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Description: | British officer served with 57th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery on Western Front, 1916-1917
REEL 1 Recollections of operations as officer with 8" howitzers of 57th Siege Bty Royal Garrison Artillery in Somme area, France, 6/1916-7/1916: camouflage of howitzer positions, 6/1916; identifying targets; concentration on German trench system during continuous preliminary bombardment, 23/6/1916-1/7/1916; cooking arrangements; commencement of final barrage, 05.30, 1/7/1916; creeping barrage supporting assault troops of 8th and 32nd Divs; initial success and move of M Bty into No Man's Land to provide close support fire; emergence of German troops from deep dugouts to disrupt attack. Recollections of period in Cambrai area, 11/1917: move into pre-prepared howitzer positions; method of using survey techniques to avoid preliminary registration of targets, 1/4/1916. Recollections of operations with 57th Siege Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery in Somme area, 4/1916-7/1918: joining newly formed unit; preparing howitzer positions; establishment of zero line; registering and calibrating howitzers; direct firing; method of indirect predicted firing using plotting table; occupying dugout at forward observation post facing Ovillers and La Boiselle; 30/6/1916-1/7/1916; food rations; commencement of final barrage, 05.30, 1/7/1916; move of assault troops into No Man's Land. Recollections of period in Cambrai area, 11/1917: restrictions on firing prior to attack, 20/11/1917; procedure on move of unit out of line and into new sector of line. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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