Kenneth Gordon Garnett (Cambridge Crew 1914) Royal Field Artillery, M.C

Garnett

Published by Stanhope Press, 1937

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Packed securely and posted from UK within two working days. Small size hardback book with 71 pages. Pages in good condition, with no tears or creases.With 14 photographic plates. Some writing inside front cover. Covers show wear and discolouration - see pictures. Includes 2 printed pages. "This is a memoir by his Mother with selections from his letters from the Front followed by customary extracts from obituaries & letters of condolence. Garnett was born in 1892, Educated at St Paul s School and Trinity College Cambridge (he rowed in the triumphant boat in the 1914 Boat Race). He was commissioned in the Royal Field Artillery in January 1915 and proceeded to France the following month, only to be accidentally wounded in March. He returned to the Front in October 1915 and spent the winter in the Ypres Salient then, on 24th August 1916, during a bombardment of Delville Wood, he was shot in the neck and paralysed. He was convalescent in England for a year before his death from a relapse of his spinal wound & is buried in Wandsworth (Putney Vale) Cemetery.". Seller Inventory # ABE-1639144332760

Bibliographic Details

Title: Kenneth Gordon Garnett (Cambridge Crew 1914)...

Publisher: Stanhope Press

Publication Date: 1937

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition