Description:The campaigns of the the 53rd (Welsh) Division in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine during World War One are described in 12 chapters and brought to life through previously unpublished letters. Sapper Dewi David enlisted on his 17th birthday in 1915, to follow his friends, returning home only after he had reached the age of 21. The correspondence, often humorous,sometimes poignant, and always highly literate throws a colourful light on a theatre of the war that is often overlooked and also tells us much about the life and times, and the pleasures and pre-occupations of an ordinary family living in one of the expanding cities of Britain in the early years of the 20th century. Rhys David, the author, began his career as a journalist with the Western Mail in Cardff before moving to the Financial Times where he spent 30 years as a specialist writer and later departmental editor, He now writes mianly on regional economic and Welsh issues. He studied at Oxford University and is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Welsh Affairs.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tell Mum Not to Worry: A Welsh Soldier's World War One in the Near East. To get started finding Tell Mum Not to Worry: A Welsh Soldier's World War One in the Near East, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
304
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Deffro
Release
2014
ISBN
0993098207
Tell Mum Not to Worry: A Welsh Soldier's World War One in the Near East
Description: The campaigns of the the 53rd (Welsh) Division in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine during World War One are described in 12 chapters and brought to life through previously unpublished letters. Sapper Dewi David enlisted on his 17th birthday in 1915, to follow his friends, returning home only after he had reached the age of 21. The correspondence, often humorous,sometimes poignant, and always highly literate throws a colourful light on a theatre of the war that is often overlooked and also tells us much about the life and times, and the pleasures and pre-occupations of an ordinary family living in one of the expanding cities of Britain in the early years of the 20th century. Rhys David, the author, began his career as a journalist with the Western Mail in Cardff before moving to the Financial Times where he spent 30 years as a specialist writer and later departmental editor, He now writes mianly on regional economic and Welsh issues. He studied at Oxford University and is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Welsh Affairs.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Tell Mum Not to Worry: A Welsh Soldier's World War One in the Near East. To get started finding Tell Mum Not to Worry: A Welsh Soldier's World War One in the Near East, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.