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Description: | Ts transcription (25pp) of his letters home whilst serving as a private in the 1/23rd Battalion London Regiment (142nd Brigade, 47th Division) in France from March 1915 until he was wounded at the Battle of Loos in September 1915, together with letters home written by his brother, Lieutenant Colonel A T Pitts RAMC, who was attached to the 2nd Cavalry Division, January 1915 - August 1918, which include descriptions of the German spring offensive of 1918. Also with the collection are copies of his privately-published memoirs, "Never Old Parchment" (138pp) and "Reflections of 90 Years" (38pp), covering his whole life.
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1977-02 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Army 1/22nd Battalion London Regiment 142nd Brigade 47th Division | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Pitts, W Vellam | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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