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Description: | British trooper served with 3/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry in Mesopotamia, 1916-1918
REEL 1: Background in Clerkenwell, London, 1893-1914: family; education; reaction to outbreak of war, 8/1914. Aspects of training with Hertfordshire Yeomanry in GB, 1915-1916: story of enlistment with Hertfordshire Yeomanry; reaction of family to enlistment; uniform; opinion of accommodation and food; training in horsemanship and care of horses. Recollections of operations with 3/1st Hertfordshire Yeomanry in Mesopotamia, 1916-1918: description of journey to Egypt and arrival in Basra, 1916; description of living conditions; problem of heat and flies; uniform and kit; description of accommodation and rations; communication with home; story of contracting yellow jaundice and treatment in India; opinion of medical treatment; story of returning to Mesopotamia and rejoining unit in Baghdad.
REEL 2 Continues: description of journey on foot to Baghdad and memory of Kut-el-Amara; attitude to Arabs; description of conditions in Baghdad; question of limited military activity; water supplies and medical facilities; problem of 'Baghdad sores'; daily life and routine in Mesopotamia; care of horses; question of lack of contact with women and nickname of 'cockless army'; opinion of Turks; story of journey to Mosul, 1918; description of conditions and problem of extreme heat; question of awareness of other theatres of war; story of journey to Hit and preparations for transfer to Palestine. Aspects of post-war life and employment: question of adjustment to civilian life; memory of Armistice, 11/1918; problem of finding employment; reflections on period of military service. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bennett, Alfred George | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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