Westley Bellingham Maley's memoirs : "Black Boy Hill to Dickiebusch" and part two: "Guns on the Western Front" are fascinating as they recount Westley’s harrowing and humorous experiences in World War 1, all the way from W.A. to the Western Front.
The memoires even include Westley’s own map of Ypres and photographs showing the internal outcome of Wesley’s “…nice little blighty…”. See page 36 – 38 of the memoirs to read the story. It is possible to trace Westley’s movements using the trench map of 1 April 1917. There is something magical to be able to trace Westley’s Ypres story using a map that was in use and relevant to the field at the very time his story was unfolding.
The Library has digitised these memoirs so you can read them online here.