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Description: | 115 letters, 6 September 1913 - 29 July 1916, to his family and notebook recording his servive as a private with the 4th Dragoon Guards, November 1914 - August 1916, when he was killed, including observations on trench conditions and his movements, November 1914 - August 1916. Also included is an undated notebook belonging to Private W Roberts, 7th Dragoon Guards; letters of condolence (24 items) and ms illustrated scrapbook (24pp) recounting his life and including 2 ts letters (3pp), 23 August 1916 - 15 November 1921, from the Cavalry Record Office, Canterbury reporting his death and enclosing his medals (not present); an undated cyclostyled 'memorial of a brave life' from Buckingham Palace (1p) (undated) and the 7th Annual Report of the Imperial War Graves Commission (70pp), 1927.
Cataloguer CL
Catalogue date 1999-09-29 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Nicholson, W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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