Only 75 of them came out
Mr. Skeates describes the harshness of the front after joining the 46th Battalion, and describes the losses at Ypres.
209th Unit
Give me the password
Mr. Skeates describes the unquestionable authority of on-duty sentries.
Just like hailstones
Mr. Skeates describes taking out machine gun nests and a German trench, and clearing basements on their way to the train station at Valenciennes.
I was lucky
Mr. Skeates describes being wounded during a shelling attack at Dury Mill.
Low flying German
Mr. Skeates describes his company’s advance by train to Amiens, and a very close encounter with the German Air Force.
Valenciennes
Mr. Skeates describes eliminating a sniper positioned in a house, and ambushing a German machine gun crew attempting to get repositioned.