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Synopsis
A significant addition to local history
literature on World War I, which has been 2 years in the making. Fred
Stringer has thoroughly researched and documented the lives (and
unfortunately the deaths) of over 300 men from a Lancashire mill town that
appeared on the town's war memorial plaques. Many of the 20 plaques
pictured in the book had to be located, often in dusty old cellars, and
cleaned up before they could be viewed. Much of the information
contained was obtained from archives of local newspapers and personal
interviews with relatives of the men. The stories of the valiant men
of Nelson who gave their lives for our country should prove to be of great
interest not only to local people, but to anyone interested in the history
of WWI, and those interested in genealogy.
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How To Order:
email the author
(TanF @ pendle.net), or call him on +44 1282 614053 |
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Price: £22.50 ($38.25) payable
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£14.64 ($24.89) |
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Description
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Hardcover 424 pages, 182 photos,
washable hardcover with gold-leaf lettering, (11 November 2003) |
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Weight: 1.5kg (it's a heavy
book!) |
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Publisher:
Hudson History,
Settle, N. Yorkshire |
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ISBN: 1-903783-23-2 |
From the inside flap
I once stood at the edge of a very large British First World War cemetery
in North France. It was a brilliant sunny
day and the hundreds of white crosses dazzled against a background of green
lawn.
I recalled the stories my Grandfather had told me about his service in the
Great War and, in my mind’s eye, those crosses were each transformed into a
young man in Khaki. For a fleeting moment,
60 years or so after the war, that great army came alive again.
The generations which remembered the First
World war are almost gone. And as Nelson has
no war memorial bearing the names of those
from the town who gave their lives, it would be easy for them to be
forgotten.
Fred Stringers detailed and painstaking research has resulted in a record
of the dead. For the most part they were
ordinary Nelsonians, called to do their duty for their country.
Some were heroes.
Some were, no doubt, afraid.
Some were just in the wrong place at the wrong time and came in contact
with shell or bullet. But they all gave their lives for their country.
Mr Stringer is to be congratulated on the effort he has put into bringing
some humanity to the Rolls of Honour, reminding us that those who fought and
died were individuals- some mothers son, and in many cases some Sons or
daughters father. It is a record which
honours the fallen and will become
a piece of history in its own right.
Peter Dewhurst
News Editor,
Leader
Times Newspaper, Nelson
June 2003
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