The Unwanted: Great War Letters From The Field - Softcover

Hughes, John R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0888644361 ISBN 13: 9780888644367

Verlag: University of Alberta Press, 2005

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Fiercely nationalistic, at times blatantly jingoistic and politically incorrect by modern-day standards, The Unwanted reflects the passions of a man who was determined to serve his country during the Great War in any capacity he could regardless of rank or pay. As it turned out, he did it best by growing potatoes! When Major John McKendrick Hughes, O.C., C Company, 151st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and his unit reached Shorncliffe in late 1916, he and the other officers were bluntly informed by the British that they were "unwanted"-officers deemed "surplus to the establishment." Determined to contribute to the war effort, John became one of three Corps Agricultural Officers with the British 2nd Army, charged with growing vegetables and other foodstuffs to feed the troops. This is John's personal story, based on the letters he sent to his wife nearly every day for 2-1/2 years.

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The Unwanted was written by Lt. Col. John McKendrick Hughes, Ret. in 1956. His motivation for this was his discovery of a packet of letters he wrote to his wife Sara while in England and France during WWI, and his desire to tell a story that he believed had not been told. John R. Hughes was the grandson of Lt. Col. Hughes and a freelance editor. He lived in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Fiercely nationalistic, at times blatantly jingoistic and politically incorrect by modern-day standards, The Unwanted reflects the passions of a man who was determined to serve his country during the Great War in any capacity he could regardless of rank or pay. As it turned out, he did it best by growing potatoes! When Major John McKendrick Hughes, O.C., C Company, 151st Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, and his unit reached Shorncliffe in late 1916, he and the other officers were bluntly informed by the British that they were "unwanted"-officers deemed "surplus to the establishment." Determined to contribute to the war effort, John became one of three Corps Agricultural Officers with the British 2nd Army, charged with growing vegetables and other foodstuffs to feed the troops. This is John's personal story, based on the letters he sent to his wife nearly every day for 3-1/2 years.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: University of Alberta Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0888644361
• ISBN 13: 9780888644367
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220
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