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The Reluctant Tommy: Ronald Skirth's Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War

The Reluctant Tommy: Ronald Skirth's Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War

Duncan Barrett
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Ella darling, I don’t expect the censor to allow this part of my letter to reach you but I hope he will. There are things I have concealed from you up till now that I think you ought to know; things which have turned me into a different person from the Ronald you knew. When I enlisted I took an oath of loyalty to my King and Country. I was happy to do so because I thought our country was fighting a just war; also I wanted to make you feel proud of me. But gradually my feelings have changed…

‘Ronald Skirth’s remarkable book contributes one of the rarest of perspectives. It is of a man who came to hate the killing and who came to find mechanisms for frustrating it, even misdirecting his guns to give the enemy a chance of escape.’ – Jon Snow, Channel 4 News‘

An important contribution to the literature of the war … whenever I get too misty-eyed about officer-man relationships, I shall reread it to remind me of how badly things could go wrong.’ – Evening Standard

‘Different from the hundreds of other memoirs about the Great War … What he has to say was hard come by and should be heard’ – Daily Mail

‘An extraordinary, raging memoir’ – Saga

‘An instant classic’ – Mail on Sunday

‘Superb’ – Daily Telegraph
Language
English
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
November 08, 2018

The Reluctant Tommy: Ronald Skirth's Extraordinary Memoir of the First World War

Duncan Barrett
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Ella darling, I don’t expect the censor to allow this part of my letter to reach you but I hope he will. There are things I have concealed from you up till now that I think you ought to know; things which have turned me into a different person from the Ronald you knew. When I enlisted I took an oath of loyalty to my King and Country. I was happy to do so because I thought our country was fighting a just war; also I wanted to make you feel proud of me. But gradually my feelings have changed…

‘Ronald Skirth’s remarkable book contributes one of the rarest of perspectives. It is of a man who came to hate the killing and who came to find mechanisms for frustrating it, even misdirecting his guns to give the enemy a chance of escape.’ – Jon Snow, Channel 4 News‘

An important contribution to the literature of the war … whenever I get too misty-eyed about officer-man relationships, I shall reread it to remind me of how badly things could go wrong.’ – Evening Standard

‘Different from the hundreds of other memoirs about the Great War … What he has to say was hard come by and should be heard’ – Daily Mail

‘An extraordinary, raging memoir’ – Saga

‘An instant classic’ – Mail on Sunday

‘Superb’ – Daily Telegraph
Language
English
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
November 08, 2018

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