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60934: John 'Jack' Bovey returns to the trenches: Transcript of Audio Interview

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posted on 2024-02-25, 18:28 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

This is a transcript of a recording made in 1969 with my father, John 'Jack' Bovey recalling his experience in the trenches. My father was a private in the 25th Field Ambulance Division, Wessex Division (no. 487496).

The interview extracts cover Jack's visit to Tyne Cot years later,spending the night behind German Lines in a 'comfy' dugout (by mistake), his memories of Passhendale and being taken as a Prisoner of War (POW) and his subsequent release.

A the audio files of the interview has been submitted separately.

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Subject

John 'Jack', Bovey

Date

1969

Date Created

01/01/1969

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1969

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Type

Interview

Pages

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Number of Pages

7

Contributor

Admin | Franklyn Bovey

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford

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