|
Date: |
|
Description: | Photocopied ts transcription (3pp) of an excellent letter written home to his father while serving with the 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders (1st Brigade, 1st Division) on the Western Front, undated but ca October 1915, describing in good detail his involvement in the opening of the Battle of Loos (25 September 1915) including the initial artillery bombardment, going 'over the top' through clouds of poison gas, the casualties sustained and his own wounding from a shellburst, while criticising the poor treatment and harsh discipline that ordinary Tommies were subjected to, and expressing his low opinion of Kitchener volunteers.
Cataloguer APR
Catalogue date 2002-03-26 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Sutherland, J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
|
|