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Description: | Photocopied ts transcription (6pp) of a letter written in October 1915 during his service as a Private with an unidentified infantry battalion, describing his involvement in the attack on the First Day of the Battle of Loos (25 September 1915) with particular reference to the gas assault, going 'over the top' and engaging in hand-to-hand combat in the German front line trenches, and witnessing the dead and wounded after the battle; together with an ms poem (3pp, 24 April 1916), with photocopied ts transcription (2pp), entitled 'A Night Working Party'.
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Catalogue date 2001-10-09 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Flexen, R S | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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