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Description: | Copy of a ts letter (5pp - page 1 is incomplete) from Private H E Martin to his family. In this letter, Herbert Martin, a private in 621 Company MTASC, describes in considerable detail his experiences after the troopship TRANSYLVANIA was torpedoed in the Gulf of Genoa on 4 May 1917. He appears to have acted in a very composed manner throughout, swimming to a partly submerged lifeboat and helping to keep up the spirits of its other occupants during the five hours which passed before they were picked up by a ship, nd circa May 1917. Together with a Soldier's Pay Book for use on Active Service of Private H E Martin, September 1916 - April 1918.
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Catalogue date 1978-11-20 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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