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Billie: The Neville Letters: 1914-1916 (Paperback)

by Ruth Elwin Harris (Author)
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  • Paperback: 254 pages
  • Publisher: Naval & Military Press Ltd; New edition edition (13 Feb 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1843425556
  • ISBN-13: 978-1843425557
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Based on over 200 letters to his family from the man who led his men over the top on 1 July 1916, kicking footballs.Captain Wilfred Nevill of the 8 E. Surreys and was killed that day on the Somme.Thirty b/w photos and three sketch maps.This corresponden

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4.0 out of 5 stars He kicked a football into no-mans land!, 11 Jan 2007
By Michael David Booker FRGS FRSA F Inst TT "Mem... (France and Egypt) - See all my reviews
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The events of the 1st July 1916 (the first day of the Battle of the Somme) are legendary in British military history, as over 19,000 of our troops were killed on that day alone.

Sadly, Captain Wilfred (Billie) Neville of the 8th Battalion East Surrey Regiment became one of those fatalities, when he was killed within the first few minutes of the British advance at Montauban. His name has become legendary too, as he was the young British army officer who, having likened the forthcoming attack on the German positions, to a game of football, where his regiment was to play the Bavarians, had issued his men with footballs. - the aim being to boost his men's morale by encouraging them to kick these balls across No Man's Land, into the enemy positions.

This superb book is based on over 200 letters Billie wrote home to his family during his time in the army. Covering the period from his enlistment through to the day of his untimely death, these fascinating letters provide the reader with a most remarkable insight into this brave officer's innermost thoughts as he prepared to face the enemy and the very real and demanding conditions, he along with his men endured during their time in the trenches.

Billie is the true story of a soldier with a sporting spirit, who in line with typical British tradition, certainly "played the game" through to the very end. Therefore, I am sure, this enlightening volume, which contains many excellent photographs will appeal to researchers, battlefield enthusiasts and military historians alike.It is exceptionally good value for money.

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