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Description: | 7 interesting ms diaries, August 1914 - December 1918, written while serving as a Private in 1/2nd Battalion (until January 1918) and a 2nd Lieutenant in 6th (until June 1918) and 23rd Battalions The London Regiment (1st London Brigade, 1st London Division from August 1914; 17th Brigade, 6th Division from February 1915; 24th Division from October 1915; 169th Brigade, 56th Division from February 1916; 174th Brigade, 58th Division from January 1918 and 142nd Brigade, 47th Division from June 1918) describing his call up and move to camp on the outbreak of war, the voyage to, and training in, Malta (September - December 1914), training in France (January - February 1915), life, conditions and action in the line at Armentieres (February - June 1915), Ypres (June and October 1915 - February 1916), and on the Somme (May - July 1916 and June - August 1918), including preparation for, and the first day of, the Battle of the Somme, home evacuation because of wounds (June - October 1915 and July - August 1916), home depot duties (August 1916 - September 1917) when he spent much time malingering, 21st Officer Battalion, Crookham (September 1917 - January 1918) and his time as a prisoner of war at Rastatt and Pilau (August - December 1918); together with other documents relating to his military service.
Cataloguer NLY
Catalogue date 1986-10-07 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Clements, William Hazel Thompson | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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