[Illustration: CORPORAL HOLMES IN THE UNIFORM OF THE 22ND LONDON
BATTALION, QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT, H.M. IMPERIAL ARMY.
_Frontispiece_.]


A YANKEE IN THE TRENCHES

By

R. DERBY HOLMES

CORPORAL OF THE 22D LONDON BATTALION OF THE
QUEEN'S ROYAL WEST SURREY REGIMENT


_ILLUSTRATED FROM PHOTOGRAPHS_


BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1918



Dedication

TO MARION A. PUTTEE, SOUTHALL, MIDDLESEX,
ENGLAND, I DEDICATE THIS BOOK AS A
TOKEN OF APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE LOVING
THOUGHTS AND DEEDS BESTOWED UPON ME