Word: benstead
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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RETREAT-C. R. Benstead-Century...
...throw a beam of flattering light on army chaplains, the book has been praised by no less a churchman than gloomy Dean Inge, of London's St. Paul's Cathedral. Said he: "One of the best and most original of the new war books." Author C. R. Benstead, 33, 6 ft., 5 in., entered the War as a private, won a commission in the Gunners. He served at the Somme, the Ancre, Vimy Ridge, Arras, Passchendaele, was with the Fifth Army in the near-disastrous spring of 1918 his book tells about. He was mentioned in despatches, decorated...