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Description: | British officer served on Western Front, 1916
REEL 1 Recollections of operations as officer commanding company in Somme area, France, 7/1916: question of involvement in Somme offensive; preparations and move to Albert, 10/7/1917; move into front line on Contalmaison Ridge; reconnaissance patrol towards Pozieres; advance in artillery then extended formation towards Pozieres; taking up defensive positions in railway cutting; arm wound from German enfilading sniper fire; evacuation as walking wounded; question of initial absence of German fire and German enfilading sniper fire in railway cutting. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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