Clive Aslet's War Memorial: The Story of One Village's Sacrifice from 1914 to 20
03, is a powerful story of those who died in war. Who were the men and women who
se names are commemorated on war memorials around the country? Where did they li
ve - and how and why did they die? Such questions usually go unanswered, but thi
s book for the first time unravels the story of one war memorial, in the Dartmoo
r village of Lydford. Through original documents, Clive Aslet traces in vivid de
tail the lives of the twenty-two men, and one woman, who made the supreme sacrif
ice fighting for Britain in the two World Wars, the Falklands and Iraq.
The r
esult is an intimate portrait of one corner of the countryside in the twentieth
century, and an extraordinary tale of the endurance and bravery of otherwise ord
inary people - farmers, masons, railway-workers, landowners, schoolchildren - wh
o, but for the war memorial, would be forgotten. The perfect book for those who
loved The Real Dad's Army by Colonel Rodney Foster, War Memorial is about the pe
ople who laid down their lives for us, and who will always be remembered.
