Dickie New shot in the legs
Arthur Josiah Wheatley, of the 2nd Worcesters (father of Pamela Barnard) used
to recall a soldier called Dickie New. When they went over the top together
they all dropped to the ground to escape the machine gun fire. Dickie New,
always a clumsy man, had his legs sticking up behind him instead of laying
flat. He was shot through both legs, and lost one.
| Title |
Dickie New shot in the legs
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|---|---|
| Subject |
New, Dickie and Wheatley, Arthur
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| Item date |
1916 - 1918
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| Creation place |
France
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| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Alun Edwards
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| Filename |
GWA_7395_Dickie_New_shot_in_the_legs.txt
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Alun Edwards
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Mike and Pam Barnard
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Collection
Citation
“Dickie New shot in the legs,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed April 25, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/8278.
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