Bell, Ernest (Oral history)

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Object description

British NCO served with 13th Bn (1st Barnsley) York and Lancaster Regt in GB, Egypt and on Western Front, 1914-1916

Content description

REEL 1: Aspects of training with A Coy 13th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in GB, 1914-1915: story of enlistment at City Hall, Barnsley, 10/1914; description of training in camps at Silkstone, Penkridge, Cannock Chase, Ripon and Salisbury Plain, 1914-1915; accommodation; uniform; trench digging drill; opinion of NCOs; issued with khaki uniform; memory of A coy CO Captain Markham; memory of George Asquith; training as Lewis gunner; pay; recreational and sporting activities including boxing; family life; question of discipline in Bn; description of journey to Egypt via Malta; accommodation and daily routine aboard ship. Aspects of operations with 13th Bn York and Lancaster Regt in Egypt, 12/1915-3/1916: arrived Suez and posted to Abu Aruk; digging trenches and setting up machine gun emplacements; daily routine; question of different pay rates; sleeping in trenches and problem of cold nights; description of journey aboard SS Megantic to Marseilles. REEL 2 Continues: Recollections of operation with 13th Bn York and Lancaster Regt on Western Front, 3-6/1916: marched to Mailly-Maillet and problem of blisters; kit; billeted in farm buildings; first impressions of trenches; duty in listening post in Serre sector; memory of friend Harry Gay; description of listening post and duties; terrain; memory of cap being shot off ; story of kidney illness and treatment in France and GB, 6/1916; discharged unfit for duty, 1917; role in working parties; story of first fatality in Bn; problem of snipers; memory of seeing first German; description of landscape and weather conditions; problem of lice; bathing facilities; opinion of rations; memory of Coy CO: daily routine in trenches; attitude to war and comradeship; reason for kidney illness; relations with French civilians; description of Lewis gun team and roles. REEL 3 Continues: question of morale in Bn; memory of Lady Astor's hospital in GB; popular songs; further description of duties in listening post; carrying ammunition and Lewis gun; danger of falling into shell holes; communal baths; problem of lice; buying goods and question of French language; entrenching tools; position of listening post; identifying different artillery shells; use of Very lights; preparations for 1 July offensive; story of friend Harry Gay; role as Lewis gun instructor; firing positions; weight of gun; comparison of Vickers machine gun and Lewis gun; ammunition supplies; journey back to GB and opinion of medical treatment; description of trenches and maintenance; carrying parties; nature of kit and equipment; sound of bullets.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), First World War (content)
Creator: Cooksey, Jon (Production company)
Cooksey, Jon (Recorder)
Bell, Ernest (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1983-09-08
Dimensions: whole: Duration 140, Number Of Items 5
Catalogue number: 26870

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Associated people and organisations

Bell, Ernest
British Army, York and Lancaster Regt, Bn 13 <Barnsley Pals>
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01/3(569) 01/3(4-15).5 01/3(4-15).57
Associated places

England, United Kingdom
Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Egypt
Somme, France
Associated themes

Cassette

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