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Introduction
David Taylor served in the 7th Company of the 4th Yorks regiment, no 1628.
This note book was carried by David through the first World War.
Davids daughter has kindly loaned me the book to transfer the information in it to this web site.
Many Thanks to Davids Daughter Connie for allowing me to do this.
Alison
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Page 1
Roll Call
Sergt Massingham. C. 1390
Sergt Rigg. H
Cpl Clarkson. R. D. 1372
Cpl Agar. W 1819
Cpl Dawson. 2635
L/Cpl Taylor. D. 1628
Pte. Allinson. J. C. 2498
Pte. Bell. R. 4041
Pte. Brown. 2413
Pte. Bell. J. E. 4045
Pte. Butcher. T. 3843
Pte. Burnette. J. 2912
Pte. Cranston. J. 3874
Pte. Carter. C. 3390
(last two names unreadable, but numbers 4163 and 4814)
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Page 2
No 1 General Service Bomb
(1) When the bomb is marked with a red band only it is charged with Lyddite.
(2) When it has two bands red green it is charged with both Lyddite and T.N.T.
(3) Cap of bomb is indented and slotted for turning, to safety in carrying, to allow to remove and to turn to position for firing. Inside of cap is striking pin for igniting detonator which is specifically made and inserted inside a cavity:- detonator.
No 2. Hales Hand Grenade.
(1) Brass body, longer short cane handle with streamers to keep head down when thrown.
(2) Has small brass cylinder in centre containing detonator, anvil or striker and spring.
(3) Anvil held in place by safety pin which passes right through brass body and striker pellet.
(4) Always make sure that safety has handle fast before placing detonator in bomb.
(5) Detonator very much like rifle, grenade only shorter.
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page 3 & 4
No 3. Hale's Rifle Grenade.
(1) Segmented iron body.
(2) Anvil held in place in a narrow brass cyclinder by two studs in neck of grenade.
(3) Studs are held in place by wind vane, propellor shaped wheel which revolves whilst in the air allowing studs to fall out and free anvil or striker pellet which explodes detonator and bursts main charge making shrapnel of segmented iron body.
(4) When at rest wind vane is held fast up by brass collar.
(5) Brass collar held in position by Safety pin.
No 5. Mills Grenade. (better than Egg bomb).
(1) Egg shaped, iron segmented body, when grenade bursts forms sharpnel.
(2) Alluminium lined.
(3) Two holes in the alluminium sleeve, perpendicular one for spring, striker and sparking plug. Sloping one for detonator.
(4) Very powerful spring and striker which when released fires ignition cap, lights fuse and explodes detonator thus exploding main charge.
(5) Safety handle one side to be kept down until thrown.
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Page 5 & 6
No 6. Time and Friction
(1) Heavy concussion bomb.
(2) Thin Metal casing.
(3) Heavily charged, T.N.T.
(4) Specially prepared safety match-fuse and detonator.
(5) Detonator - No 8 mark 7
No 7. Time and Friction
(1) Very similar to No 6, only 7 sometimes shrapnel.
(2) Shrapnel held in place by wax.
(3) Same detonator, safety match and fuse as no 6.
(4) Inner cylinder contains charge.
(5) Outer cylinder contains shrapnel.
No 8. Double Cylinder or Jam Tin Bomb
(1) Ammonal charge
(2) Nobel lighter, 5 seconds fuse.
(3) No 8 mark , 7 detonator.
(4) No Shrapnel.
No 9. Double cyclinder or Jam Tin Bomb
(1) Ammonal charge.
(2) detonated same as No 8.
(3) Heavier bomb than 8
(4) Outer cyclinder contains shrapnel packed in wax.
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Pages 7 & 8
No 12. Hair Brush.
(1) Shaped like a collected box with Iron segmented sides. forming shrapnel when the grenade bursts.
(2) Other sides are thin metal.
(3) Used chiefly for trip wires.
(4) Nobel lighter, ordinary fuse
(5) No * mark, 7 detonator.
Pitcher Bomb
(1) Ammonal charge
(2) Segmented iron body, cylinder shaped. 3 1/2 inch by 1 1/2 inch.
(3) Ordinary detonator, special lighter.
(4) Lugs on top for footing lighter.
(5) Affix fusing yo suit distance to throw.
Ball Bomb
(1) Ball shaped as name infers.
(2) Stong outer iron casing.
(3) Strong Ammonal charge.
(4) Copper detonator well
(5) Ordinary detonator with a special lighter - brock lighter which is waterproof.
(6) Lighter ignited by enemy or frictional rubbing.
Newton Pippin
(1) Ammonal charge
(2) from segmented body - pear shaped
(5) Cartridge case cut down for lighter.
(6) Cap with pin on inside to strike anything solid, fires fuse and explodes bomb.
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page 9 & 10
The Lewis Automatic Machine Gun
Gas Operated, Air Cooled
Worked by two forces - gas and return spring.
Weight 26lbs
Empty magazine 1 1/2lbs, full 4 1/3lbs
Divided into two parts - barrel group and body group
Barrel group, consists of barrel which has a small hole about 4 inches from muzzle-: gas vent.
Over this is clamped a ring to which the gas chamber is screwed and the gas regulator is fastened to this with the smallest hole in the rear, this is then keyed in position.
The barrel is covered with an alluminium casing with vaines running length wise on barrel - for cold air to be drawn through. Round this is thin steel tubing which gets smaller in diameter towards the end. It is in two pieces the small end is clamped to the ?. It can be removed to get at the barrel mouthpiece. This is screwed on to the barrel by a left-handed screw.
Body group consists of the mechanism of the rifle.
Loading. To load, place the magazine on the magazine post with short channel to the right or white part to the rear. Pull back cocking handle to fullest extent. It is now fully loaded. Pull the trigger and while pressure is maintained will continue to fire until magazine is empty.
Backward Movement
A small portion of gases following the bullet are deflected through gas-vent - into gas chamber and through hole in gas regulator into gas cylinder, striking the cap shaped head of piston forces it back. The rack on piston engages with teeth of piston winding up the return spring. Nose of seer engages bent in piston. The striker post bearing against side camslot in bolt and takes the bolt freeing the locking lugs - from reccesses in body. The locking lugs are now in guide grooves and the striker post bearing against rear part of camslot pushes bolt back to its fullest extent. The extractors on bolt draw empty case from chamber. The rear of bolt knocks tail of ejector out of bolt way and the head swings in knocking empty cartridge off face of bolt out of ejector slot. The loss on feed arm actual tiny stud carries feed arm activating stud.
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No 13 platoon
| Number |
Name |
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| 2691 |
Sergt Hartson A. |
wounded / killed |
| 2618 |
Sergt Barker H. |
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| 1628 |
Cpl Taylor D. |
wounded |
| 1575 |
Cpl Egglestone E.A. |
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| 1603 |
L/Cpl Atkinson A. |
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| 2257 |
L/Cpl Pickering A. |
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| 1591 |
Arnold L.
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| 4215 |
Beeforth W. |
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| 4522 |
Clark E. |
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| 8926 |
Fawcett G.W. |
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| 4002 |
Groom A.W. |
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| 2638 |
Hall G.W. |
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| 3178 |
Husband W. |
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| 2552 |
Scott A. |
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| 2839 |
Tweddle G. |
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| 1681 |
Waller G.F. |
killed |
| 966 |
Wiles J. |
wounded |
| 3925 |
Willden E. |
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| 2960 |
Knaggs A. |
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| 2803 |
Taylor D. |
killed |
| 2642 |
Wilding W. |
wounded |
| 4024 |
Boyes G. |
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| 2634 |
Jackson W. |
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| 1594 |
Jefferson J. |
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| 4195 |
Jarvis T. |
wounded |
| 4700 |
Mohan G. |
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| 4245 |
Rayner E. |
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| 2575 |
Robertson G. |
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| 1755 |
Robinson W.H. |
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| 2824 |
Lever H. |
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| 3513 |
Robinson J.N. |
killed |
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Fowler J.N. |
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| 3147 |
Blake B. |
killed |
| 2650 |
Fletcher T.H. |
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| 4697 |
Atkinson A. |
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| 5357 |
McKen K. |
missing |
| 3119 |
Sheppard F. |
killed |
| 2192 |
Pearson T. |
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| 4588 |
Micklethwaite F. |
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| 4949 |
Brazier J. |
missing |
| 5455 |
Garbutt E. |
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| 4440 |
Dickinson S. |
wounded |
| 4926 |
Callaghan V.G. |
wounded |
| 5464 |
Coates S. |
missing |
| 4026 |
Clayton H.L. |
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Slater M. |
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| 3829 |
Kent J. |
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| 1624 |
Bell G. |
killed |
| 4700 |
McManus P. |
missing |
| 3884 |
Fowler G. |
missing |
| 2723 |
Mohun E.G. |
runner at 15 |
| 3281 |
Dunning J. |
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| 4132 |
Dunn L. |
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| 2582 |
Graham M. |
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| 5225 |
Graham F. |
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| 4044 |
Glendinning |
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| 1622 |
Hesslewood J. |
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| 3905 |
Hunt H. |
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| 4524 |
Hunter S.W. |
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| 4009 |
Hodgson H. |
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| 4285 |
Knaggs |
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| 3882 |
King D. |
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| 4055 |
Lea A. |
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| 1704 |
Magor E. |
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| 4018 |
Marwood R. |
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| 4138 |
Mayes P. |
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| 4216 |
Newton A. |
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| 4227 |
Smith A.B. |
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| 123 |
Smallwood R. |
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| 3394 |
Spence J. |
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| 4574 |
Speak R. |
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| 1815 |
Thorpe A. |
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| 1712 |
Wood T.N. |
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| 4253 |
Wright J. |
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| 3820 |
Wright W. |
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| 4092 |
Wright H. |
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| 4577 |
Wisbey J. |
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| 3838 |
Whitfield |
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| 3907 |
Wilson J. |
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| 4919 |
Welham |
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| 1528 |
Wallace C. |
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| 3452 |
L/Cpl Ward D.S. |
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| 2829 |
Crosby C. |
killed |
| 3233 |
Peach B. |
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| 2444 |
Jardine T.A. |
wounded |
| 3967 |
Pollock W. |
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| 3075 |
Johnson J. |
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| 3413 |
Amies G |
wounded |
Visual Training
(1) to see the enemy
(2) To recognise aiming point
(3) To report what is seen
(4) To understand instructions
Visual training is to:-
(1) Train the eyes to see
(2) The brain to understand
(3) To learn expressions of lips
(4) Comparison of vocabulary
Attached visual training is the trainig of the ear.
Stages of visul training:
Barracks
Open vicinity
Examination of ground
Recognition
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Judging distance
Breaking method in judging sdistances
Think of the maximum and minimum distance and average
1400 - 900 - 1150
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Judging by sound
Sound travels 365 yds
i.e
If a rifle puffs and you hear sound
fire sounds after. 730 yds |
Aiming 1st stage
Object - absolute accuracy
Appliances - rifle aiming rest |
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