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Description: | Photocopy of a ms letter (4pp), with ts transcription (2pp), dated 18 April 1917 and written while at All Saints Rest Camp, Malta to his sister ‘Flo’, describing in great detail his experiences as a soldier on board the troopship CAMERONIA when it sank having been torpedoed in the Mediterranean, referring to the moment the torpedo hit, his rescue by a Torpedo Boat Destroyer and the brief surfacing of the German U-boat before the accompanying escort ships forced her to flee.
Cataloguer NKR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | John Ingram | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ingram, John | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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