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Description: | Collection of ms letters written by him and his two elder brothers, F J Smith and W T Smith (1914 - 1919) during their active service in Salonika and France, to their mother and sister in London: consisting of 247 letters (637pp) from Harry (November 1914 - March 1919) covering his service as a despatch rider with 9th Battalion London Regiment (3rd London Infantry Brigade) in France (November 1914 - March 1915), and as a mounted signaller with 28th Divisional Signal Company, RE in France (March - October 1915), Salonika (November 1915 - November 1918) and Chanak, Turkey (November 1918 - March 1919), with good details of his training as a mounted signaller, his duties and conditions on the Western Front, his journey to Salonika and active service during the Allied advance (September - October 1918), and notes on entertainment, conscripts and demobilisation; 64 letters (154pp) from Francis (November 1915 - February 1919) covering his service as a driver with 15th Squadron RFC in France with notes on his driving duties, troop conditions on the Western Front, his arrangements for his motherless children, and demobilisation; and 64 letters (136pp) from William (November 1915 - December 1918) covering his service as a driver, also with 15th Squadron RFC, in France (November 1915 - December 1916), his hospitalisation in the UK folowing an accident (December 1916 - c.March 1917) and his posting as a driver for 37th Home Defence Squadron RFC (August 1917 - December 1918) in Essex, with good details of his experiences driving lorries close to the Front in France, air raids on the aerodrome, entertainment, and his duties as chauffeur to officers in Essex. Also with the collection are ms letters (28pp) to the Smith family (August 1914 - January 1919) from friends, family and employers referring to their war service, and a photograph album (12pp) kept by Harry covering his service in Salonika.
Cataloguer PJB
Catalogue date 2006-07 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Smith, H A | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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