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100 1  Beatson, James,|d-1916,|eauthor. 
245 10 Private Beatson's War :|bLife, Death and Hope on the 
       Western Front. 
264  1 [Place of publication not identified] :|bPen & Sword Books,
       |c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
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520    Until recently James Beatson was one of the millions of 
       forgotten soldiers of the Great War. But after 90 years 
       his diary has been rediscovered, perfectly preserved, and 
       his story can now be told. It is a moving, intensely 
       personal and beautifully written narrative by an 
       extraordinary young man who witnessed one of the darkest 
       episodes in European history. His experience gives us a 
       telling insight into the thoughts and reactions of a self-
       educated, patriotic and religious individual confronted by
       the horrors of warfare on the Western Front. Indeed, after
       reading the diary of a dead German soldier, Beatson begins
       to identify more with the thoughts and fears of his enemy 
       than he does with those he loves at home. Reminiscent of 
       some of the greatest of the First World War authors, the 
       diary is also the record of a gifted writer whose 
       potential was tragically curtailed. For, shortly after 
       marrying his childhood sweet heart, he was killed in 
       action at the Battle of the Somme in one of the many 
       failed attacks on High Wood. For this, the first 
       publication of Beatsons diary, Shaun Springer and Stuart 
       Humphreys have edited and illustrated the text and 
       provided an introduction, describing Beatsons family 
       background and the campaign on the Western Front in which 
       he took part. James Beatson was the eldest of nine 
       children. He was raised in Scotland by working-class 
       parents. He was a civil engineer until, as with so many, 
       the declaration of war offered him the chance of 
       adventure. He enlisted in the first days of the war in the
       Royal Scots and was an eyewitness to the first poison gas 
       attack by the Germans in 1915. Despite the horrors he 
       experienced, Private Beatson never lost his love of 
       humanity nor his faith. He now lies buried, lost somewhere
       on the Somme when in July 1916 he breathed his last in 
       that infamous battle. 
588 0  Publisher metadata. 
600 10 Beatson, James,|d-1916|vDiaries. 
650  0 World War, 1914-1918|xCampaigns|zWestern Front. 
650  0 World War, 1914-1918|vPersonal narratives, British. 
650  7 HISTORY / Modern / General.|2bisacsh 
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700 1  Springer, Shaun. 
700 1  Humphreys, Stuart. 
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