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Description: | Ms diary (53pp) kept during his service with the 34th Brigade RFA (2nd Division) on the Western Front, August 1914 - December 1915, describing his arrest for drunkenness during mobilisation, Belgian refugees, war rumours, the anti-German sentiments expressed by the French, the generosity of civilians towards soldiers, his receipt of Princess Mary's gift box at Christmas, and with references to the major battles in which his unit fought. Together with an AB153 notebook mainly covering his service as part of the Army of Occupation in Germany, recording rough notes on various sporting events as well as a draft letter to a prospective employer following his discharge after ten years in army, a newspaper cutting concerning official battle names (?1919), his demobilisation account and Military Medal citation, five Royal Artillery Christmas and Easter cards, a Bairnsfather cartoon and 10 photographs.
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Catalogue date 2002-01-18 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Burrows, C W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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