14 Days in No Man's Land - Ordeal on the Somme, by Pte. A. Matthews | 1-14 July 1916 | Episode 126
Published on 1 July 1916
The author of this remarkable narrative was seriously wounded on the opening day of the Somme battle. Left behind in a disused trench he survived fourteen days of exposure before he was finally rescued by a patrol of the London Scottish. Instances of prolonged resistance to incredible suffering were not uncommon, but the story of Private Matthews' ordeal must always stand high in the records of courage and human endurance.
He belonged to the 4th City of London Regiment, which was converted into the 60th (City of London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (R.A.).