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Blood in the Trenches (ePub)

A Memoir of the Battle of the Somme

Military > By Century > 20th Century WWI > Battles & Campaigns > Somme WWI > By Year > 1914 WWI > German Forces & Weaponry World History > Europe > France

By A Radclyffe Dugmore
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Series: Eyewitnesses from The Great War
File Size: 628.0 KB (.epub)
Pages: 158
ISBN: 9781473850507
Published: 22nd July 2014

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Written by Captain A. Radclyffe Dugmore of the King's Own Light Infantry, this personal memoir provides an excellent account of the Great War up to the Battle of the Somme. A wide ranging and perceptive relation of events, Radclyffe Dugmore's pedigree as a professional writer shines through. In 1914, Radclyffe Dugmore travelled to Belgium as a civilian observer where he was wounded before spending a brief time in German captivity. These experiences gained Radclyffe Dugmore a highly unusual viewpoint for the opening battles of the war, that of a civilian, and later as a participant on the
front lines of the Somme.

Originally published under the title When The Somme Ran Red in 1918, Radclyffe Dugmore's memoir has sadly been long out of print. Yet what the author modestly described as 'Being a very egotistical account of my own personal experiences and observations from the early days of the war in Belgium to the Great Battle of the Somme in July, 1916' proves to be anything but that, consisting of a fascinating and rare account, sympathetically dedicated to the memory of the officers and men of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry who fell in the Battle of the Somme.

This new re-print of Radclyffe Dugmore's classic volume is a worthy addition to the primary source literature of the Great War, and casts new light on the experiences of the brave men who saw the terror of the Battle of the Somme first hand.

A valuable insight into the history of the Somme,

Indy Squadron

This is a fascinating and rare account that gives some indication of the character of the author. It is evocative and compelling. An important work.

Firetrench

This is an excellent memoir and surprisingly candid considering it was published right at the end of the war. Impossible to find in its original edition, this is worthy of any Somme enthusiast's bookshelves.

WWI Centenary

A thumbs up for me - it's the usual high quality production we've come to expect from Pen & Sword.

Paul Nixon

About A Radclyffe Dugmore

Captain A. Radclyffe Dugmore was a big game hunter and writer who published a large number of popular books on the subject of hunting in Africa. Despite being six years over age at the outbreak of the Great War he succeeded in obtaining a commission and served as a Captain into the ranks of the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He saw action in France during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. His powerful and evocative account of his military service was first published in 1918 under the title When The Somme Ran Red.

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