Oral history audio recording of Sid Coles (b.1893) about his experiences in the army in World War One.

Interview with Sid Coles by Roger Kitchen. Joined up within the first week of the outbreak of World War One with 1st Bucks Battalion Territorial’s, 48th Division; trained in Chelmsford and went to France in 1915; shot in 1916 and sent to Ireland to convalesce for 3 months; moved to the Royal Engineers with the stores shipping material to France; talks about what he thinks were the reasons for the war and why he joined up and the conditions in France; talks about George ‘Fatty’ Odell;