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Too brave to live, too young to die : teenage heroes from World War I / Nigel Cawthorne.

Too brave to live, too young to die : teenage heroes from World War I / Nigel Cawthorne.
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ISBN 9781784188115 (hbk.)
1784188115 (hbk.)
Name Cawthorne, Nigel, 1951- author.
Title Too brave to live, too young to die : teenage heroes from World War I / Nigel Cawthorne.
Published London Metro, 2015.
Description xiv, 287 pages ; 21 cm.
Summary World War I was a slaughter on an unprecedented scale. Nevertheless there was no shortage of young men willing to sacrifice themselves for their country. Some lied about their age to join up, not just at the start of the war when it was seen as a glorious adventure, but even towards the end when the true horror of the mechanized butchery was known to one and all. This book concerns the young men who were not yet twenty when they won the Victoria Cross, the British armed forces highest award for gallantry. Many perished in the action that earned them the VC. Others survived to receive the award, but then went on to die later in the war. One was as young as sixteen. Several were just eighteen, though they were supposed to be nineteen before they were allowed to serve overseas. They were sailors and airmen, as well as soldiers, and they came from Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, Nepal and India. Each one demonstrated an exceptional nerve and bravery.
Subjects World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain -- Medals
Victoria Cross
Teenage soldiers -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Juvenile
Child soldiers
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