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Description: | 27 ms letters (41pp) and 2 postcards written by him to his mother in Manchester (January - June 1915) during his service with 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment (7th Infantry Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division), covering his initial service with 4th Battalion Manchester Regiment (January 1915) on guard duty at the docks at Immingham, Lincolnshire, his arrival in Rouen (May 1915) and the last letter written fron the trenches the day before his death, noting the rough time he was having in the firing line and his 'luck' at still being alive (June 1915); together with the ms note left by him for his mother on the day that he joined up, 2 ms letters (3pp) to him from his family (April - July 1916), and official correspondence (8pp) from the War Office relating to his death and the settling of his estate and pay (June 1915 - March 1916), including a patriotic testimonial from his schoolteacher.
Cataloguer PJB | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Army South Lancashire Regiment Manchester Regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Middleton, F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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