Allan Mallinson

A young soldier’s noble vision: creating the Western Front Way 

In 1915, Douglas Gillespie, aged 25, hoped that a tree-shaded ‘via sacra’ would one day mark the Western Front. Anthony Seldon helps to realise this a century later

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issue 12 November 2022
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  • The Path of Peace: Walking the Western Front Way

    Anthony Seldon

    Atlantic Books, pp. 350, £20

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