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Their Name Liveth for Evermore: Carshalton's First World War Roll of Honour

By Andrew Arnold

Book information

Publisher
The History Press
Year
2014
ISBN
9780750957915
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4002112 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-04 03:12:29
History; Military; Nonfiction; HIS027000

Description

Carshalton in Surrey was deeply affected by the First World War: over 1,900 local men enlisted to fight. Of those men, 243 lost their lives and are commemorated on the war memorial. As we find ourselves commemorating the centenary of the war, it is more important than ever that these men are not forgotten. Drawing on over six years of research, this book brings together the stories of the lives – and deaths – of these men. Utilising a wide variety of sources and complemented by many previously unseen photographs, their stories are told here, from the fourteen sets of brothers who were killed, to the devastating effect of the Somme campaign in which nineteen local men lost their lives on the opening day alone.

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