Sapper Dorothy The Only English Woman Soldier in the Royal Engineers 51st Division, 79th Tunnelling Co. During the First World War

Name: Sapper Dorothy The Only English Woman Soldier in the Royal Engineers 51st Division, 79th Tunnelling Co. During the First World War
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ISBN: 9780857061362

ISBN-10: 0857061364

ISBN-13: 9780857061362

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Authors: Dorothy Lawrence

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The adventures of an intrepid young woman on the Western Front It would not be quite accurate to portray Dorothy Lawrence as a bona fide soldier of the British Army. Dorothy was in fact a young woman with great aspirations to embark upon a career in journalism and she knew it would be a coup to give a female perspective of the activities of men on the front line-as it were-from within their own ranks. So she devised a scheme to bring her objectives about and its success was marked by a 10 day stint in the line at Albert in 1915 with the Royal Engineers during the opening stages of the battle of Loos. Dorothy certainly saw action-the trench she occupied lay less than 400 yards from the…

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List price: $24.99
Publisher: Leonaur Limited
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 112
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.44" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English