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Description: | Ts transcription of a diary entry (5pp) dated 24 September 1915 describing his experience in the opening days of the Battle of Loos during his service as an officer with the 1/9th Battalion Highland Light Infantry (100th Brigade, 33rd Division), providing excellent details in regards to movements in the trenches during the battle, the processes undertaken in successfully using poison gas against the enemy for the first time, reasons for the battle strategies adopted by the officers, seizure of German trenches, treatment of prisoners and the devastation caused by the bombardment. Also included are 2 ts transcriptions of undated letters written to his mother relating family and private matters.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-10-20 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Currie, G H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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