TEBAY writer Carole Morland writes movingly about the painful experiences endured by her soldier father during the Second World War.

In particular, she chronicles the lasting effects fighting in France had on Dent man Stan Haygarth’s health and well-being.

Her father suffered intensely after returning to civilian life because lasting mental and physical wounds caused by the conflict.

A Dalesman’s War is a book that will appeal to aall those who would like to learn more about post traumatic stress or what life was like for soldiers fighting in the war.

* A Dalesman's War by Carole Morland, Hayloft, £12.