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The Last Post
How the Post Office Helped Win the First World War
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Duncan Barrett
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Duncan Barrett
In 1914, the Post Office was the largest employer in the world, with a quarter of a million people on the payroll. So it was no surprise that, when the call went out for volunteers, thousands of postmen, filing clerks and messenger boys soon signed up to join the fight. Many of them ended up in the two battalions of the Post Office Rifles, serving on the Western Front and seeing action at the Somme and Passchendaele. Others were transferred to the Royal Engineers Postal Section, where they ensured that the precious letters and parcels sent by loved ones back home made their way to the trenches in one piece. With the help of the original letters, postcards and diary entries of the men from the Post Office, this book charts the significant contribution they made to the First World War, as well as the important role played by the women and girls on the home front who stepped into their shoes when they went off to fight. Shocking, poignant, and frequently amusing as well, it sheds a light on an important aspect of the Great War experience, and celebrates a group of unlikely heroes who risked their lives to help bring about victory.
©2014 Duncan Barrett (P)2026 Duncan Barrett
