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Description: | Ts transcription (15pp) of a diary account written circa 1950 but based upon original, often undated, diary entries kept during his service as a bandsman with the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, December 1916 – March 1918, describing the atrocious conditions on board ship during the voyage across to Le Havre, their train journey to Rouen and training at the Bull Ring, performances at concert parties before being drafted to the 10th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (Cornwall Pioneers) (2nd Division) in the Somme sector, his reaction to the sound of artillery bombardments, a visit to the old Somme battlefield in early 1917 and the detritus and corpses still present from the July 1916 battle, transfer to the 6th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry (43rd Brigade, 14th Division) in March 1917 in the line near Arras, his involvement in the Allied retreat of March 1918 and his assistance at a casualty clearing station; including a pre-war photograph of him.
Cataloguer APR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 10th Battalion British Army Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry George Dale | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Dale, George | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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