The Wipers Times: The Complete Series of the Famous Wartime Trench Newspaper

About this book

In February 1916 Captain F. J. Roberts of the 12th Battalion Sherwood Foresters produced the first edition of the trench newspaper The Wipers Times. Often produced in hazardous conditions at one point only 700 yards from the front line it acted as the voice of the average British soldier relaying his experiences grief and anger during the entire conflict. At times irreverent at times hysterical its humor and satire provide an excellent insight into life in the trenches in the First World War.