archangel9 Posted 17 March , 2010 Share Posted 17 March , 2010 Nearing the end of this magnificent book. This must surely be the finest account of the war in 1914? If there is better or anything coming even close please let me know so I can order it asap. Cheers. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 17 March , 2010 Admin Share Posted 17 March , 2010 It is an absolute cracker isn't it? Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterlad2 Posted 17 March , 2010 Share Posted 17 March , 2010 Sold!!! I've just ordered a copy. The write up desribes how John Lucy was sent home for a rest. When was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJohnson Posted 17 March , 2010 Share Posted 17 March , 2010 One of my favourite books . I hope you will enjoy it . John Lucy was sent home at the end of 1915 , a sick man no date or month given . He remained at home throughout 1916 and applied for a commision which he received in June 1917. At the end of July 1917 he rejoined his old Battalion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Baker Posted 18 March , 2010 Share Posted 18 March , 2010 It would be hard to find a better description of life in the pre-war/early-war regular army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterlad2 Posted 18 March , 2010 Share Posted 18 March , 2010 Thanks for the info M. I'm sure I will enjoy reading it. Looking forward to the postie bringing a wee pressie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inishowen Posted 19 March , 2010 Share Posted 19 March , 2010 Have to agree with the rest of the lads here. A very interesting read particularly as Lucy was a Corkman in a predominantly Ulster battallion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 19 March , 2010 Admin Share Posted 19 March , 2010 I'm not a lad! Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista52 Posted 31 March , 2010 Share Posted 31 March , 2010 John Lucy came up before in this topic with a photo. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...0photo&st=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inishowen Posted 31 March , 2010 Share Posted 31 March , 2010 Sorry Michelle, No offence meant - perhaps its a West of Ireland thing, but 'lads' is fairly regularly used here to include lads and lassies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Michelle Young Posted 31 March , 2010 Admin Share Posted 31 March , 2010 None taken! Will be visiting the area where Lucys bother went out of his sight forever this weekend. Michelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 31 March , 2010 Share Posted 31 March , 2010 Nearing the end of this magnificent book. This must surely be the finest account of the war in 1914? If there is better or anything coming even close please let me know so I can order it asap. Cheers. John "Of those we Loved"..by I.L. Read. "Some Desperate Glory" ..by Edwin Campion Vaughan "A Subalterns War" by Charles Edmonds. "With a Machine Gun to Cambrai"..by George Coppard. "The Bells of Hell go Ting a Ling a Ling"..by Eric Hiscock. "Attack on The Somme"..by Edward G.D.Liveing. "Soldier from the Wars returning"..by Charles Carrington. "In to Battle"..by John Glubb. "The Machine Gunner"..by Arthur Russell. "Twelve Days on the Somme"..by Sidney Rogerson. "In to Battle"..by E.W.Parker. "Somme Harvest" Giles E.M.Eyre. "The Great Push"..by Patrick Macgill. "The Burgoyne Diaries"..by G.A.Burgoyne. "Undertones of War"..by Edmund Blunden. "Storm of Steel"..by Ernst Junger. "Four Years on the Western Front" by A Rifleman. "A Sergeant Majors War" - From Hill 60 to the Somme..by Ernest Shephard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel9 Posted 2 April , 2010 Author Share Posted 2 April , 2010 John Lucy came up before in this topic with a photo. http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/i...0photo&st=0 Thanks for the link. Great to see his photo! Don't know how I missed that topic. Cheers John PBI, Great list. That will keep me busy for a while Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PBI Posted 2 April , 2010 Share Posted 2 April , 2010 Enjoy john.....Regards Russ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ulsterlad2 Posted 7 April , 2010 Share Posted 7 April , 2010 Well, my copy did arrive and I've finished reading it. It is simply magnifcent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigelcave Posted 7 April , 2010 Share Posted 7 April , 2010 One to add, off the top of my head - General Jack's Diary; and a recent one, The Great War Diaries of Brigadier General Alexander Johnston. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 20 April , 2010 Share Posted 20 April , 2010 One of my favourite books. Thanks for the link to Lucy's photograph. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Stephens Posted 20 May , 2010 Share Posted 20 May , 2010 Definitely in my top 5 memoirs - Leant it to a friend a few months ago and having a job getting it back. Brilliant account - and losing his brother on the Aisne - poignant. Other crackers not mentioned here thus far (i dont think?) would include Old Soldiers never die - Frank Richards Time to Leave the Ploughshares - W Carr The Weary Road - Charles Douie The Middle parts of fortune - F Manning The War the Infantry Knew Capt J C Dunn War of the Guns - Aubrey Wade I could go on - but these plus the other fine tomes that other members have suggested will be fantastic accompaniments to your Great War bookshelf. Rory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Grundy Posted 24 May , 2010 Share Posted 24 May , 2010 And from 'The Other Side of the Hill', "The Advance from Mons" by Walter Bloem..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelcarragher Posted 29 May , 2010 Share Posted 29 May , 2010 Anyone who likes Lucy--and who would not?--might check George Coward's Coward's War (Leicester: Troubador/Matador, 2006). George was a feisty Old Contemptible who had a good war and tells a good story which is interesting to check against Lucy's. Michael Carragher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarylW Posted 31 August , 2010 Share Posted 31 August , 2010 Just finished reading this and what a cracker of a book it is ! Has to be my favourite book on the subject of war and I'm sure I'll read it again. Fascinating, powerful and very moving account of the lives of Irishmen in a regular army battalion before and during the Great War Agree with all that has been written about this book in this thread and I can't understand why the devil I haven't read it before! Caryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RBK1 Posted 12 September , 2010 Share Posted 12 September , 2010 This book is an absolute gem. Recommend it to anyone and everyone when opportunity allows. His last sighting of his brother going to his death is surely one of the most memorable and poignant lines in Great War literature: 'Forward he went, and out of my sight forever'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archangel9 Posted 13 September , 2010 Author Share Posted 13 September , 2010 It should be required reading for all students of the Great War! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termar Posted 26 September , 2010 Share Posted 26 September , 2010 I'm glad to see that I am not the only one who devours books on WW1. I have recently read this book and feel that it is perhaps the best personal account of WW1' in addition to providing information on life with the Regulars pre. 1914 I accessed the service record of Denis Lucy, John's brother' on Ancestry.....so sad. It's obvious from his writing why he went into journalism. Teresa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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