Gunner on the Somme : the memoir of William Robert Price, 1st South Midland 1914-1917
Price, W. R.2016
Books, Manuscripts
'Gunner of the Somme' is a remarkable memoir detailing the life of a gunner on the Western Front as observed by a gentleman scientist who served in the ranks. William Price was a Cambridge botanist who worked at Kew Gardens but a speech impediment made him feel unable to serve as an officer. He enrolled in the ranks and left this incredible description of how the brigade operated, how men worked on the guns and his experiences as a gunner. His account runs from the outbreak of war until he was wounded in late 1917, and there is a moving postscript written in 1958 when he returned to the battlefields around Ypres.
Main title:
Gunner on the Somme : the memoir of William Robert Price, 1st South Midland 1914-1917 / W.R. Price, Mark Pottle.
Author:
Price, W. R., authorPottle, Mark, author
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2016.
Collation:
224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780750969826 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.40092940.4
LC class:
D640
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1568623