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Description: | British private served with 14th Bn (2nd Barnsley) York and Lancaster Regt in GB, Egypt and on Western Front, 1915-1917; served with 9th Bn South Lancashire Regt in Salonika, Greece, 1917-1918
REEL 1: Employment in colliery; story of enlistment, 4/1915. Aspects of training with 14th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in GB, 1915: posted to Silkstone camp; memory of sergeant; amusing story of golf links; drill; route marches; opinion of food; memory of Captain Bromley; billets; opinion of camp on Cannock Chase; story of stew; question of underage soldiers; description of journey to Egypt via Malta, 12/1915.
REEL 2 Continues: memory of coaling ship; problem of seasickness. Aspects of operations with 14th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Egypt, 12/1915-3/1916: opinion of Port Said; attitude to Arabs; problem of sand in foreskin and treatment; story of canteen; story of rejoining 14th Bn in France, 1916. Aspects of operations with 14th Bn York and Lancaster Regt on Western Front, 1916: posted to trenches near Serre, Somme; description of digging trenches under fire; role as standpoint man in Babylon trench on 1st July, 1916; opinion of German trenches; returned to GB for treatment for shell shock.
REEL 3 Continues: story of visit to colliery; discharged from hospital, 12/1916. Aspects of operations with 9th Bn South Lancashire Regt in Salonika, Greece, 1917-1918: story of being drafted as officer's batman; story of rations; description of role as mule driver; story of being wounded and medical treatment in Salonika and Malta; problem of contracting scabies; diet of chicken and Guinness; further treatment on penis; returned to Salonika and problem of contracting malaria. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Atkinson, Vernon | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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