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Description: | British private served with 14th (2nd Barnsley) and 7th Bns York and Lancaster Regt in GB, Egypt and on Western Front, 1914-1918
REEL 1: Employment and recreational activities; story of enlistment with C Coy 14th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Barnsley, 8/1914; billeted at Public Hall; uniform; basic training in camps at Rugely and Ripon; question of enlistment underage; attitude to wartime propaganda; issued with tropical kit; description of journey to Egypt; problem of seasickness; opinion of rations; daily routine aboard ship; description of training as sniper; story of shooting German on Western Front. Aspects of operations with 14th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Egypt, 12/1915-3/1916: attitude to Arabs; memory of swimming in Suez Canal; marched into desert; climate; amusing story of Taff Mason; question of age in section; casualties in 14th Bn; duties building and manning line of redoubts along Suez Canal.
REEL 2 Continues: digging trenches; posted to France, 3/1916. Recollections of operations with 14th and 7th Bns York and Lancaster Regt on Western Front, 1916-1918: in trenches in Colincamps sector, Somme, France; trench raid by 14th Bn, 6/1916; first experience of being in front line; question of fear; rotation out of line; casualties; living conditions in trenches; use of periscopes; problem of rats; terrain around Serre; memory of footballer Dickie Bond; description of trench raid; story of trench mortars; amusing story of brigadier; description of assembling for attack on 1/Jul/1916; rum ration; weather conditions and terrain; description of going over top; presence of Military Police in trenches; casualties; question of German counter-attack; story of night attack and use of Bangalore torpedoes.
REEL 3 Continues: amusing story of sergeant; nature of operations in Ancre sector, 1916; problem of waterlogged trenches and trench feet; story of dog; various memories of 'Bricky' Moore; transferred to 7th Bn York and Lancaster Regt, 1917; story of playing in band; further memories of 'Bricky' Moore; description of retreat following German offensive, 3/1918. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Swales, Charles Alfred | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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