Nobody of any importance : a foot soldier's memoir of World War 1
Sutcliffe, Sam
Books
Main title:
Nobody of any importance : a foot soldier's memoir of World War 1 / by Sam Sutcliffe; edited by Phil Sutcliffe
Author:
Imprint:
London : Sutcliffe Publishing, 2014
Notes:
Author Sam Sutcliffe, 1898-1987, grew up poor in north London; a good Boy Scout, but lied about his age to join the Army in 1914; fought at Gallipoli, the Somme, and Arras where he was taken prisoner for the final months of WW1. Afterwards, he lived the life of "nobody of any importance" as he put it - married, one son, a draper with a market stall, then a small shop - until, in his seventies, he wrote this memoir from a fantasic memory for detailed facts and feelings, giving his trenchant opinions of all and sundry en route with a characteristic mix of hard anger and ironic humour.
ISBN:
9780992956721
Dewey class:
940.4144B SUT
Language:
English
BRN:
1103600