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A young junior officer records wartime experiences in letters and diary entries that mix eager enlistment, convivial life in transit and in a provincial city, pride in his men, and impatience to reach the fighting. He describes rail and river journeys, entertainments, friendships with fellow officers, and bouts of illness that send him to hospital, where reading, rest, and brief excursions into the countryside and fishing provide solace. Occasional frontline impressions include regular shelling and the strain of awaiting orders, while recurring observations emphasize comradeship, regimental pride, and a persistent attention to landscape and small comforts amid the disruption of war.

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Title: 'Trusty and well beloved'

the little record of Arthur Oscar Hornung, Second lieutenant 3rd (attached 2nd) Essex Regiment

Author: E. W. Hornung

Release date: May 31, 2025 [eBook #76201]

Language: English

Original publication: Colchester: Spottiswoode and Co., Ltd, 1915

Credits: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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‘Trusty and Well Beloved’

‘Trusty and Well Beloved’

The Little Record of
Arthur Oscar Hornung

Second Lieutenant
3rd (attached 2nd)
Essex Regiment

E. W. H.

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1915