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Description: | Ms diary (25pp, with word processed transcription, 45pp) written by him (April 1915 - January 1917) while serving with the Nottinghamshire (Sherwood Rangers) Yeomanry (7th Mounted Brigade, later XVI Corps), covering his embarkation from Avonmouth and passage to Alexandria via Malta (April 1915), journey from Egypt to the Dardanelles and landing at Suvla Bay (August 1915), his service in the trenches and move to Lemnos (November 1915), then Cairo (December 1915), Alexandria (January 1916), and Salonika (February 1916), his brief transfer to the Royal Engineers (May - October 1916), and return to the regiment at the front, with notes on his signalling duties at Alexandria and Cairo, his persistence in accompanying the regiment to the Dardanelles (August 1915), the action at Chocolate Hill (August 1915) and persistent shelling and sniping, details of rations and meals in the trenches, his signalling duties at Lemnos (November 1915) and establishment of a new signal troop and motor cycle section at Cairo (December 1915), poor weather conditions in Salonika (January - February 1916), his motorcycle duties (May - July 1916) and bombardments at Salonika, working on maps and plans (August - October 1916) and details of the action against the Bulgars; together with a copy of ms notes (5pp, written by a family member in 2003) concerning his war service, post war career, and the First World War experiences of other members of the family; 8 envelopes of Bruce Bairnsfather postcards (48 items); a photograph of Jackson in uniform (c.1915); and a photograph of him in the Home Guard, Richmond during the Second World War.
Cataloguer PJB
Catalogue date 2008-01-24 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Jackson, Winifred | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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