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Description: | 61 ms letters and cards, with transcriptions, written during his service as a Private in Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division in the United Kingdom, November 1914 - May 1915, in the Dardanelles, June - September 1915 and December 1915, in Egypt, September - November 1915, on Lemnos, November 1915, and Imbros, January - February 1915, with useful descriptions of living conditions and of his horrific experiences on Gallipoli, which left him mentally scarred for life, together with a letter from (?) a chaplain stressing his gentle nature and unsuitability for front line service as well as a presscutting quoting from one of his Gallipoli letters.
Cataloguer AC
Catalogue date 2001-03-16 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Pratt, H W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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