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Description: | Ms diary (13pp), with ts transcript (6pp), concerning his service with the Expeditionary Force Canteens in France (November - December 1914), describing embarkation from the United Kingdom to Rouen and to the EFC HQ at Boulogne and on again to No 14 Canteen, the sodden conditions he found on his arrival and his resulting illness, canteen duties, the discovery of his poor eyesight and subsequent discharge, an accident in which he fell off the quay at Boulogne before finally returning to the UK aboard HMS GLENHEAD (early December 1914), the voyage home and his encounter with the Captain. The collection also contains official correspondence (10pp) relating to his service (November 1915 - January 1916), his Certificate of Attestation (1915), a French newspaper cutting concerning his fall in Boulogne (with transcription), an undelivered letter to a French companion thanking him for his kindness (January 1916) and a portrait photograph.
Cataloguer SCJ
Catalogue date 2005-02-11 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Griffiths, T R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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