(The thirteenth entry in the series, The Road to Waterloo, was published posthumously from the author's notes in 2018, and is set far earlier in time, in the period leading up to that famous battle). The twelfth entry in Ronald Welch's Carey Family Chronicles, which follows the fortunes of members of the same landed Welsh family through centuries of British history, Tank Commander was originally publisher in 1972, and is the last of the books, chronologically speaking. Eventually, he is recruited for a brand new, top secret unit, one that will introduce tank warfare into the conflict. As the narrative moves from one WWI battle to the next, John serves under commanders good and bad, and sees almost all of his fellows mowed down in the carnage around him. Second Lieutenant John Carey experiences the horror of war for the first time on the battlefield of Mons in this gripping, vividly-realized work of historical fiction for young readers.
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