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Description: | Ts memoir (11pp) of service as an NCO with the 1/5th Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) (56th Division) 1914 - 1916, written in 1981. Describing his enlistment in December 1914 and training, the narrative also records service in France from June 1915 onwards. Trench conditions at St Eloi in December 1915 are recorded, also a good account of the attack on Gommecourt on 1 July 1916, and a truce the following day to collect wounded. Further service on the Somme is also chronicled, including the first tank attack at Flers on 15 September, a night patrol, and his subsequent wounding in October 1916. Invalided to the UK he was later discharged as unfit. There are also brief accounts by two other survivors of the 1 July 1916 attacks.
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Catalogue date 1981-10-06 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade) British Army 1/5th (City of London) Battalion 56th Division | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Schuman, A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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