From Eton To Ypres: The Letters and Diaries of Lt Col Wilfrid Abel Smith, Grenadier Guards, 1914-15

Wilfrid Abel Smith has been acknowledged as one of the outstanding commanding officers of World War I. His letters and diaries provide a vivid, firsthand account of the fighting and suffering on the frontline and trench warfare. As an Old Etonian, his account gives key insight into his family’s social network and the connections he made: most of Wilfrid’s officers were Old Etonians as was his Brigade commander, Lord Cavan and his second in command, Ma Jeffreys. This book is coedited by Henry Hanning and Charles Abel Smith, grandson and great grandson of Wilfrid. AUTHOR: Charles Abel Smith is an Old Etonian and has recently retired from a career in finance. SELLING POINTS: . Hardback will be sold out within six months of publication,

with author events planned through next year . Provides key insight into the service of Old Etonians . Keen interest to the Travellers Club
of which Wilfrid was

a member
which is publishing a new work on their

members who fell . Heavily involves firsthand narrative, and includes a

detailed biographical index of approximately 160 officers and NCOs, which will be of great use to genealogists 60 b/w illustrations