Volunteer in August 1914. What was it like to be seventeen when the First Wolrd War was declared. To be sent half way round the world with the Somerset Light Infantry to India and the parade squares of the British Raj.
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WORLD HISTORY: FIRST WORLD WAR. Details the short life of Charles William Arnold through his diaries, 12th September to 14th December 1914. Edited and compiled by Alan Wilson this is a short narrative illustrated with original documentation. He was only one of more than 90,000 casualties by the end of 1914, this is his story told direct from Flanders as it was happening
In this unqiue collection of letters and drawings we experience what it was like as a young man writing home to their parents from the Somme and the high seas during their service in the war. Illustrated with copies of some of the actual letters, original sketches done by Bright Fraser during his service in France together with contemporary photographs of the same buildings this extensive collection provides a warm and human experience on the thoughts from two young lads to their parents during those dark years. The content is further enhanced by copies of various official Army forms and communications together with the boy’s official service records.
The letters of 2nd Lt. Victor George Ursell 1913 -1917 and War Diary of the 8th King's Shropshire Light Infantry. With a Mathematics scholarship to Oxford in 1912 the hopes and aspirations of Victor's parents and teachers are riding high, but his exuberance, vitality, sporting ability and his engagement to what the family refer to as his 'Russian Princess' Lena, are thrown into jeopardy by the unfolding horror of war. His fiancée has to return to Moscow and Victor enlists, commencing a journey that will take him to France, Salonika, Malta, England and back to France again. If any story illustrates the loss, both personal and national during the First World War it can be found in these letters.