Johnny ENZED was the ordinary soldier; this is about what mattered to him. From sailing away to the trip home we share the ups and downs of soldiering. Through the most comprehensive and authoritative ever survey of their letters, diaries and photographs we see and sense the truth of our soldier's lives in battle, at rest, at their best and worst. Among the topics covered are barbed wire, the use of the bayonet, gas attacks, rats, horses, food, communal singing, infectious diseases and much more.