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Description: | Photocopied ts diary (20pp) kept between 19 June and 14 October 1915 while serving with the 8th Battalion Lancashire Regiment (112th Brigade, 37th Division) on the Western Front, with description of his unit's deployment in the area along the Yser Canal, including the incessant shelling and artillery bombardments, aeroplane 'duels' between the English and the Germans, accidents and problems in the trenches and the ongoing stalemate between the Germans, French and British armies. Also included are a ts copy of his obituary after his death on 10 April 1917 and 3 letters of condolence (3pp) sent to his widow
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2007-01-16 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Mellor, S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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