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Kitchener's Lost Boys: From the Playing Fields to the Killing Fields Hardcover - 2009

by John Oakes


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As many as 250,000 underage boys found themselves fighting in World War I, and over half would never return home. This is their story, delving into the complex history of Britain's youngest Great War recruits. Despite the rule of being 18 years old to enlist and 19 to serve overseas many young boys were illegally conscripted. This history discusses the political reasons for underage conscripts, focuses on the recruitment crisis of 1914, and explores both why boys joined, and what their experiences were.

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  • Title Kitchener's Lost Boys: From the Playing Fields to the Killing Fields
  • Author John Oakes
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher History Press, Gloucestershire
  • Date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780752449302 / 0752449303
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1900-1919
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1914-1918 - Participation,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009483838
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940

About the author

John Oakes served in the Royal Air Force before becoming a teacher at Reading School. He is the co-author (with Martin Parsons) of Men Such as These, and Old School Ties: Educating for Empire and War. He is now retired and lives near Reading.
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