Harold Reginald Peat: 2 books
by Harold Reginald Peat
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2016
Harold Reginald Peat (July 12, 1893 – 1960) was a Canadian soldier and author. Born in Jamaica, and emigrated to Toronto with his mother, Peat was educated privately and at boarding school in Kingston, Jamaica. He served as a private in the 3rd Battalion of the First Canadian Contingent during WWI....
by Harold Reginald Peat
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2011
In this record of my experiences as a private in the great war I have tried to put the emphasis on the things that seemed to me important. It is true I set out to write a book of smiles, but the seriousness of it all came back to me and crept into my pages. Yet I hope, along with the grimness and the...