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Description: | Two illustrated looseleaf ms diaries (338pp and 409pp) covering his service in the Royal Engineers (Postal Section) as DADAPS XIV Corps on the Western Front December 1915 - December 1916 and in Italy December 1917 - April 1918, and as DADAPS GHQ Italy April 1918 - January 1919, providing a detailed daily record of his activities as a junior staff officer, particularly while off-duty, and revealing his attitude as a scholar and non career soldier towards his fellow officers, his anxiety at his proximity to the front line and the importance to him of his religion and his family, as well as containing references to the Court Martial of one of his men for allegedly attacking a Belgian girl (April - May 1916), his first sight of tanks (September 1916) and conditions in Italy; also a file of official papers relating to his war service including a confidential report on his suitability for promotion dated February 1919.
Cataloguer AC
Catalogue date 1991-05 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Foxell, John Theodore | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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