FOR KING & COUNTRY
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
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
No 13 platoon
Number Name
2691 Sergt Hartson A. wounded / killed
2618 Sergt Barker H.
1628 Cpl Taylor D. wounded
1575 Cpl Egglestone E.A.
1603 L/Cpl Atkinson A.
2257 L/Cpl Pickering A.
1591 Arnold L.
4215 Beeforth W.
4522 Clark E.
8926 Fawcett G.W.
4002 Groom A.W.
2638 Hall G.W.
3178 Husband W.
2552 Scott A.
2839 Tweddle G.
1681 Waller G.F. killed
966 Wiles J. wounded
3925 Willden E.
2960 Knaggs A.
2803 Taylor D. killed
2642 Wilding W. wounded
4024 Boyes G.
2634 Jackson W.
1594 Jefferson J.
4195 Jarvis T. wounded
4700 Mohan G.
4245 Rayner E.
2575 Robertson G.
1755 Robinson W.H.
2824 Lever H.
3513 Robinson J.N. killed
Fowler J.N.
3147 Blake B. killed
2650 Fletcher T.H.
4697 Atkinson A.
5357 McKen K. missing
3119 Sheppard F. killed
2192 Pearson T.
4588 Micklethwaite F.
4949 Brazier J. missing
5455 Garbutt E.
4440 Dickinson S. wounded
4926 Callaghan V.G. wounded
5464 Coates S. missing
4026 Clayton H.L.
Slater M.
3829 Kent J.
1624 Bell G. killed
4700 McManus P. missing
3884 Fowler G. missing
2723 Mohun E.G. runner at 15
3281 Dunning J.
4132 Dunn L.
2582 Graham M.
5225 Graham F.
4044 Glendinning
1622 Hesslewood J.
3905 Hunt H.
4524 Hunter S.W.
4009 Hodgson H.
4285 Knaggs
3882 King D.
4055 Lea A.
1704 Magor E.
4018 Marwood R.
4138 Mayes P.
4216 Newton A.
4227 Smith A.B.
123 Smallwood R.
3394 Spence J.
4574 Speak R.
1815 Thorpe A.
1712 Wood T.N.
4253 Wright J.
3820 Wright W.
4092 Wright H.
4577 Wisbey J.
3838 Whitfield
3907 Wilson J.
4919 Welham
1528 Wallace C.
3452 L/Cpl Ward D.S.
2829 Crosby C. killed
3233 Peach B.
2444 Jardine T.A. wounded
3967 Pollock W.
3075 Johnson J.
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
Judging distance
Breaking method in judging sdistances
Think of the maximum and minimum distance and average
1400 - 900 - 1150
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