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Book SynopsisHarry 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 ReviewA 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 *
