Nothing of Importance
Fighting in France during the Great War, Bernard Adams, an officer with a Welsh battalion, was moved to chronicle what he saw and experienced: the living conditions and duties of officers and “Tommies” (enlisted men) in their dank, rat-infested trenches and behind the lines; the maiming and deaths; and the quiet periods described in official reports as “nothing of importance”. Adams relates his wounding in June, 1916 and its aftermath. The concluding chapter, which he wrote during his convalescence in “Blighty” (soldiers’ slang for England), is an impassioned reflection on war. Following several months of recuperation Adams returned to the front where, on February 26, 1917 he was wounded again. The following day he died. (Lee Smalley)
Genre(s): War & Military
Language: English
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | In Memoriam and Preface | Lee Smalley |
00:12:56 |
Play 01 | First Impressions | Lee Smalley |
00:28:32 |
Play 02 | Cuinchy and Givenchy | Lee Smalley |
00:35:38 |
Play 03 | Working-Parties | Lee Smalley |
00:34:53 |
Play 04 | Rest | Lee Smalley |
00:37:13 |
Play 05 | On the March | Lee Smalley |
00:14:12 |
Play 06 | The Bois Français Trenches | Lee Smalley |
00:26:08 |
Play 07 | More First Impressions | Lee Smalley |
00:24:51 |
Play 08 | Sniping | Lee Smalley |
00:31:19 |
Play 09 | On Patrol | Lee Smalley |
00:13:19 |
Play 10 | 'Whom the Gods Love' | Lee Smalley |
00:24:30 |
Play 11 | 'Whom the Gods Love'—(continued). | Lee Smalley |
00:20:33 |
Play 12 | Officers’ Servants | Lee Smalley |
00:25:51 |
Play 13 | Mines | Lee Smalley |
00:24:11 |
Play 14 | Billets | Lee Smalley |
00:43:13 |
Play 15 | 'A certain Man Drew a Bow at a Venture' | Lee Smalley |
00:18:33 |
Play 16 | Wounded | Lee Smalley |
00:38:45 |
Play 17 | Conclusion | Lee Smalley |
00:24:14 |