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Description: | 16 ms letters (42pp) written to his parents between 28 July 1914 and 29 November 1917 while working first for the Anglo-South American Bank and then while serving with the 2nd Battalion The Royal West Kent Regiment (34th Brigade, 17th Indian Division) in the Middle East, containing primarily family matters, but with mention of the difficult times in Paris at the outbreak of the war and then of the tedious conditions he experienced in the desert. Also included is a photocopied history of the RWK regiment, memorial leaflets and burial information following his death in action on 28 October 1918, a photocopied service certificate and 5 photographs of him in both military and civilian dress.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-11-22 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Wilson, E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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