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Description: | French NCO and officer served with French Army on Western Front, 1916
REEL 1 Recollections of service as NCO and officer with French Army 1915-1916: conditions of service during period in Aisne area, France, 2/1916-5/1916; move to Verdun area, 5/1916; leave; letters and parcels from French woman pen pals; tours of duty in front line; shortage of water supplies in Verdun area; rest billets; story of disembarking wounded from hospital train; conditions of service during period in Aisne area, 2/1916-5/1916; conditions of service and German shell fire in Verdun area, 5/1916-12/1916; acting as advance party on relief of unit prior to attack; attack initially held up by German machine gun; commission as officer; | 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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