Grisly Memories of High Wood, by Lt Col Graham S Hutchison, DSO MC | 14-15 July 1916 | Episode 133
Published on 14 July 1916
The Summer of 1916 saw the prolongation of the Somme battles with the Germans still in possession of the high ground and the tactical advantage. The human story of this period of high hopes and deep disappointments is introduced by the well-known author of "The W Plan" and other famous books, Lt.-Col. Graham Seton Hutchison, D.S.O., M.C.
Lt.-Col. Hutchison went to France in 1914. On the Somme he was Captain in the 33rd Batt. Machine Gun Corps. Thrice wounded, awarded D.S.O. and M.C., he was mentioned in dispatches four times.