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British officer served with A Coy, 1/5th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers on Western Front, 1917

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REEL 1: Aspects of operations with A Coy, 1/5th Bn Lancashire Fusiliers on Western Front, 1917: description of role in attack at Low Farm, 7/Sep/1917; story of shooting down German aircraft; location of Coy HQ; story about soldier killed in pill box; story about CO Cpt Tickler asking for stretcher bearers; number of men in pill box; role of signallers; story of sending SOS signal to artillery with rifle grenade; tacit agreement with Germans to collect wounded after attack; description of pill box; duties reconnoitring front line prior to attack; description of trenches around Low Farm; story of suspicious soldier in Scottish uniform; nature of terrain; gun lines; billets; description of journey into line at Ypres; weather conditions; role of Bn in support of Manchester Bde; opinion of order from Div CO; opinion of Bn CO; duties writing letters to bereaved relatives; effect of continuous shelling; opinion of pill box defence; method of capturing pill boxes; opinion of senior officers REEL 2 Continues: description of living conditions on Ypres Salient; attitude to rum ration; age of officers; attitude to discipline; story of attending court martial on Somme

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), First World War (content), First World War (association)
Creator: Horridge, George Bertram (interviewee/speaker)
Macdonald, Lyn (recorder)
Production date: 1978
Dimensions: whole: Duration 34, Number Of Items 2
Catalogue number: 6569

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