Dear Brother, Don't Volunteer: A novel of the Somme battles of 1916 : Part 3. of the trilogy 'The Foster Family in the Great War'

In Part 3. of the trilogy 'The Foster Family in the Great War', Private Ruskin Scribney, a most reluctant ‘volunteer’ of the 16th Battalion the Prince of Wales Own West Yorkshire regiment (the ‘1st Bradford Pals’ ), Ridley Judde, Billy-Boy Lumsden, the three Foster brothers & mates Jack Rigby & Billy Townshend all prepare for their roles in the great Battle of the Somme in 1916. The day comes & great slaughter ensues, lasting four months. Sgt McClusky tracks down arch enemy, Gordon Highlander Hamish Eadie whilst Alice Foster & Ned North take care of threats & intrigue at home from criminal gangs & Irish Nationalist groups. Alice receives unlikely help from an old adversary. Sam Tooms realises his dream & becomes a deadly sniper tangling with ex-Boer sharpshooter Lotar Viljoen. Nurse Lucy Lawson faces a breakdown and VAD Susie Tallboy nurses a disfigured patient through pioneering and debilitating facial reconstructive surgery. Cora Judde has to come to terms with her son Ridley’s exotic girl Misha and Lieutenant Franklin has to deal with a man & a mule. Two Irish veterans have to deal with life after amputation & begin to question their loyalties. Johnny Grimes recovers from tangling with the murderous Hamish Eadie & falls for Nurse Kitty Smallwood but has to deal with Irish Republicans chasing a debt. Susie Tallboy brings home a man for Christmas.

Note: previously published as part of the 'Franklin & Friends in WW1' series under the same title.
For continuity, this trilogy is best read in order.