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Description: | Word processed ts transcription (39pp) of a diary covering his service in the ranks of the 17th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) (5th Brigade, 2nd Division) on the Western Front, November 1915 - September 1916, containing brief entries describing his duties and movements across France, and food and living conditions; he was involved in the Battle of the Somme until wounded by shrapnel in September 1916, but includes very few references to military actions. The collection contains the 17th Battalion Roll of Honour, a list of NCOs and men who served overseas with the Battalion, plus a newspaper cutting concerning Captain W N Stone VC.
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Catalogue date 1998-07-18 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Symonds, A J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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