A Soldier's Life: Being the Personal Reminiscences of Edwin G. Rundle, Late Sergeant-Major in Her Majesty's 17th Leicestershire Regiment of Foot, Instructor and Lecturer to the Military School, Toront - Hardcover

Edwin George Rundle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331418134 ISBN 13: 9780331418132

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Step into the life of a British soldier in the 19th century through the eyes of Edwin G. Rundle.

This memoir collects the author’s personal reminiscences as he moves from apprentice to sergeant-major, sharing the daily realities of training, discipline, and service in a sprawling empire.

From enlistment to early leadership, this account traces the formation of a soldier’s identity: the hopes, the tough routines, and the steady push toward responsibility. It blends concrete details of kit, rations, pay, and drill with vivid scenes of life aboard ships, in barracks, and on distant postings that shaped a long and varied career.

The book offers a window into moments of bearing and courage—from the discipline of drill and the chatter of a barracks to the heat of tropical campaigns and the hush of a waiting ship. The narrative stays grounded in firsthand experience, without speculation beyond the shared events of a soldier’s life.

• Daily life of a recruit: training routines, gear, and the rhythm of duty
• Realities of pay, bounties, and the limits of a soldier’s diet
• Life at sea and in distant postings, including tropical postings and transport
• Leadership, promotion, and the making of an instructor within the regiment

Ideal for readers drawn to military memoirs, personal history, and firsthand accounts of life in the 19th‑century British Army.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0331418134
• ISBN 13: 9780331418132
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144