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A Prayer for Gallipoli: The Great War Diaries of Chaplain Kenneth Best by Simon & Schuster Ltd (Hardback, 2011)
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Many chaplains were t permitted to go near the Front in the First World War - others insisted on doing so, like Kenneth Best in the Gallipoli Campaign. Best had military training before the war but he felt that he could only fulfil his pastoral role by getting close to the front line and working with the troops under fire. Best was attached to the 42nd East Lancastrians - the first Territorial Army Division to serve overseas in the conflict, so arguably the least experienced in the ways of war. In his diary we follow his progress through his initial training in Egypt and on to his arrival in Gallipoli in May 1915. Gallipoli has become torious, even by the standards of the First World War. After a naval campaign to open up a supply route to Russia through Turkey failed, some 480,000 Allied troops were drawn into a land invasion in which hundreds of thousands were injured or killed. In his diary, Best records his efforts to encourage frightened men before they go over the top, to comfort the wounded and, when the fighting stops, to bury the dead. His empathy for the troops is matched by a forthright disgust for their leaders, few of whom share his insight into the horrific realities of trench warfare.Product Identifiers
PublisherSimon & Schuster Ltd
ISBN-100857202251
ISBN-139780857202253
eBay Product ID (ePID)108580742
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SubjectMilitary History
LanguageEnglish
FormatHardcover
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Date of Publication15/09/2011
Place of PublicationLondon
Country of PublicationUnited Kingdom
Out-Of-Print Date16/05/2017
Edited byGavin Roynon
Author BiographyGavin Roynon served as a National Service Officer with the 13th/18th Royal Hussars during the Cold War and then read Modern Languages at Oxford. He went on to teach French, German and History at Eton College. He and his wife have five children and live in Berkshire. His previous books include Ypres Diary: The Memoirs of Sir Morgan Crofton; Home Fires Burning: The Great War Diaries of Georgina Lee, and Massacre of the Innocents (all History Press). He and his wife have five children and live in Berkshire.
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ImprintSimon & Schuster Ltd
