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Description: | 74 ms letters (281pp), January 1918 - June 1921, written by him to Janet, his future wife, whilst serving as an NCO with the 63rd Brigade Royal Field Artillery (12th Division) on the Western Front and after demobilisation, mentioning shelling by the German forces, rumours of conscription for women in Britain, the death of his brother from gas poisoning, the final push against the Germans leading to the Armistice, attending classes to reintroduce him to civilian life and vetting by censors restricting the information included in letters; together with an ms letter (5pp), 6 September 1934, to him from his wife; five ms letters (10pp), 1907 - 1914, to his wife from her uncle; an ms letter (2pp), 11 August 1915, to his wife from her cousin; an ms letter (3pp), 23 December 1915, from Mrs Porter; an ms letter (4pp), October 1916, to his wife from "Tommy" and an ms letter (2pp), 22 May 1917, to his mother-in-law from her brother; one telegram; 27 field service postcards and nine photographs of military personnel including him with members of his battery. The collection also includes four birth certificates; two death certificates; papers relating to the reservation of burial plots in cemeteries in Streatham and St Albans; a membership card for the 6th London Brigade RFA Old Boys, with five invitations to reunion dinners; two driving licences and two ts poems (3pp) entitled "The Kaiser's Dream" and "Codford".
Cataloguer JHK
Catalogue date 2007-09-14 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Nott, A H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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