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Description: | British officer served with Royal Artillery on Western Front at Rouen and Saigneville Ammunition Depots, 1915-1918
REEL 1 Recollections of service with ammunition depots of Royal Artillery on Western Front, 1915-1918: excessive care taken of minimal stocks of artillery ammunition as gunner at Rouen Ammunition Depot, France, 1915; massively increased size of ammunition depots, 1917; commission and posting to Saigneville Ammunition Depot, 12/1917; depot layout; effect of direct hits on cartridge sheds during German air raid, 1918; stories illustrating relationship with and characteristics of Chinese Labour Corps personnel including attitude to European clothing, reaction to bullying and peaceful protest march after dispute with interpreter; excessive care taken of minimal stocks of artillery ammunition as gunner at Rouen Ammunition Depot, 1915; extra ammunition stored at Saigneville Ammunition Depot, 1918; stories illustrating characteristics of Chinese Labour Corps personnel. | 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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