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Description: | British private served with 2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders on Western Front, 1918
REEL 1: Background in Ross-shire, Scotland, GB, 1899-1917: family; childhood on farm; left school at 14; employment with Post Office; story of attempting to enlist underage; enlisted with 2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders, 1917. Aspects of operations with 2nd Bn Seaforth Highlanders on Western Front, 1918: posted to La Bassee sector, France; story of attending mass burial of soldiers; reason for enlisting and question of age; story of contracting flu and medical treatment; daily life in trenches at La Bassee; stand to and five rounds rapid; weather conditions; guard duty; story of falling asleep at field kitchen; story of friend killed by shell.
REEL 2 Continues: further description of mass burial; reaction to news of Armistice, 11/1918; rum ration; story of capturing German soldier and taking souvenirs; attitude to Germans; skill with rifle; story of mother and field post card; censorship of letters; celebrations on return home. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Quickfire Media | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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