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Description: | Ts transcription (9pp) of extracts from his well-written and eloquent diary (March - September 1915) written during his service, possibly with the Royal Army Medical Corps on ambulance trains in France, covering his embarkation for France (April), his posting to 16th Ambulance Train at Boulogne, the atmosphere at Boulogne, his duties transporting wounded from Poperinghe and tending the wounded, his posting to clerical duties, details of movements between Boulogne and parts of the front, Zeppelin raids, his work near the firing line at Arras and Bethune (August), his transfer to No.21 Unit Train (August), his journies to Etaples (September) and his feelings on dealing with mortally wounded soldiers.
Cataloguer PJB | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Army Royal Army Medical Corps | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Rees, R B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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