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Description: | Incomplete photocopied ms diary (69pp) kept during his time with the 7th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment (110th Brigade, 37th Division) on the Western Front during the First World War with description of German bombardments, Passchendaele both during and after the battle and the 6 months his battalion stayed in Ypres to aid in rebuilding defences and communication lines with the Royal Engineers. Also included in the collection are photographs of his battalion, photographs at the Front following Ypres, hand drawn maps of the areas he fought in and a newspaper article recounting the last days of the war.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-12-19 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Tracey, F C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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