For Love and Courage: The Letters of Lieutenant Colonel E.W. Hermon from the Western Front 1914-1917
Hermon, Lt.-Col. E W & Nason, Anne (Ed)
Language: English
Published by Preface Publishing, London, UK, 2008
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Signed by Anne Nason to the title page. Hermon died after three years on the Western Front leading the 24th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers in a charge on the first day of the Battle of Arras. Hermon's letters provide an insight to life on the Western Front in the horrors of the First World War trench warfare. Includes several b/w photographs and a map. 366pp. Page edges toned.
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- Title
- For Love and Courage: The Letters of Lieutenant Colonel E.W. Hermon from the Western Front 1914-1917
- Author
- Hermon, Lt.-Col. E W & Nason, Anne (Ed)
- Publisher
- Preface Publishing, London, UK
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1848090676
- ISBN 13
- 9781848090675
- Item weight
- 750 grams
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Seller catalogs
- Military Biographies & Memoirs, The First World War
Lt. Colonel E.W. Hermon died in a hail of bullets on the 9th of April 1917, the first day of the battle of Arras, leading his men of the 24th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers into the attack. He was shot through the heart, one bullet slicing through the letters in his top pocket, including the four-leaf clover his wife had given him for good luck.
This could have been the end of the story but he left a testament of his life and ideals in a unique and hitherto unknown and unpublished collection of long and detailed letters he wrote to his darling wife and his children, “the Chugs.” Now, nearly a century after his death, he speaks to us of a past, less cynical life, where selflessness, honour, duty and courage were admired above all else.
The letters have been transcribed and edited by Hermon’s granddaughter Anne Nason with the help of James Holland, the distinguished historian. The letters are believed to be unique in their candour and context since Hermon was Battalion Commander and thus his letters were not censored.
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