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Bagshaw, F.G. - 5th Battalion - Interview

Item number (ISN):

116916

Series title:

Flanders Fields : [background interview]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1963-10-19

Item number (ISN):

116916

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: FLANDERS FIELDS

Accession:

1980-0123

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1963-10-19

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

interviewer, Frank Lalor

Description:

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Captain F. G. Bagshaw talks about is experiences with the 5th Canadian Infantry Battalion during World War I.~Bagshaw, a lawyer who enlisted at the age of 35, talks abut the "motley" group of volunteers undertaking basic training at Valcartier, the Atlantic convoy escorting them overseas and the training camp at Salisbury.~He remembers his "first baptism of fire" at Festubert when 250 of 500 men were lost. As adjutant to the Sargeant Major during the Second Ypres, he describes the "trouble" at Kitchener's Wood where the Canadians endured heavy fire and gas attacks. He also comments that the men had to carry both the Ross and Enfield rifles because the bayonets would not fit the Enfield and the Ross kept jamming. "And they knew this before we went to France."~He continues with the diversionary attack on November 16, 1915, when the battalion was so close to the enemy they could "hear the Germans talking" and the raid in December, 1915, to remove barriers the enemy erected across the Messines Road.~Other topics include the battle of the Somme where "the stench of the dead was terrible", the evacuation of the casualties at Vimy and the mustard gas attacks at Hill 70.

Language:

English

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

104216

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0123/028

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

665993

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

116916-1980-0123-028.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1980-0123/028

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

665994

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

116916-1980-0123-028.MP3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1980-0123/028

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

156213

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C07419

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1980-0123/027
C01615
1980-0123/028

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

156214

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C07420

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1980-0123/028
1990-0377/01
1990-0377/02
1990-0377/03
1990-0377/04
1990-0377/08

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

Available Onsite Only / Seulement disponible sur le site

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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