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Description: | Photocopy (6pp) of an ms account, written in 1977, describing his enlistment into an unknown regiment and service as a Private in the trenches of the Western Front, his transfer to the 14th Battalion Tank Corps and training at Bovington, Dorset before returning to active service on the Western Front, involvement in the attack on Vimy Ridge (8 August 1918) during which every member of his crew was either killed or wounded, his award of the Military Medal, involvement in the Victory Parade in London in July 1919, his disillusionment with the army and demobilisation, and a family visit to the Tank Museum at Bovington in 1953 which encouraged him to reminisce about his wartime experiences. Together with a photocopy (1p) of a photograph of the Victory Parade, allegedly showing Buckmaster marching with his comrades.
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Catalogue date 2007-12-12 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Buckmaster, G A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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