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Surviving The Gas
Mr. Green recalls being gassed by the Germans while at the Front Lines of Northern France. He describes how the German soldiers were quite surprised to find any survivors let alone enough left for defence.
In the army
Mr. Anderson discusses his career in the military after the First World War, and becoming Second in Command of the 120th Battalion Training Centre during the Second World War.
Take no prisoners
Mr. Anderson describes the many locations in which he saw action, with emphasis on the Hindenburg Line and the handling of prisoners.
Canteens and estaminets
Mr. Bond describes several aspects of camp life.
The bullet hit me!
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.
Duties of a runner
Mr. Bond describes the role of runners; maintaining communications with the flanks when shelling disabled the radio communications system.
Lewis gunner
Mr. Bond describes his initial training as a Lewis gunner, and then being offered and accepting a position as runner.
Captive balloons shot down
Mr. Bourne describes an attack by a German fighter which destroys three observation balloons, and then attacks a machine gun position. Ironically, the German is shot down by Allied triplanes returning from a similar raid behind German lines.
German bombers
Mr. Bourne describes his role in moving supplies from behind the lines to forward positions for dispersal. He describes the risk of being bombed, as well as being armed for infantry combat.
We lost two boys overboard
Mr. Bourne describes the trip from Halifax to Great Britain in a small convoy, losing two men in rough weather, and doing extra bugling duty since he wasn’t seasick.
I flagged the tank
Mr. Brice describes the Allied armoured advance at the bridge, with casualties on both sides.
Cut the fuse wires
Mr. Brice describes the process of removing three bombs from the roadbed on the bridge under cover of darkness and under threat of snipers.
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