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Description: | Lively and provocative ts transcript (275pp) of diary entries, letters to friends and occasional, but lengthy, musings on military matters covering his service as medical officer to the 3rd Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in East Anglia in 1914 and to the Meerut Divisional Train in France (February - July 1915), as pathologist at No 1 General Hospital, Etretat (July 1915 - January 1916) and then in command of No 7 Mobile (Bacteriological) Laboratory at St Omer (January 1916 - August 1917), Etaples (August - November 1917) and in Italy (November 1917 - November 1918). The documents include interesting views on the composition and mentality of the British Army, and in particular of the higher echelons of the RAMC administration, with their lack of sympathy for research and their passion for bureaucracy, while there are also comments on the unrest among British troops in France in 1917 (pp 178 - 185) and the chaotic state of the Army medical services in Italy.
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Catalogue date 1975-11-05 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Dible, J H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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