This book is packed with interesting stories, photographs and quotes. The writing is for the reader who is interested in Leicester’s history and not so much the historian and academic researcher, although it could still prove useful to anyone who hasn’t already researched Leicester in the Great War. The book reaches out to everyone and almost reads like a novel. It also tells of a war fought both at home and on the battlefields of France and Flanders, using the words of the people who were willing to tell of their experiences; many were not.

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The Western Front Association, Dr Karen Ettte

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Beacon Magazine

This engaging investigation will prove fascinating to local and family historians alike - it's well illustrated and well indexed.

Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Over a period of 30 years, Leicester-born historian Matthew Richardson has researched and collected information about Leicestershire's experience during the First World War. Through his research, Richardson was able to meet some of the last generation who lived through the conflict and many of their testimonies appear in his timely, fascinating new book...Richardson has done a great job; his book is moving, inspiring and humbling in equal measure.

Leicester Mercury

This is a very interesting and highly readable book and one that will b enjoyed by anyone interested in the experiences of ordinary people in the Great War. It will, of course be of particular interest to those familiar with the locations mentioned in the text and pictured in the photographs.

Dr Wendy Freer, Leicestershire Industrial History Society