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Description: | Ms letter (3pp) written to his family on 17 April 1917 detailing his experience at the Battle of Arras while serving with the 7th Battalion East Surrey Regiment (37th Brigade, 12th Division), with particular mention of his recommendation for a VC for his platoon sergeant Cator, who, with a seized Lewis gun, single handedly captured a German trench and killed an entire machine gun squad and its officers. Also included are papers relating to his MC, a 'Journal of Prisoners of War in Germany' from his time as a POW as Bad Colberg camp, an album with 13 sketches of the camp done by him, and a photograph album with 43 photos depicting his fellow POWs at the camp.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-07-26 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Warburton, P | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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