Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War


Read by Ted Lienhart

In 1929 editor C. B. Purdom of the British magazine 'Everyman' ... "invited readers to send him accounts of their actual (WW1) war experiences, in not more than three thousand words, offering a small prize for the best narrative received. In the course of a few weeks I received over three hundred narratives ... The writers had been asked to relate their experiences straight-forwardly and simply. "Good writing" was not expected. The result was that the bulk of the manuscripts were plain statements of fact recording experiences that were deeply felt."

The editor arranged 60 of the accounts in order of events, as far as possible. The accounts give a vivid picture of the experience of the common solider in the Great War. - Summary by Ted Lienhart

Chapters

Introduction 7:09 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Old Contemptibles, 1914. The Retreat From Mons, August 23rd—September 5th, 1914. Bernard John Denore 18:49 Read by Ted Lienhart
An Old Contemptible At Le Cateau. R. G. Hill 16:22 Read by Ted Lienhart
The First Battle Of Ypres, October 1914. J. F. Bell 10:15 Read by Ted Lienhart
In France And Flanders, 1915-1918. A Territorial In The Salient. F. L. Watson, M.C. 17:06 Read by Ted Lienhart
The First Gas Attack. Anthony R. Hossack 13:41 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Battle Of Loos. W. Walker 14:31 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Highland Battalion At Loos. Thos. McCall 11:53 Read by Ted Lienhart
At A Sap-Head. David Phillips 16:21 Read by Ted Lienhart
Trenches At Vimy Ridge. Harold Saunders 17:09 Read by Ted Lienhart
In A Kite Balloon. W. Sylvanus Lewis 9:40 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Night Counter-Attack. F. W. Watts 16:11 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Gunner’s Adventure. N. H. Bradbury 9:43 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Carnoy Cows. T. S. Williams 11:57 Read by Ted Lienhart
Ordinary War On The Somme. Fred Ball 15:35 Read by Ted Lienhart
Delville Wood. Capt. S. J. Worsley, D.S.0., M.C. 14:24 Read by Ted Lienhart
In A Billet. Harry Drake 6:50 Read by Ted Lienhart
17-21. George F. Wear 21:13 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Wireless Operator. B. Neyland 14:53 Read by Ted Lienhart
At Messines Ridge In 1917. E. N. Gladden 19:32 Read by Ted Lienhart
A July Day At St. Julien. Alfred Willcox 16:58 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Labour Company At Ypres. J. Cumming Morgan 13:16 Read by Ted Lienhart
Two Nights. P. Hoole Jackson 18:38 Read by Ted Lienhart
On The Belgian Coast. George Brame 16:19 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Nightmare. Alan F. Hyder 14:52 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Cavalry Brigade At Cambrai, November 1917. Chris Knight 19:28 Read by Ted Lienhart
La Vacquerie, December 3, 1917. W. R. Dick 19:18 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Boy's Experiences. C.J. Arthur 18:21 Read by Ted Lienhart
Varieties Of Trench Life. A. A. Dickson 16:00 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Runner’s Story 1916-1918. R. W. Iley 17:35 Read by Ted Lienhart
In A Highland Regiment. H.E. May 19:16 Read by Ted Lienhart
Opening Of German Offensive, March 1918. Alfred Grosch 17:32 Read by Ted Lienhart
Retreat. R. G. Bultitude 16:34 Read by Ted Lienhart
“ Stand-To ’’ On Givenchy Road. Thomas A. Owen 16:59 Read by Ted Lienhart
When Tank Fought Tank. F. Mitchell, M.C. 17:48 Read by Ted Lienhart
Bravery In The Field? Alexander Paterson 17:48 Read by Ted Lienhart
Noyon—March 23rd, 1918. Dr. F.O.Taylor 11:06 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Casualty Clearing Station. Dr. John A. Hayward 18:26 Read by Ted Lienhart
Rations. C. Goddard-Chead 16:38 Read by Ted Lienhart
A Padre’s Story. Anon. 18:22 Read by Ted Lienhart
Messines, October 1918. A.B. Kenway 20:04 Read by Ted Lienhart
At Gallipoli. A Boy At Gallipoli. Fred T. Wilson 14:19 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Flood At Suvla Bay. F.W.D. Bendall 16:45 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Evacuation Of Suvla Bay. W.H.Lench 13:35 Read by Ted Lienhart
In Macedonia. The End Of Bulgaria. N.C. Powell 17:00 Read by Ted Lienhart
In Palestine. A Sapper In Palestine. H.P. Bonser 17:55 Read by Ted Lienhart
Tell-El-Sheria. William G. Johnson 20:03 Read by Ted Lienhart
In Mesopotamia. The Corridor. T.Clayton 14:36 Read by Ted Lienhart
Those Desert Days. Robert Harding 8:53 Read by Ted Lienhart
In German East Africa. The Devil—My Friend. Charles Trehane 18:15 Read by Ted Lienhart
In The Air. "The Circus”. F. Suckling 15:05 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Casualty. Rev. John H. W. Haswell 10:23 Read by Ted Lienhart
August To November 1918. H. F. Taylor 15:01 Read by Ted Lienhart
Some Women. August 1914. Esmée Sartorius 16:26 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Great Retreat In Serbia In 1915. M.I. Tatham 14:16 Read by Ted Lienhart
The Story Of A Waac. A. B. Baker 15:28 Read by Ted Lienhart
On The Sea. War At Sea. J. Willey 18:33 Read by Ted Lienhart
Zeebrugge. W. Wainwright 24:14 Read by Ted Lienhart
Torpedoed In The Aegean Sea. Reginald C. Huggins 10:52 Read by Ted Lienhart
Prisoners. First Days Of Imprisonment. Reginald Morris 17:55 Read by Ted Lienhart
Captivity In The Ardennes. Victor Denham 15:48 Read by Ted Lienhart