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Description: | Ms memoir (71pp) written in 1916 of his service as a sergeant with 1st Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment (15th Brigade, 5th Division), August 1914 - June 1916, in which he describes his experiences during the Battle of Mons and Le Cateau, August 1914; the First Battle of Ypres, November 1914, the Capture of Hill 60 and the Second Battle of Ypres, April - May 1915, and in the Somme Sector August - June 1916, during which his battalion suffered in the harsh winter conditions and he was eventually seriously wounded during a bombing raid on the German trenches.
Cataloguer PJT
Catalogue date 1985-11 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 15th Brigade 1st Battalion 5th Division British Army First Battle of Ypres Western Front First World War Bedfordshire Regiment German Invasion 1914 Second Battle of Ypres Battle of Mons 1914 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Spencer, H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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