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Description: | Colour photocopies (22pp) of 5 ms letters written during his service as a Signaller with the 1/8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry (151st Brigade, 50th Division) on the Western Front, January - May 1916, describing New Year celebrations, army life, their attitude towards territorials and the reputation of the Battalion, the Lord Derby recruitment scheme, trench routine and various personal matters; together with background information including a letter accompanying his campaign medals, a copy of his brother-in-law's diary entry on hearing he was missing, and six photographs.
Cataloguer KB
Catalogue date 2002-01-25 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hewison, T | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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