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Description: | 2 undated ms letters (5pp) written home during his service with the 1st Battalion London Regiment (25th Brigade, 8th Division until February 1916, then 167th Brigade, 56th Division) on the Western Front in the First World War, describing his anticipation in guarding a new section of trench, trench construction, his faith in the artillery and pride at being a British officer, living quarters, the contrast between French towns and London, French steel helmets and anti-spy notices. Together with an ms letter (3pp) written to him by a friend, 20 December 1914, providing a description of being shelled and a mention of a CO who is keen on volunteering his battalion for a 'tight place'; two photographs including one of him in uniform; his medal ribbons; a field service postcard; and his obituary (1p) from a trade magazine dated 18 January 1930.
Cataloguer KB
Catalogue date 2002-03-15 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Selden, L | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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