Bringing Uncle Albert Home: A Soldier's Tale by David Whithorn - 2003-12-22

Hardback. Very Good.

Hardback. Good.

History Press Limited, The. Used - Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Sutton Publishing 2003 Hardback ISBN 0750932872 Clean and unmarked book which looks almost unread. Dustwrapper in removeable clearview cover. Illustrated Private Albert Turley was just an ordinary British soldier of World War I. He died on the Somme for king and country. He didn't win any medals for gallantry and has no known grave. 207 pages Wt 0.65 Kg Very Good+ (Very Good+)

Stroud: Sutton, 2003. First Edition. . Cloth. Vg/Vg. 207pp. Plates Size: 8vo

Stroud: Sutton, 2003. First Edition . Hardcover. Vg/Vg. 8vo. 207pp. Maps, photos.

The History Press, 2003-06-19. Hardcover. Acceptable. 2.3882 in x 22.6428 in x 17.7665 in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback with dust cover. Well read copy with some spine wear. First no-text page removed by library without disturbing rest of pages. Some damage to inside cover.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Stroud, Gloucestershie: Sutton Publishing, 2003. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is price clipped. xii + 207 pages. 32 illustrations. 6 maps. Private Albert Turley was just an ordinary British soldier of the First World War. He died on the Somme for King and Country. He didn't win any medals for gallantry and has no known grave. Like thousands more soldiers whose names fill local war memorials the length of the country, he left neither letters nor diaries to tell his story. This book describes one man's determination to piece together the events that led to a distant relative's death in one of the most infamous battles of the 20th century. Whithorn reconstructs Albert's active service with the 3rd Battalion the Worcestershire Regiment, painstakingly searches for traces of Albert in surviving records and histories, culminating in a pilgrimage to the Somme hillside where Albert fell in August 1916. What sets this book apart from many others is its dual function as both a… Read More

Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 2003. The story of the author's quest to find out more about his great-uncle: Private Albert Turley, killed at The Battle of the Somme. The resulting book is a combination of detective story and a tightly focused history of the 3rd Worcestershire Regiment, with a lot of interest also for genealogists. 207 pages + prelims. 16 pages of b/w photographs and 6 maps. Black bds with gilt in Jacket. Every book is sent in a rigid cardboard posting box.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/New. 24 Cm x 16.5 Cm.