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Description: | Photocopy of an ms journal (106pp) recording his service as a Private with the 1/6th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment (144th Brigade, 48th Division) in the United Kingdom, August 1914 - March 1915, and on the Western Front, March 1915 - ca March 1916, before transferring to the 20th Battalion Rifle Brigade for garrison duty in Egypt, January 1917 - January 1919, describing vividly his first experiences of being in the front line and firing his first shot at a German, involvement in the 2nd Battle of Ypres, and the sinking of the HMT IVERNIA (1 January 1917) in which he was sailing to Egypt.
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Catalogue date 2000-12-15 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Evans, M R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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