“Somewhere” [Stories and sketches, 1916, Signals R. E., British Army]

“Somewhere” [Stories and sketches, 1916, Signals R. E., British Army]

Author: Robert Hall

Year: 1916

Digitised by Google Books from the collection at Colombia University https://books.google.com/books?id=2V19uVxRmZgC The author was a Sapper, Signals Royal Engineers, who had previously been a telegraph operator for the Post Office with over thirty years service, who went to France in the spring of 1915. The Publisher’s Note says "It should be noted that this little book is not presented as fiction. Except for those stories where the authority of a second person is acknowledged, the author vouches for the truth of his narratives, many of which first appeared in "The Star." They are offered as an accurate picture, by one who has had unusual opportunities of observation, of Kitchener's great volunteer army in the field - in battle and in relaxation". Elsewhere this book is stated to be one of the books in the 1916 Hodder & Stoughton series “The Soldier Books”, although this wording may have only appeared on the cover. For an image of the stiff card cover, see http://www.greatwardustjackets.co.uk/page48.html (Scroll down) (archived https://web.archive.org/web/20240325051501/http://www.greatwardustjackets.co.uk/page48.html ) For one of the other books in this series, there is a comment