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Description: | Photocopied ts transcription (73pp) of letters written during his service as a private with the 1/4th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (160th Brigade, 53rd Division) in Egypt and Palestine, February 1916 - June 1918, and France, June 1918 - August 1919, describing his involvement in the First and Second Battles of Gaza, the advance on Jerusalem, and service in the Army of Occupation until demobilisation, while containing interesting details about the conditions under which the Army fought in the Middle East.
Cataloguer PJT
Catalogue date 1977-05-20 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 53rd Division British Army 160th Brigade Royal Sussex Regiment 1/4th Battalion | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Sims, R H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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