Richard Holmes

A photographic account of the human experience of war as directly witnessed by British soldiers in the First World War. The book deals with the whole of the British Army's experience of the First World War - including Gallipoli and Mesopotamia - and not just the Western Front. Originally published: London: HarperPress, 2008

From battlefield to barrack-block, this book tells the story of a man as ancient as a redcoat in Charles II's Tangier garrison and as modern as gate-guard on Camp Bastion, the British soldier.