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Description: | British officer served as staff officer with Headquarters 8th Div on Western Front, 1916; commanded 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918
REEL 1 Recollections of situation with regimental transport during retreat with 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regt, 1918. Recollections of role as staff officer with Headquarters 8th Div during attack in Ovillers sector, Somme area, France, 31/7/1916: initial difficulty in judging progress of attack due to poor visibility; view of breakdown of attack in No Man's Land. Recollections of attack with 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regt in Westhoek Ridge sector, Ypres area, Belgium, 16/8/1917: move into line; story of young officer telling jokes prior to advance; move forward with temporary headquarters to locate new front line; realisation of failure of attack. Recollections of role as staff officer with Headquarters 8th Div during attack in Ovillers sector, Somme area, 31/7/1916: role as divisional forward observation officer; visit to front line; increase in bombardment, 06.30; initial difficulty in judging progress of attack due to poor visibility; question of strength of German fire. Recollections of moving forward after attack with 2nd Bn Royal Berkshire Regt on Westhoek Ridge, Ypres area, 16/8/1917: retreat to makeshift position in breastwork trench; confidence in own survival despite threatening situation in face of German counter-attack. | 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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