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Description: | Ts account (223pp), written in 1968, of his experiences as a Private with the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers in France during the First World War, where he served in a variety of positions including infantryman, stretcher-bearer and observer, stressing the bonds of comradeship and providing reminiscences of people, places and events including the taking of 'the Mound' at St Eloi, his role as a stretcher bearer in the Battle of the Somme, and as an observer with the Field Survey Corps during the Allied Offensive of August 1918.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-05-20 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Cook, W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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