Below are some extracts from letters sent to the Bromley & District Times by various soldiers fighting on the front line during World War 1.
They give a fascinating and moving insight into their daily lives and their thoughts of about the war.
Dinner, Concert & Football
26th January, 1916 p2 The company had a dinner and concert. Sergeant Gutteridge, of the West Kents, writes home another of his cheerful letters, in ...
Jolly Boxing Night
7th January 1916 (page 3) A LUXURIOUS EVENING FOR THE MEN WHO DESERVED IT With the 8th West Kents Corporal Gutteridge, of Bromley, 1234, B Company, ...
Flooded Dug-outs
14th November 1915 We all have got quite used to the hardships Lance-Corporal Gutteridge, 8th West Kents, writing in November 1915 says: “Our regiment has ...
More tales from the Front Line
12th November, 1915 page 2 "The Germans opposite me are starving. They shouted across for food, and sometimes they got it. It all depends what ...
Optimist in the Trenches
October 1915.More insight into life on the Front Line from Lance-Corporal John Gutteridge. Letter printed in the Bromley & District Times.. "A few lines showing ...
They gave us a quiet day…
October 1915.They gave us a quiet day, so we guessed they had something special for us Another account of war from the letters of Lance-Corporal ...
