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Description: | British private served with 2/7th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th Bn Manchester Regt and 2nd Australian Tunnelling Coy on Western Front, 1917-1918
REEL 1: Background in Northumberland, GB, 1915-1915: enlisted with 1st Bn Northern Cyclists Regt; discharged for being underage. Aspects of training with 2/7th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers in GB, 2/1915-1917: enlisted at Alnwick, 2/1915; role in recruiting march in Northumberland; posted to camp in Blythe for further training; question of age. Aspects of operations with 2/7th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th Bn Manchester Regt and 2nd Australian Tunnelling Coy on Western Front, 1917-1918: sailed to Boulogne and marched to camp at Etaples; opinion of training and instructors in Bullring; posted to 6th Bn Manchester Regt in Dunkirk; moved into front line; daily life in trenches and casualties; description of duties while attached to 2nd Australian Tunnelling Coy; returned to Manchester Regt and posted to Ypres sector, Belgium.
REEL 1 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Marsh-Jones, Dorothy | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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