Singleton, George (Oral history)

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British NCO served with 1st Bn King's Liverpool Regt on Western Front, 1914-1916; served with Royal Engineers Signal Section on Western Front, 1916-1918

Content description

REEL 1: Aspects of period in GB, 1909-1914: family background; story of enlistment with King's Liverpool Regt aged 17, 8/1909; training and duties in GB and Ireland; mobilisation exercise, 1914; description of voyage to France, 13/8/1914. Recollection of operations as NCO with 1st Bn King;s Liverpool Regt and Royal Engineers Signal Section on Western Front, 1914-1918: landed at Harfleur; marched to Mons, Belgium, 22/8/1915; description of operations around Mons, 8/1914; question of rate of rifle fire; opinion of German tactics; description of advance of Prussian Guards at Ypres and casualties; description of retreat from Mons towards Paris; memory of transport in cattle trucks; problem with feet; personal hygiene and problem of lice; moved into reserve at Bethune, France; use of hosepipes instead of baths; memories of Crucifix Corner, La Bassee, Christmas 1915; description of operations during Battle of Neuve Chapelle, 10/3/1915; story of Germans firing on Irish Guards in No Man's Land and subsequent order to take no prisoners; memory of Germans singing Silent Night in trenches, Christmas 1915; description of operations during Battle of Loos, 9/1915; moved to Somme area, 7/1916; opinion of tactics and casualties. REEL 2 Continues: description of operations on Somme, 7-9/1916; transport in cattle trucks; description of operations at Beaumont Hamel, Somme; transferred to Royal Engineers Signal Section, 11/1916; story of being buried by explosion in signal hut; hospital train to Rouen; reason for not being evacuated to GB; posted to 96th Bde, 32nd Div, 1917; description of operations in Ostend area, Belgium; description of terrain and living conditions in Passchendaele sector; posted to 96th Bde HQ in Yser sector, 1918; memories of Armistice, 11/11/1918; question of comradeship; posted back to GB and demobilised at Prees Heath, 1/1919; story of incident on tram; memory of bayoneting German; problem of lice and rats; opinion of rations; rum ration; description of uniform and cold weather clothing; story of execution of priest. REEL 3 Continues: story of Australians in Amiens; reflections on period of military service.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), First World War (content)
Creator: Maddocks, Graham (Production company)
Maddocks, Graham (Recorder)
Singleton, George (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1987-02-03
Dimensions: whole: Duration 90, Number Of Items 3
Catalogue number: 24553

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Singleton, George
British Army, King's Liverpool Regiment, 1st Battalion
British Army, Royal Engineers, Signal Section
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01/3(4-15)
Associated places

France
Belgium
Associated themes

Cassette

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