War memorial
Subtitle: the story of one village's sacrifice from 1914-2003
By: Clive Aslet
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780670921539
Subjects: War memorials; Biography; Military History
Description: Who were the men and women whose names are commemorated on war memorials around the country? Where did they live - and how and why did they die? Such questions usually go unanswered. This book unravels the story of one war memorial, in the Dartmoor village of Lydford, tracing the lives of the twenty-two men and one woman who made the supreme sacrifice. ... For the first time, their experiences of war are recounted in vivid detail through original documents: from the battles of the First and Second World Wars to more recent times in the Falklands and Iraq. ..."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: On with the show: Wilfie Fry; title: 2. Te dashing Hussar: Archie Huggins; title: 3. The old Army: Charlie Berry; title: 4. Canada is at war: Samuel Voysey and Mancel Clark; title: 5. The golden gorse flowers bud and bloom and fade: Richard Turner; title: 6. Death in every imaginable shape: Richard Hobbs and Edward Whitford; title: 7. Oh it's lovely, this bed: Harry Lake; title: 8. The years in between: the war memorial; title: 9. Wings over the River Styx: the Herbert boys; title: 10. The war seemed vey far away: Richard Gillett; title: 11. The scene is now too poignant: Jack Bickle; title: 12. A surprise attack in three weeks' time: Nick Taylor; title: 13. Every man an emperor: Andrew Kelly; title: Roll-call of names on the Lydford War Memorial.