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Description: | Ms diary (22pp), August 1914 - June 1915, with ts transcription (6pp), covering his service as a Sergeant with the 129th Battery RFA on the Western Front from August 1914 and describing the warm reception given to the BEF by French civilians, the involvement of his Battery in the Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, losses of both men and horses to shell fire, and his wounding on 16 September, which led to his evacuation back to hospital in the United Kingdom and appearance before a Medical Board which found him unfit for further overseas service. Together with colour photocopies of various documents including a notification of his wounding (AF B104-81) and a photograph of him in uniform.
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Catalogue date 1999-03-13 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Davies, W J R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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