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Description: | Two ms letters (3pp), with ts transcriptions (2pp), written to his brother during military service as a Private with the 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment (32nd Brigade, 11th Division) on the Western Front, July – August 1917, describing his transfer to his unit and their journey to an unknown location, his duties, being held under enemy fire, the weather, and the condition of the trenches. West was killed in action on 26 August 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres.
Cataloguer APR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 6th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment British Army 11th Division 32nd Brigade | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | West, Wallace | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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