Battlefield Colloquialisms of the Great War (WW1) by Paul Hinckley

[Black Sapper]

Found this interesting little read

http://www.ict.griffith.edu.au/~davidt/z_ww1_slang/index_bak.htm

[mebu]

very interesting and very useful.

However I'm sure some will want to make corrections. Eg author continues with myth of pill box term from round shape. Incorrect in that in 1917, with derivation of term, about 100% of such constructions were rectangular.

Peter

[super6]

See also "Dictionary of Tommies' Songs and Slang, 1914-18" by John Brophy & Eric Partridge