This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
American Soldier Empey Enlists and Leads Trench Attacks
Arthur Guy Empey, an American, resigns his Jersey City post after learning of the Lusitania sinking and goes to England to join the British Army. He details front-line life, training, and battles from training to the Somme, including trench maps, overviews of gas, bombardment, and the Bearer’s experiences in no-man’s-land and as a casualty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusitania
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
Oes
England
Empey
France
Gereman Fokker
Tommy
Old Pepper
No Man’s
Dilletsmpey
Nate
Great Britain
Gerrana
I Daly
the Somme
Royal Flying Corps
Hachman
United States Cavalry
Ecommander
Fritz
Wrrtz
No Man’s Land
Brooklyn
Bowie
Atwell
Machine
No .8
Sestion
Certina
Omtoy
Frita
Yank
Suicide Ditch
Royal Engineers
No Man's Land