Bullets & Billets by Bruce Bairnsfather

“Down South, in the Valley of the Somme, far from the spots recorded in this book, I began to write this story.
“In billets it was. I strolled across the old farmyard and into the wood beyond. Sitting by a gurgling little stream, I began, with the aid of a notebook and a pencil, to record the joys and sorrows of my first six months in France.” -Preface