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Description: | British officer served as meteorologist staff officer attached to BEF Headquarters on Western Front, 1915; provided wind forecasts prior to release of gas during Battle of Loos, 25/9/1915
REEL 1 Recollections of role as meteorologist staff officer attached to General Headquarters, BEF at St Omer, France, 9/1915: meeting with Haig to discuss suitability of wind conditions for release of cloud gas, 03.00 and Haig's decision to launch attacks prior to launch of Battle of Loos at 05.00, 25/9/1915; discussion of first reports with Brigadier John Charteris and Major C H Foulkes; Haig's discussions with Major General Herbert Gough and Foulkes prior to decision not to postpone attack; prior trial forecasts and codes employed in transmitting them to Headquarters 1st Army at Hemergies; conference to discuss Gold's weather forecast at Hemergies, 24/9/1915; monitoring wind strength and direction overnight on charts using reports from local observers and general observations from London, 24/9/1915-25/9/1915; meeting with Haig, 03.00; continuing to monitor wind conditions; meeting with Haig and various staff officers. | 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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