|
Date: |
|
Description: | 2 ms letters (5pp) written by Field Marshal Lord Slim to a Private Harry Dunkley, the first (June 1915) thanking him for saving his life while both were serving with the 9th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (39th Brigade, 13th Division) and the second offering advice to Dunkley’s son about a career in the Army (July 1945); also included is Dunkley’s discharge certificate attesting him to be unfit for war service because of an injury to his left arm; and a panoramic photo of the 52nd Light Infantry taken in June 1945.
Cataloguer BEK | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 9th Battalion 13th Division Royal Warwickshire Regiment British Army 39th Brigade | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Slim, William Joseph | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
|
|