CONTENTS

[ FOREWORD ]

[ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ]

[ I] JOINING THE BRITISH ARMY

[ II] GOING IN

[ III] A TRENCH RAID

[ IV] A FEW DAYS' REST IN BILLETS

[ V] FEEDING THE TOMMIES

[ VI] HIKING TO VIMY RIDGE

[ VII] FASCINATION OF PATROL WORK

[ VIII] ON THE GO

[ IX] FIRST SIGHT OF THE TANKS

[ X] FOLLOWING THE TANKS INTO BATTLE

[ XI] PRISONERS

[ XII] I BECOME A BOMBER

[ XIII] BACK ON THE SOMME AGAIN

[ XIV] THE LAST TIME OVER THE TOP

[ XV] BITS OF BLIGHTY

[ XVI] SUGGESTIONS FOR "SAMMY"

[ GLOSSARY OF ARMY SLANG]

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Corporal Holmes in the Uniform of the 22nd London Battalion, Queen's Royal West Surrey Regiment, H.M. Imperial Army Frontispiece]

[ Reduced Facsimile of Discharge Certificate of Character]

[ A Heavy Howitzer, Under Camouflage]

[ Over the Top on a Raid ]

[ Cooking Under Difficulties]

[ Head-on View of a British Tank]

[ Corporal Holmes with Staff Nurse and Another Patient, at Fulham Military Hospital, London, S.W.]

[ Corporal Holmes with Company Office Force, at Winchester, England, a Week Prior to Discharge]