A number of writers fought with the regiment in France and recorded their experiences; David Thomas (killed 1916), Robert Graves and Siegfried Sassoon all served with the 1st Battalion. J C Dunn, a medical officer with the 2nd Battalion who had also served in the 1899–1902 Boer War, published "The War the Infantry Knew" in 1931. A collection of letters and diary entries from over 50 individuals, it is considered a classic by military historians for its treatment of daily life and death in the trenches.