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Description: | Incomplete ms letter (6pp) dated February/March 1917 written during his training in the UK before serving as a gunner with the 275th Brigade Royal Field Artillery on the Western Front, with details of the camp itself as well as the small events that make up everyday life, including getting a bath, singing at the YMCA and receiving packages and letters. Also included are 3 photographs of his brigade in Brussels, 1917-1918. The collection also includes 9 postcards sent by Cpl RE Olley to his sister while in Germany between 1918 and 1919.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2007-01-10 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Gilbert, J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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