Parker Bird, Stanley (Oral history)

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British NCO served with 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps in GB, Egypt, Gallipoli, Turkey and on Western Front, 4/1915-11/1918; served as Chief Shelter Officer for St Marylebone, London, GB, 1939-1945

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REEL 1 Aspects of period as civilian in Colchester, GB, 1914-1915: precautions taken against perceived German invasion risk in Colchester, 8/1914; organisation of Boy Scout Movement patrols to guard telephone lines; question of joining Royal Engineers as articled auctioneer's clerk and trainee surveyor, 1914. Aspects of enlistment training with sanitary sections, Royal Army Medical Corps in GB, 4/1915-7/1915: enlistment and training at Duke of York's Headquarters, Chelsea, London, 4/1915-7/1915; voyage aboard HMHS Oxfordshire from GB to Alexandria, Egypt as reinforcement draft to 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps. Aspects of period as NCO with 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps at Alexandria, Egypt, 8/1915-12/1915: prior knowledge of Gallipoli Campaign; unloading casualites from Gallipoli, Turkey; recreational activities; duties inspecting British camps; voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Gallipoli, Turkey via Mudros, Lemnos Island, Greece, 12/1915. REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of period as NCO with 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps attached to 17th Stationary Hospital, Gallipoli, Turkey, 12/1915-1/1916: landing on V Beach at Cape Helles, 12/1915; awareness of 29th Div's role in original landing, 24/4/1915; landing through SS River Clyde; beach dumps; move inland; situation on arrival and reception; W Beach situation; origins of allied positions on Gallipoli; role liaising with sanitary NCOs of Royal Naval Div and 29th Div; supervising latrine maintenance; testing and treating water supply; fly problem and role in spreading dysentery; necessity of burying mule carcasses. REEL 3 Continues: story of receiving casualties from artillery fire whilst burying mule; necessity of covering animal manure; causes and effects of widespread dysentery; rations and duties inspecting suspect batches; building refuse incinerator; reaction to being under artillery fire; Christmas celebrations, 25/12/1915; sight of air duel and crashed French Air Force aircraft; mail; story of inscription seen on Royal Naval Div grave; evacuation from W Beach, 1/1916. REEL 4 Continues: evacuation to Mudros, Lemnos Island, Greece, 1/1915; reads story of visit to Greek village on Lemnos Island, Greece; aspects of evacuation, 1/1916. Aspects of period as NCO with 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps at Port Tewfik, Egypt, 1/1916-3/1916: operation of disinfection station; inspection duties; morale; posting to Western Front, 3/1916' prior recollection of terrain and climate at Gallipoli, Turkey, 12/1915-1/1916. Recollections of operations as NCO with 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps on Somme, France, 3/1916-7/1916: establishment of divisional camp at Acheux Woods; emergency role as stretcher bearers in Beaumont-Hamel sector; 1/7/1916. REEL 5 Continues: emergency role as stretcher bearers in Beaumont-Hamel sector, 1/7/1916 including collection of Newfoundland Regiment casualties, gaps left in British wire, number and morale of casualties, fatigue, German respect for Red Cross and dressing station at Auchonvillers. Recollections of operations as NCO with 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps in Ypres Salient, Belgium, 7/1916-10/1916: Toc H establishment at Poperinghe; importance of religion; prison yard dugout at Ypres; rat problem; artillery fire; testing water supplies and dangers of drinking shell hole water; inspection and sanitary duties. REEL 6 Continues: cooking wild mushrooms; mosquito prevention; attack of trench fever. Recollections of operations as NCO with 16th Sanitary Section, Royal Army Medical Corps on Somme, France, 10/1916-11/1918: Indian and Chinese working parties; Virgin Mary statue at Albert; local court martial; posting on to town major's staff at Corbie including duties and preparing camps for assault troops; German dugouts and corpses in Mametz Wood sector; application to join Royal Air Force, 1918; attack of Spanish Influenza and consequent demobilisation, 1918; detachment to Ham railhead, 1918; preparations at Ham railhead following German offensive, 3/1918. REEL 7 Continues: retreat from Ham, 3/1918. Recollections of period as Chief Shelter Officer for St Marylebone, London, GB, 1/1939-5/1945: surveying possible shelters; duties supervising shelters during German Air Force bombing campaign; sanitation; recreational facilities; question of direct hits on air raid shelters; morale of shelter users; health precautions; use of car in travelling between swatters; role of Marylebone Town Hall Control Centre; stories relating to bomb incidents.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), First World War (content), First World War (association), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Hart, Peter M (Recorder)
Parker Bird, Stanley (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1984
Dimensions: whole: Duration 210, Number Of Items 7
Catalogue number: 7375

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