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Description: | Ts transcriptions of his well-written diaries (196pp), 7 November 1915 - 1 July 1916, recording his service as the Officer Commanding 'A' Company, 22nd Battalion The Manchester Regiment, 91st Brigade, 30th Division and 7th Division, France, including: the movement to France, November 1915; attachment to the 1st Battalion The East Lancashire Regiment, 11th Brigade, 4th Division, November - December 1915; training and transferring from 30th to 7th Division, December 1915; moving to the Fricourt sector on the Somme front, January - February 1916; manning the front line, March - May 1916; a battalion raid on the German line; training and preparing for the Somme offensive, June 1916; his feelings before the attack, 1 July 1916; his comments on the Regular Army, the New Armies and the Staff; the camaraderie, sporting activities and social life of his battalion; life in the trenches; Courts Martial; the British bombardment prior to the Somme; and mentioning briefly General Sir Charles Bonham-Carter; Brigadier E F (later Viscount) Dillon; Major General J R Minshull-Ford; and Lieutenant General Sir Herbert Watts. Together with a photocopy (3pp, with ts transcription) of an ms letter from Captain's May's batman Arthur Bunting informing his wife of May's death in action, and an original ms letter (3pp, 11 July 1916) from May's widow acknowledging the letter of condolence from Bunting.
Cataloguer SNR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 22nd (7th City) Battalion ('Manchester Pals') British Army 7th Division 91st Brigade 30th Division Manchester Regiment | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | May, Charles C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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