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Description: | Ts transcription of 36 letters (42pp) relating his service with the 1st (Cheshire) Field Company Royal Engineers (3rd Division), November 1914 - April 1915, providing good descriptions of the dangerous and harsh conditions he faced in the muddy water-lodged trenches of the Western Front, detailing the strenuous duties such as constructing and repairing trenches he carried out and how he grew accustomed to the persistent noise of shell fire and aeroplanes overhead; also including a number of touching letters of condolence, sent to his family, revealing how he died of his wounds after being shot in the thigh on 24 April 1915 as well as an obituary that appeared in the Journal of Commerce, with photocopies of photographs showing him in uniform as well as various family photographs.
Cataloguer CLS
Catalogue date 2007-11-27 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | MacIver, A T S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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