Description
From the author of the celebrated Great War memoir
About the Author
Frank Richards was born in 1883 in Monmouthshire. Orphaned at nine years old, he was brought up by his aunt and uncle in the industrial Blaina area, and went on to work as a coal miner throughout the 1890s before joining the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1901. A veteran soldier who served in British India and many areas of the Western Front, he wrote his seminal account of the Great War from the standpoint of the common soldier, Old Soldiers Never Die, in 1933. This was followed by Old Soldier Sahib, a memoir of his time serving in British India, in 1936. He died in 1961.
Reviews
'...a remarkable and fascinating account...' --Phil Carradice, BBC
Book Information
ISBN 9781910901205
Author Frank Richards
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Parthian Books
Publisher Parthian Books
About the Author
Frank Richards was born in 1883 in Monmouthshire. Orphaned at nine years old, he was brought up by his aunt and uncle in the industrial Blaina area, and went on to work as a coal miner throughout the 1890s before joining the Royal Welch Fusiliers in 1901. A veteran soldier who served in British India and many areas of the Western Front, he wrote his seminal account of the Great War from the standpoint of the common soldier, Old Soldiers Never Die, in 1933. This was followed by Old Soldier Sahib, a memoir of his time serving in British India, in 1936. He died in 1961.
Reviews
'...a remarkable and fascinating account...' --Phil Carradice, BBC
Book Information
ISBN 9781910901205
Author Frank Richards
Format Paperback
Page Count 250
Imprint Parthian Books
Publisher Parthian Books
