Johnny Get Your Gun: A personal narrative of the Somme, Ypres and Arras by John F Tucker

Author:John F Tucker [Tucker, John F]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Published: 2015-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

At Brighton the day war was declared, 4th August 1914.

First uniform, November 1914

The draft en route to Watford, early in 1915. The author is in the background, marked with an arrow.

‘The Kensingtons at Laventie’ from the painting on glass by Eric Kennington. Corporal J. Kealey is about to give the order ‘Fall in No. 7 Platoon’. In the first four reading from right to left are Private Slade, resting with both hands on his rifle; Lance Corporal Wilson, Private Guy and Private McCafferty who is turning to look at the other men falling in behind. On the extreme left is Private H. Bristol. Directly behind Private Guy are two men in waterproof sheets, Private Kennington (the artist) in a trench helmet and Private W. Harvey. On the ground is Private A. Todd—he has fallen exhausted by continual sickness, hard work, lack of sleep, and long hours of ‘standing-to’ and observing.

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