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Description: | Contents of two albums compiled as a memorial by his granddaughter, comprising photographs, postcards and original documents including his ms pocket diary (78pp partially illegible, with 10pp ts transcription) giving details of his service in the 2nd Battalion Royal Scots (8th Brigade, 3rd Division) on the Western Front, August - October 1914, until he was wounded near Bethune with details of his first experiences under fire, life in the front line, good relations with the French and with references also to named casualties in his battalion; also papers relating to his death in action on 28 April 1917 while serving with the 15th Battalion Royal Scots (101st Brigade, 34th Division) during the Arras offensive and his last postcard home; as well as research material concerning his war service and death. Together with items relating to R E G Hillman, a Private in the Canadian Army Service Corps, comprising the certificate of his wartime marriage in Trowbridge, Wiltshire (1916), a wedding photograph and a notecase issued as a Christmas present by Canada's National Service Committee.
Cataloguer AC | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Royal Scots British Army 15th Battalion 2nd Battalion | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Beaven, Herbert George | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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