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Description: | Collection of letters and cards written to her by officers and men serving on the Western Front, 1916 - 1918, including four letters from Major E Mannock RAF detailing his war philosophy and his progress in France, April - July 1918; a letter from his brother Patrick Mannock describing Major E Mannock as a born fatalist, December 1918; postcards and letters from A S White; D G Thomas; Lieutenant A Ronce; 2nd Lieutenant S Wilkinson of the 9th Battalion King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry (64th Brigade, 21st Division) describing his Battalion's operations in the Battle of the Somme (August 1916); Lieutenant E McLaughlin of the Australian Squadron; and 2nd Lieutenant R H Poynting of the Royal Sussex Regiment describing his activities since the Allied offensive opened on 8 August 1918 including comments on the welcome return to open warfare (20 December 1918).
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-06-18 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lewis, M E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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