Laugh or Cry
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Laugh or Cry

The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914–1918

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Laugh or Cry

The British Soldier on the Western Front, 1914–1918

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'Awakened by great shouted oaths below. Peeped over the side of the manger and saw a Belgian lass milking and addressing a cow with a comprehensive luridness that left no doubt in my mind that British soldiers had been billeted here before.' - Private Norman Ellison, 1/6th King's Liverpool Regiment Humor helped the British soldier survive the terrible experiences they faced in the trenches of the Western Front during the Great War. Human beings are complicated, and there is no set pattern as to how they react to the outrageous stresses of war. But humor, often dark and representative of the horrors around them could and often did help. They may have been up to their knees in mud and blood, soaking wet and shot at from all sides, but many were still determined to see the 'funny side', rather than surrender to utter misery. Peter Hart and Gary Bain have delved deep into the archives to find examples of the soldier's wit. The results are at times hilarious but rooted in tragedy. You have to laugh or cry.

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Publisher
Pen and Sword Military
Year
2022
ISBN
9781399068796
Topic
History
Subtopic
World War I
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1: First Clash of Arms, 1914
  8. Chapter 2: Back Home
  9. Chapter 3: Off to War
  10. Chapter 4: Conditions in the Trenches
  11. Chapter 5: Fighting in the Trenches
  12. Chapter 6: The Men All Loved Me!
  13. Chapter 7: Friends and Enemies
  14. Chapter 8: Gunners
  15. Chapter 9: You Can’t Eat the Wireless!
  16. Chapter 10: Donkey’s Bollocks
  17. Chapter 11: Out of the Line
  18. Chapter 12: Over the Top
  19. Chapter 13: Advance to Victory, 1918
  20. Epitaph
  21. Acknowledgements