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Treating Field Marshall Montgomery

Ms. Smith-Adamson describes being the only nurse at her hospital denied an opportunity to see Field Marshall Montgomery during his visit to Germany. Ironically, his aircraft crashes and he arrives at her hospital for x-rays and a checkup. She is his nurse while he is there.

Minesweeping

Mr. Andrews describes the technique used to sever mine cables and the dangers involved. He goes on to describe how the floated mines were detonated either by rifle or cannon fire.

Convoy Service

Mr. Andrews discusses the value of the Royal Navy in shepherding convoys in British waters against the threat of German submarines.

Sank in Two Minutes

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.

Twelve Pounder Gun

Mr. Andrews describes training on the Twelve Pounder naval cannon, and his crew mates very close call while on target practice.

Underage Enlisting

Mr. Andrews describes his enlistment and how his physical maturity outweighed his being under aged. His training starts badly when he becomes ill in St. John's.

Russian POW's were miserably treated.

Mr. Gies discusses the relative treatment for British and Russian POWs, with the Russians faring far worse. He notes that the Russian camp saw many deaths by starvation and suicide.

Heavy losses at the front

Mr. Gies recalls arriving at the front line and remaining static for the first month. After a German breakthrough at the Somme, his unit is sent to help repel them. In the ensuing action, four-fifths of his unit are either killed or wounded.

The tone-deaf bugler

Mr. Babcock gives a humorous account of joining the bugle band despite being tone-deaf, and “going through the motions” without ever playing a note.

The Young Soldiers Battalion

Mr. Babcock describes being assigned to the Young Soldiers Battalion, and in particular a daily ration of eight hours of parade drill served by veteran NCO's and officers.

Basic training and the Ross rifle

Mr. Babcock retraces his training in Sydenham, Kingston and Val Cartier, and compares the Ross and Lee Infield rifles.

Millions of lice

Mr. Lapenskie describes the difficulty of eradicating lice from the seams of his uniform.

Date modified:: 2019-02-19