Jack King recalls how himself and a friend went off with two local girls. The two soldiers were set upon by a gang and Jack had a ring his mother gave him, money and books stolen.

To add to their ignominy Jack and his friend were then bundled into a net by mounted soldiers from their own battalion because they ahd gone out of bounds. 

An interview with First World War veteran Jack King for the series 'Looking West' broadcast 24 October 1984.

'Looking West' was a series presented by Jim Fahy looking at people, places and events in the west of Ireland.

The photograph accompanying this clip shows British soldiers after the Battle of Mons in 1914.
Image courtesy of the Library of Congress LC_B2_3228_12

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