Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War

Charles B. Purdom

Ngôn ngữ: English

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1. The Old Contemptibles, 1914. The Retreat From Mons, August 23rd—September 5th, 1914. Bernard John Denore
2. An Old Contemptible At Le Cateau. R. G. Hill
3. The First Battle Of Ypres, October 1914. J. F. Bell
4. In France And Flanders, 1915-1918. A Territorial In The Salient. F. L. Watson, M.C.
5. The First Gas Attack. Anthony R. Hossack
6. The Battle Of Loos. W. Walker
7. A Highland Battalion At Loos. Thos. McCall
8. At A Sap-Head. David Phillips
9. Trenches At Vimy Ridge. Harold Saunders
10. In A Kite Balloon. W. Sylvanus Lewis
11. A Night Counter-Attack. F. W. Watts
12. A Gunner’s Adventure. N. H. Bradbury
13. The Carnoy Cows. T. S. Williams
14. Ordinary War On The Somme. Fred Ball
15. Delville Wood. Capt. S. J. Worsley, D.S.0., M.C.
16. In A Billet. Harry Drake
17. 17-21. George F. Wear
18. A Wireless Operator. B. Neyland
19. At Messines Ridge In 1917. E. N. Gladden
20. A July Day At St. Julien. Alfred Willcox
21. A Labour Company At Ypres. J. Cumming Morgan
22. Two Nights. P. Hoole Jackson
23. On The Belgian Coast. George Brame
24. A Nightmare. Alan F. Hyder
25. A Cavalry Brigade At Cambrai, November 1917. Chris Knight
26. La Vacquerie, December 3, 1917. W. R. Dick
27. A Boy's Experiences. C.J. Arthur
28. Varieties Of Trench Life. A. A. Dickson
29. A Runner’s Story 1916-1918. R. W. Iley
30. In A Highland Regiment. H.E. May
31. Opening Of German Offensive, March 1918. Alfred Grosch
32. Retreat. R. G. Bultitude
33. “ Stand-To ’’ On Givenchy Road. Thomas A. Owen
34. When Tank Fought Tank. F. Mitchell, M.C.
35. Bravery In The Field? Alexander Paterson
36. Noyon—March 23rd, 1918. Dr. F.O.Taylor
37. A Casualty Clearing Station. Dr. John A. Hayward
38. Rations. C. Goddard-Chead
39. A Padre’s Story. Anon.
40. Messines, October 1918. A.B. Kenway
41. At Gallipoli. A Boy At Gallipoli. Fred T. Wilson
42. The Flood At Suvla Bay. F.W.D. Bendall
43. The Evacuation Of Suvla Bay. W.H.Lench
44. In Macedonia. The End Of Bulgaria. N.C. Powell
45. In Palestine. A Sapper In Palestine. H.P. Bonser
46. Tell-El-Sheria. William G. Johnson
47. In Mesopotamia. The Corridor. T.Clayton
48. Those Desert Days. Robert Harding
49. In German East Africa. The Devil—My Friend. Charles Trehane
50. In The Air. "The Circus”. F. Suckling
51. The Casualty. Rev. John H. W. Haswell
52. August To November 1918. H. F. Taylor
53. Some Women. August 1914. Esmée Sartorius
54. The Great Retreat In Serbia In 1915. M.I. Tatham
55. The Story Of A Waac. A. B. Baker
56. On The Sea. War At Sea. J. Willey
57. Zeebrugge. W. Wainwright
58. Torpedoed In The Aegean Sea. Reginald C. Huggins
59. Prisoners. First Days Of Imprisonment. Reginald Morris
60. Captivity In The Ardennes. Victor Denham

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In 1929 editor C. B. Purdom of the British magazine 'Everyman' ... "invited readers to send him accounts of their actual (WW1) war experiences, in not more than three thousand words, offering a small prize for the best narrative received. In the course of a few weeks I received over three hundred narratives ... The writers had been asked to relate their experiences straight-forwardly and simply. "Good writing" was not expected. The result was that the bulk of the manuscripts were plain statements of fact recording experiences that were deeply felt." The editor arranged 60 of the accounts in order of events, as far as possible. The accounts give a vivid picture of the experience of the common solider in the Great War. - Summary by Ted Lienhart