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Description: | Ms contemporary copies, made by Arthur Berry’s father, of 13 ms letters (18pp) written to his family while serving in an unidentified unit on the Western Front, 24 May - 4 July 1915, describing in good detail his embarkation to France and the living conditions there, the French population’s perception of the war (30 May 1915), the water, food, tobacco and paper shortages that the troops were facing, the terrible conditions in the trenches, the sensation of coming under attack from gas and how another soldier allegedly went insane and bayoneted another man (1 July 1915). Together with three ms letters (4pp, one dated 14 February 1940 and two 22 June 1941) written to Arthur by his parents and sending him birthday greetings while mentioning his Christian faith, plus an ms prayer (2pp) written in 1897 by Arthur’s father; and a ts transcription of all of the original papers (12pp).
Cataloguer NKR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Berry, Arthur | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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