Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War by Charles B. Purdom Part 2/3 | Audio Book

Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War by Charles B. Purdom (1883 - 1965)
Genre(s): War & Military, Memoirs

Read by: Ted Lienhart in English

Parts:

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 28 - Varieties Of Trench Life. A. A. Dickson
00:16:01 - 29 - A Runner's Story 1916-1918. R. W. Iley
00:33:37 - 30 - In A Highland Regiment. H.E. May
00:52:54 - 31 - Opening Of German Offensive, March 1918. Alfred Grosch
01:10:27 - 32 - Retreat. R. G. Bultitude
01:27:03 - 33 - ' Stand-To '' On Givenchy Road. Thomas A. Owen
01:44:02 - 34 - When Tank Fought Tank. F. Mitchell, M.C.
02:01:51 - 35 - Bravery In The Field? Alexander Paterson
02:19:40 - 36 - Noyon—March 23rd, 1918. Dr. F.O.Taylor
02:30:48 - 37 - A Casualty Clearing Station. Dr. John A. Hayward
02:49:15 - 38 - Rations. C. Goddard-Chead
03:05:53 - 39 - A Padre's Story. Anon.
03:24:16 - 40 - Messines, October 1918. A.B. Kenway
03:44:21 - 41 - At Gallipoli. A Boy At Gallipoli. Fred T. Wilson
03:58:42 - 42 - The Flood At Suvla Bay. F.W.D. Bendall
04:15:28 - 43 - The Evacuation Of Suvla Bay. W.H.Lench
04:29:04 - 44 - In Macedonia. The End Of Bulgaria. N.C. Powell
04:46:05 - 45 - In Palestine. A Sapper In Palestine. H.P. Bonser
05:04:02 - 46 - Tell-El-Sheria. William G. Johnson
05:24:06 - 47 - In Mesopotamia. The Corridor. T.Clayton
05:38:43 - 48 - Those Desert Days. Robert Harding
05:47:37 - 49 - In German East Africa. The Devil—My Friend. Charles Trehane
06:05:53 - 50 - In The Air. 'The Circus'. F. Suckling
06:21:00 - 51 - The Casualty. Rev. John H. W. Haswell
06:31:24 - 52 - August To November 1918. H. F. Taylor
06:46:26 - 53 - Some Women. August 1914. Esmée Sartorius

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