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Description: | Ms diary, covering the period March - July 1916, written while serving as a Private in the 20th Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers (19th Brigade, 33rd Division) listing his movements from arrival in France (March 1916) and giving very brief details of his activities in the trenches, especially during the Battle of the Somme, and notes on the organisation of a bombing party and the operation of a Lewis gun; together with 11 picture postcards of Béthune, a copy of a German newspaper, LILLER KRIEGSZEITUNG for 22 May 1916 and a photograph of him lying wounded in hospital. The diary, postcards and newspaper are chiefly remarkable for the damage in caused in them by a passing bullet.
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Catalogue date 1987-03-02 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 20th (Service) Battalion (3rd Public Schools) London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers) 33rd Division British Army 19th Brigade | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Shield, F J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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