War Letters of a Public-School Boy

A father's memoir and a sequence of wartime letters trace the life of a gifted public-school student who excelled academically and athletically before serving as a junior officer. The memoir recounts childhood, school experiences, sporting leadership, cultural interests, and personal character; the letters record training, life at home ports and with cavalry units, service on the Somme, supply duties and time with the Tank Corps, offering immediate observations of camp routine, combat conditions, comradeship, and moral reflection. An epilogue and photographic plates complete the volume, presenting a compact portrait of youth, duty, and the effect of war on a promising student.