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Description: | British private served as driver with Army Service Corps in GB and on Western Front, 1917
REEL 1: Background in Birmingham, 1897-1914: family life and living conditions; education; memory of watching Aston Villa; employment with printers; wages; employment with jewellers; reaction to outbreak of war, 8/1914; effects of war on employment; description of employment as shell inspector in munitions factory; opinion of women workers; hours and pay; air raids; memory of seeing Zeppelin; food rationing; black market activities; description of enlistment with Army Service Corps, 1916. Aspects of training with Army Service Corps in GB, 1917: issued with uniform and kit; posted to Crystal Palace for basic training; accommodation; opinion of food; drill; posted to Larkhill Camp, Salisbury Plain; description of training as lorry and caterpillar tractor driver.
REEL 2 Continues: posted to Army Service Corps depot, Avonmouth Docks; daily routine and duties; description of journey to France. Aspects of operations as driver with Army Service Corps on Western Front, 1917: billets in brickworks in Ypres area, Belgium; rations; personal hygiene and health; duties as tractor driver transporting guns; maintenance and refuelling of tractors; story of accident in tractor; injuries; medical report and discharged, 12/1917. Civilian life and employment. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | McGuirk, A D | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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