Oral history audio recording of Frank Gillard (b.1891) and his experiences in the army in World War One.
Interview with Frank Gillard. Joined up in September 1914, trained on Salisbury Plain in 78th Brigade. Most of the men from Wolverton were in ‘D’ Company in Oxford and Bucks Battalion. Talks about training and his feelings being in the army; sport; life in the trenches and the occupation of Salonika, Macedonia. Promised his job at Wolverton Works when he got back, but they were all reduced in hours and men were laid off from 1921.
Creator
Frank Gillard
Extent
One audio tape cassette.
Place
Wolverton, Buckinghamshire; Salonika, Macedonia
Contributor
F.A. Gillard
Reference number
DOP/001/002
Storage location
DOP/Box 1
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