George Morgan - A Bradford Pal

George Morgan became a Sergeant in 'B' Company, the 16th Battalion, the West Yorkshire Regiment. The following audio clips are extracted from an interview with Malcolm Brown in 1976 - time of audio clip given in brackets.

Audio clips
01. 'We thought we were somebody' - play clip (0:41)
02. 'They were always putting our doings in the papers' - play clip (0:56)
03. 'The Bradford Pals were the dandies of the parade' - play clip (1:30)
04. Social backgrounds of the Pals - play clip (0:42)
05. 'We believed that we were all better than other people' - play clip (1:03)
06. 'It was wonderful to be accepted' - play clip (1:19)
07. Initial training - play clip (1:06)
08. 'You could trust one another' - play clip (0:52)
09. Optimism - play clip (0:15)
10. 'We'd been sacrificed' - play clip (0:34)
11. 'We only had three and sixpence a week' - play clip (1:02)
12. 'We used to do what we were told' - play clip (0:50)
13. Arrival in France - play clip (1:16)
14. 'George with the bread' - play clip (1:23)
15. The trenches - play clip (1:16)
16. The 'big push' - play clip (0:36)
17. Training for 'going over the top' - play clip (1:03)
18. Over the top - play clip (0:36)
19. 'Bang bang bang - all day long' - play clip (0:27)
20. 'The Generals were all ten-a-penny' - play clip (1:15)

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(Thanks to Bill Morgan and Malcolm Brown)

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