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Description: | British civilian in Manchester, GB, 1914-1918; employed as civilian Attestation Clerk in GB, 1916; served as clerk with King's Shropshire Light Infantry in GB, 1918
REEL 1: Recollections of period in Manchester, GB, 1893-1918: family; father's employment as teacher; education; reason for leaving school age 13; description of employment and working conditions as office boy with engravers; story of death of fellow employee.
REEL 2 Continues: story of problem with stiff leg and operation; question of responsibility of employer for leg injury; further employment in engraving factory.
REEL 3 continues: duties and working conditions in engraving factory; story of birth certificate; employment as errand boy at Lancaster Café and as sandwich man; story of whist drive.
REEL 4 Continues: reason for losing job at Lancaster Café; employment with basket maker and as office boy; working conditions and pay.
REEL 5 Continues: story of losing job; further medical treatment on leg; employment as liftman; story of competition; employment as clerk; question of exemption from military service due to leg; story of inhaling naphtha fumes; description of problem with leg; question of supporting parents; story of being called up and question of exemption from military service due to stiff leg, 1918; medical examination.
REEL 6 Continues: story of being passed fit for military service; reported to Orford Barracks,Warrington, 4/1918; accommodation; problem of cold weather and snow; washing and messing facilities; story of sergeant and wallking stick; question of being discharged; story of Jewish servicemen; daily routine at Orford Barracks; posted to Prees Heath camp, Shropshire. Aspects of period as clerk with Clerical Div in GB, 1918: posted as clerk to King's Shropshire Light Infantry.
REEL 7 Continues: description of duties as clerk; memories of female staff; story of medical board; problem of bronchitis; discharged from army on medical grounds, 10/1918; story of mother contracting flu. Description of duties as Attestation Clerk under Derby Scheme, 1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Worswick, Frank | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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