Public-school heroes: above: in February 1915, the
King's School OTC forms part of the funeral cortège in Canterbury
of Lt Vernon Austin, whose body was one of the last to be
repatriated from the battlefield; below: Captain Noel
Chavasse, an army doctor and a son of the Bishop of Liverpool, was
the only man to win two VCs in the First World War, one
posthumously. Both photos are illustrations from Public Schools
and the Great War: The generation lost by Anthony Seldon and
David Walsh, who, in this immensely detailed tribute, draw on
primary sources from 200 public schools, and challenge recent
stereotypes about the part that the schools and their ethos played
in the conflict (Pen & Sword, £25 (£22.50);
978-1-78159-308-0)
Public-school heroes: above: in February 1915, the
King's School OTC forms part of the funeral cortège in Canterbury
of Lt Vernon Austin, whose body...