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Description: | Privately printed diary (73pp) kept between 17 August and 8 November 1914 during his service as an officer with the 34th Brigade RFA (2nd Division) on the Western Front during the First World War, providing good description of the war early on including the ongoing belief it would be over soon, the reality of death and war, the battles at Moussy, the Aisne and Braye-en-Laonnois, his experiences sapping at the Front and the difficulties in obtaining horses. Also included is a photocopied photograph showing him and members of his family.
Cataloguer KAW
Catalogue date 2006-11-29 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Le Breton, Francis Henry | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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