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Description: | Ms diary (62pp) covering his service as a junior officer with the 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (88th Brigade, 29th Division) at Gallipoli, May 1915 - January 1916, describing his spell in the trenches at Gully Ravine and Cape Helles, going 'over the top' at the start of the Third Battle of Krithia, coming under shellfire both in and out of the line, performing work including road and mule track construction, unloading stores, grave digging and the burial of the dead and then his evacuation due to a stomach disorder, rejoining his Battalion in the trenches at Suvla, referring to the terrible weather conditions and the morale of the troops and then their final evacuation in January 1916.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-05-17 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Brocks, A W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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