posted on 2024-02-23, 22:47authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
We now got down to some real training most of this we did in the local park. It was not long before the instructors made soldiers of us, the physical drill instructor used to put us in a line, then get a few yards away and say, when I clap my hands I wan
This is a further transcription of the diaries of my Grandfather Pte George Holloway about his training for the Machine Gun Corps.
Editor's Comment:
Pte. 133253 George Holloway, 19th Machine Gun Bn., Machine Gun Corps (attached 19th (Western) Division).
History
Identifier
5909.txt|
GWA_4214_Training.txt|
Creator
Holloway, George
Date
1918
Date Created
01/01/1918
Temporal Coverage
31/12/1918
Source
Unknown
Medium
Text: Transcription
Type
Memoir
Contributor
Richard Marshall | G Grocott | George Holloway
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor