Voices From Loos

THEY ANSWERED THEIR COUNTRY'S CALL. MANY WOULD NEVER RETURN HOME.

25 September 1915. The Battle of Loos.

Thousands of British soldiers advanced towards the German lines through deadly chlorine gas, barbed wire and relentless machine-gun fire.

Many had been civilians little more than a year earlier. Miners, labourers, husbands, fathers and sons. Ordinary men who had volunteered to fight for their country, unaware of the terrible price they might pay.

Behind every casualty was a life. Behind every life was someone waiting at home.

Voices From Loos brings the human experience of one of the First World War's most costly battles vividly to life.

Through 50 original poems, each accompanied by carefully researched historical context, Paul Fowler takes readers from the recruiting halls of Britain to the gas-filled trenches of Loos, the desperate fighting around Hill 70 and the devastating consequences for families left behind.

Discover the courage of Kitchener's volunteers, the bravery of Scottish soldiers, the anguish of those waiting for news and the memories carried by those who survived.

More than a collection of war poetry, this is a powerful journey through courage, comradeship, sacrifice and remembrance.

For readers of First World War history, military poetry and the untold human stories behind the battles.

They were more than soldiers. More than casualties. More than names on memorials.

Their lives deserve to be remembered.