Jeremy Clarke Jeremy Clarke

A hidden side of the Somme

We had the perfect guide who took us off the beaten track and knew when to keep quiet

[Chris Lofty / Alamy Stock Photo] 
issue 11 December 2021

Noticing via this Low Life column that I had trench fever, the Western Front Association treated me to a year’s membership and subscription to their excellent quarterly magazine Stand To!. And if that wasn’t enough, they also offered me a place in their contingent at this year’s Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph — a dream come true.

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