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Clyne, H.R.N. - 29th Battalion - Interview

Item number (ISN):

117015

Series title:

Flanders Fields : [background interview]

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1963-12-04

Item number (ISN):

117015

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:

2 of 2

Production date:

1963-12-04

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

interviewer, Frank Lalor

Description:

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Interview with H.R.N. Clyne about his experiences with the 29th Battalion during World War I. Clyne begins with a humourous account of his first battle experience in Flanders. Determined not to appear "green" in front of his fellow soldiers, he says, "I had made up my mind not to duck if I heard a bullet." However, he says, "Two bullets whizzed and hit the trees beind me and I ducked - twice." He continues with an explanation of the "stealth raids...a Canadian invention," in which certain soldiers advanced with stealth to cut wire and mark the passage through the wire with "white tape" to guide the infantry during the main attack.~Evaluating the battle of the St. Eloi Craters as a "very useless show," he says, "We just lost a great many good men." Clyne reads a passage from his memoires in which he summerizes the reasons for such a "disaster." He writes that the Allied generals attached "too much importance...to a small piece of ground which was not to be lost at the peril of the honour of the battalion, regardless of its tactical importance." He also reads long passages from his recollections of the battles of Mount Sorrel and the offensive at Thiepval Ridge, which he considers "entirely successful." Again, reading his dramatic account of the battle of Hill 70, Clyne sums up by saying, "Although both sides had failed in their main attack, the 29th [battalion] had tested the strength of the enemy, and the Canadian Corps still held Hill 70."~Reading passages of his account of the assualt and capture of Iuwy, he recalls the anxiety of the villagers over the fate of their homes. He also remembers Armistice Day and Belgian civilians shouting "Vive les anglais" and "Vive les pomme de terres" which they nicknamed their Canadian liberators. He closes the interview with a description of his experiences with the Occupation Army in Germany.

Language:

English

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Vault ISN:

104324

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1980-0123/141
1980-0123/142

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

703643

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

117015-1980-0123-141.WAV
117015-1980-0123-142.WAV

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1980-0123/141
1980-0123/142

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

703644

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

117015-1980-0123-141.MP3
117015-1980-0123-142.MP3

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

MP3

Made from:

1980-0123/141
1980-0123/142

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

156393

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C07478

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1980-0123/141
1980-0123/142

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

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