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During the First World War many sportsmen exchanged their sports field for the battlefield, switched their equipment for firearms. Here acclaimed author and screenwriter Nigel McCrery investigates over forty Oxbridge rowers all of whom put down their oars and gave their lives for their country. Complete with individual portraits, these brave men are remembered vividly in this poignant work and, together with a new memorial to be unveiled at the 2017 Boat Race, there is no more fitting tribute to these men who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Hear The Boat Sing: Oxford and Cambridge Rowers Killed in World War I

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During the First World War many sportsmen exchanged their sports field for the battlefield, switched their equipment for firearms. Here... Read more

    Publisher: The History Press Ltd
    Publication Date: 01/02/2017
    ISBN13: 9780750967716, 978-0750967716
    ISBN10: 0750967714

    Non Fiction , History , Military History

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    During the First World War many sportsmen exchanged their sports field for the battlefield, switched their equipment for firearms. Here acclaimed author and screenwriter Nigel McCrery investigates over forty Oxbridge rowers all of whom put down their oars and gave their lives for their country. Complete with individual portraits, these brave men are remembered vividly in this poignant work and, together with a new memorial to be unveiled at the 2017 Boat Race, there is no more fitting tribute to these men who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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