War Memorial The Story of One Village's Sacrifice from 1914 to 2003

A touching tribute to ordinary lives ... brutally cut off long before their allotted time Sunday Telegraph A fascinating mix of history and sociology that leaves one with a profound sense of the vagaries and cruelties of fate, particularly during times of war Country Life [A] fascinating history Daily Telegraph A moving look at the harrowing stories behind a century of names inscribed on the war memorial of a small and sleepy Devon village Sunday Times An engaging, absorbing work -- Chris Baker The Long, Long Trail/Great War Forum With this book Aslet makes an important contribution to social history... the stories are not tidy portraits of heroism but achingly real portraits of wartime loss experienced by a changing rural community Daily Express