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Description: | Ms transcription (378pp) by his wife of his letters written during his service as an army chaplain (May 1917 - February 1920) covering his postings to Aldershot (May - July 1917), at the RFC camp, Ascot (July 1917 - January 1918), to 26th Stationary Hospital, Ismalia, Egypt (March - October 1918), to 20th Training Depot Station, RAF at Shaluffa (October - November 1918), to No.58 Squadron RAF (November - December 1918), to Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry (14th Brigade, 5th Cavalry Division), Aleppo (February - August 1919), and with 2nd Dragoon Guards (14th Brigade, 5th Cavalry Division) during the evacuation of British troops north of the Syria-Palestine border (October - November 1919), with good details of his duties, the conditions in which he was billeted, his fellow officers and padres, and entertainment and leisure activities, and including interesting notes on the trek from Aleppo to Jaffa during the evacuation and the following atmosphere of unrest.
Cataloguer PJB | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Army Chaplains | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Evans, F J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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