Field Of Bones by Philip Orr

Field Of Bones by Philip Orr

During August and September 1915 almost three thousand young volunteer Irish soldiers died on the killing fields of Gallipoli on the Turkish Aegean. A division of Kitchener’s Army, at Suvla Bay they fell to gunshot-wounds and shellfire, while thirst, sunstroke and dysentery reduced their chances of survival. Hundreds were burned alive in raging bush-fires. In post-war Ireland political revolution led to the removal of Gallipoli from memory. One popular ballad told the volunteers, ‘you fought for the wrong country; you died for the wrong cause, when the greatest war was at home’. Here, in heart-breaking detail, built from letters, diaries and archival sources, is the story of the 10th Irish Division, many of whom still lie today in Suvla Bay’s deserted field of bones.

‘Masterly and moving… Philip Orr enhances his already high reputation as a military historian for not only illuminating and meticulous command of detail but for a sense of balance and a fair-mindedness too rare in work on the long-neglected history of Irish soldiers in the First World WarField of Bones is an absorbing study to be pondered by all students of the folly, the foibles, and the fortitude of man.’ – Professor Joe Lee ‘In this marvellously resonant book, Philip Orr has recovered the history of one of Ireland’s great forgotten battles… Gallipoli was as important a First World War battle for Ireland as the Somme was for Ulster.’ – Professor Keith Jeffery

‘Masterly and moving… Philip Orr enhances his already high reputation as a military historian for not only illuminating and meticulous command of detail but for a sense of balance and a fair-mindedness too rare in work on the long-neglected history of Irish soldiers in the First World War. Field of Bones is an absorbing study to be pondered by all students of the folly, the foibles, and the fortitude of man.’ – Professor Joe Lee ‘In this marvellously resonant book, Philip Orr has recovered the history of one of Ireland’s great forgotten battles… Gallipoli was as important a First World War battle for Ireland as the Somme was for Ulster.’ – Professor Keith Jeffery

PHILIP ORR, a former teacher and military historian, is author of the best-selling The Road to the Somme: Men of the Ulster Division Tell Their Story (Belfast 1987). He lives in Carrickfergus, County Antrim.

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ISBN 13	9781843510659
ISBN 10	1843510650
Title	Field Of Bones
Author	Philip Orr
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Lilliput Press Ltd
Year published	2006-11-16
Number of pages	268
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