And We Were Young: Oundle School and the Great War Tapa dura - 2018

Helion and Company, 15/11/2017 00:00:01. hardcover. New. 2.7979 24.7812 17.3868.

Solihull: Helion & Company, 2017. “A boy, he spent his boy’s dear life for England”. These words from a poem of 1916 were written in reaction to the news that a young boy, who had left Oundle School just two years earlier, had shot himself, whilst stranded in the Libyan Desert. With his plane grounded, he took his own life hoping that the meagre supply of water they had left might save the life of his mechanic. The young boy was Stewart Ridley and he was 19 years old. The poet who wrote about him was John Drinkwater. And We Were Young tells the stories of 263 young men from Oundle School and Laxton Grammar School who lost their lives in the Great War. And they were young. The average age at death was just 23 and the youngest, John Savage, shot down by the German air ace Max Immelmann, was just 17. They died across the globe, on land, at sea and in the air. Most of course on the Western Front but others in British as well as Portuguese East Africa; Gaza and Gallipoli, Italy and… Leer más

Helion and Company, 2017. 1st Edition. fine/fine. 1st Helion and Company hardcover 2017 fine book in fine dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse

Helion & Company. New in New dust jacket. 2017. Hardcover. New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £25.00.; The stories of 263 young men from Oundle School and Laxton Grammer School who were killed during the First World War. Illustrated. ; 371 pages .

Helion & Co Ltd, 2018. Hardcover. New. 371 pages. 10.00x7.00x1.00 inches.

Helion & Company Limited, 2017. Hardcover. New.

Helion and Company. Used - Like New. 2018. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Bright, clean copy. Fine. (Subject: Military History & Exploration).

Helion and Company. New. 2018. Hardcover. New. Dust Jacket is Fine.

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