Being an Account: The Memoirs of Ernest Lycette, 1911-1921

Being an Account: The Memoirs of Ernest Lycette, 1911–1921 is the first-hand memoir of Ernest Lycette, a Staffordshire scoutmaster and St John Ambulance volunteer who enlisted in the British Army in August 1914 and served through the First World War and its aftermath.Written from Ernest's handwritten notes in 1966, the memoir follows his journey from pre-war village life to army training in Englan...