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BBC Radio Foyle - Remembrance Gallery

James Coyle (centre with moustache) with the military band of the D Company Royal Inniskillings. Photo courtesy of Dinah Porter.

Remembrance

JAMES COYLE

 

80,000 British soldiers were treated by the end of World War One for a condition that became known as "shell-shock". But for many, including James Coyle, it was not a condition that could be easily overcome when the war came to an end.

 

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 Listen FLASHBACKS OF THE WAR

James Coyle, a talented musician, was sent to France in 1915. He survived the war, but his life was blighted by severe flashbacks. His daughter, Dinah Porter, spoke to Stanley Page.

 

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Shell shock during World War 1

 

 

 

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