The reluctant tommy
Skirth, Ronald, 1897-19772010
Book
This is the story of a young man who went to war a devoted servant of King and country and returned utterly convinced that war was wrong and who acted upon his convictions, making a pact with God that he would not kill. This memoir, written 50 years after the end of the war, draws on his diary entries and letters home.
Main title:
The reluctant tommy / Ronald Skirth ; edited by Duncan Barrett.
Work:
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2010.
Collation:
xxiii, 354 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Ports. and text on lining papers.
ISBN:
9780230746732 (hbk)
Dewey class:
940.48141940.4'81'41940.4814940.48141SKI940.48141 SKIA940.48141
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
23897