Trench fighting pocket notebooks of Charles W. Carr
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Title
Trench fighting pocket notebooks of Charles W. Carr
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Identifier
9192.cpd
Creator
Carr, Charles Woodward
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Abstract
Sample pages from two Trench Warfare and Bombing pocket notebooks completed by Charles W. Carr, one is actually marked L. Cpl CW Carr, so these are probably prior to becoming a Sergeant. The writing is very neat and illustrated with colour sketches and show how to instruct men in various skills. The trainer's comments are annotated in red ink. The pages copied include: Musketry; Rapid Loading; Rapid Fire; Trench fighting; Formation of grenade party [for raiding enemy trenches], and how to progress down a hostile trench; and the Mk I (Mills - Lemon) bomb. From other notes/certificates in the collection these courses were probably completed in France in 1916.
Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
Part of large collection of photos and memoribilia relating to Serjeant 3091 (later 240965) Charles Woodward Carr, 2/5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment - kept by Mrs Gill Porter and Mr Tony Carr of their father.
Date
1916
Date Created
1916-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1916-12-31
Source
Notebook
Medium
Paper
Type
Other
number of pages
7
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Alun Edwards (Powys Archives submissions day)
Tony Carr
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford