Field Service by Robert Edric. A novel set on the Somme in 1920. The war is long over but the army has retained men to recover the dead from battlefield burial places, identify them where possible and re-inter them in cemeteries under the auspices of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. It is a'quiet' book, not a lot goes on, no great denouement but rather a finely drawn study of character. Over the years we have all met the officers from the commission: the colonel, his staff captain and the chaplain; also the captain, lieutenant and sergeant at the coal face.
When visiting the Somme and Flanders it didn't occur to me how the many cemeteries were originally established, this book gave me some understanding.