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British private served with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt, 10th Bde, 4th Div on Western Front and in Italy, 1916-1918; NCO served with 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in India, 1919-1927; served with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in GB, Palestine and Egypt, 1928-1931
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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as private with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt, 10th Bde, 4th Div on Western Front and in Italy, 1916-1918: involvement in battle for Passchendaele Ridge, Belgium 4/10/1917; initial impressions of Major Bernard Montgomery; nature of operations around River Piave, Italy, 1917-1918; opinion of Italian Army and Austro-Hungarian Army troops; comparison of Western Front and Italian Front; description of living conditions; opinion of rations; casualties; trenches at Passchendaele, Belgium; memories of Major Bernard Montgomery; attitude to Italian people; involvement in Battle of River Piave, 6/1918; visit by Prince of Wales; return to GB and reformation of battalion; 1919. Recollections of operations as NCO with 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in India, 1919-1927: duties as signals sergeant on North West Frontier; description of signals equipment; visit by Prince of Wales to Landi Kotal; visit to New Delhi and attitude towards Indians; opinion of Gurkhas; opinion of character of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery including religious beliefs and concern for welfare of men.
REEL 2 Continues: Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's role at Staff College, Quetta; amusing story of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery and Christmas dinner; Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's sense of humour and concern for welfare of men; question of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's popularity with officers and other ranks; Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's attitude to discipline and training; Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's attitude to venereal disease; daily life and signalling duties on North West Frontier. Aspects of period of training with 1st Bn Royal Warwickshire Regt in GB, 1928-1930; return to GB for further training, 1927; tactical exercise organized by Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery at Petworth including use of motorized transport; story of meeting General Bernard Montgomery in Exmouth, 1943; relationship with Bernard Montgomery; marriage. Recollections of operations as NCO with 1st Bn Warwickshire Regt in Palestine and Egypt, 1930-1931: role as Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's signals sergeant in Palestine, 1930; political situation and role of battalion; attitude to Palestine Police Force; visits to historical sites; Arab-Jewish situation; relations between Arabs and British; role in protecting Jewish civilians; daily life in Jerusalem.
REEL 3 Continues: Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's attitude to Arabs and Jews in Palestine; duties as signals sergeant; posting with Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery to Alexandria, Egypt, 1931; amusing story of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's lecture on morality; Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery's desert training exercises; question of Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery accompanying men on route marches; Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery's dress style and reason for changing creases on shorts from front to side; opinion of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's leadership qualities and character; nature of duties as Lieutenant-Colonel Montgomery's signals sergeant in Alexandria, Egypt; family life; further comments on Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery's leadership qualities; amusing story of Lieutenant-Colonel Bernard Montgomery and toilet paper.