World War I
1. Childhood 9 2. At Dulwich College 14 3. Football 28 4. Cricket 37 5. Editor of _The Alleynian_ 41 6. Public Schools and the War 47 7. Tastes and Hobbies 52 8. Music 59 9. Literature and Ethics 72 10. History and Politics 85 11. In the Army 98 12. Personal Characteristics 110
From April 15, 1915, to July 26 in the same year Second Lieutenant H. P. M. Jones was employed at a home port which was, and is, one of the principal centres of supply for the B...
17. Chapter 17_That her Name like a sun among stars might glow Till the dusk of time with honour and worth: That, stung by the lust and the pain of battle, The One Race ever might starkly spr...
5. Chapter 5Our son entered Dulwich College in September, 1908, when he was twelve years of age, and remained a member of it until March, 1915. These six and a half years had a powerful inf...
11. Chapter 11Paul began the study of music at an early age. He had natural aptitude for it and an unerring ear. As a little boy he used to sing with much expression in a sweet, clear voice....
14. Chapter 14In the first flush of enthusiasm for the War in 1914 Paul wanted to join the Public Schools Battalion, but I induced him to postpone doing so, pointing out that he had been prep...
13. Chapter 13Reared in the home of a political journalist, it was natural that Paul Jones should be attracted to public affairs. He followed with lively curiosity the progress of the two gen...
12. Chapter 12_The taste for reading stores the mind with pleasant thoughts, banishes ennui, fills up the unoccupied interstices and enforced leisures of an active life; and if it is judiciou...
6. Chapter 6The earliest reference to Paul as a footballer appears in _The Alleynian's_ report of a match, "Boarders v. School," played on September 25, 1912, when the School won by 32 poin...
15. Chapter 15_Man he loved As man; and, to the mean and the obscure And all the homely in their homely works, Transferred a courtesy which had no air Of condescension.... A kind of radiant j...
10. Chapter 10Many of our son's vacations were spent in Llanelly, South Wales, where his mother's and my own kindred dwell. Llanelly is not a beautiful town--industrial centres seldom are--bu...
8. Chapter 8To the school magazine, _The Alleynian_, which is published monthly, Paul began contributing in 1912. His success in essays having shown that he had facility in writing, he was...
3. Chapter 3_To face page_ Paul as an Infant 8 In his 6th Year 12 Winning the Mile, March 27, 1915 22 Dulwich College First XV, 1914-15 28 Dulwich Modern Side XV, 1914-15 32 Paul Jones in h...
9. Chapter 9To _The Alleynian_ for October, 1914, Paul contributed an editorial article on the War that had then begun to rage in its destructive fury. Taking the view that "this war had to...
4. Chapter 4Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life's Star Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar; Not in entire forgetfulness, And no...
7. Chapter 7Though, as has been said, Paul had no skill in cricket, he was jealous of the cricket reputation of the College. He knew the game thoroughly. His cricket "Bible," if I may use t...
1. Chapter 11. Childhood 9 2. At Dulwich College 14 3. Football 28 4. Cricket 37 5. Editor of _The Alleynian_ 41 6. Public Schools and the War 47 7. Tastes and Hobbies 52 8. Music 59 9. Lit...
2. Chapter 2At a Home Port 121 With the 9th Cavalry Brigade 131 With a Supply Column 186 In the Somme Battlefield 202 With the 2nd Cavalry Brigade 212 With the Tank Corps 229