KINDLY LIGHT: The Story of Blind Veterans UK

How did a former newspaper proprietor who had no medical or psychological knowledge or training manage to successfully establish the charitable foundation now known as Blind Veterans UK, or St Dunstan's? Men from Britain and around the Commonwealth - Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Rhodesia and South Africa - had been shelled, bombed, mined, shot at, and gassed on the insatiable killing fields of the Western Front and on other fronts and had emerged bleeding, broken and - all of them - sightless. The book attempts to pay adequate tribute to the St Dunstaners and the myriad of doctors, nurses, VADs, volunteers, family and friends through the soldiers' journey to 'Victory Over Blindness'. Here are true and heartwarming stories of great courage, comradeship and dedication on the part of Sir Arthur Pearson and his staff, and of the astonishing feats achieved by those who prove that to be blind does not necessarily preclude gainful employment, romance, love, marriage and a happy family life. The book recounts Pearson's personal journey from his school years and early adulthood where signs of his charitable nature first started to emerge with social projects such as the Fresh Air Fund and founding publications such as Pearson's Weekly and the Daily Express. 191pp, large well illustrated softback.