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Description: | Photocopy of an ms autobiographical account (26pp) relating to his career as an Army dentist (1914 - 1952), detailing his service during the First World War in charge of a field ambulance on the Western Front and in Italy, his promotion to Brigadier and involvement in the Somme offensive, the Third Battle of Ypres and the concluding offensive in Italy, his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel in 1917, his posting in 1935 as Assistant Director of Medical Services, 48th Division and as Consulting Dental Surgeon to the Army at Home, 1944 - 1952; together with an ms diary (96pp) covering his period as ADMS, 48th Division in the United Kingdom (October 1941 - April 1943) recording routine events such as office work and staff members; and miscellaneous papers from 1941 - 1948 including letters and memoranda concerning 48th Division personnel, his promotions and the institution of the Broderick prize.
Cataloguer JSK
Catalogue date 2002-05-17 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | British Army 48th Division | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Broderick, R A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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