{"product_id":"9781845887230-the-meath-war-dead","title":"The Meath War Dead","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA History of the Casualties of the Great War. Over five hundred men from Meath died in the Great War. The poet, Francis Ledwidge, would be the most famous of these, but many personal tragedies play out in the details of the book: fathers who never saw their children, teenagers who never had the opportunity to grow to adulthood, young men traumatised by the horrific conditions of the trenches. \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOver five hundred men from Meath died in the Great War. One hundred of those men were from Navan.\u003c\/strong\u003e Twenty Meath families lost more than one member in this war. The poet, Francis Ledwidge, would be the most famous of these, but many personal tragedies play out in the details of the book: fathers who never saw their children, teenagers who never had the opportunity to grow to adulthood, young men traumatised by the horrific conditions of the trenches. Their lives and those of their families are recorded in what is the first major project to commemorate the war dead of Meath. These men were not just statistics; each was an individual human being. Not only are the dates and places of deaths of each man recorded but the author attempts to give some background details including parents, dates of baptisms, occupations of their parents and their own occupations. \u003cem\u003eThe Meath war dead\u003c\/em\u003e are a part of our identity, a shared heritage which has been hidden and disregarded for too long.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945994530913,"sku":"9781845887230","price":13.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/351792be97adf73f6c8cfb4eb3dff975.png?v=1691798254","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781845887230-the-meath-war-dead","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}