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Description: | Word-processed transcription (20pp) of a memoir written following his service as an officer with the 15th Battalion London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles) (140th Brigade, 47th Division) on the Western Front, 1915 – 1919, covering the period of his embarkation to France (August 1915) and the Battle of Hulluch (April 1916), including well-written details of his arrival and duties at the base camp at Le Havre, good details of his first impressions of the front line at Bethune and in the trenches, preparations for the Battle of Loos (September 1915), good details of the bombardment and wet conditions, air cover, the use of gas by the British forces and casualties, a poignant description of a hymn being played on a tin whistle in the aftermath of the battle, his exploration of the captured Bavarian trenches, the physical toll of the battle on the men and activities in the rest camp, conditions in the trenches at Hulluch, and the bombardment there on enemy trenches and his experiences in the advance. Also included is a copy of a page from a published work on 'Hornchurch during the Great War' listing the war service of Lieutenant Ivey and his three brothers.
Cataloguer PJB | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | London Regiment (Civil Service Rifles) British Army 15th Battalion | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Ivey, William Leslie | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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