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Description: | Microfilm copy of a ts memoir in 3 volumes (109pp, 94pp and 66pp), 1895 - 1923, covering his service with the 1/39th Garhwal Rifles, Indian Army in India and East Africa (1898 - 1913) and on the Western Front (20th Garhwal Brigade, 7th Meerut Division) (October 1914 - January 1915); as Brigade Major, 64th Infantry Brigade (21st Division) in the United Kingdom (February - August 1915) and on the Western Front (September 1915 - April 1916); as GSO2, 15th Division on the Western Front (May - October 1916); after recovering from tuberculosis, his service as GSO2, 73rd Division in the UK (October - December 1917); as GSO2, 69th Division in the UK (January - July 1918); as AQMG, Meerut Division in India (August 1918 - September 1920); and as CO of the 1/39th Garhwal Rifles (October 1920 - January 1921) and the 4/39th Garhwal Rifles (February 1921 - 1923); containing interesting references to BEF staff planning in the early months of the First World War and the achievements of the Indian Corps in France, and involvement in the Christmas Truce of 1914, the Battle of Loos (September 1915) and the final stages of the Battle of the Somme (September 1916). The microfilm also includes copies of 3 ms diaries kept during his service (1900 - 1903), his service records and certificates, issues of the ROYAL GARHWALI QUARTERLY (1933 - 1936), and a small number of letters written to him by family and colleagues.
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Catalogue date 2001-05-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Henderson, K | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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