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Description: | 44 ms letters (149pp) written home during his military service as a NCO with the 2/6th Battalion London Regiment (Rifles) on the Western Front, 1917 – 1918, describing his daily routine, sending washing home, his training, conditions during the voyage to France, food, asking for some supplies from home, conditions in the trenches, the progress of the war, the status of mutual acquaintances, the weather, going ‘over the top’ and into enemy trenches, suffering from Trench Foot, his promotion to Lance Corporal (August 1917), Christmas celebrations, promotion to Corporal (January 1918) and attendance on an instruction course for the Lewis Gun. The collection includes an Old Comrades Association (City of London Rifles) newsletter (8pp) featuring a picture of Bysh in uniform.
Cataloguer BC | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 2/6th Battalion British Army London Regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bysh, William W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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