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Some Letters From A Subaltern On The Western Front. July 1915-June 1916.
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Overview
Letters home from officers on the Western Front - (other ranks were not allowed to write uncensored letters) - have become a genre of English literature, remarkable for their poignancy, especially for those whose senders did not return. Such a one was the author of this collection - originally privately printed for his family and friends. John (known as Jack to his family ) Baldwin Hoyle MC was on the western front for one year - between July 1915 and July 1st 1916, when he was killed in the slaughter that marked the first day of the battle of the Somme. Lt. Hoyles was a dutiful son - his parents say he wrote to them almost every day, and his letters and postcards were designed to let them know of his doings without ...