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Padre McShane says the reason I was not given a Brigade was for being so outspoken at Loos. He said that if that were so- I wear the invisible cross of military glory.Colonel Graham Chaplin- commander of 1st Cameronians- wrote letters from the trenches almost daily to the wife he had married just before the war began. Even if he had no time to write- he would at least send a postcard to reassure her he was Quite well. These personal and loving letters give a rare insight into the mind of a serving officer- his worries about his men and his family back home- his concern for the progress of the war (however cautiously phrased) and his comments on the growing list of friends dead or wounded.Most startling of all though- these letter finally reveal the shocking truth of why it was that a man endorsed by so many of his fellow officers- and respected and trusted by his men- wasnt promoted out of the trenches until 1917 - the only officer to whom this happened.Andrew Davidson- author of the highly praised Freds War- analyses Chaplins unique status and weaves around his letters a fascinating portrait of a soldiers life and of the war on the Western Front....