This is a remarkable account of a village’s contribution to probably
the most appalling war that there has ever been and to those who were in the
Second World War, it brings home to how much more terrible was the 1914-1918
War. It must have been a Herculean task to assemble all the data, photographs
and memorabilia and I only write to congratulate you on what is remarkable
achievement.’ Lord Carrington
In addition to a full run of The Lee Magazine, the author has drawn
on a wide range of archive sources that include unpublished letters, diaries,
memoirs and newspapers. Fromelles 1916 gives an unrivalled insight into the life
and times of an English village in the First World War – a way of life swept
away for ever by the changes ushered in by the conflict.
The book includes a guide to the Fromelles battlefield and new
Pheasant Wood cemetery.