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Walter Fielder in the Royal Field Artillery
Records, medals and photos
In the Royal Field Artillery the gun carriages were pulled by horses. Walter was offered promotion but turned it down because he did not want to leave his mates or his horses. Walter liked horses and this empathy remained for the rest of his life. He was shell-shocked and poison-gassed with mustard gas, like many others. This afflicted him for the rest of his life. In recent years this effect has …
Contributors
- Keith Fielder
Subject
- World War I
- Artillery
- Transport
- Trench Life
- Walter Fielder
- Frank Fielder
- Transport
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Contributors
- Keith Fielder
Subject
- World War I
- Artillery
- Transport
- Trench Life
- Walter Fielder
- Frank Fielder
- Transport
- World War I
Type of item
- Story
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Creation date
- 2013-06-22 10:21:09 UTC
- 2013-06-22
- 2013-06-22
Places
- Western Front
Provenance
- INTERNET
Source
- UGC
Identifier
- 5711
- https://1914-1918.europeana.eu/contributions/5711
Language
- English
- eng
Is part of
- EnrichEuropeana
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-09-11T08:47:51.076Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2023-06-05T08:05:33.085Z