Author: Leonard J. Gamble. Assisted by L.R. Neden, and Marc Tremblay. Published by L.J. Gamble Publishing, Victoria, BC., 2008, RARE: 1st Edition. Printed in Canada by First Choice Books, Victoria, BC. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with slight soil on shelf-edge. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 6 x 9 inch, 266 pages including Index.
SO FAR FROM HOME, tells the stories of the men who died, embedding each of the stories in the larger account of the evolution of the Canadian expeditionary Force itself.
Armstrong, British Columbia, and the surrounding districts of Spallumcheen, Deep Creek, Salmon River, Falkland and Westwold, more than played their part in WW1, with over 300 men serving the armed forces. Of these, at least sixty died either during the war, or shortly afterwards from war related causes.
