In a hole in the trench there lived a soldier

[Galadriel55]

...Or, in other words, another hint in Tolkien's writings about his experiences of World War One.

In a hole in the ground thre lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, [...]: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.

~TH, An Unexpected Party

Compare:

In the hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a dugout, but a proper dwelling.


What do you think of this parallel? It looks like visions of the war still popped up in JRRT's mind unconciously. Did you notice any other instances where there are, as if, references (read: NOT allegories) to either World War? Other moments of Tolkien's life?



I know that there was a similar thread about parallels to the Wars somewhere, but I can't remember the name and the search was not fruitful. If someone finds the thread(s) a mod should probably delete this one.