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Description: | Photocopied ts transcriptions (23pp) of a series of letters written home to his parents while serving with the 1/6th Battalion East Lancashire Regiment (East Lancashire Brigade, East Lancashire Division) in Egypt, October 1914 - April 1915, referring to time spent in hospital, Christmas celebrations, guard duties, rioting by Australian troops in Cairo and a visit to see the trenches at Ismailia; together with photocopies (12pp) of papers relating to his death in action on 5 June 1915 at Gallipoli, including ts transcriptions of letters of condolence sent to his parents, June - August 1915, and letters from the IWGC and War Office.
Cataloguer APR
Catalogue date 2001-10-01 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Henfrey, H | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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