To Fight Alongside Friends The First World War Diary of Charlie May
London: William Collins, 2014. Octavo, hardcover, xxv, 274 pp., frontispiece, maps, eight double-sided plates. Boards a bit worn, otherwise a very good copy. The First World War Diaries of Manchester Pals Captain Charlie May – written and kept in secret and published now for the first time. A born storyteller, Charlie May's vivid eye for detail and warm good humour brings his experience in the trenches to life for a 21st-century readership. Captain Charlie May was killed, aged 27, in the early morning of 1st July 1916, leading the men of 'B Company', 22nd Manchester Service Battalion (the Manchester Pals) into action on the first day of the Somme. Item #2565
Price (AUD): $40.00