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Description: | Ms 'diary' (34pp) for August 1914 - September 1915, written while serving with No 10 Field Ambulance RAMC (4th Division), in which he describes crossing to France in August 1914 and his experiences during the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and the Battle of the Aisne, September 1914, the fighting near Ploegsteert Wood, December 1914, the Christmas Truce (between German troops and 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment) during the 2nd Battle of Ypres, April-May 1915 when he treated casualties from gas attacks and then was seriously wounded himself and sent back to England for treatment.
Cataloguer PJT
Catalogue date 1988-01 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 10th Field Ambulance 1st Battalion East Lancashire Regiment British Army Royal Army Medical Corps | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lloyd-Burch, David | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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