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Description: | British private served with 1/2nd East Lancashire Field Ambulance in Dardanelles, 1915; survived sinking of troopship RMS Royal Edward in Aegean Sea, 13/Aug/1915
REEL 1: [Introduction by daughter] Recollections of sinking of RMS Royal Edward in Aegean Sea, 13/Aug/1915: description of torpedo hitting ship; boat station; problem of lifeboat capsizing; memory of helping friend with lifejacket; problem of being caught in ropes when leaving ship; memory of ship standing out of water; survived by clinging to wreckage; description of ship sinking and being covered in coal dust; description of conditions in lifeboat and problem of overcrowding; length of time until rescued; story of rescue by French trawler; problem of seasickness; memory of bodies floating in water; taken to harbour on French island; transferred to collier; sailed aboard French cruiser to Alexandria; reaction to sinking; opinion of sleeping arrangements; loss of clothes and possessions; given composite uniform by French sailors; taken to camp; opinion of treatment following sinking; issued with new kit; returned to Gallipoli five days after sinking | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Basnett (Miss) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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