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Description: | British private served with 12th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Battle of the Somme, 1/Jul/1916
REEL 1: Recollections of operations as private with 12th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Battle of Somme, 1/Jul/1916: moved into front line trenches night before battle; description of leaving trench and crossing No Man's Land; weight of kit and equipment; casualties in Bn; story of returning to own lines with German prisoner; memory of seeing friends trapped on barbed wire; opinion of Haig's strategy and comparison with actual battle; story of putting personal belongings into sandbag marked 'Next of Kin' prior to battle; memory of sharing out food parcels among survivors after battle; story of applying for commission and reason for refusal, 1914; story of machine gun jamming and injury to member of gun crew; disadvantage of being at bottom of hill and Germans at top; memory of Germans shouting 'Come on Tommy, we're waiting for you'; story of enlistment with friends at drill hall in Sheffield; pride in belong to 12th Bn; attitude to casualties on Somme; story of visit by general after battle and reaction of men; attitude to re-visiting battlefields; reunions with comrades and memories of friends killed in war; opinion of strategy during Battle of the Somme; served in Somme sector for nine months; memory of bring tunic back home; attitude to casualties in 12th Bn; memory of hearing wounded crying out at night and question of not being allowed to bring them in; memory of picking up corpse that broke in two; tunic; story of being commissioned and pay, 1917; description of role as sniper on Somme and increase in pay; problem with eyes caused by duties as sniper; medals. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Old Pals Productions | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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