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Description: | Ts transcription of his diary (14pp) kept between 17 March 1915 and 22 February 1916 during his service with the 1/8th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment (Post Office Rifles) (2nd London Brigade, 1st London Division) on the Western Front near Bethune, containing primarily anecdotal details of life in camp; there is also mention of trench digging, daily drills, parades, and inspections and the difficult weather conditions in the trenches. Also included are 4 copied photographs, 2 of him and 2 of soldiers in Crowborough Camp in Sussex where he trained in 1914 and 2 photocopied maps showing the areas mentioned in the diary.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-08-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Selley, P M | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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