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Description: | A ts copy of a diary (28pp) entitled 'The Diary of a Private in the 10th (Stockbroker's) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (BEF), 1915 - 1916' and describes in brief day-to-day entries his service with the British Expeditionary Force from his departure from England (July 1915) to his wounding (July 1916) and transfer to a staff position, and talks of the places the Battalion went including Armentieres, Foncquevillers, Bailleulval, Berles-au-Bois, and on the Somme, with concise details of events, fighting and domestic routines. The diary concludes with a note that Shuter was transferred to the Royal Flying Corps, Records Section (November 1916) and administered the demobilisation of the RAF in the areas of Salonika and Constantinople after the Armistice. Also included is the programme of the battalion's 50th anniversary Service of Remembrance (August 1964), the text of Lord Robert's address to the new 10th Battalion City of London Regiment (August 1914), and a press-cutting from The Daily Mail describing Shuter's miraculous escape from death (September 1916).
Cataloguer DRB | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 10th Battalion (Stockbrokers) British Army Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Shuter, Frederick Charles | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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