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He fell dead at my feet

Mr. Copp describes one deadly day in the trenches: a soldier killed by a sniper, another by shrapnel, a corporal going crazy from shell shock, and two of his men killed by a direct artillery hit.

Hellfire Corner

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

Forced march to Ypres

Mr. Copp describes carrying the kit for two of his men (plus his own) who would have been too exhausted to otherwise proceed on the forced march to Ypres.

It was always vees

Mr. Dickins describes formation flying, chain of command in the air, and difficulty maintaining a full complement of aircraft in a flight.

I had no room to manoeuvre

Mr. Dickins describes an incident wherein a piece of shrapnel disables his engine and he has to fly back to base “dead stick.”

Germans on his tail

Mr. Dickins describes the strengths and limitations of the German and British fighters, and the vulnerability of aircraft flying outside of a protected formation.

He was a bold fellow

Mr. Dickins describes the DH-9's weapons, flying in formation and protecting other aircraft in a flight. Included is his description of shooting down a German Fokker D-7 fighter in a head-on confrontation.

Daylight bombing

Mr. Dickins describes the DH-9 bomber and its armaments, and the different types of bombing missions he flew.

The first plane I ever flew

Mr. Dickins describes getting his commission in the Royal Flying Corps and outlines the various aircraft which he flew.

I was throwing up blood

Mr. Dunn describes his situation after being wounded; trying to stop his bleeding, being shot at by the Germans, trying and failing to crawl back to his lines through barbed wire, hallucinating about his mother and finally being hit in the chest by a shell fragment.

Frozen hands

Mr. Dunn describes the rapid changes in the Turkish weather, leading to the illness and evacuation of many of his regiment.

We stored our bread

Mr. Dunn describes some obstacles to good nutrition at Gallipoli.

Date modified:: 2019-02-19