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Description: | Ms diary (34pp), and photocopy of ms. transcript (11pp), covering the period December 1916 - December 1917, written while serving as a Corporal in 8th Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment (16th Brigade, 6th Division), describing, in very brief entries, his time on the Western Front, mostly around Béthune, (until 22 June 1917) and, in greater detail, his capture by, and time as a Prisoner of War of the Germans, at various locations in France and Germany (from 22 June 1917) mentioning his living conditions, food, daily routine and interesting comments and views on the different nationalities (French, German and Russian) with whom he came into contact in captivity.
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Catalogue date 1987-03-02 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 8th Battalion British Army 16th Brigade Bedfordshire Regiment 6th Division | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Grant, L F | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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