A Gun Sergeant’s Duty

My duty … I had a gun crew, a six man crew, and I would have probably a bombardier or a lance sergeant with me and four gunners. I was responsible for them and a driver, and a gun tractor, and a gun. You did guard duties and that as a sergeant. They did, you know, duties other than being with you. But when you went in a field to a firing or anything else, or a scheme, that same group of gunners were yours. They went with you and they stuck with you. I had a crew that was loyal to this fellow and loyal to the regiment and that’s all that mattered, because the regiment was home. They’re a family, and whatever they get into, I stuck up for them. If the gun pits had to be dug deeper, they dug ‘em and I dug with them.