The Diary of Second Contingent Rifleman B.C. Stubbs, posted to Queen Victoria's Fortieth Regiment in France, is a precious document that reveals the front-line campaign of the First World War through the eyes of an ordinary British soldier. In his diary, Rifleman Stubbs authentically describes life on the front lines, the hardships of combat, stress and hope for tomorrow. The candid accounts of military activities, relationships with comrades in arms, losses and victories make this book an important source for studying the history of the period. The diary of B. K. Stubbs gives the reader the opportunity to feel all the bitterness and heroism of the war, to pay tribute to the victims and the memory of those who gave their lives for peace.