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Description: | 87 ms letters written to his family while serving as a subaltern on the Western Front in the 2nd Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (5th Brigade, 2nd Division, then 100th Brigade, 33rd Division), May 1915 - June 1916, and the 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment (24th Brigade, 8th Division), January - July 1917, containing general comments on his service but frequent references to animals in the battle zone, together with 23 ms letters written by his brother, Captain R F Barton, of the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment (76th Brigade, 3rd Division), April 1916 - June 1917 when he was killed in action, and 15 other items relating to their service including a photocopy of a ts account (7pp) written by E C Barton about his experiences on 31 July 1917 during the opening day of the Third Battle of Ypres during which he was wounded in an attack on the Menin Road and describes how confused an attack could become even though enemy resistance was relatively light.
Cataloguer CH
Catalogue date 1979-03 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Barton, E C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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