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Kitchener's Last Volunteer The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War

Paperback • 2009 • English

Kitchener's Last Volunteer The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War

By Henry Allingham, Dennis Goodwin

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About the book

Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in World War Iand one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. In Kitchener s Last Volunteer, he vividly recaptures how life was lived in the Edwardian era and how it was altered irrevocably by the slaughter of millions of young men in the Great War, and by the subsequent coming of the modern age. Henry is unique in that he saw action on land, sea, and in the air with the Briti...Show more

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9781845964832

Publisher

Mainstream

Published year

2009

Language

English

Original title

Kitchener's Last Volunteer The Life of Henry Allingham, the Oldest Surviving Veteran of the Great War

Format

Paperback

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