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Description: | Ms diary (5 volumes circa 428pp) of his service as an experienced Major with the 7th Infantry Brigade (3rd Division) between 1 August 1914 and 20 December 1918, describing his duties as a Railhead Supply Officer and in particular his role in requisitioning and then dispatching vital rations and equipment to British troops on the Western Front, highlighting the transportation and communication difficulties he had to contend with as well as making sparse references to his billets, the unsettling sound of artillery, the sight of dead bodies on the battlefield as well as how he spent his leave with his family in England, whilst providing a very thorough commentary on the military operations and fighting taking place throughout France, also noting how he gave lectures at the School of Instruction near Boulogne (25 July and 1 September 1915) before accepting a staff appointment at his Divisional Head Quarters in France (7 September 1915) and finally his journey to Italy in November 1917 and his subsequent very varied daily routine which mainly involved visiting different units on the Front Line; accompanied by two ms official war diaries (98pp) (dated 1 August 1914 - 24 July 1915 and 25 February - 1 September 1916) recording the movements and activities of his Division; also with a variety of other documents all giving a further insight into the nature of his military service during the First World War.
Cataloguer CLS
Catalogue date 2007-12-20 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Falkener, E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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