Interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery
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| Author | Ounsworth, L.J. |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery |
| Notes | First part of six sections of a recording of a long interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery (interviewer unknown). Length 30 mins approx, includes: training at Hedon Race Course, Hull after joining up as a signaller. They completed two years of peace time cavalry training within six months. Continues directly into the second part. |
| Item Date | Unknown |
| File type | Audio |
| Item source | Tape |
| Item medium | Tape |
| Content | Interview |
| Cataloguer | Alun Edwards |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Alun Edwards (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008) |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/9404 |
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| Author | Ounsworth, L. J. |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery (part 5) |
| Notes | Fifth part of six sections of a recording of a long interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery (interviewer unknown), continues directly from the fourth part. Length 45 mins approx, includes: the appalling conditions at North Command Depot Royal Artillery at Ripon, which provoked a successful mutiny over rations. After refusing to eat, a Captain P.W.M. Bate arranges for another better meal to be prepared and served to the men. Conditions are so poor that Ounsworth does all he can to get posted back to active service, eventually ending up in the 144th Heavy Battery in France. He describes in detail the football games he plays in for his battery in Britain - nine of the eleven players were English or Scottish League professional footballers. On arrival at Le Havre he endures the terrible conditions of the bullring there (a sort of assault course [at Etaples?]) He witnesses a mutiny in May 1917, but does not know what happened to those involved. He reaches his battery on the day of the start of the battle of Messines, 7 or 8 June 1917. He descibes coming under bombardment with gas shells, as well as the technicalities of other ordinance. Continues directly into the sixth part. |
| Item Date | 1916 - 1917 |
| Creation place | Ripon, France |
| File type | Audio |
| Item source | Tape |
| Item medium | Tape |
| Content | Interview |
| Page | 5 of 6 |
| Cataloguer | Alun Edwards |
| Filename | GWA_5754_Chapman_-_3A.mp3 |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Alun Edwards (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008) |
| Contributed on the behalf of | Mrs S. Chapman |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9404/6690 |
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| Author | Ounsworth, L.J. |
|---|---|
| Title | Interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery |
| Notes | First part of six sections of a recording of a long interview with L.J. Ounsworth, Royal Artillery (interviewer unknown). Length 30 mins approx, includes: training at Hedon Race Course, Hull after joining up as a signaller. They completed two years of peace time cavalry training within six months. Continues directly into the second part. |
| Item Date | Unknown |
| File type | Audio |
| Item source | Tape |
| Item medium | Tape |
| Content | Interview |
| Cataloguer | Alun Edwards |
| Copyright | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor |
| Digital repository | The Great War Archive, University of Oxford |
| Contributor Name | Alun Edwards (Ferrens Art Gallery, Hull submissions day 31st May 2008) |
| Reference URL | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/document/9404 |
