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Description: | Ts account (6pp) written by him shortly after the war providing a brief account of his service first with the 1/15th (County of London) Battalion (Prince of Wales's Own Civil Service Rifles) from August 1914 to early 1915, then as 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment until arriving in France, when he was posted to the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (14th Brigade, 5th Division), remaining with them until December 1917 when he joined the 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (87th Brigade, 29th Division) still stationed in France; primarily describing the experiences he had being recruited in London, during the Battle of the Somme and an air raid on London in autumn 1917, and his four stays in hospital due to wounds. Also included are 2 ms Army issue correspondence books (106pp) with lecture notes on 'Tactics', written by him during training classes at Camp Brocton, Staffordshire between August and October, and 8 aerial photographs.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-07-04 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Woodley, L | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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