Warletters Net: 5 books
War Letters 1914-1918, Vol. 3
From an Australian at Gallipoli during the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
This is the third book in the War Letters 1914-1918 series. It is based on the letters of Frederick Muir, a 21 year-old Australian who joined the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in the first weeks after war was declared in August 1914.
His letters cover the leaving of Australia, the training...
War Letters 1914-1918, Vol. 2
From a Midshipman at Sea with the Royal Navy during the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
This is the second book in the War Letters 1914–1918 series. It is based on the letters of sixteen-year-old Philip Malet de Carteret, a midshipman with the Royal Navy who sailed with HMS Canopus during the First World War.
Philip's letters describe his experience of the Battles of Coronel...
War Letters 1914-1918, Vol. 4
From an Officer with the British Territorial Army in Mesopotamia during the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
This is the fourth book in the War Letters 1914–1918 series and is based on the letters of Robert Palmer, an officer in the British Territorial Army who fought in Mesopotamia during the First World War. A collection of Robert's letters has previously been published online at Project Gutenberg and...
War Letters 1914-1918, Vol. 5
From a New Zealand Soldier Fighting on the Western Front in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Most people wouldn’t have questioned Harry Norton if in June 1915 he had decided to stay at home in Wellington, New Zealand, rather than enlist to fight in a conflict on the other side of the world.
Harry was 35 years old and had been married to his wife Florence (Florrie) for 14 years....
War Letters 1914-1918, Vol. 1
From a Young British Officer at the Western Front During the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2014
Wilbert Spencer was 17 years old when the First World War began. With one year still to complete at school, he decided to join the British army instead. Within four months he was leading 200 men to the front; within eight months he was dead.
Published for the first time in their entirety,...