"The soldiers at the front need more rest. While in the trenches the water is over our knees most of the time. The war is going to last some time yet, and might be another twelve months before it is over. The war has only just begun and its going to be a war of exhaustion. After the regular armies have done their work it means that all the young lads at home being trained and disciplined and will take our place in the field. The sooner people understand this, the better, it will be for the nation."
Private H. F. Leppard of East Grinstead wrote a letter to his mother on 19th December, 1914.
This letter describes how exhausting the war has been on the soldiers in the trenches and that they need more rest than others. He describes that he knows the war will take a long time to finish, longer than it already has taken. He suggests that other learn that the war will take longer. He tells his mother that water in the trenches are up to his knees. He wants her to know it'll be awhile before he returns home.
Private H. F. Leppard of East Grinstead wrote a letter to his mother on 19th December, 1914.
This letter describes how exhausting the war has been on the soldiers in the trenches and that they need more rest than others. He describes that he knows the war will take a long time to finish, longer than it already has taken. He suggests that other learn that the war will take longer. He tells his mother that water in the trenches are up to his knees. He wants her to know it'll be awhile before he returns home.
December 1, 1915
It is exciting work, sniping. In fact one must curb the tendency lest it should become a fascination. The Secondin-Command of the E Lancs [East Lancashire Regiment] and myself put in a couple of hours this morning and had quite a bit of fun worrying the Boches in their trenches.
One fellow was walking across the open – 2,000 yards off – when I spotted him and let go. You never saw a chap move quicker in your life. He ran for a tree and jumped behind it and I let him have four more there. Whether I got him or not I don’t know but he didn’t move for the next half-hour. I know because I waited so anxiously for him.Last night, or rather at 1.30 this morning, I got outside the barbed wire, and [got] lost. Three times I had to fling myself down in the wet grass, bury my nose in it and grovel while the [machine guns] went chattering over me. It is remarkable with what speed one learns to “adopt the prone position”.
Charlie May
This diary entry was part of Charlie May's secret diary. He talks about how he enjoys using a sniper in the battlefield. He describes how he saw someone running across the field and he describes it as hes never seen anyone else run so fast in their life. He then goes on to describe how he got lost after crossing barbed wire and then had to fall down to make sure he didn't get hit by a machine gun.
The letter in this image describes how the photograph was taken and that it was very difficult to get the photograph taken. He then speaks about how they dont get much free time due to all the training they have to do.
This is World War 1 propaganda that makes you want to join the army. It was used to get people to join the army to fight in the war.