John 'Jack' Bovey returns to the trenches: Transcript of Audio Interview
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Title
John 'Jack' Bovey returns to the trenches: Transcript of Audio Interview
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Identifier
9484.cpd
Subject
John 'Jack', Bovey
Abstract
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.
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.
Date
1969
Date Created
1969-01-01
Temporal Coverage
1969-12-31
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Type
Interview
number of pages
7
Contributor
Admin
Franklyn Bovey
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford