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Description: | Ms. fragment (pp.19 - 34 only) of an undated but vivid account by a Company Sergeant Major (CSM) in the 1/5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (51st Division) describing his experiences during their operations in the Bois de Courton during the 2nd Battle of the Marne in late July 1918, together with a very touching ms. 'farewell' letter (2pp) that he wrote to his wife immediately prior to these operations, a 7th Division Christmas card for 1917 and a Christmas 1917 menu and concert programme given by two Auxiliary Omnibus Companies Army Service Corps (ASC) in France. The farewell letter is reproduced in Annette Tapert's DESPATCHES FROM THE HEART (Hamish Hamilton, 1984).
Cataloguer RWAS
Catalogue date 1985-05-10 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 51st (Highland) Infantry Division 1/5th Battalion British Army Seaforth Highlanders | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Milne, J B | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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