The War Stories of Private Thomas Atkins
THE WAR STORIES OF PRIVATE THOMAS ATKINS
“ Are we downhearted? ” “ No-o-o! ”
The War Cry of Private Atkins.
It’s a long way to Tipperary
It’s a long way to go,
It’s a long way to Tipperary,
To the sweetest girl I know!
Good-bye, Piccadilly!
Farewell, Leicester Square!
It’s a long, long way to Tipperary,
But my heart’s right there.
James Milne
The War Stories of Private Thomas Atkins
Keepsakes
Want Nothing
“Cheer, Boys, Cheer”
Couldn’t Understand!
Those Highlanders
Her “Soldat”
Delightfully Hungry
Dandy Lads
Flowers and Favours
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!
Pat’s Mishap
A Comparison
Church Bells
Invited Out!
Triumphant
Thinking of Home
Safe!
Perfectly Happy
“Du Pain!”
A Song of a Shirt
Like Rob Roy
On and Off
A Baby Bunting
Early Piety
Quiet and Restful
On the Quiet!
Sweetness—and Rain!
Comfortable!
Sucking Eggs!
To his Mother
A Far Journey
A River of Joy
“A Sport”
“Coo Naht”
So Hospitable!
The “Entente”
Praise Indeed
“A Blooming Nuisance”
Brave Women
Only Water Left
“Good Sports”
“Give You Anything”
Bearded like Pards
“Fag” Making
The Little Children
In Hospital
Well Pleased
“Bonnie Fighters”
“No Germany!”
No Singing Birds
Quite Royal!
“Mister Bull!”
Not Suited to It
Christian
A Doubting Doctor
X-Rayed
Took the “Bully”
“Roll on, London!”
Captured Uhlans
Grave-digging
A Barber in Lambeth
Berlin “Nuts”
“Collies?”
The Track of the Huns
Got the Guns
“Made in Germany”
“Over the Shoulder”
No Chocolates
Kill or Wound?
A Lucky Escape
False Bugle-calls
A Tell-tale Diary
Wanted a Hat!
A Day in Bed
Lost!
Looked After
“Have You a Light?”
Don’t Know!
The Cannon’s Roar
Hard Lines
Roughing It!
A Sing-song
One Blessing
Not Worrying
Scrap Iron
Not Swept Away Yet
From the Hip
A Cupboard Skeleton
Food for Powder
Not Good Shots
Adam without an Eden
The Enviable “Terriers”
Pea-shooters
Had “To Nip”
“Fairly Well”
Rained on
Quagmires and “Mug Racks”
Cave-dwellers
Contour Maps
A Disturbed Dinner
Petrol Power
“Crackers!”
A Near Shave
“Poor Old Bones!”
Unexpected
Turpinite
Took Off the Roof!
Lancashire!
Up Aloft!
His Own Back
Sleep Through Anything
“Lucky, Considering”
Nothing Wasted
Those Uhlans
Stonewalling!
The Way of It
Like an Exodus
A Long, Long Day
Every House a Fort
A Gallant Sky Pilot
The Unexpected
No Love Lost
“Up, Guards,” and at ’Em?
Clearing Them Out
Steady, Boys, Steady!
Scared Gun-Horses
A Cameron Man
The Cold Steel
“Is This Death?”
Spoiled Their Appetite
“A Jigsaw Puzzle”
“Erin Go Bragh!”
A Midnight Move
A High Ordeal
A Good Night
A Far View
Brave Women
Fatherly
Proud Indeed!
Wilted!
Enjoying Ourselves
Held Up!
Not So “Swanky”
Undaunted
“Rotten Luck”
Near Shaves
Custom!
Buried and Burnt
“That Tired Feeling”
Lucky Fellow!
So Glad!
The Gallant Belgians
In the Dark
A Bold Battery
Before the Dawn
Rescued
A “Jelly Fish”
Cold—and Hot!
“Knocked!”
In a Château
“Made Good!”
A “Terrible Time”
His True Colours
A Barricade
Wounded and Waiting
Inconceivable!
Gets Used to It
Gay to Grave
Encouraged
Wondering!
Jubilant
Mad!
Know nor Care
An “Infernal Din”
Splendid but Awful
How It Happened
Joe to Bill
The Stuffing Wrong
Guarded!
A Scamper
Causes Deafness
Twenty to One
Under Difficulties
Not Troubling
The Pictures!
Healing Nicely!
Dazed, but There
“A Mad Crew”
Saving a Battery
Salt and Cigarettes
Like an Electric Shock
Given up Worrying
Safe as Houses
Stunned!
His Fire Baptism!
Smoke—and Fire!
“Punched!”
Footsore
Couldn’t Miss
What Ho!
Grand Fighting
Swept Away
Giving a Hand
Came Down Dead!
Fisticuffs
Not to be Shot
Promoted Corporal
Uhlans or Hussars
Soon be Better
In Luck!
Mighty Cool
Three Times
A Marvellous Escape
Warm Work
“Breath-stoppers”
Ghostly!
Blue with Lead
Don’t Mind!
Not Much Left
One More River
A Revolver Story
At the Fords
War—and Peace!
Hard Going!
Connaught Rangers
The Best of It
Charge of the London Scots
Beside a Windmill
Against Big Odds
“Nesting” Time
A “Charmed Life”
The Seventh Time
Making a Hole
A Hero Indeed
A Changed View
“Oh, Bill!”
“Hell on Earth”
His Kilt Torn
“Not Me!”
A Pat on the Ankle
Doing Well
Blown Up!
Disagreeable
Green Fireworks
Heavy Fire
Dead as a Nail
Stone Dead
Kicked
Killed Instantly
Waited for Them
A Clover Field
A Busy Marksman
Bits of Shrapnel
In the Eye
“’Nuf Said”
Made Comfortable
Couldn’t Move
“Flying All Round”
Got Away
“Got Me, Too!”
A Passing Shell
Stuck to Him
Anchored!
Carted to Hospital
“NO-o-o!”
A Bold Front
“Shifting” Them
Dug It Out
“Stand Solid!”
The Dying German
Disturbed!
“Annie Laurie”
“Few! Few!”
“Hard Neck”
Thank Goodness!
The Great Retreat
Outnumbered
“The Old British Way”
Covered with Straw
Nothing to be Seen
“A Horrible Trade-mark”
Blown Sky High
Rescued!
A “Sensational Feeling”
“Silence Those Guns!”
Playing at Soldiers!
Kept the Guns
Taking Risks
Broke the Line
A “Hot Shop”
“Talk About Excitement!”
Balaclava Style
A Night Surprise
No Fight Left
All Sorts of Sacrifices
Sniping!
The Bayonet!
A Good Sleeper
Those Apples
Four Feet Down
Its Billet
Taking a German
Another Rocket
Too Late!
Might Shake Hands
A Football Talk
Feeling Led
Walnuts and Guards
Banging Away
All’s Fair!
Unnerving!
Caps and Helmets
Spectral
Buried Alive
Cut and Thrust
Robinson Crusoe
Swarms of Them
Moving!
Come On!
Brave Deeds
“Shifting Them!”
Bullets and “Footer”
Gallant Frenchmen
Hoist!
“One Red Burial Blent”
A Hand-shake!
Unhurt!
What the Irish Did
“A Regular Devil”
“Into ’Em, Lads!”
The Old Royals
Gallantry
Brought Him In
Skedaddled!
An Air Duel
Under Heavy Fire
Never Say Die!
Onward and Away!
Hit Four Times
Sticking to Him
“Boldly They Rode!”
“Basted” Him!
Help the Others!
Facing Death
“Scotland for Ever!”
Succouring the Wounded
Up the Hill
Harry Lauder’s Songs
Didn’t Know Defeat
Duty and—Death
“He Saved Others”
Heroes All
Invaded!
Better Dead!
Of Wife and Child
Loot!
The Roll call
Reading Ruskin
“All Right!”
Keepsakes!
Nellie’s Anxiety
The Dog It Was!
The Trail of the Sword
His Loved Ones
Vultures
A Song of Death
No More Cold Trenches
A Lady’s Handkerchief
All Gone
Fired!
One Taken!
A Dash for It
A Cave Disaster
An Irish Rifle
The Worst Part
“Blime!”
The Proof of It
Laughter!
A Great Game
“Fine Feeds”
No Tango in Paris
L.B.W.!
Irish and Merry
Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!
Surrounded Them
Joking not Apart
Left the Duck
Swimming for Them
Asked for Him
Mighty Particular
Swear Words
Maids of All Work
Step Outside
Didn’t Wait!
Kaiser and Highlander
“Shove-Ha’penny”
Comments
“Mein Gott!”
“Tickets, Please!”
No Uhlans Need Apply!
Cooking Their Dinner
Business as Usual
For Neuralgia!
“The Wearin’ o’ the Green!”
Not a Yarn
“Hallo, Old Tin Hat!”
Orange and Green
Poor Minnie!
His Last Wish
The Christian Way
Asked for the Colours
Not a Murmur
Saving a Tragedy
Going Home!
Like Jackie!
Lit His “Fag”
Cheerful in Verse
Succouring the Enemy
A Splendid Corporal
A Yorkshire “Tyke”
The Other Man!
A Costly Apple
No Hesitation
Glorious Examples
A Kindly German
Driven Out!
Cried Like Babies
The “Kiddies”
Finely Done
What McCabe Did
Taking the Salute
A Brave Sergeant
Officer and Gentleman
The Spirit of Old
“Hallelujah!”
“A Rare Good One”
“All’s Well”
The Beginning
Holed!
Jammy!
Next for Shaving
A Strange Meeting
“All We Want”
Dare-Devils
An Evil Eye!
Signed the Pledge!
The Balm of Baccy
His Spare Time
Wet, But Exciting
“Nearer, my God, to Thee”
Happy all the Day
“Supreme Beings”
“Who Goes There?”
“Mum’s the Word”
The Impossible Order
The Valiant Spirit
Spared!
Jolly Boys are We!
The “Born Grousers”
Well Tended
“Archibald” a Drawback
“Here Comes the Last”
Saved by a Curé
After the Battle
Busy!
“Really Good”
A Great Time!
In Mourning
Consolations
All Smiles!
The Pot Boiling
The Old Horse
No More Collecting
Worthy of Tom Brown
Wonderfully Popular
Messing Together
“Merry and Bright”
Next, Please!
That “Interest”
Sad and Glad
Unexpected!
Tempting Grapes
“Our Menu!”
Trust Thomas!
Night Duty
Sea Echoes
The Motor-Man
An Interpreter
A Proper Adventure
“Culture” for Them
Cooking no Joke
Let Down Lightly
The Kilt
Proper Officers
Scented!
Bottles All the Way
Brain and Muscle
A True Dream
“Tough Nuts”
No Football!
Hungry!
Animal Instinct
Sacramental
Sportsmen!
Praise and Song
Convalescent!
A Strange “Bisley”
“Tiddlers!”
Grace—and Food
Polus!
“Gey Hard!”
“Terribly Put Out”
A Fortunate One
Joke, but No Beer
The Country Round
“Jambon!”
“Chin-Waggers”
The Better Man
No Anxiety
Volunteers!
The Popular C.I.C.
The Wrong Horse
Close Fighting
Mud—and Glory
What Thinks the Kaiser?
Professional!
“Cracking Up!”
Easily the Best
The Whip Hand
The Pathos of It
The London Bus
Putting up with It
Rubbing It In
The Franco-British Team
Music and Lunch
The Indian Men
A Happy Ending
