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Description: | Microfilm copy of a ts memoir (430pp), written shortly after the Armistice, describing in great detail his service as a private in the 1st Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (4th Division) on the Western Front, notably the Loos, Arras and Cambrai sectors, April - November 1918. The narrative is a convincing record of a young infantryman's life and feelings during the final stages of the First World War and is accompanied by a few contemporary documents, including a letter giving his reactions to the Armistice. Together with two original ms letters (4pp and 3pp, September and November 1918), a map of the trenches in the La Bassee Canal sector (May 1918), a booklet of religious texts entitled 'The King's Companion for Soldiers and Sailors', and a ration card issued to Cooper's mother.
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Catalogue date 1971-03-17 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 1st Battalion 4th Division British Army King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Cooper, H Howard | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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