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Description: | British marine served with Royal Marine Light Infantry Battalion, Royal Naval Division on Western Front, 10/1914
REEL 1 Recollections of period with Royal Naval Division in Antwerp, Belgium, 10/1914: reception on arrival at railway station from Belgian civilians, 6/10/1914; move into defensive positions isolated by barbed wire on Contich road; movements; taking over trenches from Belgian troops; work to improve trenches; German observation aircraft; execution of Germans dressed as priests; relief by Royal Marine Light Infantry and retirement to River Scheldt; crossing pontoon bridge; conditions during retreat to Belgian coast; deserted houses in Antwerp, 6/6/1914. | 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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