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Nothing of Importance
John Bernard Pye Adams
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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.
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.
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Excellent contemporary Great War Memoir. Covering his service at Loos and on the Somme it includes no great battles but is thoughtful and insightful on periods of static trench warfare. In the 1st Bttn Royal Welch Fusiliers (the names are disguised) his contemporaries included Sassoon and Graves and
I wish I could give this book a 6 star rating. I have previously read Sassoon and Graves, who also belonged to RWF regiment. Sadly Bernard Adams died during the war, which makes this memoir even more poignant. You know from get go that this story will not end well even though the author himself does
"Nothing of importance" is somewhere close in sentiment to 2All quiet on the Western Front".
This is a visceral, honest and unpretentious account of an ordinary bloke caught up in the machinations of history and other peoples decisions.
He says what he sees and feels, without spin and unashamed of his
A good read indeed
I read lots of Western Front material both history and fiction. This account is as honest as any and is the writing of a truly decent bloke. He shares his life 'over there' good and bad, with a truth rarely found in this sort of work. I feel that I know him now. It's a great shame
Excellent.
Excellent. Written by the author as he recovered from an injury received whilst on active service in France during the Great War. A true, first hand, eye witness account of what it was to experience the horror of fighting in the trenches, both physically and mentally.
This is a piece of First World War literature that should not be overlooked. From the supreme irony of the title to the powerful final pages, this book is excels. It gains from being a faithful account of one man's experience recorded without embelishment. It should sit up their with Sassoon, Graves