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'''''Forgotten Voices of the Great War''''' is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the [[First World War]]. The book is part of the [[Imperial War Museum]]'s oral archive.
'''''Forgotten Voices of the Great War''''' is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the [[First World War]]. The book is part of the [[Imperial War Museum]]'s oral archive.


Author [[Max Arthur]] puts the interviews into chronological and campaign order, and provides some context about the events that surround the memories.
Author [[Max Arthur]] puts the interviews into chronological and campaign order, and provides some context about the events that surround the memories. The book includes testimonies from [[Harry Patch]], [[Philip Neame]], [[Horace Birks]], [[Edmund Blunden]], [[Douglas Wimberley]], [[Mabel Lethbridge]], [[Reginald Leonard Haine]], [[Edward Spears]], [[Godfrey Buxton]], [[Henry Williamson]], [[Tom Adlam]], [[Cecil Arthur Lewis]], [[Montagu Cleeve]], [[Charles Carrington]], [[Keith Officer]] and [[Norman Demuth]].


This book has also been dramatised for the stage by the playwright [[Malcolm McKay]].
This book has also been dramatised for the stage by the playwright [[Malcolm McKay]].

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Forgotten Voices of the Great War
AuthorMax Arthur
LanguageEnglish
SeriesForgotten Voices
SubjectHistory
GenreNon-fiction
PublisherEbury Press
Publication date
2002
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover and paperback), audiobook
Pages352
ISBN0-09-188209-5
OCLC789734463
Followed byForgotten Voices of the Blitz and the Battle of Britain 

Forgotten Voices of the Great War is a collection of interviews with people who lived through the First World War. The book is part of the Imperial War Museum's oral archive.

Author Max Arthur puts the interviews into chronological and campaign order, and provides some context about the events that surround the memories. The book includes testimonies from Harry Patch, Philip Neame, Horace Birks, Edmund Blunden, Douglas Wimberley, Mabel Lethbridge, Reginald Leonard Haine, Edward Spears, Godfrey Buxton, Henry Williamson, Tom Adlam, Cecil Arthur Lewis, Montagu Cleeve, Charles Carrington, Keith Officer and Norman Demuth.

This book has also been dramatised for the stage by the playwright Malcolm McKay.

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