The First World War was the defining event of the last century. It claimed the lives of over 16 million people across the globe and had an enormous impact on all who experienced it. No nation in Europe was left untouched, and even neutral states felt its devastating impact. Yet it was the ordinary men and women who were affected the most. This gripping, revealing and poignant collection of stories tells the First World War from the perspective of those who were there, using letters, diaries and memoirs from Imperial War Miuseum's unparalled archives.

In their own words : untold stories from the First World War

Richards, Anthony, editor

London: Imperial War Museum

G2 Rights Ltd

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

London, England, 2016

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Includes bibliographical references.

The war had begun and my heart beat then as it had never beaten before. Rosie Neal on the outbreak of war, 1914
Soon the wounded began to some walking, some carried, some just helped along; the usual bloody, patient, battered crowd. Lawrence Gameson at the Battle of the Somme 1916
There was a huge sheet of flame, and then the awful pall of yellow smoke, and the ship was gone. There were no survivors. Kit Caslon, the Battle of Jutland, 1916
World War I was arguably the defining event of the twentieth century. Claiming the lives of over sixteen million people across the globe, it had an enormous impact on every country, city, and person who experienced it. No nation in Europe was left untouchedeven neutral states felt its devastating impact.
Yet as In Their Own Words reveals, it was truly the ordinary people who were most affected by the war, such as citizens like Flora Sandes, the only British woman to serve in the military; Captain V.D. Siddons, who served with the RFC in Arabia supporting T.E. Lawrence; and Sidney Lewis, who, at twelve, was the youngest boy soldier in the army. In Their Own Words offers a gripping, poignant collection of memories that tell the story of World War I from the perspective of those who were there, using letters, diaries, and memoirs from the Imperial War Museums unparalleled archives.

x, 214 pages : 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction -- Rosie: Outbreak of war, August 1914 -- 2. Hugh: Gallipoli, May-September 1915 -- 3. Eric: the Battle of Loos, September-October, 1915 -- 4. Herbert: Captivity and escape, November 1915 -- April 1916 -- 5. Fred: Conscientious objection, March 1916 -- 1918 -- 6. Kit: The Battle of Jutland, May-June 1916 -- 7. lawrence: The Battle of the Somme, July-September 1916 -- 8. Bobby: War work and the Home Front -- 9. Bert: the Third Battle of Ypres, July-November 1917 -- 10. Gilbert: the German Spring Offensive, March 1918 -- 11. Arthur: Armistice, November 1918

[edited By] Anthony Richards. Includes Bibliographical References.

2023-06-28