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Description: | Intermittent ms diary (pp) with a ts transcription (22pp) recording his service with the RFC, October 1916 - September 1918, including: his journey from London, through France to Marseilles, and then by sea to Salonika, October - November 1916; working at the RFC depot, Salonika, November 1916; active service with the No 17 Kite Balloon Section (Naval), 16th Wing, RFC behind the front line near the Struma Valley, Salonika, November 1916 - March 1918; No 47 Squadron RFC, March - June 1918; and No 26 Balloon Section, No 22 Balloon Company, June - September 1918; he was evacuated to the UK in April ?1919; and commenting on the poor conditions; his duties; his off-duty entertainment; his health; Bulgarian prisoners of war; the terrible weather; the loss of shipping to submarines; receiving gifts from children in the UK; being tired of the war and his desire to return to his wife and young son; the lack of mail; Christmas celebrations, 1916; enemy air raids and attacks on balloons of the Section; and being upset by the death of his OC. Also included is a photograph of him in uniform.
Cataloguer SNR
Catalogue date 1998-04-29 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Denley, A E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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