The Action-Packed Diary of a WW1 Cavalryman
Posted on Friday 20th February 2015




Further Reading
Letters from the Trenches
(Hardback - 184 pages)
ISBN: 9781781592847
by Jacqueline Wadsworth
Only £19.99
A history of the First World War told through the letters exchanged by ordinary British soldiers and their families.
Letters from the Trenches reveals how people really thought and felt during the conflict and covers all social classes and groups – from officers to conscripts and women at home to conscientious objectors.
Voices within the book include Sergeant John Adams, 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers, who wrote in May 1917:'For the day we get our letter from home is a red Letter day in the…
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