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Description: | Microfilm copy of a ts diary (62pp) written whilst serving as Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion Devonshire Regiment (23 Brigade, 8th Division) on the Western Front, providing an account of the 23rd Brigade's actions on the West Bank of the Somme Canal trying to hold off the German offensive, 22 March 1918 - 1 April 1918, describing his Battalion's movements and commenting harshly upon the morale of the troops, especially the Northumberland Fusiliers; further diary entries written 27 - 30 May 1918 detail the effects of the German attack in the Aisne Valley.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-04-18 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Cope, A H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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