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Description: | Officer's record of service book kept during his service with the 5th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1901 - 1919, together with an ms letter (2pp) written to his wife while serving with the 10th Division, Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 26 July 1915; an ms letter (2pp) written to his wife shortly after leaving Lemnos, describing how he has now been on the ship for 3 weeks and complaining of the overcrowded conditions and poor food, 31 July 1915; part of an ms letter (2pp) to his wife written from Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, giving some account of conditions there and describing Turkish shells exploding on the beach and the heavy casualties sustained by his Battalion, 19 August 1915; an "Active Service Testament 1914 - 1915", containing notes in the back which indicate that the Major reached Sulva Bay on 7 August 1915 and went to serve in France in January 1917; and a Book of Common Prayer.
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Catalogue date 1977-03 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Armstrong, J A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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