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Description: | Ts transcription of a vivid letter (6pp) written to his brother Tom, 29 September 1915, in which Panton, a private in the 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders (44th Brigade, 15th Division), describes his experiences during the Battle of Loos in which his Battalion was reduced to 200 men, "... but by God's good grace I am still alive to remember it." Of particular interest are his references to the shooting of German prisoners and the lack of determination shown by various English regiments, while he concludes that "it was our Brigade that took Loos and Hill 70 and our Division which held it. All Scotch and proud of it."
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Catalogue date 1971-11-23 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 44th Brigade British Army 7th Battalion Cameron Highlanders 15th Division | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Panton, H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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