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George Russell Elder
These are the First World War memoirs of George Russell Elder written on several notebooks after the war. George began working for W H Smith in 1907, who continued paying his wife ...view moreThese are the First World War memoirs of George Russell Elder written on several notebooks after the war. George began working for W H Smith in 1907, who continued paying his wife 15 shillings a week whilst he was on active service. He continued his career with them for over 50 years retiring in 1957. On enlistment in 1915 George was trained as a Signaller and Telephonist and was promoted to Bombardier to take charge of the 1st Battery Signallers 315th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. His story graphically described many of his first hand experiences encountered from his initial training in Tyneside, embarkation to France in 1916, active service on numerous battlefields including the Somme, Ypres, Hill 60, Passchendaele, Arras and St. Quentin up to his demobilization in 1919. After the war, George made several unsuccessful attempts to have his diaries published and shortly before his death he passed them to Mabel his youngest daughter. Several years later other members of his family including his granddaughters deciphered, edited and arranged with Authorhouse to have them finally published. George's wish was to dedicate the book to his pal Teddy Watmough who was tragically killed in action the day after George went on leave in 1918.view less