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Description: | 70 well-written ms letters (238pp) written to his family in Bournemouth while serving as an NCO with the 2nd/9th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in the UK, November 1914 - August 1917, and the 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment (122nd Brigade, 41st Division) on the Western Front, August - September 1917, including: service with the 2nd/9th (Cyclists) Battalion TF at camps in Torcross, Devon; Mawnan, near Falmouth; Dorchester; Bognor; Bridport; Chichester and Gosport, November 1914 - August 1917; the voyage to France with a draft and training for the trenches at the 3rd IBD, August 1917; training and active service with the 15th (Service) Battalion during the Third Battle of Ypres, August - September 1917, when he died of his wounds; and commenting on Army life, the poor conditions and food; the attitudes of New Army volunteers; his duties as a bugler; battalion sports; German spies in the UK; German air raids on the UK; and his wish to do his bit and then return home. Also included are two photographs of him in uniform and an ms letter (1p) from the Chaplain of the 17th CCS, 21 September 1917, informing his mother of his death and burial near Poperinghe.
Cataloguer SNR
Catalogue date 2000-01-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Thorpe, T | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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