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Description: | Ms diary (29pp) written by an unidentified soldier on active service near Ypres (October 1915? – May 1916?), describing the intense and constant shellfire around the area, a review by General Plumer and his staff, a gas attack (December 1915), his concerns over the new soldiers attempting to acclimatise to the poor conditions at the front, and an outbreak of trench foot due to the wet weather; as well as a pencil sketch entitled ‘Ruins of Ypres on 28 April ’16’; the lower right corner of the diary is missing due to apparent shrapnel damage.
Cataloguer BEK | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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