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Description: | Wordprocessed ts transcription (14pp) of a diary kept during his service as a Lieutenant with the ASC at Gallipoli, serving as Transport Officer to the Lovat's Scouts (Highland Mounted Brigade, 2nd Mounted Division), September 1915 - December 1915, describing his voyage out in the transport ANDANIA to Lemnos via Malta and Alexandria, the landing at Gallipoli (26 September) and their base at C Beach, the constant shelling and harsh living conditions on the Peninsula, overseeing basic duties including trench construction and supply, his evacuation to hospital in Malta suffering from jaundice (late October) and with final rough entries describing his journey back to the United Kingdom and recuperation (January - June 1916). Together with a wordprocessed ts transcription (11pp) of a diary kept by his wife Philippa, December 1915 - February 1916, describing her journey to Malta to visit her sick husband, visiting Paris en route, her arrival in Valetta, sightseeing on the island and the progress of Geoffrey's recovery, and her voyage home ahead of her husband in February; with ts background notes (10pp) on Lord Lovat and the Lovat Scouts.
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Catalogue date 2007-04-12 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Drew, G | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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