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Description: | Photocopies (circa 100pp) of transcribed ts letters written by two brothers during the First World War, covering the period February 1915 - August 1918, both of whom were initially serving in the 1st Dorset Yeomanry in Egypt, one then remaining with the regiment as part of the Imperial Camel Corps (EEF) in Egypt and Palestine, the other transferring to the RGA on the Western Front in late 1916; the majority of letters are characterised by their observations of life in the Egyptian desert and on the Western Front, and of the Arabs they encounter, with interesting comments on the transportation of horses and mules by sea and their use in operations against Senussi tribesmen, and the later use of camels; together with a ts transcription (2pp) of a letter dated July 1916 written by a Canadian soldier to the brothers' sister, containing a poignant description of British soldiers' graves at an unknown location on the Western Front.
Cataloguer SWW
Catalogue date 1997-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | George, B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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