Great War Memoir From Boston Youth Surfaces
A 22 year old Boston author recalls fourteen months in France and service as dragoon guardsman dispatch rider and motor car driver under British flag. He was one of four survivors among thirty one motorcycle dispatch riders.
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The Boy Sniper and War Front Memoir in Europe
William J. Robinson recalls enlisting in a British cavalry unit and serving near Ypres in 1914. He describes battles, a Belgian boy sniper, trench life, improvised field engineering, and the motorized supply columns sustaining front-line units with detailed notes on mechanics, stores, and chaplains.
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The Royal Army Medical Corps and its Brave Noncombatants
A wartime reminiscence praising the R A M C as a vital noncombatant unit. The chaplain’s field service under shelling proves dedication, while soldiers grumble about lost belongings in hospital. The piece also notes cold air as a tonic for illness.
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Royal Army Medical Corps
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