Requiem for Private Hughes

By Chip Tolson

The ambitions of Somerset lad Archie Middlebrook are shattered on National Service during the Malayan Emergency in a terrorist ambush. Geraint Hughes is killed.
Four decades pass before Archie comes to terms with the trauma of his youth and celebrates the life of his friend and fellow National Serviceman.
Requiem for Private Hughes was shortlisted for the inaugural 2018 Hall & Woodhouse Dorchester Literary Festival Writing Prize.