Here's another book review I've put on Goodreads. This is an absolutely brilliant account of life ....and death on the Western Front in the latter part of 1916 up to August 1917.
It is quite simply a must read as far as I'm concerned. It ranks with the best and I can't see why it isn't more well known.
Here it is then:
What a brilliant read! Lieut Vaughan has written a warts and all account of 8 months in the trenches up until August 1917 with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Though he was awarded the Military Cross no mention is made of this.
He clearly has some difficult moments and is not afraid to expose these, also where he is "choked off" by senior officers unfairly for some misdermener . He is just honest about what he thinks of fellow officers and how he came to respect and cherish the platoon he commanded.
There is no happy ending to this account. He is utterly spent by the last action, he laments the lose of so many he knew and takes Solis in whiskey after whiskey.
I can't understand how this volume is not more well known. For me it ranks easily with the ilk of 'Storm of Steel'.
A must read for anyone with an interest in the Great War.
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