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Description: | Four ms letters sent to him during his Home Service as an officer in the United Kingdom in the First World War, comprising two letters written by fellow officer A N Kennedy (4pp each, 29 September 1914 and undated) referring to the recent mobilisation and influx of volunteers into the BEF, the initial disorganisation but their anticipation of battle, the arrival of the 26th Division on the Western Front, their relatively slight casualties for the first few weeks, and his belief that the harsh trench conditions made the war 'a young man's job'; a letter (3pp, 4 July 1915) written by fellow officer A S Rogers while attached to the 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (32nd Brigade, 11th Division), describing how his men 'are keen to be in the show'; and a letter (2pp, 5 October 1914) from the Union of London and Smiths Bank Limited discussing how 'Brazil seems to be in a bad way just now'. Together with a photograph of Major Rouse in uniform.
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Catalogue date 2003-10-20 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Rouse, A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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