Yet another book from my library. The author joined up in 1915 as a private soldier and served in the front line with distinction from late 1915 until 1917 when he went home to be commissioned. He returned to France in early 1918 and served as an infantry officer until being demobilized in 1919.
This is an excellent record of a good soldiers service. He gives some of the best descriptions of life in the trenches I have ever read. Quite how the soldiers coped with the appalling conditions is almost beyond belief. The author had so many close shaves it is amazing he survived but I suspect many others had similar experiences.
If you want to really understand what it was like in the trenches, this is the book for you.
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