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A lot of people drowned
Mr. Conrad offers some general comments about the death toll at the Somme, the horrible conditions at Passchendaele, and concludes by describing in more specific detail his own living conditions.
Over the top
Mr. Conrad describes the fatal wounding of a fellow signaler in the forward trench at Vimy Ridge.
Head for the dressing station
Mr. Featherstone describes being wounded in the head by a bomb fragment, and his three day trip to the hospital in a horse ambulance and lorry.
Trench protocol
Mr. Featherstone describes the level of vigilance necessary in trench life. He also discusses reconnaissance and its dangers, as well as guard duty.
Rats in the trenches
Mr. Featherstone describes a couple of pests which plagued the soldiers in France; lice and rats.
Marksmen scores
Mr. Featherstone describes the success of Canadian marksmen in shooting competitions while at Bramshott. He relates how he had taught himself to shoot a rifle.
Machine Gunner
Mr. Hatch describes with some amusement his roller coaster transfer from the army to the air force.
The Suicide battalion
Mr. Huckerby describes the allocation of troops to different battalions, and talks about his experiences as a bayonet and physical training instructor.
They were Canadians
Mr. MacLellan reflects on how nationalistic Canadian soldiers were, and how he now interacts with his fellow Veterans.
Casualty clearing station
Mr. MacLellan describes his good fortune to be cared for by a young American doctor who had enlisted to gain experience prior to United States involvement, and whose skills saved his leg from amputation.
The rats were well fed
Mr. MacLellan describes his involvement at Ypres. He gets drunk after his commanding officer is killed beside him, later he’s in the front line shooting the enemy, and he’s wounded because his fear of rats won’t let him shoot from the prone position.
The Mounted Rifles
Mr. MacLellan describes his underage enlistment at Amherst, Nova Scotia, joining the 22nd Battalion at Valcartier, moving to the 6th Canadian Mounted Rifles, and finally sailing to England aboard the German cattle boat, Herschel.
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