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"Join the Barnsley pals"
The miners sign up and join the army
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"We were still wearing tropical kit"
The soldiers arrive in the French trenches
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"Fella can drown in those"
Getting used to life in the trenches
Modem (335KB) Broadband (1.6MB) |
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"Some of 'em are as big as kittens"
Other forms of life in the trenches
Modem (1.1MB) Broadband (5.6MB) |
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"Try and get yourself a bit of kip"
How to spend your spare time
Modem (958KB) Broadband (4.6MB) |
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"The longer the letter the better"
Letters to and from family back home
Modem (1.9MB) Broadband (9.5MB) |
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"Stuff your pockets with lots of grub"
Getting rations in the front line
Modem (801KB) Broadband (3.9MB) |
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"Gripping 'is throat"
The effects of gas attacks
Modem (581KB) Broadband (2.8MB) |
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"Or you'll get it shot off"
The dos and don'ts of trench life
Modem (676KB) Broadband (3.3MB) |
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"Comes the order to fix bayonets"
Preparing to go over the top
Modem (1.2B) Broadband (7MB) |
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"An' you're up an' you're over"
Going over the top
Modem (1MB) Broadband (5.2MB) |
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"We was dead keen"
Remembering going over the top the first time
Modem (1.2MB) Broadband (7MB) |
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"Like a great sea rolling"
Getting back to Allied lines
Modem (651KB) Broadband (3.1MB) |
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"Will hold up the photograph"
Taking and being taken as a prisoner
Modem (1.5MB) Broadband (7.3MB) |
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