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Title Stretcher bearer : fighting for life in the trenches / Charles Horton, RAMC, 21 October 1895-19 Ocober 1976 ; compiled and edited by Dale Le Vack
Imprint Oxford : Lion, ©2013

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 Stadsbibl:Slottet vån 4 Geografi och historia  940.4 Horton engelska    CHECK SHELF  ---
Descript 175 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Note A fascinating voice from the past: the unpublished memoir of a WWI stretcher bearer. "Among the thousands of men who shivered and suffered in the trenches during the First World War, some did not even have the protection of a weapon. Members of the Royal Army Medical Corps (the RAMC) were there not to take lives, but to save them. Many chose this difficult and dangerous work because of their principles -- including volunteer Charles Horton, who went through the horrors of Passchendaele, Ypres, and the Somme, fighting to get the injured away from the guns, to the safety of the field hospitals and beyond. After the war, Horton felt that the RAMC and their sacrifices were forgotten, and so in 1970 he wrote down his memories. In this glorious book, full of first hand detail, he takes us back to the trenches in France and the mountains of Italy. This is a wonderful authentic account into one man's struggle to survive -- and to keep others alive. With the approval of Horton's family, author Dale le Vack has edited Horton's journals for clarity, and added more text to provide background. The result is a superb memoir of one of the darkest periods in history."--Back cover
Subject Horton, Charles H., 1895-1976
Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British
World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Personal narratives, British
Storbritannien
Personliga berättelser
Classmark 940.47541092
Alt Auth Le Vack, Dale.
ISBN/ISSN 9780745955667 (pbk.)
0745955665 (pbk.)
9780745957111 (eISBN)
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