Brown, T H (Oral history)

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Description

Object description

British private served as signaller with 18th Bn King's Liverpool Regt on Western Front, 1915-1918

Content description

REEL 1: Background in GB: story of enlistment in Liverpool, 8/1914, Aspects of training with 18th Bn King's Liverpool Regt in GB, 1914-1915: description of basic training and training as signaller on Salisbury Plain; posted to France 11/1915. Recollections of operations as private with 18th Bn King's Liverpool Regt onWestern Front, 1915-1918: disembarked at Boulogne; moved into line at Bray-sur-Somme; problem of rats; inspection by corps commander; problem of cold weather; daily routine and further training as signaller; description of attack opposite Montauban, 1/Jul/1916;transferred to Div HQ and duties as signaller in French lines;casualties in 18th Bn on 1/Jul/1916; posted to Flers sector, 10/1916; opinion of tanks; use of mules to carry ammunition; posted to Arras sector, 4/1917; posted to Ypres Salient, 1917; description of operations in Passchendaele sector; problem of repairing lines and use of dog to carry message;description of German offensive, 21/3/1918; mmeory of Germans emerging out of fog; use of company keeps; memory of cavalry; opinion of organisation;transferred to 1/6th Bn King;s Liverpool Rifles and posted to Etaples; opinion of reception by French civilians; memories of Brussels; demobilisation; description of trenches at Carnoy; attiude to survival; opinion of officers; rations. REEL 2 Continues: problem of lack of water in front line; physical condition including dysentery and trench feet; description of holding line at Flers; memories of Trones Wood; opinion of runners; description of German dugouts; gas attacks; further memories of Arras, 4/1917; problem of booby traps; description of German trenches and dugouts on Somme; memory of hearing explosion of mines on Messines Ridge; description of living conditions in Passchendaele sector; rum ration; attitude to fear; description of punishments including Field Punishment No 1; various memories of officers; divisional training in GB; description of voyage to France, 11/1915; story of vaccination. REEL 3 Continues: memory of Roman Catholic padre; religious beliefs; amusing story of Australians at Etaples; relations with French civilians; billets in Brussels; question of selling army blankets to civilians; buying food from French civilians; memory of American troops selling equipment; story of visiting brothel in Abbeville; opinion of rations; food parcels; description of pill boxes; story of stretcher bearer; description of artillery and types of shells; question of naval guns being located near mobile hospitals; opinion of German trench mortars;memory of soldier decapitated by trench mortar at Hebuterne; memory of decaying German corpse; story of post-war visit to Ypres and finding own name on Menin Gate; opinion of senior commanders. REEL 4 Continues: memory of Algerian troops; opinion of French 75mm guns; opinion of French troops; opinion of Portuguese troops; memories of German POWs and Chinese labourers; home leave; attitude to survival; comradeship; memories of popular songs; problem of shortage of men; reflections on period of service; question of pride in serving with 18th Bn.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: First World War (content)
Creator: Maddocks, Graham (Production company)
Maddocks, Graham (Recorder)
Brown, T H (Interviewee/Speaker)
Dimensions: whole: Duration 120, Number Of Items 4
Catalogue number: 24546

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Associated people and organisations

Brown, Thomas Hirst
British Army, King's (Liverpool Regt), Bn, 18 (Service)
British Army, King's (Liverpool Regt), Bn, 1/6 (Rifle)
Associated events

01/3(4-15)
Associated places

France
Belgium
Associated themes

Cassette

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