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Description: | British private served with 1/4th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers in GB, Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine and on Western Front, 1914-1918
REEL 1 Background, 1897-1914. Mobilisation underage as territorial with 1/4th Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers to Hawick, 4/8/1914. Recollections of period at Stirling, 8/1914-5/1915: inexperience of some other ranks; conditions of service; rifle training; equipment carried in action; stories illustrating power of regimental sergeant major; being used as example prior to kit inspection; equipping ready for Western Front prior to cancellation due to outbreak of diphtheria and subsequent isolation period, 2/1915. Recollections of voyage on Empress of Britain to Alexandria, Egypt, 24/5/1915-4/6/1915: prior knowledge of Gallipoli posting and area; lectures.
REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of period in camp at Aboukir, 6/1915: scorpion problem; lectures as to Gallipoli conditions. Recollections of period at Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey, 14/6/1915-24/6/1915: sentry duty outside officers' mess during crossing; landing via River Clyde at V Beach; digging rest camp slit trench; long distance Turkish artillery and smallarms fire; personal morale; permanent attachment to working party carrying stores from beach to rest camp; shrapnel wound, 24/6/1915.
REEL 3 Continues: rest camp slit trench; use of half limbers and mules; situation; rations; fly problem; opinion of relative freedom from military discipline of front line infantry; opinion of various units; story of being wounded by shrapnel whilst looking for firewood. Evacuation and medical treatment in GB, 6/1915-12/1915. Post-war Scottish Gallipoli Association. Aspects of period in Ireland, 1/1916-6/1916. Recollections of rejoining unit at Romani, Egypt, 8/1916: aftermath of Battle of Romani; enteric outbreak; outpost duty.
REEL 4 Continues: Recollection of operations in Sinai and Palestine, 8/1916-12/1917: water supply; use of camels in desert; outpost duty; advancing across Sinai; laying wire netting as road; food rations; use of pepper to ward of lice and flies; water supply for baths; story of meeting General Murrain on Umbrella Hill, Gaza, 7/1917; difficulties of desert fighting; desert storms; water shortage during First Battle of Gaza, 16/3/1917.
REEL 5 Continues: story of getting water from Khan Yunis Wells during First Battle of Gaza; story of showing light to guide wounded after battle, 17/3/1917; story of occupation of Red House Post, 4/1917; situation on attachment to Machine Gun Corps, 4/1917; story of becoming officer's servant; military build up, 4/1917-11/1917.
REEL 6 Continues: military build up, 4/1917-11/1917; Third Battle of Gaza and subsequent advance, 11/1917; rest period near Ramleh, 11/1917; feet problems; continued advance; story of German cavalry attack at Nebi Samwell, 11/1917; story of salvaging food and equipment from abandoned post; crossing of River Auja, 12/1917. Opinion of conditions on Western Front, 1918. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Smith, Lyn E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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