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Description: | Ms diary (37pp) written during his service as a subaltern serving with the 122nd Machine Gun Company (122nd Brigade, 41st Division) on the Western Front, 7 March - 31 May 1917, describing the enthusiasm within his unit on their embarkation and the various administration involved in getting to France, the chaotic French rail system, training at Camiers, his first experience of the front line, an excellent account of the intense shelling experienced during a German bombardment (7 April), various infantry training, and the preparations for the forthcoming Battle of Messines. Together with a memorial album (50pp) compiled by his parents following his death from wounds on 28 September 1917, containing ms letters of condolence and associated cuttings regarding his military service and death, including photographs showing Towlson and fellow officers in uniform.
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Catalogue date 2007-06-13 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Towlson, W H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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