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020			_a9781844862801 _q(hardback)
020			_a1844862801 _q(hardback)
040			_aWWBK _beng _erda
099			_a940.309 _bHOR
100	1		_aHorrie, Clare, _eauthor. _948105
245	1	0	_aWhen the office went to war : _bwar letters from men of the Great Western Railway / _cClare Horrie nd Kathryn Phelps.
264		1	_aLondon : _bConway an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, _c2015.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_a304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plate : _billustrations ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes soldier biographies.
520			_a"During the course of the First World War, staff of the Great Western Railway's Audit Office sent letters and photographs back to their employer in Paddington, which were in turn collated into monthly "newsletters" by those who stayed at home to keep Britain moving. Today these newsletters give a unique insight into the Great War - these soldiers were writing to inform and entertain their colleagues rather than to comfort a worrying parent or to confess their love to a distant partner - and bring a distinct band of individuals to life. The story is told chronologically to recreate the suspense in the Audit Office as the remaining few waited to hear from their colleagues at the Front."
610	2	0	_aGreat Western Railway (Great Britain) _xEmployees _xCorrespondence. _948106
650		0	_aWorld War, 1914-1918 _xPersonal narratives, British. _921198
650		0	_aSoldiers _zGreat Britain _xCorrespondence. _948107
700	1		_aPhelps, Kathryn, _eauthor. _948108
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