Supreme Sacrifice

A unique book that follows the story of World War I through the lives and deaths of seventy-two soldiers in one small Scottish village.   The war memorial in the Scottish village of Bridge of Weir lists seventy-two men who died during the First World War. Their deaths occurred in almost every theater of the war. They were awarded very few medals, and their military careers were not remarkable—except in the important respect that they, like countless other peaceful civilians, answered their