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The British Soldier of the First World War
Peter Doyle
The familiar pictures of the First World War show soldiers in their trenches: hellish images of mud. But there are other dimensions not depicted by these frightening representations of battle: the mundane everyday routine, the clothing, food, and the fact that much of the soldier's life was spent away from the Front. This book explores the life of the average British 'Tommy' of the Great War, in battle and at rest, in training, and on his return home. Illustrated with evocative images of the war, and items of the soldier's kit, it provides answers to the questions: what was it like to be a soldier in the trenches of the frontline? What did our ancestors experience? And what was the day-to-day reality of this most horrifying of all wars?
Peter Doyle is a scientist and military historian specialising in the role of terrain in warfare. His books include: Tommy's War 1914-1918; Beneath Flanders Fields: The Underground War 1914-18 and Grasping Gallipoli. Softback, 56 pages, many colour and back & white illustrations
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