A Famous Dugout (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Walker | knygos.lt

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Dick Walker wrote this account of his war service (first with the Liverpool Pals and later with the Machine Gun Corps) in 1920-21, with no intention of publication. It is a fresh, frank, and vivid record of everything he could remember. As such, it contains much detail that has not previously been available, as well as outspoken criticism of both officers and men that would not have been publishable at the time. It also preserves his memories of the many comrades who died during the war.

The official historian of the 36th Ulster Division, to which Dick's machine-gun company was attached, Cyril Falls, published extracts from Dick's diary in his 1922 History of the Division. Quoting Dick's account of a German attack in March 1918, Falls wrote:

"The counter-attack which followed may be described in Captain Walker's own words, because it succeeds, as no official account ever can, in picturing the exact details for the mind's eye."

The title refers to the dugout in which D.W. was gassed and nearly killed in May 1917. The accompanying drawing shows his conception of how efficiently a German dugout might be constructed.