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Description: | British trooper served with 10th Hussars on Western Front, 1914-1918
REEL 1: Aspects of period as band boy with 10th Hussars in South Africa, 1911-1914: posted from India to Bloemfontein, South Africa, 11/1911; description of duties as band boy; pay; story of journey from Cape Town to GB aboard Balmoral Castle at outbreak of war, 8/1914; naval escort; route across Atlantic to avoid German U-boats; story of making cigarette papers out of toilet paper; recreational activities aboard ship; arrived at Southampton and accommodation in tents on Southampton Common; rejoined 10th Hussars at Tidworth; story of swapping numbers with brother. Aspects of operations with 10th Hussars on Western Front, 1914-1918: posted to front line trenches in Somme area, France, 5/11/1914; role as stretcher bearer helping casualties in 3rd Dragoon Guards; memory of taking wounded officer to Advanced Dressing Station; weather conditions; sleeping arrangements on dugouts; role of cavalry in trench warfare; story of making cavalry charge with drawn sword; care of horses; problem of German snipers; amusing story of pudding; opinion of rations; memory of Town Hall in Ypres; attitude to fear; problem of German mines; shelling of reserve trenches; composition of Brigade; memory of colonel with German name; description of role in action to recapture trenches; casualties; story of wounded captain; casualties caused by shrapnel and high explosives; role as squadron trumpeter and promotion to lance corporal; amusing story of rum ration; memory of corpses used to reinforce trenches.
REEL 2 Continues: use of disinfectant on corpses; story of leading patrol on Armistice Day, 11/11/1918; memory of aircraft and tanks; posted to Germany as part of Army of Occupation, 1918. Aspect of period with 10th Hussars in GB, 1920-1934: activities as show jumper and riding instructor; story of coal strike. . | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bodill, Alec | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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