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Description: | British NCO served as signaller with 14th (2nd Barnsley) and 13th (1st Barnsley) Bns York and Lancaster Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1915-1918; POW in Germany, 1-11/1918
REEL 1: Employment; story of enlistment with A Coy 14th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Barnsley, 1/1916. Recollections of operations with 14th and 13th Bns York and Lancaster Regt in GB and on Western Front, 1916-1918: description of role as signaller on Somme, 1st July, 1916 story of being taken prisoner in Belgium, 1/1918; taken with Germans during advance; opinion of food; question of treatment by Germans; morale; story of being reported missing presumed killed and release, 11/1918; conditions in trenches; personal hygiene; problem of lice; burial of dead and problem of identifying bodies; question of fear; laying wires; signalling exercises; memory of catching rabbits on Cannock Chase; relations with French and Belgian civilians.
REEL 2 Continues: opinion of officers; problem of bringing lice home in uniform; family; recreational activities; pay; care of uniform and kit inspection; sleeping arrangements; discipline and punishments; description of six-month period as signaller in Sunderland. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Nichols, George Armitage | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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