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Description: | Ts transcription (16pp) of a diary written during his service with an unidentified battalion of the Coldstream Guards on the Western Front, August - September 1914 and August 1916 - May 1917, describing his involvement in the Battles of Le Cateau (August 1914), the Marne (September 1914) and the Somme (September 1916) while referring to living conditions and hygiene, casualties from shelling, tank warfare, and the state of German prisoners.
Cataloguer APR
Catalogue date 2002-03-26 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Wright, R J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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