the YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT [Main]


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  • Other title(s): [the BRITISH REGIMENTS] [Allocated Series]
  • Year: 1917
  • Runtime: 7 mins
  • Description: Close-up of a sergeant holding a football marked 2Y&L. Pan over the men of the battalion, lying, sitting or standing informally, with two Lewis machine guns in the front row. Two lance-corporals sitting beside their tent. A company of men posed relaxing beside a wall. Two soldiers with a large canteen draw water from a well by the roadside. A group of battalion officers including the current commander. The battalion, led by its band, on a route march. A "blindfold boxing march" in front of the soldiers. A pay parade in the open. A sergeant inspects rifles on parade, holding one up to the light to inspect the barrel. A portrait shot of Private Caffrey, VC.
    2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, in the rear areas of the Western Front, autumn 1917.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Caffrey, John / British Army, York and Lancaster Regiment, 2nd Battalion / weapons, British - smallarm: Lewis machine gun / operations, British military - routine / recreation, British military - sport: boxing / 01/3(4-15).7 / France / World War, 1914-1918 -- France
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Production company: Topical Film Company
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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