British Soldier: His Courage And Humour
By Edward John Hardy · Running time 05:32:09 · War & Military, History
Audio streams directly from the Internet Archive. Recording by LibriVox volunteers (public domain). The text is in the public domain in the USA; please check the copyright laws of your country.
About this book
The Reverend Edward John Hardy, ordained in the Church Of Ireland, was a chaplain in the British army for thirty one years. His 1915 collection of anecdotes is by and about the British soldier, the “Tommy” or “Mr. Thomas Atkins” as Hardy calls him. “I did not need a war of nations to learn about the courage and humour of the British soldier…. . I have done little more than select and classify the letters of that best of war correspondents—the British soldier. The letters are a credit to his head and his heart, and throw a searchlight on the war. The soldier wrote of the things he knew about, a
Description from the LibriVox catalogue.
Chapters and downloads on LibriVox →
You might also like
- School History of the Great WarCharles A. Coulomb, Armand J. Gerson, Albert E. McKinley · 4:42:00
- Notes of a War CorrespondentRichard Harding Davis · 5:43:34
- Normans in European HistoryCharles Homer Haskins · 07:05:39
- British Army From WithinE. Charles Vivian · 03:53:49
- Chronicles of America Volume 12 - Washington and his Comrades in ArmsGeorge Wrong · 05:45:41
- Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the WarDame M. Columban · 04:13:54
- Bushido: The Soul of Japan (Version 2)Inazō Nitobe · 04:25:00
- Voice From The Main DeckSamuel Leech · 06:50:00