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Description: | Ts reminiscence (3pp) written in 1936 recounting his experience at the opening of the Battle of the Somme on 1 July 1916 while serving with the 1st Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (19th Brigade, 33rd Division), describing in a romanticised manner the thoughts of the soldiers involved beforehand, a brief account of the fighting, the massive casualties on both sides and the aftermath and repercussions of that first day of battle.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-07-18 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Corcoran, P J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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