Soldier Arthur Guy Empey Sails to England for British Army Service
The account traces Arthur Guy Empey an American who quits his Jersey City office after the Lusitania sinking to enlist with the British in France. It outlines his training front-line service rest billets and experiences from first church service under fire to major trench actions and his eventual wounding and discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lusitania
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
Ovn
England
Empey
France
Til—Empey
Mesa
Empry
Kimpey
Tommy
No Man's Land
Battle of the Somme
Tunpey
Boshi
Swan
London
St. Pancras
Tottenham Court Road
Lord Kitchener
Muftl
Tommy Atkins
Troyal Fusiliers
Lansing
Fter
Army
O. T.C
Panewlhe
Ema
Tomey
Geldam
From Mufti to Khaki in a Jersey City recruiting tale
A first person reminiscence follows an American in Jersey City during World War I as he witnesses a war map, Lusitania headlines, and a growing resolve to join. He travels to London and encounters recruiting offices, barroom schemes, and a stubborn Army recruiter, recounting failed enlistment due to neutrality rules and a zeal to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogden
Utah
New York
Haeles
Font Court Road
Chey Inne Somione
Kluakls
Efere Doan
UN Americas
Blighty to Rest Billete The Packing of a British Soldier
A veteran recalls the arduous buildup to France detailing the packing of equipment in heavy marching order. He describes boots, woolen garments, belt and pouches, water canteen, bayonet, entrenching tool, haversack, pack, mess kit, blanket, rifle, and personal belongings. The narrative contrasts British kit with US drills and notes the planned reinforcement draft for France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tammy Atkins
England
Patagonia
Germany
Tommy
France
Sveinfield
United States Cavalry
Butawan
Walter
Peruna testimonial and WWI trench memoir excerpt
Elizabeth Reuther of Washington, D C endorses Peruna as a splendid medicine for catarrh and stomach trouble. The narrative recounts a WWI troop journey to Southampton, training in Rouen, trench warfare basics, billeting, and a vivid account of cooties and life in the trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Reuther
11Th St. N. W
Washington, D. C
Peruni
Ueero
Efe
Southampton
France
Rouen
Ambiguous quote fragment sparks stirred recollection
A garbled excerpt shows a speaker claiming honesty and warning of a police interruption. The quoted line hints at a mistaken deposit or transaction and a viewer named Vaitlinore or similar byline, with a voice noting a cop intervening before distance was covered.
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Arthur Guy Emoly
Chapter
Mufti
Ieutenant
Jersey National Goard
Aeem
Leutenant
Washington
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
Chen
Odeo
Saldon
Acre
Netra
All Guy Empey
Peruna
Hommes
Bibi
Jim
Estherville
Estherville State Bank
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