Captain Henry Evelyn Arthur Platt: Diaries and Letters of a First World War Officer in the 19th Hussars and 1st Coldstream Guards

Diary and letters of Captain Henry Evelyn Arthur Platt including his time at Eton, Sandhurst and in the First World War.He describes life in the Hussars and Coldstream Guards, how he was gassed in May 1915, and life in the trenches.He was killed near Ypres in May 1916.The book is illustrated with maps and photographs, and includes biographies of his wife, son, brother and parents.