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Description: | Ts transcriptions of interviews carried out by Mr James Florey in 1998 with a number of First World War veterans who served on the Western Front, including Robert Burns of the 7th Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (12pp); Jack Davis of the 6th Battalion Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (14pp); Captain H N Edwards of the 1/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (14pp); Hal Kerrige of the 1/14th Battalion London Regiment (London Scottish) and 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders (10pp); George Louth of the 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment (7pp); Arthur Marshall of the 1st Essex Yeomanry (20pp); Frank Sumpter of the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade (5pp); and Fred Taylor of the Royal Field Artillery (3pp). The interviews contain descriptions of training, conscription and enlistment, food and army life, trench conditions, perceptions of the Germans, relations between officers and men, army discipline, and the sensation of coming under enemy fire.
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Catalogue date 2003-04-22 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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