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Epitaphs of the Great War: The Somme
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Epitaphs of the Great War: The Somme is an edited collection of one hundred headstone inscriptions from those who paid the ultimate price during this infamous battle which marked a turning point in the public perceptions of the war in Britain.
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Sarah Wearne is a military historian. Her current Twitter project, Great War Epitaphs (@wwinscriptions), is publishing an epitaph every day of the centenary of World War I
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