CATCHPOOL (T. Corder)
On Two Fronts.
Ed. by his sister, Foreword by J. Wendel Harris, DD. 2nd Imp., orig. printed wraps., 160pp. A&U.
1919
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Corder Catchpool was a Quaker who served in Flanders throughout 1914-15 as a volunteer with the Friends' Ambulance Unit; he resigned in order to martyr himself before the Compulsory Military Service Act (i.e. the introduction of conscription) by refusing to be called up & went to prison as a conscientious objector. Includes his letters from the Western Front & prison in England, accounts of Courts Martial &c. Originally published in 1918, this the 1919 2nd Impression, VG in wraparound dw, with printed label to front. VG. See illustration on our website.
£30
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