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Conditions at the Front - WWI 1918

Newspaper Reports - Serving Men Describe Some of Their Experiences

These articles from the newspapers, describe some of the suffering, kindness and atrocities of the war, experienced by soldiers and described in letters home or directly sent to the newspapers from the front. Most articles by those who died later, are added to their own page attached to the War Memorial index. Just the headline and start of the article are recorded here, with a link to the man's own page for the full article.

see also Soldiers Notes about the wounded or missing men who are not on the War Memorial.

Rushden Argus, 15th February 1918

A photo of Lieut. Miller, son of Ald. G. Miller, J.P., of Rushden, was taken before Jerusalem, and will be readily recognised by his many friends in this district. As they are on the sand dunes, Lieut. Miller states that the “trenches” and “dugouts” are made entirely of sand bags. The gallant officer writes: “We were going at it hammer and tongs for five days, and the sixth day saw them clear. Now we are beyond the Jaffa-Jerusalem line. It is one of the biggest routs the British have even dealt to an enemy. I am longing to see the English and Turkish communiques.” Lieut. Miller has seen some stiff fighting. On one occasion he was in charge of the machine guns left to cover a British withdrawal.

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