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Description: | British private served with Royal Welsh Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916-1918
REEL 1: Background in GB, 1915-1916: volunteered and enlisted with Lancashire Fusiliers at Bury Barracks, 1915; training; drafted to Royal Welsh Fusiliers and posted to France, 1916. Aspects of operations as private with Royal Welsh Fusiliers on Western Front, 1916-1918: posted to Somme area, France, and training in trench warfare; daily routine in trenches; sentry duty; proximity to German trenches; role in Lewis gun team; memories of other men; description of night raid to capture prisoners; opinion of officers; attitude to Germans; treatment of German POWs; memories of Armistice, 11/11/1918; demobilisation, 1919. Post-war life and employment. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Marsden, George | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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