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Description: | Two ms diaries, December 1916 - April 1917, amd December 1917 - June 1918. of his service as an NCO with 12th (Service) Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment (116th Brigade, 39th Division), December 1916 - February 1918, and 8th (Service) Battalion, Royal Sussex regiment (54th Brigade, 18th Division) February - June 1918, on the Western Front, particularly the Ypres Salient January 1917 and December 1917 - January 1918, on the Somme, January 1918, and spells in hospital January - March 1917, February 1918, and later May - July 1918, in which he describes the pioneer work his battalion undertakes, life in the trenches, and their retreat before the German March Offensive.
Cataloguer PJT
Catalogue date 1987-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 54th Brigade 116th Brigade 39th Division 12th (Service) Battalion 8th (Service) Battalion British Army Royal Sussex Regiment 18th Division | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Harris, C P | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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