Peters, Archibald Robert (Oral history)

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Object description

British seaman served with Drake Bn Royal Naval Division in GB and Gallipoli, 1914-1915

Content description

REEL 1 Background in Hanwell, London, 1897-1914. Recruitment into Royal Naval Div at Crystal Palace, 4/1915. Training at Crystal Palace and Blandford Camp, 4/1915-7/1915. Voyage with draft aboard Ascanius to Mudros, Lemnos, 7/1915. Various aspects of conditions of service with Drake Bn Royal Naval Div at Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey, 7/1915-12/1915: landing at V Beach; front line rota; food rations; trenches and dugouts; nature of fighting; washing and lice problem; climate; rest periods; state of health; shrapnel wound in foot, 22/12/1915. Evacuation by hospital ship via Malta to GB, 12/1915-1/1916: condition on being taken aboard; state of foot. Discharge as unfit, 8/1916: subsequent problems; return to work; reaction to Blighty Wound.

Object details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), First World War (content)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Hart, Peter M (recorder)
Peters, Archibald Robert (interviewee/speaker)
Production date: 1988
Dimensions: whole: Number Of Items 1, 30
Catalogue number: 10405

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