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Description: | British officer served with 7th Bn Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1916; awarded Victoria Cross for actions during attack on Thiepval, 9/1916. Served with Movement Control in GB, 1939-1945
REEL 1 Background as teacher and service with 4th Bn Hampshire Regt, 1912-1914. Aspects of period as bombing officer with 7th Bn Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt on Western Front, 1916: preconceptions of war; immunity to lice; prior hand grenade training; relationship with other ranks; value of experience as NCO; conditions of service; climate.
REEL 2 Continues: personal morale; food rations; periods in front line; story of close escape during hand grenade training; recreations; death of mother; GB leave; opinion of officers; opinion of Churchill.
REEL 3 Continues: success of special integrated artillery and mortar barrage; patrol in No Man's Land; story illustrating random nature of casualties. Account of attacks in Thiepval sector, Somme area, 28/9/1916-29/9/1916, for which he was awarded VC: situation; hold up in No Man's Land and decision to continue attack; use of captured German hand grenades; capture of objective and establishment of advance post towards Schwaben Redoubt.
REEL 4 Continues: personal morale prior to attack; story of being wounded during attack on Schwaben Redoubt, 29/9/1916; story of soldier attempting to shoot wounded German; drunk German POW; personal morale; reaction to news of award of VC. Cancellation of Far East posting and Armistice celebrations, 11/11/1918. Various aspects of service, 1914-1918: padres; confidence in victory.
REEL 5 Continues: story illustrating personal character; opinion of war. Recollections of period with Movement Control in GB, 1939-1945: role identifying casualties amongst refugees on torpedoed ship; story illustrating impact of VC. Status as teacher. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Brice, Martin H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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