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Description: | Ms diaries (40pp and 57pp), with ts transcription (10pp), written during his service as an NCO with the 1/1st Sussex Yeomanry (1/1st South Eastern Mounted Brigade until February 1916, then 3rd Dismounted Brigade) in the United Kingdom, August 1914 - September 1915, at Gallipoli, October 1915, and in Egypt, October 1915 - September 1916; then with the 16th Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment (230th Brigade, 74th Division) in Egypt, April 1917 - April 1918, and France, May 1918 - December 1918, with several periods in hospital suffering from sickness and a hernia; describing his initial service in the UK with the Lewes Troop, their mobilisation on the outbreak of war and the early organisation of his unit, regular riding injuries, billets and living conditions, an inspection by HM King George V (26 October 1914), his embarkation for Gallipoli including the atrocious conditions onboard HMT OLYMPIC during the voyage, their arrival at Gallipoli and his almost immediate evacuation to Alexandria suffering from sickness. The rest of the diary consists of extremely brief entries relating to his movements, while the early section contains two interesting references to Siegfried Sassoon, who briefly served alongside Stone in the Lewes Troop at the beginning of the war. Also held as part of the collection are two photographs of Stone in uniform; two photographs showing him with fellow members of the Lewes Troop, Sussex Yeomanry; six photographs taken mainly during his service in Egypt; ms postcard written to him by his brother Reg, hoping that his health is improved (nd, 1p); a printed booklet entitled 'Historical Sites in Central Palestine' by Lieutenant Commander Victor L Trumper (1918, 34pp); a handmade 'Red Cross' bag, probably intended to hold field dressings; and a printed postcard offering advice to repatriated prisoners of war from the Prisoners of War Reception Committee (nd, 2pp).
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Catalogue date 2002-11-26 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Stone, F L | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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