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Description: | Microfilm copy of a memoir of his First World War experiences in which he describes attacks by mobs in East London on German shops at the beginning of the war, his criticism of conscientious objectors, his enlistment (at the second attempt) in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion the Dorsetshire Regiment (June 1915), his training as a Signaller and service in Wyke Regis Camp (June 1915 - June(?) 1916), before being sent to the Western Front to join 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment (88th Brigade, 29th Division) in the Ypres Salient (June - October 1916), acting initially as mess orderly but transferring to the Signalling Section in August 1916, the battalion moved to the Somme Sector and took part in the Battle of the Somme (October - November 1916). The order of his memoir is not striclty chronological and he sometimes refers to the same events in different volumes.
Cataloguer SJO | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 3rd Battalion 88th Brigade Hampshire Regiment Dorsetshire Regiment British Army 29th Division 2nd Battalion | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bell, A C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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