Blood and Iron (4 reviews)
Edited by Jon Cooksey
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Found in: World War One Books
Hardback
236 pages
ISBN: 9781848842977
Published: 5 September 2011
Letters from the Western Front
by Edited by Jon Cooksey
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Found in: World War One Books
Hardback
236 pages
ISBN: 9781848842977
Published: 5 September 2011
£19.99
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Until now Hugh Butterworth was just one of the millions of lost soldiers of the Great War, and the extraordinary letters he sent home from the Western Front have been largely forgotten. But, after more than ninety years of obscurity, these letters, which describe his experience of war in poignant detail, have been rediscovered, and they are published here in full. They are a moving, intensely personal and beautifully written record by an articulate and observant man who witnessed at first hand one of the darkest episodes in European history.
Butterworth, a first cousin of the composer George Butterworth who lost his life on the Somme in 1916, was in civilian
life a dedicated and much-loved schoolmaster and a gifted cricketer, who served with distinction as an officer in the Rifle Brigade from the spring of 1915. His letters give us a telling insight into the thoughts and reactions of a highly educated, sensitive and perceptive individual confronted by the horrors of modern warfare.
Butterworth was killed on the Bellewaarde Ridge near Ypres on 25 September 1915 during one of the disastrous diversionary attacks launched to distract German attention from the Battle of Loos, and his last letter was written on the eve of the action in which he died.
For this full edition of his letters Jon Cooksey has edited and illustrated the text and provided an introduction, describing Butterworth’s family background, his pre-war career, the battles on the Western Front in which he took part, and the final engagement in which he lost his life.
Butterworth, a first cousin of the composer George Butterworth who lost his life on the Somme in 1916, was in civilian
life a dedicated and much-loved schoolmaster and a gifted cricketer, who served with distinction as an officer in the Rifle Brigade from the spring of 1915. His letters give us a telling insight into the thoughts and reactions of a highly educated, sensitive and perceptive individual confronted by the horrors of modern warfare.
Butterworth was killed on the Bellewaarde Ridge near Ypres on 25 September 1915 during one of the disastrous diversionary attacks launched to distract German attention from the Battle of Loos, and his last letter was written on the eve of the action in which he died.
For this full edition of his letters Jon Cooksey has edited and illustrated the text and provided an introduction, describing Butterworth’s family background, his pre-war career, the battles on the Western Front in which he took part, and the final engagement in which he lost his life.
This book was an absolute pleasure to read thanks to Jon Cooksey's well written narrative and they way he uses Butterworth's extraordinary letters to tell his story. An absolute must have 10/10
The Great War Magazine
Based upon the remarkable letters written from the trenches by Hugh Butterworth, a British officer who was killed during a diversionary attack on Bellewaarde Ridge in the Ypres Salient on the 25th September 1915. Blood... [read full review]Pegasus Archive
The full story of Hugh Butterworth's war, as recounted in his own words in his letters, had not been heard for many decades. But now, in a new book containing the complete text of his... [read full review]Best of British
This book is a valuable addition to the story of the great war, but it is also a very human story that delights, saddens, uplifts, and challenges. This affordable book has been produced with... [read full review]Firetrench reviews
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