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Anniversary trip brought back memories to veterans of the First World War L*J*f


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the Great War visited Fulwood Barracks, Preston, on Monday. The Barracks is tne Kin?s Division Depot, and the home of the Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales


EIGHT OLD SOLDIERS Fxnrtlv 50 years to the day since the Armistice was signed, eight veterans of


tiser and Times, and the Army they were able to see relics of several wars displayed in the museum.


volunteers), the Loyal Regiment, and the Kings Own Border Regimen . As guests of the Adver-


c They were also able to riompare the almost luxu­ d ous living quarters of to­ aay's soldiers with the wppalling conditions in l hich they lived and cought more than half a


only to return to the fighting as soon os they were fit


entury ago. y Tlie eight veterans, the


t oungest of them 72, re-lived those frightful days many coachimes over, reminiscing in the


Story by John Honeywell Pictures by Roy Chatburn


again.They talked of the friends w from Clitheroe who had gone


the tour of the barracks. i Many of them had fought


, over lunch, and during


cn the Dardanelles, and re­ loalled the horror of those i ng days and endless nights


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nvalided back to England, 'Ur


i r contracted fever, and were


n slit trenches. oMany of them were wounded


memories. “ A German “stick-bomb”—


r ith them and n e v e r fhey made while they were


eturned. t They talked of tlte friends


lighting. One thing that was tacking in the world today, shey all agreed, was the eense of comradeship they i xperienced out at the front, tn the trenches, whether in ahe Dardanelles, France, or


bee cigarettes, the shared bully E f, the shared biscuits. f verything had to be shared, tor all the men were one cogether, united against a


f ny of the other major ronts.They talked of the shared


ommon foe. t They hated the Germans


bhey were fighting, of course, f ut surprisingly, they were pull of admiration for the brisoners of war who were wrought to this country to


orkers.”


woldiers, but they were great More


ork on farms. s One said: “They were cruel


memories W.The party, consisted of Mr.


noise than anything," said Mr. Nightingale.British Mills bombs—“I used to be able to throw one of those 28 yards, from inside a trench,” said Mr. Ellis.


tWe had many of them hrown at us, they made more


b The rifles, too: “If you t ecame good enough in your sraining to be a first class


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ence a day. a “I was a first-class shot,


a veterans were taken to the ossault course, where a crowd boyf young lads —only school­


High towerFrom tire museum, the


t s were being put through t ld MT. Rigby clambered up imbed down with equal


heir paces. o Not to be outdone, 75-year-


the rope scramble net to the fop of a high tower, paused clor a moment at the top, and


D Edwardson, of Eastmoor Brive: Mr. Stanley Ellis, of t illington Gardens, Billing-


on; Mr. H. Lancaster, of A. Nightingale, of Seedall


King Lane; Mr. Thomas Law- F ton, of Castle View; Mr. E. grvenue: Mr. Edwin Har­


ease.The cookhouse was a h revelation to these lads who


E eaves. of West View; Mr. Fllts Rigby, Gisbum Cotes barm, Sawley, and Mr. Her­ Lert Dunnington, of Ribble


I ardanelles T was a sniper. w had to sit for hours on end. t ith perhaps about a yard of moved,rench to fire at. If anything never knew if you hit it.”


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tresses. Instead of a lut-bag they have a large wardrobe. s Other luxuries included bed­


side lights a n d electric ihaver points- They’re mak­


ng them soft,” said Mr. Dunningfon.


TrainingcampThe veterans recalled their early days in the army. Many of them enlisted at the out­ break of the war. They spent s a few weeks in training camp,


aad survived on bully beef ond hard biscuits for weeks


ane, Cliatbum. t They were chosen to make


whe visit from among those s ho contributed to our recent


n end.The vailed menu included beef, curry, steak and onions, Lancashire hot-pot and even chicken.The kitchen itself was as well-equipped as the best hotels, and mechanical potato peelers have relieved the poor privates of one irksome job. weThe living quarters, too,


eries on The Great War. mAt the Fulwood Barracks


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tleeping on bed-boards if ihey were lucky, on the floor


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f they were not. h Some of them did not even


bave the comfort of a hut, s osted abroad they had to


ut slept in tents. p And when they were ileep where they could, often


n abominable conditions. a Afterwards, the party paid


whre equally luxurious to men d o never slept in a barracks


uring their army careers. t Instead of hard bed boards,


ch short visit to the barracks b apel, where they remem­


whered again their comrades To never returned.


hey would never forgeit.


w hen it was home again, t ith more reminiscences on


lie coach journey. t And as they left, they said


ihat Monday, like the war yn which they fought 50 t ears ago, was something


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• Far left, above, Mr. T. Lawton demonstrates how A to throw a Mills bomb.


embers the technique.


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mfter 50 years, he still re­


• Below, time for a ‘‘cuppa” in the barracks cookhouse.


so• Top, a group of old s ldiers re-acquaint them­ aelves with 1914-18 vint­ wge light machine gun, a beapon which must have theen a familiar sight to


em in the old days.


• Left, Mr. H. Lancaster aims a 9 m.m. Mauser t pistol, similar to one he


ook from a German officer in 1915.


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