Descript |
x, 246 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
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Includes index |
Content |
Innehåll: The mad major ... and the guardroom -- Vaseline, glycerine and the Suffolks -- 'We have won our spurs' -- Fighting padre in the Fighting Third -- Longueval to the Bazentins -- 'If I fall, we shall meet again' -- Success in action, and the cost -- God and man on active service -- Loot in the hymn books -- Of boxing and praying, dogfights and dances -- The measure of the Bosch -- 'Three cheers for the Armistice!' |
Note |
"The fighting padre is a collection of extracts from Pat Leonard's letters which provide an exceptional description of life in the front line. They were written during his service as a chaplain to the forces in France, Belgium, and, after the Armistice, in Germany. Leonard served through the Great War with the infantry and Royal Flying Corps. Along with the many hundreds of letters he wrote to the relatives of those 'parishioners' who died or were wounded, he found time to describe for his parents back home the awful reality of life in the trenches. Later he wrote from the Royal Flying Corps' makeshift aerodromes which, despite the great danger of aerial combat, 'liberated his spirit' from the mud of Flanders"--Jacket |
Subject |
Leonard, Pat, 1889-1963 -- Correspondence
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Great Britain. Army -- Chaplains -- Correspondence
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Great Britain. Army -- Military life -- History -- 20th century
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Great Britain. Army. King's Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
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Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps
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Military chaplains -- Great Britain -- Correspondence
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Första världskriget 1914-1918
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Chaplains -- Great Britain
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, British
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Trench warfare
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Great Britain
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Storbritannien
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Personliga berättelser
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Dagböcker
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Classmark |
940.478092
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Alt Auth |
Leonard, John, CBE
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Leonard-Johnson, Philip
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ISBN/ISSN |
9781848841598 |
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1848841590 |
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