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Description: | British officer served as Roman Catholic chaplain with Royal Warwickshire Regt, Royal Munster Fusiliers and Gloucestershire Regt on Western Front, 1915-1918
REEL 1 : Recollections of operations as Roman Catholic chaplain on Western Front, 1915-1918: reason for volunteering as chaplain; training, description of duties; story of giving holy communion to troops at Ploegsteert; description of trenches; morale of troops; attached to Royal Munster Fusiliers; story of saying Mass before attack on Somme; effects of being gassed; duties at Casualty Clearing Stations including giving absolution; description of chapel in Foncquevillers
REEL 2 Continues: various memories of saying Mass; story of burying Portuguese dead; description of being wounded; billets; comradeship.
REEL 3 Continues: memories of Christmas concerts; story of giving sacrament to dying soldier; effect of war on religious beliefs; description of religious items carried in haversack; travel by horse; duties as billeting officer. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Anglia Television | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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