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Description: | Records of his service as a subaltern in the 2/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) in France from May 1917 until he lost a leg in action two months later, including: a ms pocket diary (30pp) kept intermittently from December 1916 - March 1917, and then with regular entries from March 1917 to July 1917, with details of arriving in France (May 1917), joining 2/7th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (62nd Division) at Ervillers and appointment as Bombing Officer, posting to the Brigade Bombing School as an instructor, rejoining his Battalion on the Bullecourt front (July 1917), carrying out raids and patrols in no man's land, and being injured by a German grenade, losing his leg; a ms postcard from Edwards to a Mrs Christie showing a typical scene in a French town (May 1917); seven black and white sketches from Bullecourt Front drawn by Alf Cleavin, a Rifleman in Edward's platoon, with notes by Edwards on the reverse (July 1917); a letter from A Rendle Short, No 3 Casualty Clearing Station, to Edwards' brother about Edwards' recovery (August 1917); a ms letter from Lieutenant Colonel C K James DSO, commanding 2/7th West Yorks, to Edwards congratulating him on the award of the DSO (August 1917); a letter from Lt Col James to Edwards' brother (August 1917); a ms letter from Rifleman W Miller 2/7th West Yorks sending his best wishes for a quick recovery (September 1917); presscuttings concerning his award of the DSO (November 1917, January 1918); a postcard photograph of HMHS GRANTULLY CASTLE; a French field service postcard; and photocopies of pages 49 - 55 of 'Arthur Rendle Short: Christian and Gentleman' by W M Capper and D Johnson, in which Short describes how he gave an experimental blood transfusion to Edwards after he was wounded (1955).
Cataloguer SJO | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 62nd Division British Army West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) 2/7th Battalion | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Edwards, Cyril G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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