Everyman at War. Sixty Personal Narratives of the War by Charles B. Purdom Part 1/3 | 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 - 00 - Introduction
00:07:10 - 01 - The Old Contemptibles, 1914. The Retreat From Mons, August 23rd—September 5th, 1914. Bernard John Denore
00:26:00 - 02 - An Old Contemptible At Le Cateau. R. G. Hill
00:42:23 - 03 - The First Battle Of Ypres, October 1914. J. F. Bell
00:52:39 - 04 - In France And Flanders, 1915-1918. A Territorial In The Salient. F. L. Watson, M.C.
01:09:47 - 05 - The First Gas Attack. Anthony R. Hossack
01:23:29 - 06 - The Battle Of Loos. W. Walker
01:38:01 - 07 - A Highland Battalion At Loos. Thos. McCall
01:49:55 - 08 - At A Sap-Head. David Phillips
02:06:18 - 09 - Trenches At Vimy Ridge. Harold Saunders
02:23:27 - 10 - In A Kite Balloon. W. Sylvanus Lewis
02:33:08 - 11 - A Night Counter-Attack. F. W. Watts
02:49:20 - 12 - A Gunner's Adventure. N. H. Bradbury
02:59:04 - 13 - The Carnoy Cows. T. S. Williams
03:11:03 - 14 - Ordinary War On The Somme. Fred Ball
03:26:38 - 15 - Delville Wood. Capt. S. J. Worsley, D.S.0., M.C.
03:41:03 - 16 - In A Billet. Harry Drake
03:47:54 - 17 - 17-21. George F. Wear
04:09:09 - 18 - A Wireless Operator. B. Neyland
04:24:03 - 19 - At Messines Ridge In 1917. E. N. Gladden
04:43:36 - 20 - A July Day At St. Julien. Alfred Willcox
05:00:35 - 21 - A Labour Company At Ypres. J. Cumming Morgan
05:13:52 - 22 - Two Nights. P. Hoole Jackson
05:32:32 - 23 - On The Belgian Coast. George Brame
05:48:51 - 24 - A Nightmare. Alan F. Hyder
06:03:44 - 25 - A Cavalry Brigade At Cambrai, November 1917. Chris Knight
06:23:13 - 26 - La Vacquerie, December 3, 1917. W. R. Dick
06:42:33 - 27 - A Boy's Experiences. C.J. Arthur

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