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Last Man Standing: Norman Collins: The Memoirs, Letters, and Photographs of a Teenage Officer
Richard Van Emden
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Description for Last Man Standing: Norman Collins: The Memoirs, Letters, and Photographs of a Teenage Officer
Paperback. At 19 years of age, Norman Collins, the author of this memoir lead a platoon of men into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Editor(s): Van Emden, Richard. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBKSH; 3JJF; BM; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN; JWTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 8. Weight in Grams: 440.
It hardly seems credible today that a nineteenyear- old boy, just commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders, could lead a platoon of men into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Or that, as the machine gun bullets whistled past and shells exploded, he could maintain his own morale to lead a platoon, keeping its discipline and cohesion, in spite of desperate losses. Norman Collins, the author of this superb memoir, was this remarkable man.Using Norman's own words, Last Man Standing follows him from his childhood in Hartlepool to his subsequent service in France. The book also covers such shattering ... Read more
It hardly seems credible today that a nineteenyear- old boy, just commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders, could lead a platoon of men into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Or that, as the machine gun bullets whistled past and shells exploded, he could maintain his own morale to lead a platoon, keeping its discipline and cohesion, in spite of desperate losses. Norman Collins, the author of this superb memoir, was this remarkable man.Using Norman's own words, Last Man Standing follows him from his childhood in Hartlepool to his subsequent service in France. The book also covers such shattering ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848848658
SKU
V9781848848658
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Ref
99-2
About Richard Van Emden
Richard van Emden has interviewed over 270 veterans of the Great War and has written widely on the 1914-18 conflict. Previous books include Britain's Last Tommies, Boy Soldiers of the Great War, All Quiet on the Home Front, Prisoners of the Kaiser and the top five best-selling The Trench. He has visited the Somme and Ypres every year since 1985 ... Read more
Reviews for Last Man Standing: Norman Collins: The Memoirs, Letters, and Photographs of a Teenage Officer
This fantastic little WWI book is a must for any budding historians. Collins was underage when he joined the Seaforth Highlanders and was a 19-year-old officer when he led at the battle of the Somme. This book contains extracts from his diaries and a remarkable personal collection of photographs which lend this account a poignancy and immediacy which is often ... Read more