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PREFACE
The following record of my experiences during the Great War,(1914-1918) were taken from extracts of letters written byme to my Parents during my army service. It is entirely dueto the interest and patience of my Mother, who carefullycopied these extracts into a book as she received them, thatthe diary was retained. It would have been impossible tohave written this account entirely from memory and to her Itender my loving gratitude.The negatives of the photographs were periodically sent tomy home from abroad but owing to enemy submarine activity,some were submerged before arriving at their destination, inconsequence, a number of the photographs affixed herein arediscoloured and stained.This book must only be regarded as a record of events, for Ihave made not the slightest effort to ape literary ability.I venture to hope that, in years to come, my Son may derivea certain amount of interest from its contents which portraythe varied experiences of his Father, and which were writtenup solely for his pleasure.
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(The following text was written during the 1920’s. At this time the over use of comma’s and apostrophe’s was common practice thus you may find some of the book includes large paragraphs of text with little or no full stops).
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This book was originally written byJames RacineEdited, restored and converted to digital format byNik Racine
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Memoirs of the Great War
While stationed around the world during The Great War, James Racine wrote and sent home postcards from whichever location he was it at the time. This book includes text from those postcards as well as original pictures and an entire diary of how life was on the frontline, test piloting the very first planes (and crashing) and life in general in 1914-1918.
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