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Hidden Stories of the First World War by Jackie Storer; hist. consultant: Stephen Bull is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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Lieutenant William Andrews and his Sappers had been working through the night building a machine gun emplacement in the ruins of the newly retaken French village of Contalmaison when a blast blew him off his feet. The 23-year-old Irishmans helmet had taken the full force of a piece of flying shrapnel which smashed a four inch gash from rim to crown, knocking him unconscious. As William lay on the ground, still dazed but unmarked and strapped to a stretcher, he heard a young soldier suggest they throw away the battered headgear. Outraged, William, a lieutenant in the 128th Field Company of the Royal Engineers, called Give it here to meit saved my lifeI want to preserve it for my grandchildren. Lieutenant Andrewss story is just one of the thirty-two true-life accounts found in Jackie Storers Hidden Stories of the First World War . Storer traveled across Europe, interviewing hundreds along the way and collecting old memorabilia and photographs, to immortalize these forgotten true tales of love, death, and adventure from the battlefields to the home fronts of World War I. From the gifted chemist who faked his own suicide to go on the run with his bigamous bride, to the boy who survived

Who reads Hidden Stories of the First World War?

Author

Jackie Storer; hist. consultant: Stephen Bull

Publisher

The British Library Publishing Division

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780712357388

Category

history

Subjects

History, Humanities

Rating

4.5 / 5 (12 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14