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British private served with 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regt, 15th Bde, 5th Div on Western Front, 4/1915-7/1916
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REEL 1 Recollections of operations as private with 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regt, 15th Bde, 5th Div at Longueval, Somme, France, 7/1916: corpses in streets; story of being entangled following leg wound from German machine gun fire whilst crossing barricade; difficulty in crawling back to British lines; taking shelter in dugout and discovery of wounded German soldier; four day period without rescue in dugout in No Man's Land; state of wound; lack of water and signs of delirium; rescue by stretcher bearers. Recollections of operations as private with 1st Bn Bedfordshire Regt, 15th Bde, 5th Div in Hill 60 sector, Ypres Salient, Belgium, 5/1915: support line positions; makeshift gas masks; effects of gas; sight of gas casualties gathered in orchard after being relieved; gas casualties retreating from front line.
