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Description: | Collection of letters written to her by both F L McKie and Lieutenant Lee Lewis during the First World War; from McKie there are 14 ms letters (36pp) and 2 postcards written between 8 December 1916 and 18 November 1919 during his service with an unidentified New Zealand Regiment in Palestine, describing personal matters, but with mention of an injury sustained while playing football, his subsequent stay in hospital, the varied and often complacent reactions in Palestine after the Armistice and the death of mutual friend C L Hooper; from Lieutenant Lewis there are 27 ms letters (63pp) and 13 postcards written between 27 April 1915 and 12 July 1917 during his service with the 3/10th Battalion The Buffs (2nd Middlesex Brigade, 2nd Home Counties Division, then from 23 June 1917 South African Brigade, 9th Division), describing personal matters, but with mention of his training in the UK, deployment to Egypt, wounding and subsequent stay in hospital. Also included in the collection is her autograph album.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2007-01-25 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Sibthorp, E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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