Jim told me the story about being gassed. The RGA were firing one way and the enemy were firing back. His gun crew were wearing gas masks at the time but a shell blew up close by and covered him and his gas mask with mud and he couldn't see a thing. To keep doing his job (I think he was loading) and the gun fireing he removed his gas mask leaving the nose clip on. A gas shell exploded under the gun carriage blowing the clip off and the last thing he remembered was somebody screaming "Whittle.. Whittle...." - he woke up in the field hospital.
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