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Description: | Word processed transcription of his 1918 diary (24pp) written during his service with the Army Pay Corps in Egypt and with 2/17th Battalion, London Regiment (89 Brigade, 30 Division), including notes of service conditions in Egypt, his transfer from Cairo to training school in Abassia (February) and details of his training, guard and escort duties, his posting to the London Regiment in Palestine (April), his embarkation for Italy (June) and train journey to France, his posting to Eperlecques, enemy bombardments, his duties on the roads and in the trenches, his return to the regiment following hospitalisation at Wyschaete Ridge (October), details of an engagement with German troops, and the reaction among the troops of the news of the Armistice.
Cataloguer PJB | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Army Pay Corps British Army London Regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Newman, F A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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