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Tag Archives: memoirs
Wildlife at Gallipoli, December 1915
‘Bird and insect life is most interesting here… Larks can always be seen, and their presence seems to lessen in some degree the sordidness of war. One feels thankful that, no matter how many guns may be thundering, the noise … Continue reading
A draft of reinforcements arrives at Ypres
Norman Gladden recalls how a new draft of men arrived at the 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers near Ypres in 1917. The battalion had suffered considerable casualties at the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917. The nature of the new … Continue reading
Letter home tells of dangers of Ypres in 1915
A letter home from lieutenant Hugh Butterworth of the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade. In it, he displays a characteristic joviality and dry wit despite the dangers of his situation. Trenches Sunday, June 20th, 1915. 3.15am What a night! We left … Continue reading
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Tagged 1915, Belgium, centenary, Hugh Butterworth, memoirs, Rifle Brigade, Soldiers of the Great War, World War I language, World War I letters, Ypres
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War as a great game in 1915
‘I stood with Maynard Greville on the stone terrace outside the School House studies at Oundle in the spring of 1915. ‘I vote we chuck all this at the end of term and join up,’ said he. ‘Wouldn’t it be … Continue reading
Joining ‘The Mutton Lancers’ in 1914
‘I see from my discharge papers that I enlisted on 27 August 1914. As I was born on 26 January 1898, it follows that I was sixteen years and seven months old. ‘The Battle of Mons had just been fought, … Continue reading
Hidden dangers of war
‘In the shallow ditch outside that Le Touret farm, among the black mud now nearly dry, were to be seen a variety of old grenades brown with rust, tumbled in with tin cans and broken harness. ‘I looked at them … Continue reading
Posted in Soldiers of the Great War, World War I memoirs
Tagged books, dangers, Edmund Blunden, memoirs, risks, Royal Sussex regiment, war poets
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First World War Centenary, 1914-1918 