THE DIARY OF CORPORAL VINCE SCHURHOFF, 1914-1918 Edited by JIM BEACH PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORY PRESS FOR THE ARMY RECORDS SOCIETY 2015 Corporal Vince Schürhoff came from a Birmingham business family that was German on his father's side. He joined the British army in 1914 and served with 16/Warwicks until 1916. He was then seconded to signals intelligence work and later transferred to the Royal Engineers (Signal Service). Employed in a variety of intelligence roles, he was awarded the Military Medal in 1918. His diary provides an excellent window into the physical and mental worlds of a middle-class junior NCO on the Western Front, recording the nuances of life in the trenches and behind the lines. He also offers a rare contemporaneous account of grassroots intelligence work during the First World War. 22 x 14 cm. xv + 335 pp.

THE DIARY OF CORPORAL VINCE SCHURHOFF, 1914-1918

Edited by
JIM BEACH

PUBLISHED BY THE HISTORY PRESS FOR THE ARMY RECORDS SOCIETY
2015

Corporal Vince Schürhoff came from a Birmingham business family that was German on his father's side. He joined the British army in 1914 and served with 16/Warwicks until 1916. He was then seconded to signals intelligence work and later transferred to the Royal Engineers (Signal Service). Employed in a variety of intelligence roles, he was awarded the Military Medal in 1918. His diary provides an excellent window into the physical and mental worlds of a middle-class junior NCO on the Western Front, recording the nuances of life in the trenches and behind the lines. He also offers a rare contemporaneous account of grassroots intelligence work during the First World War.

22 x 14 cm. xv + 335 pp.

Very good + condition. Corners of the rear boards lightly bumped but otherwise like new.





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