Frederic Manning is acknowledged as arguably the finest novelist of the Western Front. Born in Australia, novelist and poet Frederic Manning enlisted during 1915 into the Shropshire Light Infantry, and served in France during 1916 as ‘Private 19022’. The Shropshires saw heavy fighting on the Somme, and Manning’s four months there provided the background to ''Her Privates We.'' An undisputed classic of war writing and a lasting tribute to all who participated in the war to end all wars.

This is the raw 1929 uncensored version with soldiers using 4-letter words and swearing and giving the stark reality of their language, not the "clean" commercial version published a year later in 1930.