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Description: | Photocopied ms diary (44pp), March 1915 - January 1916, covering his service with the 1/8th Battalion (Post Office Rifles) London Regiment (140th Brigade, 47th Division) on the Western Front initially near Givenchy, including his involvement in the Second Battle of Ypres and the Battle of Loos, his work as a sniper, and his wounding from a shell explosion while serving in the "Hairpin Trench" on the Hohenzollern Redoubt, which led to his discharge from the Army on medical grounds in January 1917. The photocopy includes an additional account of his enlistment and training, and annotations on various of the entries.
Cataloguer PJT
Catalogue date 1977-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 140th Infantry Brigade London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) British Army 1/8th (City of London) Battalion 47th Division | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Robinson, E J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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