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Chorley Guardian, 2nd April 2019

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Wigan Observer/Lancashire Evening Post, 26th and 27th March 2019

The writing is of a certain style, and his social standing and education are obvious. The account is annotated with explanations and further detail where necessary, and overall this is an interesting account of the day to day operation of a Casualty Clearing Station.

WWI Geek

Pays tribute to the Art Fund's founding chairman, who joined up a century ago, aged 43, to serve as a medical orderly in Flanders.

Art Quarterly

This new volume, excellently edited and admirably timed for the centenary of the outbreak of war, brings us a second instalment of the diaries covering the remarkable period of [Crawford's] life spent in the ranks which was largely omitted from the earlier edition.

Conservative History Journal

Lindsay's acute observations, lack of jingoistic sentiment, and trenchant style make this unusual and provocative book a very compelling read, but its editor has made it all the more compelling by providing a wealth of informative footnotes and a very rich selection of unusual illustrations.

Floreat Magdalena - Oxford Alumni Magazine

A unique document of the greatest interest to anyone studying the Great War.

Salisbury Review

The diaries have been extremely well edited by his grandson whose footnotes and explanatory comments about the state of the war at that point are one of the great delights of the book. You can read it straight through from the beginning... or dip into it at any point and be immediately caught by the dry observations on people he met, odd things he saw, Germans who spoke excellent English, English officers who spoke not a word of French or German.

Community of the Resurrection Quarterly Review

A remarkable and highly readable first-hand record of the life of a medical orderly in French Flanders.

Character Scotland

Gives a unique close-up view of the Great War through the eyes of a shrewd participant.

The Spectator

The remarkable tale of how David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, chose to become a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps, serving on the Western Front during the First World War. His story is well written and told without complaint, despite his accounts of misdirection from higher up the ranks.

Scottish Field

Lord Crawford was the only Cabinet-level politician to serve 'in the ranks' during World War I as a private. A gifted author and diarist, his daily entries provide a fascinating insight into life in the frontline over a fourteen month period.

History Scotland

LORD David Lindsay rejected the high life of a nobleman in 1915 to volunteer as a private, dealing with destruction and death on a daily basis. His diaries have now been turned into a fascinating new book.

Daily Record (Scotland)

“Of particular interest are his observations on the officers and nurses under whom he served the political and military conduct of the war, the medical services and life in wartime France.”

celebratescotland.co.uk

“His previously unpublished war diaries, meticulously edited by his grandson, offer a fascinating glimpse into life at the front and in the upper reaches of politics at home – and contain some frank comments on his former Cabinet colleagues”

Literary Review