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Description: | 3 ms letters (two of which are transcribed and annotated by his wife, 7pp) sent to his aunt, Miss Julia Monk, whilst serving as a Private with the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade (25th Brigade, 8th Division) (The Prince Consort's Own), 20 November 1914 - 4 May 1915, touching fleetingly on his training and life in the trenches of the Western Front; with nine ms letters of condolence (11pp) concerning the circumstances of his being killed in action on 8 May 1915. Also held with the collection are a ms letter (undated, 2pp) written to Miss Monk by his brother, Reginald Dimsdale, while serving with the Royal Navy in HMS ARGYLL and another ms letter (1p) from the Director of Naval Intelligence, 2 November 1920, explaining how Reginald died when the submarine E22 was sunk by a German torpedo on 25 April 1916.
Cataloguer CLS | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Dimsdale, Edward | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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