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100 1 _aHornung, E. W.
_q(Ernest William),
_d1866-1921
245 1 1 _a'Trusty and well beloved'
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2025-05-31
508 _aCharlene 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)
520 _a‘Trusty and well beloved’ : the little record of Arthur Oscar Hornung, Second…. by E. W. H. is a memorial biography and collection of wartime letters written in the early 20th century. It traces the brief service and bright spirit of Second Lieutenant Arthur Oscar Hornung of the Essex Regiment in World War I, using his own lively correspondence and a parent’s framing notes. The focus is on his enthusiasm, comradeship, and duty from enlistment to the front, and on the love and pride of those who knew him. The opening of the book follows Oscar from eager enlistment and training to his first journey up the Seine and days at Rouen, where he revels in sights, friends, and anticipation of action. A bout of illness lands him in hospital at Le Tréport, after which he reaches the Ypres sector; his letters vividly describe trench work, gas alarms, night wiring, rations, jokes, and his deep care for his men. He writes of a retreat under heavy shelling, a daring bombing foray that leaves him slightly wounded, and the death of his servant Crump, all with undimmed cheer and candor. The section closes with the editor’s stark account of Oscar’s death during a bombardment, followed by moving tributes from Eton, comrades, and his sergeant-major. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cColchester: Spottiswoode and Co., Ltd., 1915
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives
653 _aHornung, Arthur Oscar, 1894-1915 -- Correspondence
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/trustywellbelove00horn/page/n5/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76201
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