Landymore, Charles (Oral history)

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Description

Object description

British private served with 2nd Bn Hampshire Regt, North Russia Expeditionary Force in Russia, 1918-1919, and with 1st Bn Somerset Light Infantry in Northern Ireland, 1919-1920.

Content description

REEL 1: Aspects of operations with 2nd Bn Hampshire Regt, North Russia Expeditionary Force in Russia, 1918-1919 and with 1st Bn Somerset Regt in Northern Ireland, 1919-1920: historical background to British intervention in Russia; joined army, 1917; medical examination; posted to training regiment at Bordon; reason for proficiency in rifle shooting; description of insignia; embarked aboard SS Stephen after Armistice; description of modifications to ship and armaments; story of voyage to Archangel via Murmansk; role in reconnaissance squad searching for 'Bolos' (Bolsheviks); nature of terrain and weather conditions; story of seeing the aurora borealis; moved into camp; opinion of White Russians; story of being stuck in pack ice and rescue by Russian ice breaker; description of camp; story of seeing barrels of caviar waiting for export; sailed on barge along Northern Dvina River; billeted in tents and split into companies; moved into Bolshevik held territory to gather intelligence; story of entering village of Tulgas with advance party following White Russian artillery barrage; reason for being given artillery and guns by White Russians; casualties; ferried across Northern Dvina River; story about mules drawing GS wagons drowning in river; description of rations; issued with rum and lime juice; description of Russian civilians burying dead; various memories of Russian civilian life; story about using trench mortar to stun fish in river; description of Russian civilians baking bread; story about sleeping on top of stove in Russian house during winter. REEL 2 Continues: description of billets in civilian houses; problem of losing diary; story about post-war meeting in GB with former White Russian officers, c. 1921; story about chance meeting with former soldier from North Russia campaign; reason for evacuation of Allied forces from Russia; problem of short days and method of making lights; story about delivering message to telegraph office on motorcycle; relations with civilians; role of priests as community leaders; use of interpreters; length of time served in Russia; returned to Archangel; use of Lewis and Hotchkiss machine guns; method of carrying ammunition; story of crossing swamp under fire and taking cover behind tree; further description of action at Tulgas; use of motor torpedo boats on rivers for reconnaissance patrols; problem of varying water levels of rivers and coming under fire from river banks; estimated width of Northern Dvina River; description of disembarkation at Archangel; story of being given pack of negatives by officer; casualties in own unit; story of contracting dysentery and malaria and treatment on hospital barge; reason for volunteering for North Russian Expeditionary Force; embarkation leave; length of voyage to Archangel; number of officers; organisation and chain of command; problem of sleeping; on ground sheet; reason for digging trenches; description of cooking Maconochie ration; issued with tablets to purify water from river. REEL 3 Continues: story of being circled by wolves; communication with home; returned to GB and disembarked in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1919; posted to Hollywood Barracks and issued with new kit and uniform; reason for transferring to Somerset Light Infantry; description of night patrols in Belfast; story of demobilisation and return home in time for 21st birthday, 1920; contact with Americans in North Russia; problem of heat and mosquitoes in summer; description of uniform; story about White officers being sent to England; method of receiving pay in Russian currency; amusing story of using dogs to practise cutting hair; story about buying polar bear skin; wounded in neck by shrapnel; further comments on tour of duty in Belfast including Catholic women dropping cobble stones from windows onto troops and weapons searches; story of nuns providing refreshments for troops; attitude to religious divide in Northern Ireland; amusing story about arresting card players.

Object Details

Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), First World War (content), First World War (association)
Creator: Hughes, Brian (Recorder)
Landymore, Charles (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1990
Dimensions: whole: Duration 30, Number Of Items 3
Catalogue number: 34131

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Landymore, Charles
British Army, Hampshire Regment, 2nd Battalion
British Army, Somerset Light Infantry, 1st Battalion
North Russia Expeditionary Force
Associated places

Archangel, Archangel Oblast, Soviet Union
Murmansk, Russia
Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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