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Description: | Ms diary (15pp) covering the period 29 January - 27 February 1917, beginning with his crossing to France at the beginning of February and his subsequent service as a subaltern in the 11th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (37th Division), then in the trenches in the Loos sector. As a result of thaw following a prolonged cold spell, the trenches were extraordinarily muddy and Simms writes that "it has decidedly been the most exhausting tour ... I have ever had." A photograph of Maricourt - Ribemont station has been placed with the diary.
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Catalogue date 1982-09-28 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Simms, F H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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