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In A Flanders Field: A Territorial Battalion at Ypres, October 1917 by John Wait
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- Buy It NowIn A Flanders Field: A Territorial Battalion at Ypres, October 1917 by John Wait
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- 9781399037235
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- ISBN
- 9781399037235
- Publication Year
- 2024
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- In a Flanders Field : a Territorial Battalion at Ypres, October 1917
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- Pen & Sword Books The Limited
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War I, World
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Number of Pages
- 248 Pages
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Written neither as a conventional biography or battalion history, this work centres on the remarkable life of Joe Waite, a boy soldier of the Great War. Though, in telling his story, the names and lives of 64 of his fallen comrades are also revealed. All were lost in just one month of fighting, during the hell that was the Third Battle of Ypres - also known as Passchendaele.Born in a tough, working-class neighbourhood in Coventry, in the heart of the industrial Midlands, Joe's childhood was blighted by the loss of his mother and tempered by his father's decision to separate him from his siblings and re-marry. The need to earn his keep forced him into factory work from an early age, soon resulting in a humbling brush with the law. Eventually, the outbreak of war, and later, a family row over a pair of boots, lead to his enlistment in the army, at just 16 years old.Hiding the secret of his true age from his comrades in the 1/7th (TF) battalion, The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Joe left Coventry and its troubles far behind as he fought his way across Northern France, including at the infamous Battle of the Somme. His time on the Western Front would eventually draw to a close outside the town of Ypres in Belgium, in October 1917. In that month, and still officially too young to fight, Joe was awarded a Military Medal for his bravery at the Battle of Broodseinde.Using sources such as war diaries, personal, public, and military records, the account of not only the battle, but also the story of each man of Joe's unit who fell there, is told. With further reference to a unique eyewitness account, voice is also given to what thoughts and feelings the men may have experienced as they fought in the mud of Ypres. Then, as the culmination of an exhaustive and painstaking research project, the stories of the fallen are told, together, for the first time. From civilian life to military service, each mini-biography is a sensitive and respectful telling of the unique and varied accounts of so many men, from so many different backgrounds, allowing for a renewed appreciation of a generation now lost to history.These stories tell of men from all over Britain and even beyond. Men who eventually became soldiers in an infantry battalion originally raised in Coventry, but whose makeup changed so much, as war exerted its toll. Where records allow, it also tells of how their families and communities remembered the fallen, so many of whom have no known resting place. Standing chiefly as a fitting tribute to those lost soldiers, this work concludes with the story of Joe's life after the Great War. With one final tragedy to come, its telling will eventually lead to a stark truth; that it isn't only through the eyes of a soldier that the cruelty of war can be seen so harshly.
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Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1399037234
ISBN-13
9781399037235
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26063307776
Product Key Features
Book Title
In a Flanders Field : a Territorial Battalion at Ypres, October 1917
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War I, World
Publication Year
2024
Genre
History
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6.1in
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
D542.Y72w3 2024
Dewey Decimal
940.431
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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