Stanley Spencer's Great War Diaries
$71.99
- Hardcover
176 pages
- Release Date
20 November 2008
Summary
Stanley Spencer enlisted with the Royal Fusiliers as a private in 1915, was commissioned in 1917 and therafter served with the West Yorkshire Regiment until demobilised in 1919. He saw almost continuous active service from 1915 to the end of the war. He was present at the Battle of the Somme (well describes), Mountaubon and Vimy Ridge. He was slightly wounded on three occasions and was awarded the Military Cross for his role in a particulary successful trench raid on 1ugust 1918. He writes o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844157785 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844157784 |
| Author: | Stanley Spencer |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Military |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 20 November 2008 |
| Weight: | 504g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm x 236mm |
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About The Author
Stanley Spencer
Stanley Spencer married after the war but, tragically, contracted TB in both his kidneys and was an invalid for the rest of his life. He died in 1943. His granddaughter who has edited this collection lives in East Sussex.
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