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Description: | British NCO served with Essex Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
REEL 1: Aspects of period in GB, 1900-1917: birth and childhood in Stratford, London; story of father saving council records in fire; father’s employment with greeting card firm Tuck & Sons; education; story of enlistment with friend Cecil, 1917; question of age; reaction to death of Cecil and loss of other friends; various family and childhood memories; observance of Jewish customs at home; memory of Kitchener recruiting poster; training at Warley barracks, Brentwood; parade ground; pay; opinion of Kitchener; memories of wife.
REEL 2 Continues: description of leaving Victoria Station, London; embarked at Dover docks. Aspects of operations with Essex Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918: disembarked Calais; opinion of living conditions in camp; first experience under fire; story of being bayoneted and wounded again by shellfire on way to dressing station; further treatment at Casualty Clearing Station, St. Omer; experience of gas attack; attitude to German atrocity stories; story of fraternisation with Germans on Christmas Day, 1917; opinion of nurses and medical treatment; attitude to rifle.
REEL 3 Continues: story about brother; memories of bully beef and baked beans; problem of lice; reason for loss of hearing; description of mines exploding at Hill 60; story of sergeant committing suicide after receiving ‘Dear John’ letter. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hart, John Charles (Jonas) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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