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Description: | Ms diary extracts (64pp, transcribed by him in 1919, together with a 15pp ts transcription) covering his service with 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (November 1917 - February 1918), including notes on his embarkation for France and first impressions of the country, his disappointment at not being sent to Italy, his posting to the Arras sector (December 1917), the devastation of war seen in the towns and villages, Christmas celebrations, his first experiences of the trenches, concert parties, constructing defences at Vimy (February 1918), and his attendance at a bomb throwing course.
Cataloguer PJB | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Army Middlesex Regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Bushnell, A E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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