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Description: | British NCO served with 7th Bn Middlesex Regt on Western Front, 1914-1918 including Battle of Somme, 7/1916
REEL 1: Recollections of operations as NCO with 7th Bn Middlesex Regt during Battle of Somme, 7/1916: description of position in Hebuterne sector, Somme, 1/Jul/1916; story of being wounded in trench before attack; description of preparations for attack on 1/Jul/1916; memories of preliminary artillery bombardment; address by Bn CO Colonel King; morale in Bn; story of enlistment with 7th Bn Middlesex Regt in Hornsea, 1914; posted to Gibraltar for training, 9/1914; B Coy nickname of 'Lucky B'; description of being wounded in head by shrapnel, 1/Jul/1916; medical treatment in France and GB; further comments on training in Gibraltar; 1914; description of preliminary bombardment on Somme; fear of German machine guns; post-war reunions; memories of friends; description of conditions behind lines; food; reason for wanting to join cavalry; interest in horses and horseracing.
REEL 2 Continues: enlistment, 1914; further description of being wounded on Somme, 1/Jul/1916; medical treatment and rejoined Bn; story of 13th Bn London Regt at Aubers Ridge; attitude to death and being wounded; description of preliminary bombardment on German trenches, 7/1916; opinion of effectiveness of bombardment; story of commission. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Old Pals Productions | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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