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| ECHOES OF ARMAGEDDON, 1914-1918: AN AMERICAN'S SEARCH INTO THE LIVES AND DEATHS OF EIGHT BRITISH SOLDIERS IN WORLD WAR ONE | 
 enlarge | Author: B. Cory Kilvert Jr.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 390004
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 252
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
ISBN: 1418456586
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.409410922
EAN: 9781418456580
ASIN: 1418456586
Publication Date: September 5, 2004
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Echoes of Armageddon, 1914-1918 relates the gripping story of eight totally anonymous British officers and men who fought under appalling trench warfare conditions and did not survive this conflict. Their medals have been in the author's collection for many years and are named to each recipient. This scant information served as his starting point for attempting to recreate these soldiers' lives and the circumstances of their deaths. This unique departure from the norm enables the reader to link with the author as he travels through Great Britain, France, Flanders and elsewhere in his relentless search for the facts on these fighting men's experiences in battle. This book also tells of certain political events and social conditions in Great Britain that affected these soldiers' families as well as a number of major happenings in both allied and enemy countries throughout the world that led to an estimated eleven million war dead worldwide. The author has made every effort to provide accurate dates for each incident mentioned throughout this book by relying on The Times Diary & Index of the War 1914-1918, a now very rare volume that lists newspaper headlines for every major event over the course of this entire conflict.
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 A noble effort, but lacking. May 22, 2008
This is a noble undertaking by the author and the efforts involved in tracking down family members should be applauded; however, the however writing style is choppy and the author tends to lapse into unrelated discourses that can leave the reader confused.
 Echoes of Armageddon, 1914-1918 July 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book Echoes of Armageddon, 1914-1918 is the end result of the author's extensive research on the lives and deaths of eight British soldiers. Each chapter of this book describes the life and death of one of these soldiers. Each chapter also expands on the bigger picture surrounding each battle or campaign that this individual participated. The cumulative result tells the personal story of an individual while also illustrating the greater context and significance of this soldier's actions and sacrifice.
Echoes of Armageddon, 1914-1918 is both informative and educational. Not enough can be said about the great lengths that this author has gone to research each of these individuals. Basically, the author started with the names of eight individuals. He then had to find living relatives of each individual not only to find out personal information and stories about this individual but also to release the war records of these eight soldiers. As many of the surviving relatives had moved, married, or simply long forgotten such details this was no small task. Stubbornly, the author persisted and succeeded in finding living relatives of all of these eight individuals, collected many personal stories, and even managed to get photographs of most of the soldiers. The author then masterfully pieced his research into the greater context of World War I.
A dedicated search for information on each man's experiences March 9, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Echoes Of Armageddon, 1914-1918 by B. Cory Kilver Jr. tells the stories of eight otherwise anonymous British officers and men who fought under the appalling and lethal conditions of World War I trench warfare. These were men of valor who did not survive the battlefield. Their medals have been in Kilvert's personal collection for many years and in this military history are named to each recipient. Kilvert travelers through Great Britain, France, Flanders, and elsewhere in a dedicated search for information on each man's experiences in battle in order to recreate their lives and the circumstances of their war time deaths. Also covered are the political events and social conditions in Great Britain that affected these particular soldiers' families, as well as major happenings in both allied and enemy combatant nations. Presented with an impressive chronology, the stories of these eight soldiers stand as representative examples of what happened to hundreds of thousands of others in a war that led to an estimated eleven million dead world wide. Echoes Of Armageddon, 1914 -1918 is a strongly recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library Military History collections in general, and World War I battlefield history shelves in particular.
Medals of Memories January 24, 2005
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Cory Kilvert Jr., grew up listening to the stories of his cousin Captain Robert Young Cory, B Company Commander, 48th Highlanders of Canada, who set sail for England in October 1914. While visiting war memorials in England & the Continent, Cory Kilvert began the search for the stories behind the medals he'd been collecting most of his life.
ECHOES OF ARMAGEDDON 1914-1918 are those stories as well as the twists & turns the author's search took to find living relatives who remembered the eight British soldiers consumed in the fires of the Great War. As you read these eight men who never came home come again come alive again, especially when you see the photos.
Cory Kilvert lets us be flies on the wall as the blunders of the War to End All Wars tragically unfold, clearly showing how few of the movers & shakers of the time understood what was happening, & how even fewer knew when it was all over.
ECHOES OF ARMAGEDDON 1914-1918 could have been dreary & lifeless instead, with the deftness of a born story-teller, Cory Kilvert has breathed life back into these long-ago warriors so we may meet them, their families & legacies, & occasionally their surviving relatives, as well as their commanding officers & brothers-in-arms.
Rebeccasreads highly recommends ECHOES OF ARMAGEDDON 1914-1918 as a worthy addition to your war library.
Military History with a very personal touch September 24, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a remarkable military history that provides a keen insight into the front line realities of warfare as seen by eight fighting men on the Western Front. The reader traces these soldiers from birth until death and provides a moving testament to their courage and endurance during savage battles and bombardments. It also follows them on leave and presents a clear picture of realities on the home front and how the war impacted on their families.
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