Johnny get your gun
Tucker, John F.2015
Book
At the age of 17 and a half, full of idealism and patriotism, John Tucker enlisted as an Infantryman in the London Kensington Regiment and reached France, after training, in August 1915. Against all odds he survived three years of bitter trench warfare, was seriously wounded, and returned to Blighty a few months before Armistice Day. During those years he took part in the Battle of the Somme, the battles of Arras and Cambrai, and the Third Battle of Ypres. Yet though his patriotism remained unflinching, his idealism gave way to the grim realities of day to day survival in the trenches and, as he began to understand what constitutes courage, he grew from boyhood to manhood.
Main title:
Johnny get your gun / John F. Tucker.
Author:
Tucker, John F., author
Work:
Imprint:
Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2015.Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military, 2015.
Collation:
208 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781473827509 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.48141940.4814
Language:
English
Subject:
Tucker, John F.World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, BritishWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Caricatures and cartoons -- Western FrontSomme, 1st Battle of the, France, 1916Ypres, 3rd Battle of, Ieper, Belgium, 1917Arras, Battle of, Arras, France, 1917Soldiers -- Great Briatin -- BiographyGreat Britain. Army. 13th London Regiment. Kensington Battalion -- History
BRN:
1702934