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Description: | Ts/ms account (88pp) of his experiences as Adjutant to the 2nd/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers in France, 25 September - 28 October 1917 and his subsequent transfer as Staff Officer to Italy at the Base Motor Transport Depot, Arquata and then at XIV Corps Headquarters at Pavia, 1 November - December 1917, describing his day-to-day existence together with considerations of the technical and tactical problems of trench warfare and observations on personalities and particular incidents, including comments on poor relations with the Royal Engineers, descriptions of the trenches and terrain at Lempire and the organisation of message sending in the trench system, two cases of courts martial for desertion and cowardice, the selection procedure for Military Medals, conditions in the trenches at Guillemont, his journey to Italy and the atmosphere on the troop train, his duties at Arquata and then Pavia as well as making character observations on Lieutenant Colonel R H Beadon.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-06-17 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Latter, J C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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