Sapper Dorothy Lawrence, the Only English Woman Soldier, Late Royal Engineers, 51st division, 179th Tunnelling Company, B.E.F.
Title | Sapper Dorothy Lawrence, the Only English Woman Soldier, Late Royal Engineers, 51st division, 179th Tunnelling Company, B.E.F. |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 1919 |
Authors | Lawrence, Dorothy |
Number of Pages | 190 |
Publisher | J. Lane |
City | London |
Abstract | AgedĀ 19, at the outbreak of World War I, the author traveled to France and posed as a man in the British Expeditionary Forces where she worked as a sapper digging tunnels on the western front. She was later arrested when it was discovered she was a woman. In this volume, which was heavily censored by the War Office, she recounts her experiences. |
URL | https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100330391 |
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