Other ranks
Tilsley, William Vincent2019
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'Other Ranks' is a First World War classic, first published in 1931 but quickly lost in the wave of war memoirs and novels. It is the fictionalised account of William Tilsley's war experiences through the eyes of ordinary soldier Dick Bradshaw in the 55th West Lancashire Division. This authentic memoir of life and death on the front line begins with Bradshaw's 'C' Company leaving the depot at Etaples and heading for their first engagement at the front on the Somme in the Autumn of 1916. Over the next fourteen months it follows the chores behind the line and unwelcome stints on the front line through to his wounding during the Third battle of Ypres in 1917 and subsequent return to Blighty.
Main title:
Other ranks / William Vincent Tilsley ; preface by Gaye Magnall ; introduction by Edmund Blunden.
Author:
Tilsley, William Vincent, author
Edition:
Revised edition.
Imprint:
London : Uniform Press, 2019.
Collation:
180 pages ; 18 cm
ISBN:
9781912690183 (hbk. :)
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1210160