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Description: | Good ms letter (7pp) written to his niece whilst serving as a Sergeant in the 16th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (15th Brigade, 5th Division) on the Arras sector of the Western Front in June 1916 humorously describing the conditions of life and routine in the trenches including shelling, dug-outs, rats and lice and going into rest behind the line. [He was later killed during the Third Battle of Gaza in November 1917 whilst serving as a subaltern attached to the 1st/4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment.]
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Catalogue date 1991-12-27 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | NCO 5th Division 54th Division Third Battle of Gaza 1917 Norfolk Regiment 16th Battalion 1st/4th Battalion Western Front Egypt and Palestine 1915-1918 15th Brigade Ottoman Empire British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment Battles of Gaza 163rd Brigade First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Collier, J T | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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