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Various Veterans - 14th Battalion

Item number (ISN):

116974

Series title:

Flanders Fields : [background interview]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1963-05-28

Item number (ISN):

116974

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: FLANDERS FIELDS

Accession:

1980-0123

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1963-05-28

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

interviewer, Frank Lalor

Description:

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Interview of Joe Labelle, L. Flenley, H. Campbell, W. Stevens, G. Berrien, H.H. Whiteman, W.R. Duncan, and F. Palin about their experiences with the 14th Canadian Infantry Battalion during World War I.~The veterans talk briefly about their training and crossing to the Western Front under less than pleasant conditions. "It was a terrible trip." Recalling their first time in the line at Armentières, they claim they "gained more experience in 24 hours than in all their previous training." At the Ypres salient, the veterans remember the Ypres civilians and the French Colonials fleeing the "yellow clouds." Dug in near St. Julien and issued "wet cloths" for protection against the gas, they remember the German lines being so close "you could almost see the colour of their eyes." Withdrawing to the Yser Canal, the battalion found Ypres deserted and the "boys helped themselves to food from town."~At Fleurbaix, a veteran remembers the Ross rifles jamming during rapid firing. "You had to hammer the bolt back with your foot." Faced with a concrete defensive wall erected by the enemy at Ploegsteert, a veteran describes how the Canadians demolished it with "jam tin" bombs and "18-pounders." Others talk about the battles at Mount Sorrel, Vimy and Passchendaele.~Throughout the interview, the soldiers relate several amusing incidents including the story of the battalion's bugler who accidently broke the bottle of rum rations - "He wasn't very popular that night", the time when Sir Sam Hughes was taking the salute and "took off" when the Germans "opened fire" and the amusing tale of the Sergeant's Mess dinner and the "lost teeth."

Language:

English

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Vault ISN:

104285

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0123/084

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

668388

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

116974-1980-0123-084.WAV

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1980-0123/084

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

668389

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

116974-1980-0123-084.MP3

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1980-0123/084

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

156356

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C07455

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1980-0123/083
1980-0123/087
1980-0123/084

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

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

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