Item 03: Thomas Alcock war narrative, 1917-February 1919 - Page 67

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without attention as my case was immediate

Whilst inhaling the eather I could hear the band playing in the distance. I think it was a real one. It may however have been an hallucination on my part. The last thing I heard was a tick-tick-tick and I was off …

Coming round was a beautiful sensation I just gently woke up. On looking for the leg it was not there. It had been amputated! My one desire was to get water. There was not much sleep for me for the next 4 or 5 nights.

I was put onto a train next day. I well

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