Between the two world wars my father took an interest in poems and
rhymes from the Great War and wrote some 30 of them down in a
notebook along with other poetry. This book is based on those poems
and the Great War.
In 1914 Britain was reluctantly drawn into war with Germany in
support of France, an inevitability that had been forecast since
the signing of the Entente Cordiale. Germany had the biggest army
in the world and was the belligerent by declaring war against
Russia and through that act, France, then England, by treaty or
agreement, was also committed. In 1914 Britain's had a pathetically
small army but by 1918 it was equal in size to the armies of
Germany and France, and was taking the brunt of the fighting
alongside a French army weakened by mutiny and low morale.
Throughout the war the BEF fought heroically and courageously, at
times forced to retreat, but they were never beaten. The enemy
never managed to break through to the important centres or the
Channel ports, nor did they ever break the British spirit. Yet the
BEF were scorned by the powers that be at home and treated with
ignominy, Lloyd George failed disgracefully to stand by the General
Staff in France who, without doubt in some instances, made
mistakes, they were however guided by their conscience and better
judgement in their attempts to bring the war to an early
conclusion. I hope that this book goes some way to restoring their
credibility and shows the efforts of those who were there in a
fairer perspective.
About the author
Terence Lavelle was born in Blackburn Lancashire in 1935 and is
an old boy of St Joseph's and St Albans schools, an 'Owdkellyboy'.
He served an apprenticeship with a Blackburn engineering Company
and rather than do National Service he signed on with the colours.
Commitments to family life saw him take the 3 year option to leave
in 1958 and work in engineering as a journeyman throughout the UK
and abroad for a UK company. Later following a career in Local
Government he and his wife worked in their private business before
selling up to a London based company and retiring in 1998.
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