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Description: | Ms diary (12pp) kept while serving with the 1/16th Battalion London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles) (169th Brigade, 56th Division) on the Western Front between 16 April and 29 June 1916, describing his experiences in minimal detail, but mentioning that he saw action at Fleurbaix, Armentieres and Ypres. He was killed on 1 July 1916 on the first day of the Somme Offensive. Also included are 8 photographs of himself and his family, 2 newspaper clippings about the actions of the Queen's Westminster Rifles on the Front, a map of Northern France and a photocopy of the Thiepval Memorial Register where his name is found as he has no known grave, and a ts transcription of the diary, letters and photographs with biographical information supplied by his great nephew.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-10-11 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Weller, C G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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