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Description: | Photocopy (137pp) and ts transcription (36pp) of the diary that he kept from 27 May 1918 - 19 February 1919 during his military service with the American forces (Reserve Officer Training Corps) covering his journey from Camp Dix to Philadelphia and onwards to Halifax where his ship, the MESABA, joined a convoy to cross the Atlantic, his arrival in France in June 1918 two days after reaching the United Kingdom and his tours of duty on ration and ammunition trains (including the 303rd Supply Train, 78th Division) and attendance on a course at the Motor Transport School, Dezize, with details of his reactions to being shelled and to seeing American war dead and references to his social activities, including visits to Paris and the celebration of Thanksgiving. Together with a copy of a published biography of Roche (448pp) written by his daughter, entitled 'Call Me Maurice: The life and times of Lord Fermoy, 1885 - 1955' (ELSP, 2008).
Cataloguer AC | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Roche, E Maurice Burke | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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