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Description: | Wordprocessed ts transcription of a memoir (34pp, April 1916 - August 1917) and diary (31pp, March 1916 - January 1919) relating to his service as a driver with the 55th Field Company RE (3rd Guards Brigade, Guards Division) and, from March 1918, the 4th Divisional Signals Company RE on the Western Front, containing good descriptions of his duties ferrying supplies to the line in the Ypres Salient and during the Battles of the Somme (July - September 1916), Third Ypres (July - August 1917) and Cambrai (November 1917), with useful references to the use of horses as transport on the Western Front, his various billets and the prevalence of rats in the trenches, his exposure to a dose of poison gas, the looting of supplies, aerial warfare, and Christmas celebrations. The collection also includes a glossary and historical background information (28pp) written by Reynolds' son.
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Catalogue date 1999-05-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Reynolds, J H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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