A Soldier's Rations and Remembrance in France Front
An American private recalls trench life in France with platoon mates, a quartermaster and daily rations. He describes the ration scramble, trench pudding, lonely soldier parcels, a squadmate Pete Walling killed in action, and the burial on the western front with a Band of brothers mourning Pete's loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Boughty
Ofrls
Syomen
England
Pete
France
St. Peter
Death by Own Action Chapter in Muddy Front Trench
The narrator describes a dugout nicknamed Suicide Annex in a rain soaked front trench. Mud floods the floor while soldiers sleep, wash, and eat in misery under dim candlelight as shelling rattles overhead.
The Day's Work in the Trenches Revealed by a Tommy
A soldier describes the nightly routine in the fire trench from sundown to dawn. Relieved sentries, constant vigilance, damp conditions, and the constant threat of cooties mark daily life. The piece recalls a comrade Warren and a fatal mishap during leave, plus routine meals, rest periods, and boys passing time in deterring boredom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Iske
No Man's Land
Woolwich Arsenal
Tommy
Warren
England
Waterloo Station
London
Fritz
Over the Top in No Man's Land A WWI Barrage
In Chapter XI the narrator recalls going over the top at four in the morning to attack the German front line. A two o clock bombardment and barbed wire lanes precede three waves as shells, flare lights, and machine gun fire erupt, creating a dramatic, nerve wracking assault with vivid battlefield imagery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.alghing
Toto
Nes
Pam
Chapter Will The Little Wooden Cress
Fragment discusses remaining prest blilets for pt un and receiving an unwelcome notice or situation.
Soldier on a Rainy Fire Step Guard Duty
The narrator describes waiting on a muddy fire step in cold rain, then joining a fellow guard with his head exposed. At ten o clock he was relieved and returned to the fire step as the rain stopped. The men prayed for morning and the rum issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Tommy
Phe
Pete
Poor Pete
Suicide Annex
Yank
Waterloo
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Arthur Guy Empty
Iso
Batman
Army Service Corps
Tammy
M. P
Royal Flying Corps
Tomemy
Tomms
Iritz
Ike
Pete Walling
Britain
Ufe
Cimie
Chapter
Will
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