Description
Object description
480 ms letters, August 1914 - February 1919, written to his wife, Kitty, while serving as a captain in the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (34th Brigade, 11th Division) describing mainly personal matters but also his enlistment, training in England (August 1914 - May 1915); voyage to, and life on Lemnos and Imbros and the landings at Suvla Bay and the attack on Chocolate hill, when he was slightly wounded (July - August 1915); voyage (via Lemnos) to, and life and conditions in, Egypt, where he was hospitalised with paratyphoid (January-June 1916); life and conditions in France and on the Western Front (July - September 1916) and life in France, Belgium and Germany with the Highland Light Infantry as a staff officer at HQ 101st Brigade, when he mentions the Allied advance (July 1918 - February 1919); together with two telegrams (30 September 1916 and 26 July 1918) and a photocopy of part of a ts memoir (12pp) giving a summary of his military career. A selected edition of the letters has been prepared by Christopher Carlisle and published under the title MY OWN DARLING (Carlisle Books, 1989).
Content description
480 ms letters, August 1914 - February 1919, written to his wife, Kitty, while serving as a captain in the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (34th Brigade, 11th Division) describing mainly personal matters but also his enlistment, training in England (August 1914 - May 1915); voyage to, and life on Lemnos and Imbros and the landings at Suvla Bay and the attack on Chocolate hill, when he was slightly wounded (July - August 1915); voyage (via Lemnos) to, and life and conditions in, Egypt, where he was hospitalised with paratyphoid (January-June 1916); life and conditions in France and on the Western Front (July - September 1916) and life in France, Belgium and Germany with the Highland Light Infantry as a staff officer at HQ 101st Brigade, when he mentions the Allied advance (July 1918 - February 1919); together with two telegrams (30 September 1916 and 26 July 1918) and a photocopy of part of a ts memoir (12pp) giving a summary of his military career. A selected edition of the letters has been prepared by Christopher Carlisle and published under the title MY OWN DARLING (Carlisle Books, 1989).
History note
Cataloguer NLY
History note
Catalogue date 1987-04-28