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A School in Arms - Uppingham and the Great War (Hardcover)
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A School in Arms - Uppingham and the Great War (Hardcover)
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For many people, their only knowledge of Uppingham's involvement in
the Great War is through Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth and its
account of her relationship with three men who went to the school
and lost their lives during the war. In this book, the author
discusses the involvement of more than 2,300 'Old Boys' who served
in the Great War. Based mainly on material from the school's
archives and the accounts and papers of the 'Old Boys', it provides
the first comprehensive account of the school and the war. This
book is not just about the 20 percent who died; it is just as much
about the 80 percent who survived. The school's involvement is
placed within the years before and after the war, as well as within
the involvement of the public schools and wider society. It
demonstrates that militarism at the school and in society, in the
years before and after, was not as prevalent as is sometimes
suggested; it argues that concern about Germany and the threat it
posed should not be confused with jingoism. By examining the
school's contribution, it demonstrates that this was not just a war
for young men on the front line; it shows the wide variety of
skills the 'Old Boys' and staff contributed to the war effort and
explains why they believed it was worth fighting for, despite the
appalling cost. For the first time, the book explains the key role
of the school's Officer Training Corps (OTC) commanding officer in
the establishment of the national OTC scheme in 1908, which would
be a source of more than 100,000 officers during the Great War. It
also highlights for the first time the involvement of two 'Old
Boys' in the Borkum incident in 1910; this was one of the most
high-profile incidents between Germany and Britain, as tensions
rose between the two countries in the years leading to the outbreak
of the war in 1914. Above all, it explains how Uppingham's
educational ethos equipped men to serve in the Great War.
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