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Description: | British NCO served as signaller with 13th (1st Barnsley), 14th (2nd Barnsley) and 1/5th Bns York and Lancaster Regt in GB, Egypt and on Western Front, 1914-1918
REEL 1: Background: employment in colliery; pay; family; memory of demobilisation, 12/1918; story of volunteering and enlistment in Barnsley, 1914. Aspects of training with 13th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in GB, 1914-1915: posted to D Coy, 13th Bn York and Lancaster Regt; memory of Bn CO and sergeant-major; billeted in Public Hall, Barnsley; story of volunteering for signals section; issued with blue uniform and rifle; posted to Silkstone camp; opinion of food; musketry training; description of camp.
REEL 2 Continues: sleeping arrangements; signals training and equipment; route marches; attitude to army life and discipline. Aspects of operations with 13th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Egypt, 12/1915-3/1916: description of voyage to Egypt via Malta, 12/1915; problem of seasickness; opinion of Colonel Wilford and Major Guest; story of learning to swim; battalion newspaper; reaction to being posted to France, 1916. Aspects of operations with 13th and 5th Bns York and Lancaster Regt on Western Front, 3/1916-1918: posted to Somme area, France; billets; duties as sapper with Royal Engineers; telephone duty; memory of mines exploding; description of going over the top, 1/Jul/1916; equipment; reaction to being under fire; ordered to retire and return to lines; casualties; story of death of friend in night attack, 10/1918; relieved 4/Jul/1916; question of fighting experience of 13th Bn.
REEL 3 Continues: role as stretcher bearer; story of German plane and song; problem of contracting dysentery and treatment in GB, 1916; relations with French civilians; attitude to Germans; opinion of various officers; amusing story of Prince of Wales and five shilling piece; story of demobilisation, 12/1918. Post-war life and employment. Sings parody songs. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Oughton, Tommy | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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