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Wicksy and the King's Shilling

Peter Wicks

"I lined the bed up and simply dropped it. The divan legs dropped over neatly, and he was pinned. 'You've forgotten your bed!' I said loudly as I added my fourteen stone weight to the snare." Peter Wicks dedicates the third instalment of his memoirs to his father Frank Wicks who fought in the trenches of the First World War. Now in his teens Peter receives his own conscription papers, destined to become a military policeman. During his training he learnt to drive and discovered that bullies will be found in all walks of life.This book follows Peter's military career from training to demobilisation. Included is also Peter's poem 'The Return' written in response to Wilfred Owen's 'The Send Off'.

GenresDrafteesGreat BritainBiographyLarge type booksWicks, PeterChildhood and youth

150 pages, 2 editions

English edition · First published 2011 by ISIS · ISBN 9780753152737

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2 editions

English

  • Wicksy and the King's Shilling · ISIS · 2011 · ISBN 9780753152737 This page
  • Wicksy and the King's Shilling · ISIS · 2011 · ISBN 9780753152744

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