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Description: | 92 ms letters written from France between September 1914 and August 1915 as Major and Commanding Officer of C Squadron, 2nd Dragons (Royal Scots Guard), covering the period from the end of the Battle of the Aisne, through service at Ypres (1914 - 1915), and frequently commenting on politicians and senior military commanders, also describing his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel of the 6th Battalion Wiltshire Regiment in December 1915, and Temporary Brigadier General of the 56th Brigade (19th Division) in November 1916, until he was fatally wounded by a shell in January 1917.
Cataloguer SJC
Catalogue date 2006-01-06 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Long, W | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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