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Description: | 2 ms and 2 ts letters (7pp) written to his parents while serving with the 1/23rd Battalion London Regiment (6th London Brigade, 2nd London Division) on the Western Front, the first 2 asking for goods from home, the latter 2 describing the decimation of his regiment after the taking of heavily fortified German trenches on 25 May 1915 and his subsequent terrible nerves. Also included are 5 photographs, 13 field postcards and 12 newspaper clippings relating to the actions of the 23rd Battalion throughout the war.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-10-19 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Erl, E B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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