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Harry Drinkwater (Author)
Harold Victor Drinkwater was born on 19 February 1889 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School, where Shakespeare was educated. A month after war was declared in 1914, Harry volunteered, but failed his medical for being half an inch' too short. He tried again and successfully joined a Pals battalion in Birmingham. Harry fought on both the Western and Italian Fronts , receiving the Military Cross in 1917. Harry stayed in the army for two more years after Armistice was declared. He died in 1978.



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A lost diary of the Great War so brutally vivid you'll feel you are there in the trenches * Daily Mail *
One of the best diaries of the First World War -- Rodderick Suddaby, former keeper of the Department of Documents at the Imperial War Museum
Unique ... an unvarnished view of the war’s horrors – and its occasional joys * Telegraph *
A remarkable insight into the mind of a man who went through WW1 as an infantryman in the trenches, private and officer ... No-one who wants to understand the truth about the trenches can ignore this book -- Colonel John Hughes-Wilson
Unique ... an unvarnished view of the war’s horrors – and its occasional joys * Telegraph *

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Ebury Press
      Published 31 July 2014
      ISBN-13 9780091957223
      978-0091957223
      ISBN-10 0091957222
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      War and defence operations

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Harry Drinkwater (Author)
      Harold Victor Drinkwater was born on 19 February 1889 in Stratford-upon-Avon. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School, where Shakespeare was educated. A month after war was declared in 1914, Harry volunteered, but failed his medical for being half an inch' too short. He tried again and successfully joined a Pals battalion in Birmingham. Harry fought on both the Western and Italian Fronts , receiving the Military Cross in 1917. Harry stayed in the army for two more years after Armistice was declared. He died in 1978.



      Trade Review
      A lost diary of the Great War so brutally vivid you'll feel you are there in the trenches * Daily Mail *
      One of the best diaries of the First World War -- Rodderick Suddaby, former keeper of the Department of Documents at the Imperial War Museum
      Unique ... an unvarnished view of the war’s horrors – and its occasional joys * Telegraph *
      A remarkable insight into the mind of a man who went through WW1 as an infantryman in the trenches, private and officer ... No-one who wants to understand the truth about the trenches can ignore this book -- Colonel John Hughes-Wilson
      Unique ... an unvarnished view of the war’s horrors – and its occasional joys * Telegraph *

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