Bostons rich history climaxed in 1914 with arguably the first British
casualties of the First World War when the town's trawler boats were
sunk in the North Sea. Men, sons and fathers, lost in someone elses
conflict, found themselves victims of a figurative storm that no
weathered sailor could have foreseen.This small town was affected in
many other ways during those long, hard years of the Great War.
Bostons other traditional industry, farming was decimated of its
workforce when men joined up in their hundreds to answer Kitcheners
call or to fight alongside their brothers when the eager territorial
force was called into action. Biographical accounts bring to life what
existence was really like in those dark days of some of the most
ferocious fighting encountered in the fields of France and Belgium.
Both men and women recite their varied and colorful stories, all
brought alive by their humor, resilience, extreme kindness and love of
this unique town.Boston was also one of the few towns that fought on
every front, the real and dangerous threat of the notorious German
High Sea Navy when the Navys code of conduct evaporated under pressure
from the German Admiralty, to the threat of the aerial menace forged
in the mind of Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin and then onto the grim
battlefields of Europe. Whilst at home the women, tendered the
wounded, farmed the land and enthusiastically challenged the status
quo of male orientated labor.Surviving these horrors was a testament
to a town built on values that outweigh anything that would try to
diminish the free will of a determined community. Amongst other
memorials in the town and surrounding areas, a square base on a
chamfered plinth bears the names of the fallen with the timeless
epitaph in the gardens:'Walk in this garden of peace and remember.
When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave
our today.'
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ISBN
9781473890848
Publisert
2023
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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