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Description: | Microfilm copy of ms pocket diaries for January 1916 - April 1918, containing brief daily entries covering his service on the Western Front as adjutant of the 1st Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (6th Division) in January 1916 when he was wounded, as second-in-command of the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment (4th Division) in June and July 1916 and as Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment (4th Division) from August 1916 until his death in action in April 1918, including references to his battalions' operations during the Battle of the Somme (July and October 1916), the Battle of Arras (April - May 1917), at Broodseinde during the 3rd Battle of Ypres (October 1917) and during the German offensive (March - April 1918), while there is also an allusion to an attempt at fraternisation by the Germans in the Arras sector on New Years Day 1918.
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Catalogue date 1981-05-10 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Armitage, F A W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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