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Description: | Ms memoir (6pp), with contemporary ts transcription, detailing his experiences during the opening of the Third Battle of Ypres, most probably while serving with the 1/6th Battalion Cheshire Regiment (118th Brigade, 39th Division) during which he was wounded in the thigh, captured by German soldiers and eventually transported to Germany as a prisoner of war; his description of the kindness of the German civilians and the disregard afforded him by the German doctors, who allowed his wound to become seriously infected before removing the bullet in his leg; his release in a prisoner exchange and return to London (January 1918), where he underwent further surgery on his leg and foot before being discharged from the Army (February 1919); also included are his pay book, his discharge certificate and a group photograph showing him with his crutches after one of the operations.
Cataloguer BEK | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Stansfield, Arthur | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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