B. Kilvert

Echoes of Armageddon, 1914-1918: an American's Search into the Lives and Deaths of Eight British Soldiers in World War One B. Kilvert

Echoes of Armageddon, 1914-1918 relates the gripping story of eighttotally anonymous British officers and men who fought under appalling trenchwarfare conditions and did not survive this conflict. Their medals have been inthe author's collection for many years and are named to each recipient. Thisscant information served as his starting point for attempting to recreate thesesoldiers' lives and the circumstances of their deaths. This unique departure from thenorm enables the reader to link with the author as he travels through Great Britain, France, Flanders and elsewhere in his relentless search for thefacts on these fighting men's experiences in battle. This book also tells of certainpolitical events and social conditions in Great Britain that affected these soldiers'families as well as a number of major happenings in both allied and enemycountries throughout the world that led to an estimated eleven million war deadworldwide. The author has made every effortto provide accurate dates for each incident mentioned throughout this book byrelying on The Times Diary & Indexof¿ the War 1914-1918, a now veryrare volume that lists newspaper headlines for every major event over thecourse of this entire conflict.