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Description: | Ts transcription (298pp) of his diary covering his service on the Western Front, September 1914 - October 1915, initially with the 1st Battalion, Irish Guards (4th (Guards) Brigade, 2nd Division), which he commanded from November 1914, and then in command of the 20th Brigade (7th Division) from August 1915 until his death in action on 24 October 1915, in which he describes his Battalion's part in the fighting on the Aisne, the First Battle of Ypres, the action at Cuinchy and the Battle of Festubert, and his command of the 20th Infantry Brigade during the Battle of Loos.
Cataloguer PJT
Catalogue date 1982-08 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Western Front Battle of the Aisne 1914 Battles of Ypres 1914 20th Brigade Battle of Festubert 1915 2nd Division 1st Battalion Action of Cuinchy 1915 British Army 7th Division 4th Guards Brigade Battle of Loos 1915 First World War Irish Guards German Invasion 1914 | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Trefusis, John Frederick | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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