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Description: | BBC Radio Newcastle programme entitled 'Away to the War'. Reminiscences of miners from Durham area who served with Durham Light Infantry on Western Front, 1914-1918; also includes comments from relatives
REEL 1: Memories of Bull Ring at Etaples; enlistment under Derby Scheme; story of brothers at Gallipoli; pay; attitude to killing German POWs; conditions in trenches; observation balloons; memory of being taken prisoner; effects of gas; problem of shortage of ammunition; war widows' pension; returning home; song 'Boys of the DLI' | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Various | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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