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Description: | 27 ms letters (November 1914 - April 1918) written to his family while serving as a subaltern with the 2/7th Battalion Middlesex Regiment in England (November 1914 - January 1915), in Gibraltar (February - August 1915, 67th Division, one letter only), Egypt (August - May 1916) and in France with the 4th Battalion (July - December 1916, 37th Division), as sniping officer, 63rd Brigade (December 1916 - April 1917) and 37th Division (April 1917 - August 1918) giving no descriptions of the actions in which his units took part, but giving excellent and very evocative details of his beliefs, ideals, motives and religion, particularly the effect which war has on these and on his morale, as well as a good illustration of officer - servant relations; also photocopy of extracts from a ts memoir (34pp, 1969) giving further details of his service including the period (September - November 1914) spent in England in the ranks of the 2/14th Battalion London Regiment (London Scottish), fighting the Senussi in Egypt, on Vimy Ridge and on the Somme (July - September 1916 and August 1918) and at the 2nd Battle of Arras (April 1917), resettling into civilian life (1919) also miscellaneous items including, OTC record of service (1913 B2075), TA discharge / demobilisation form (W8153/RP3616), and a questionnaire accompanying an application for a TA commission (E536 1914).
Cataloguer PHR
Catalogue date 1988-12 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bowser, H F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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