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Description: | British gunner served with Royal Artillery on Western Front, 1914-1917
REEL 1 Recollections of service as gunner with Royal Artillery on Western Front, 1914-1917: story of soldier punished for going absent without leave from wiring party assisting infantry in Bethune area, France, 1914; publication of details of soldiers given death penalty; story of being gassed by German mustard gas shells during offensive in Arras area, 4/1917; role as gun layer; nature of targets including SOS calls; German gas shell fire and difficulty in wearing gas masks whilst firing guns; registered targets; story of being gassed by German mustard gas shells during offensive in Arras area, 4/1917;story of being mis-diagnosed with laryngitis after being gassed; reactions to view of soldier given No 1 Field Punishment, 1914. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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