Thankful and not so Thankful: How the Great War changed three English villages forever.
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1861512716 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Stephen J Kay said Compelling Reading!. Over the past few years I have spent a considerable amount of time reading about World War 1 and have visited the battlefields of the Western Front several times with the author. But until I read his book, I had never heard of “Thankful” or “Doubly Thankful” villages in the UK: villages where all the soldiers sent to either or both world wars had returned safely.Told through the lives of the soldiers from three bucolic villages i. Thank you I've just started reading this book and am so glad I have it. Thank you Mr. Lees for your research, and for your caring.
A fascinating historical adventure.. One was among the fortunate few in England which passed through not only the First World War but the Second without losing a single man – a ‘Doubly Thankful’ village. The second survived the conflict almost without loss, while the third lost a harrowing total of ten young men from its tiny population. The stories of these villages and the triumphs and tragedies war brought to them have been painstakingly researched by the author, who has painted compassionate portraits of some of the men who returned, and some of those who did not. This book tells the story of three small Lancashire villages and their contrasting fortunes in the Great War