Road to St. Julien by Clair, William St. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One - Call to Arms

Aldershot No date Tuesday 1. 20 Wednesday, 13 January 1915 No date (after 14 January 1915) No date Bordon Friday, 7 May 1915

Chapter Two - 1915 The Glamour of this War is All at Home

France Monday, 10 May 1915 From 31800, Somewhere in . . . Friday, 14 May 1915 Tuesday, 25 May 1915 Saturday, 29 May 1915 Monday, 31 May 1915 2 June 1915 3 June 1915 10 June 1915 Sunday, 20 June 1915 Thursday, 24 June 1915 3 July 1915 7 July 1915 9 July 1915 11 July 1915 15 July 1915 Friday, 16 July 1915 Monday, 26 July 1915 Monday, 19 July 1915 Thursday, 22 July 1915 Friday, 23 July 1915 Monday forenoon, 25 July 1915

Chapter Three - 1915 Missions of Mercy at Festubert

Monday, 2 August 1915 Sunday, 8 August 1915 12 August 1915 14 August 1915 19 August 1915 21 August 1915 Sunday forenoon, 12 September 1915

Chapter Four - The Battle of Loos

Saturday, 19 September 1915 8 pm Sunday night again inside our dug-out in my old corner, writing. Monday evening, 20 September 1915 Wednesday, 22 September 1915 11.00 am Thursday, 23 September 1915 Tuesday morning. I think, 2.00 am Wednesday afternoon, 29 September 1915 Evening sitting in our old attic with Pete at my side. Thursday 30 September 1915 Saturday, 2 October 1915 Evening Sunday Forenoon Sunday, 3 October 1915 Afternoon. Tuesday, 19 October 1915

Chapter Five - Reflections

10 October 1915 Wednesday, 13 October 1915 Monday, 25 October 1915 Thursday, 28 October 1915 16 November 1915

Chapter Six - Winter in the Trenches

Saturday night, 27 November 1915 Sunday forenoon 3 December 1915 Night Saturday forenoon Monday 6th December 1915 Wednesday, 8 December 1915 Tuesday Night, 28 December 1915 Thursday Night, 30 December 1915 Morning, 31 December 1915

Chapter Seven - The Scales of Sacrifice

Thursday, 6 January 1916 Sunday afternoon, 9 January 1916 Outtersteene, France End of January 1916 Sunday Night, 5 March 1916 March 1916 Monday, 6 March 1916 Wednesday, 15 March 1916 Wednesday night 8.30, 15 March 1916 Thursday forenoon Friday, 24 March 1916 26 March 1916 Bailleul Monday forenoon, 27 March 1916 Monday, 1 May 1916 Wednesday night, 21 June 1916

Chapter Eight - 1916 The Battle of the Somme

21 June 1916 24 June 1916 25 June 1916. 26 June 1916 27 and 28 June 1916 29 June 1916 30 June 1916 1 and 2 July 1916 4 July 1916 8 July 1916 9 July 1916 18 July 1916 19 July 1916 Monday afternoon, 17 July 1916 (I think) Thursday, 27 July 1916 Sunday night, 30 July 1916 Friday, 4 August 1916 Tuesday, 15 August 1916 Friday afternoon, 13 October 1916 Sunday, 15 October 1916 Monday night, 16 October 1916 in the Dug-out 18 October 1916 3.00 am Thursday, 19 October 1916 afternoon in bed Friday forenoon, 8 December 1916

Chapter Nine - 1917 ARRAS

Wednesday, 11 April 1917 Night 7.30 pm Saturday afternoon , 15 April 1917 Later Sunday Night, 16 April 1917 Midnight Thursday, 19 April 1917 Sunday 22 April 1917 Friday, 27 April 1917 Night Sunday 28 April 1917

Chapter Ten - The Damned Clergy

Tuesday, 8 May 1917 Thursday, 17 May 1917 Monday, 22 May 1917 Sunday evening, 27 May 1917 Monday, 4 June 1917 Tuesday, 5 June 1917 Afternoon, 8 July 1917 Saturday, 21 July 1917

Chapter Eleven - Passchendaele and St Julien

Saturday, 4 August 1917 Evening Tuesday 14 August 1917 2 September 1917 Tuesday, 4 September 1917 Sunday, 30 September 1917 Tuesday, 9 October 1917 Tuesday night, 16 October Midnight Saturday Monday, 12 November 1917 Monday afternoon, (probably 19 November 1917) Friday, 23 November 1917 8 December 1917 9 December 1917, Evening Friday, 4 January 1918 15 January 1918, Tuesday Night

Chapter Twelve - March/April 1918 The Kaiser’s Battle

Sunday afternoon, 14 April 1918 Monday, 22 April 1918 Saturday 27 April 1918 Night 14 May 1918 16 May 1918 Friday night, 17 May 1918 7 June 1918 Saturday night Monday, 8 July 1918

Chapter Thirteen - ‘The Knighthood’ of the Air

Tuesday, 25 May 1915 Friday, 16 July 1915 24 August 1915 28 November 1915 Sunday, 7 May 1916 Wednesday, 28 March 1917 (Don’t know the proper date) Sunday, 12 June 1917 Night

Chapter Fourteen - 1918 ‘The Black Day of the German Army’ and the Defeat of Germany

Monday, 22 July 1918 Sunday, 5 August 1918 Thursday night, 22 August 1918 Friday Friday, 6 September 1918 Thursday evening, 13 September 1918 Sunday night, 23 September 1918 Sunday, 29 September 1918 Monday, 30 September 1918 Night Wednesday, 9 October 1918 Night 22 October 1918 Thursday night, 4 November 1918 Friday night 8 November 1918 Willie’s Final Diary Entry of the War

Epilogue Appendix The Prayer by W. St Clair References Index