On the right of the British line

A first-person memoir recounts an author's rapid deployment to the front, experiences in trenches and attacks on the Somme, being wounded, left on the battlefield and taken prisoner, and subsequent hospitalization and blindness. It follows captivity in German camps and hospitals, daily routines, parcels and canteen life, encounters with fellow prisoners, and eventual release, interweaving practical observations about rations, discipline, and the treatment of wounded with reflections on courage, loss, and the perspectives of those who wait at home.