. Edited by Harry's grandson, Bill, Letters From The Trenches tells the moving story of a brave, selfless and honourable man who endured everything that the war could throw at him, and still came up smiling.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Contents
  5. Dedication page
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1: Harry and Family Before Conscription, 28 December 1916
  8. Chapter 2: Preparing for War: February–May 1917
  9. Chapter 3: First Taste of the Trenches
  10. Chapter 4: Messines Ridge
  11. Chapter 5: The Summer of 1917
  12. Chapter 6: Mid-September 1917 Onwards
  13. Chapter 7: The Journey to Italy
  14. Chapter 8: The Piave River Defence Line
  15. Chapter 9: Asiago – Spring and Summer 1918
  16. Chapter 10: The Endgame
  17. Chapter 11: Italy – The War Is Over
  18. Chapter 12: Homeward Bound
  19. Postscript
  20. Glossary
  21. Acknowledgements
  22. Picture Acknowledgements