Last Man Standing: The Memoirs, Letters & Photographs of a Teenage Officer

by Richard van Emden and Norman Collins

Book Overview

It hardly seems credible today that a nineteen-year-old boy, just commissioned into the Seaforth Highlanders, could lead a platoon of men into the carnage of the Battle of the Somme. Or that, as the machine gun bullets whistled past and shells exploded, he could maintain his own morale to lead a platoon, keeping its discipline and cohesion, in spite of desperate losses. Norman Collins, the author of this superb memoir, was this remarkable man.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184884865X
• ISBN13: 9781848848658
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"