Runner at Passchendaele
Mr. Brown describes the fact that runners were obligated to carry messages in battle regardless conditions or personal risk.
My VAC Account
My VAC AccountMr. Brown describes the fact that runners were obligated to carry messages in battle regardless conditions or personal risk.
Mr. Skeates describes the harshness of the front after joining the 46th Battalion, and describes the losses at Ypres.
After the boxcar trip, prisoners are marched to the camp where they are stripped, given a bit of cabbage soup and thrown in the Wog Compound.
Mr. Poolton speaks about the battle of Dieppe - snipers shooting, men on fire and orders given to surrender!
Mr. Poolton describes his landing at Dieppe.
Heading to Dieppe, Mr. Poolton is equipped with mortars, loaded down on the landing craft, prepared and ready for battle.
While on coastal defense, Mr. Poolton describes the responsibilities and duties of his regiment as well as the unbelievable amount of soldiers involved in action.
Mr. Bond describes several aspects of camp life.
Mr. Bond describes a sniping incident advancing toward Amiens. He shoots a German and is in turn badly wounded and carried out by his officer.
Mr. Bond describes the role of runners; maintaining communications with the flanks when shelling disabled the radio communications system.