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Description: | British civilian journalist in Macclesfield and Stockport, GB, 1914-1918; served as private with King's Liverpool Regt and Sussex Regt in GB, 1918
REEL 1: Background in Macclesfield, 1900-1914: family; education; employment in silk warehouse. Aspects of period as newspaper journalist in Macclesfield, 1914-1918: duties as trainee reporter; wages; shorthand; daily routine and working hours; question of training; area covered; public attitude to press; use of photographs; reaction to outbreak of war, 8/1914; news reporting during war; effects of war on daily life; food rationing and growing food on allotments; blackout; memory of visit by Lord George; fund raising and comforts for troops; newspaper colleagues called up; visiting homes of bereaved to obtain photographs for publication in Roll of Honour; covering funerals; memories of wounded soldiers; reporting on various meetings; attitude to war; food queues; further memories of contacting bereaved families; press coverage of war; attitude to Germans; question of enlisting; paper rationing; nature of assignments; question of signing indentures; transport; meals; only one telephone in office; printing of newspaper; staff.
REEL 2 Continues: attitude to conscientious objectors; recreational activities; religious beliefs; family life; wages; evening classes; standards of journalism; attitude to editing of work; reaction to introduction of conscription; called up, 6/1918; reported to Chester; medical; problem of rash and treatment; contracted flu and treatment. Aspects of period as private with King's Liverpool Regt and Sussex Regt in GB, 6-11/1918: posted to Kinmel Park, North Wales; uniform; posted to Young Soldiers Bn; posted to Graduated Bn on east coast; problem of in-growing toenail; medical grade; posted to Sussex Regt on south coast; description of camp and conditions; story of kit inspection; daily duties; posted to Prees Heath for demobilisation; received £2 gratuity; medical categories; description of basic training; story of route march; discipline in camp; attitude to military life; opinion of food; memories of Armistice celebrations, 11/11/1918; question of quick release from army and return to civilian employment. Post-war life and employment as journalist | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Stovold, Jan R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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