The story of Harry Lamin, an ordinary private soldier caught up in the First World War, told through his letters and postcards home. From the infamous Ypres Salient (where he was wounded) to
Italy following the rout at Caporetto, and on to the end of the war in November 1918, here is the life of the `PBI’ (`poor bloody infantry’), the tough, largely uncomplaining, good-humoured and
often uncelebrated men who bore the brunt of the fighting. Copiously illustrated with original letters, documents, postcards, photographs and maps, Letters from the Trenches is both a tribute
to one man, and a memorial to them all.
Bill Lamin, Harry’s grandson, is the author of the internationally acclaimed blog about his grandfather, `WWI: Experiences of an English Soldier’.
