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Description: | British private served with 1/6th Bn London Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1917-1918; NCO served with RAF in GB, 1939-1945
REEL 1: Aspects of training with 1/6th Bn London Regt in GB, 1917: story of enlistment in Camberwell, London, 1917; posted to camp in Aldershot; training; qualified as Lewis gunner; volunteered for overseas service and posted to France, 1917. Aspects of operations as private with 1/6th Bn London Regt on Western Front, 1917-1918: posted camp at Etaples; gas chamber; moved into line in Pouchvillers sector; various memories of operations on Western Front; attitude to Germans; opinion of Prussian Guards and atrocity stories; story of death of brother in POW camp. Aspects of post-war life and employment: problem of finding employment; story of role in formation of British Legion, 1923; training with Auxiliary Air Force; attitude to outbreak of war, 9/ 1939; opinion of German military.
REEL 2 Continues: question of length of war; pre-war training as aerial gunner. Aspects of period as NCO with RAF in GB, 1939-1945: duties in stores at various airfields including RAF Biggin Hill, 1939-1945; attitude to Hitler and Nazis; memories of outbreak of war, 3/Sep/1939; duties as equipment assistant with 8th US Army Air Force Fighter Command, Bushey Hall, 1942-1945; daily routine and duties; benefits of working in stores. | 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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