Save for minor ailments and accident, my battalion is practically immune from sickness; colds come and go as a matter of course, sprains and cuts cla…

- Patrick Macgill

Every battalion has its marching songs.

- Patrick Macgill

Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the…

- Patrick Macgill

Divisional exercise is a great game of make-believe.

- Patrick Macgill

A clock struck out the hour of twelve, and the bird in the hedgerow was still singing as we marched out to the roadway, and followed our merry pipers…

- Patrick Macgill

Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself shor…

- Patrick Macgill

To the soldier, luck is merely another word for skill.

- Patrick Macgill

I am one of the million or more male residents of the United Kingdom, who a year ago had no special yearning towards military life, but who joined th…

- Patrick Macgill

The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes be…

- Patrick Macgill