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Maiden, F. - 10th Battalion - Interview
Series title:Flanders Fields : [background interview]Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1964-01-25Item number (ISN):116944Type of material:Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: FLANDERS FIELDSAccession:1980-0123Media:SoundPart:1 of 1Production date:1964-01-25Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:interviewer, Frank LalorDescription:Corporal Fred Maiden, a machine gunner with the 10th Canadian Infantry Battalion, speaks about his wartime experiences during World War I.~Remembering his first experience "in the line" at Festubert, he recalls that the battalion "had a rough time of it." They were attacked in an isolated machine gun post leaving only five of their nineteen-man gun unit.~At Vimy, Maiden describes his machine gun post on Hill 135, nicknamed "the Pimple," and the synchronized bombardment. Having achieved their objective of the "nine elms," the sight from the ridge was "ghastly from the bombardment."~Relieving the 5th battalion at the Arleux Loop assault, he remembers running into uncut wire protecting the enemy lines. Reassigned to a reinforcement camp in England, he was discharged and returned to Canada.Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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