"Far from dying in vain, those who perished in the King's uniform between 1914 and 1918 made as important a contribution to our privileged, peaceful lives today as did their sons in World War II."

"Because I have myself been writing a book about 1914, I have spent many hours reading the timelessly moving correspondence and diaries of men who fought. I came across one letter penned in November from an officer serving at Ypres, speaking about a close friend's death there.
He wrote: 'When I think of poor Bernard's utter weariness (I left him in his trench in the early morning, and wished I could take his place, he was so done) . . ."