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Few people know that Ypres, center of First World War remembrance, was once home to a thriving British community that played a heroic role in the Second World War. This expatriate outpost grew around the British ex-servicemen who cared for the war memorials and cemeteries of Flanders Fields. Many married local women and their children grew up multi-lingual, but attended their own school and were intensely proud to be British. When Germany invaded in 1940 the community was threatened—some children managed to escape, while others were not so lucky. Armed with their linguistic skills and local knowledge, the pupils of the British Memorial School in Ypres were uniquely prepared to fight Hitler in occupied territory and from Britain. Still in their teens, some risked capture, torture, and death in intelligence and resistance operations. An exceptional patriotism spurred them on to unparalleled feats of bravery. While their peers at home were being evacuated to the English countryside, these children were directly exposed to danger in one of the major theatres of war. This is their story: a war story about people from an unusual community, told from a fresh and human perspective.
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Sue Elliott is the author of Love Child. James Fox was a pupil at the British Memorial School in 1940. He is an accomplished photographer who has published several volumes of photography.
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'A vivid slice of human history.' * Independent on Sunday * 'essential reading' * Families Journal * 'Extraordinary' * Sunday Express * 'Fascinating' * Best of British * 'It's hard to come up with new, untold stories about World War Two, but this book succeeds in just that... [James Fox] has retraced all the individual stories with impressive detail and moving candour' * Military Illustrated *
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1848540876
- ISBN 13 9781848540873
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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