Netley Diary 1915-1916

<p>Corporal Alec Riley served at Gallipoli in 1915 with the British 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. </p><p>'Four months of Gallipoli gave me four diseases and 12 months in Netley.'</p><p>Riley chose the Royal Victoria Hospital for his convalescence because he wanted to know what a great military hospital was like that knowledge recorded in a diary of his time at Netley.</p><p>'I have tried' says Riley 'to give some idea of life in one of the many wards the various patients I met our habits amusements hopes and fears.'</p><p>Riley's journey was shared by thousands of First World War soldiers who left the front sick and broken to embark on the slow road to recovery.</p><p>The book is richly illustrated with rarely seen images and includes a concise history of the Royal Victoria Hospital. </p><p><br></p>