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Description: | Microfilm copy of an extensive series of ms letters written to his parents and sister during his service as a staff officer in the First World War, being involved in high level decision making on the conduct of the war and giving very interesting analyses of specific situations and general war progress, on a mission with Arthur Paget to Serbia and Russia (January - May 1915) describing their voyage in HMS HUSSAR, meetings with the King and Prime Minister of Greece, visits to the Russian Front and meeting Grand Duke Nicholas and praising the Serbian and Russian Armies; at GHQ MEF based at Gallipoli (June - December 1915) describing the huge scale of the operation, the appalling conditions for the troops on the Peninsula, a tour of inspection with General G P Dawnay, the recall of Sir Ian Hamilton and his replacement by Monro and the German submarine menace; at GHQ MEF in Egypt (January - May 1916) referring to the evacuation from Cape Helles, his fears for post-war England and German air raids on Port Said; in France based at 57th Division HQ (February 1917 - June 1917) and XV Corps HQ (April 1918) describing the Allied counter-attack of April 1918 and the strain he is under; and as part of the British Mission to the American Expeditionary Force in France (May - November 1918) describing his work as an advisor to American troops on the Western Front, his fondness for the Americans and future ideas on post-war politics.
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Catalogue date 2001-05-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Glyn (Lord) | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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