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Dangerous Work - The Memoir of Private George Weeks of the Labour Corps 1917-1919 (Paperback, Annotated Ed) Loot Price: R287
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Dangerous Work - The Memoir of Private George Weeks of the Labour Corps 1917-1919 (Paperback, Annotated Ed): Alan Weeks

Dangerous Work - The Memoir of Private George Weeks of the Labour Corps 1917-1919 (Paperback, Annotated Ed)

Alan Weeks

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British military labour during the First World War developed from an ad hoc arrangement in 1914 into a corps some 400,000 strong, supported by as many as a million dominion and foreign workers by 1918. Records of this contribution to victory are extremely rare. George Weeks wrote down his experience on squares of wallpaper - always a practical man. And what a record it is. The Somme, Passchendaele and the Messines Ridge all feature in George's calm description of his extraordinary experiences. He camped in 'the vast graveyard of Cambrai', he cut down an entire forest for duckboards, and he mended the aircraft of Captain Ball VC with dope and linen! With the corps working on the front lines and often under fire, this truly was dangerous work.

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Imprint: The History Press Ltd
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: October 2014
First published: 2014
Editors: Alan Weeks
Dimensions: 234 x 156 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 144
Edition: Annotated Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5667-3
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General
Books > Humanities > History > European history > General
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LSN: 0-7509-5667-4
Barcode: 9780750956673

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