Gunner

Mr. Andrews describes being in a convoy aboard HMS Loch Maree and, for the first time, seeing a ship sink. He transfers to the minesweeper HMS John Barry, and two days later the Loch Maree is lost with all hands.

Mr. Skeates describes the harshness of the front after joining the 46th Battalion, and describes the losses at Ypres.

Mr. MacKay describes his unusual trip to join the 46th Battalion, and some strange music to accompany his first meal with his unit.

Mr. MacKay describes being selected from a pool of signalmen to join the 46th Battalion, and then describes his responsibilities during an infantry advance.

Mr. MacKay describes his personal difficulty learning to key Morse Code, and compares the Continental to the faster American code.

Mr. MacKay describes a couple of the more difficult target drills faced by hopefuls in the sniper school at Bramshott.

Mr. MacKay describes the segregation camp in which he was quarantined before being sent to Bramshott.

Mr. MacKay describes the loss of his friend, who’d been struck in the thigh by shrapnel and bled to death despite efforts to tourniquet the wound.

Mr. MacKay describes two situations which offer opposing views about how to deal with German prisoners.

Mr. Copp describes his platoon’s first experience in action, being shelled, and describes his efforts to care for five resulting casualties.