Letters From the Trenches: A Soldier of the Great War by Bill Lamin

The Story of Harry Lamin, an ordinary private soldier caught up in the First World War, told through his letter and postcards home. Copiously illustrated with original letters, documents, postcards, photographs and maps, Letters From The Trenches is both a tribute to one man and a memorial to them all.

In December 1916, Harry Lamin had been conscripted into the 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment and sent to war. Includes Harry's letters to his family that details various things from the action in battle to the often amusing incidents of life amongst his comrades. From the infamous Ypres Salient (where he was wounded) to Italy following the rout at Caporetto and on to the end of the war in November 1918, here is the life of the 'PBI' (poor bloody infantry), the tough, largely uncomplaining men who bore the brunt of the fighting.