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Description: | British NCO served with signal section 1/5th Bn (London Rifle Bde) London Regt during Battle of Somme, 1/Jul/1916
REEL 1: Recollections of operations as NCO with signal section 1/5th Bn (London Rifle Bde) London Regt during Battle of Somme, 1/Jul/1916: description of role of signal section looking out for visual signals from captured trenches; memory of signal 'SOS Bombs'; story of enlistment with 1/5th Bn London Regt, 1910; description of preliminary artillery bombardment; question of wire being cut by artillery; use of Bangalore torpedoes to cut wire; question of success of attack on German trenches in Gommecourt sector; description of preparations for attack; artillery barrage and use of smoke shells; question of paying subscription to join London Rifle Bde; problem of seeing signals through smoke; memory of signal 'SOS Bombs'; story of requesting artillery attack on German trench mortar position; description of moving front line closer to German trenches prior to attack; demobilisation; story of writing book | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Williams, Graham | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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