Collection search - Patrick, Ged - 2nd Battalion - Interview
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Record information – Brief Patrick, Ged - 2nd Battalion - Interview
Series title:Flanders Fields : [background interview]Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1964-04Item number (ISN):116896Type 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:1964-04Production company:Canadian Broadcasting CorporationProduction credit:interviewer, Frank LalorDescription:Interview with former Lance Corporal Ged {George?] Patrick of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Battalion who talks about his experiences in World War I. He begins with his enlistment on August 9, 1914 with the 43rd Cornwall Rifles, his training at Valcartier and his transfer to the 2nd Infantry Battalion. Recalling his first baptism of fire in March 1915 with the British at the battle of Neuve Chapelle where the "green" Canadian troops experienced trench warfare firsthand. Following this experience, the 2nd Battallion joined battle at the Ypes Salient where Patrick recalls the bloodbath as the Canadian battalions held against superior German numbers. Col. Patrick closes with a brief description of his engagements at Festubert in May 1915, at GenvinchyGivenchy during June at the "Duck's Bill" and at Messines where opposing trenches were less than 40 yards apart permitting both sides to "lobby bombs and grenades" at each other. Ends abruptly.Language:EnglishDetailed holdings information: -
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