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Arrest and tribunal, description of conditions in Perth military prison 1916 Personal Experiences Home Front
British NCO served as air gunner/observer with 3 Sqdn, Royal Naval Air Service at Leuxeuil, France, October 1916 - May 1917 October 1916 - May 1917 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of air raid by German Gotha bombers on Folkestone, 25 May 1917 1917 Personal Experiences Home Front
Description of anti-malaria precautions; uniform; protection from sun 1916-1917 Personal Experiences Balkans
Description of Armistice celebrations in village, November 1918; village war memorial and Remembrance Day November 1918 Personal Experiences Home Front
Description of being torpedoed by German U-boat, sinking and rescue 7 May 1915 Personal Experiences War at Sea
Description of Christmas Truce and meeting of British and German troops in no man's land, December 1914 December 1914 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of conditions and lifestyle during period as POW in Kedos camp, Turkey, 1917-1918 1917-1918 Personal Experiences Gallipoli; Middle East
Description of conditions inside tank; recollections of tank attack on Bullecourt during Battle of Arras, France, 3 May 1917 3 May 1917 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of experiences in Belgium under German occupation and evacuation to Holland, 1914 1914 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of experiences under German occupation in Lille, France and Belgium, 1914-1917 1914-1917 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of food shortages during Turkish siege of Kut-el-Amara, December 1915 - April 1916 December 1915 - April 1916 Personal Experiences Middle East
Description of German naval bombardment of Scarborough on 16 December, 1914 16 December 1914 Personal Experiences Home Front
Description of going over the top and crossing no man's land on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916 1 July 1916 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of his journey to the front line, detailing the wet conditions, dugouts, use of groundsheets, lice problem, trench feet, wiring parties, ration parties, and food and rum rations 1918 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of journey to Basra 1916 Personal Experiences Middle East
Description of landing under fire at W Beach, Helles, Gallipoli, 6 May 1915 6 May 1915 Personal Experiences Gallipoli
Description of living conditions and operations against German East African Railway 1915-1917 Personal Experiences Africa
Description of living conditions and treatment of patients 1916-1918 Personal Experiences Middle East
Description of living conditions during period as POW in Citadel Camp, Mainz, Germany, 1918 1918 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of living conditions in Montello sector 1917 Personal Experiences Italian Front
Description of medical facilities and treatment of wounded 1914-1916 Personal Experiences Eastern Front
Description of medical services and treatment of wounded on Western Front; role of medical officer; shell shock cases 1915 Personal Experiences Western Front
Description of moving guns over snow 1918 Personal Experiences Eastern Front
Description of operations at Suvla, Gallipoli, August-December 1915 August-December 1915 Personal Experiences Gallipoli
Description of operations in River Piave sector 1917 Personal Experiences Italian Front
Description of role in operations at Helles, Gallipoli, April 1915 - January 1916 April 1915 - January 1916 Personal Experiences Gallipoli
Description of role in operations during Battle of Jutland, May-June 1916 May-June 1916 Personal Experiences War at Sea
Description of role in operations during Battle of Jutland, May-June 1916 May-June 1916 Personal Experiences War at Sea
Description of role in operations during Easter Rising, Dublin, 1916 1916 Personal Experiences Home Front
Description of role in operations during raid on Zeebrugge, Belgium, 23 April 1918 23 April 1918 Personal Experiences War at Sea
Description of treating wounded aboard HMT Dongola off Helles and Anzac, Gallipoli, April-May 1915 April-May 1915 Personal Experiences Gallipoli
Description of Women's Land Army uniform and footwear 1915-1919 Personal Experiences Home Front
Description of working conditions at White Lund munitions factory, Morecambe, Lancashire, 1915-1916 1915-1916 Personal Experiences Home Front
Description of working conditions at Woolwich Arsenal, London, 1918 1918 Personal Experiences Home Front
Shell shock patients; VD cases; Spanish flu epidemic, 1918; reaction to end of war 1915-1918 Personal Experiences Western Front
Story of amputation of leg and medical treatment, October 1917 October 1917 Personal Experiences
Story of being gassed in German mustard gas shell attack at Petit Vimy, France, 3 August 1918, and medical treatment 3 August 1918 Personal Experiences Western Front
Story of being shot down and captured over Douai sector, France, 2 February 1918 1918 Personal Experiences Western Front
Story of being shot down by German Albatross during artillery observation flight over Gheluveldt, Belgium and crash landing in Sanctuary Wood, 5 November 1917 5 November 1917 Personal Experiences Western Front
Story of court martial and execution of two new recruits for desertion 1916-1918 Personal Experiences Western Front
Story of encounter with T E Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) and sabotaging Turkish railway line in desert 1918-1919 Personal Experiences Middle East
Story of enlistment at age 15 and subsequent discharge due to be being underage 1915-1916 Personal Experiences Western Front; Home Front
Story of escape with working party from Osterterp POW camp, Germany, November 1915 November 1915 Personal Experiences Western Front
Story of finding bodies of executed Bolsheviks at railway station 1920 Personal Experiences Eastern Front
Story of granting permission to Capt. W P Nevill's platoons to kick footballs across no man's land during attack on Montauban, Somme, France, 1 July 1916 1 July 1916 Personal Experiences Western Front
Story of journey on sledge 1917 Personal Experiences Eastern Front
Story of sinking German U-boat UB 72, 27 April 1918 27 April 1918 Personal Experiences War at Sea
Story of soldier killed shortly before the Armistice came into effect, 11 November 1918 11 November 1918 Personal Experiences Western Front
Story of Zeppelin raid on house in Sandringham Street, Hull 1914-1918 Personal Experiences Home Front