Private Papers of S T Fuller

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Description

Object description

Ms diary/memoir (372pp) of his army service, 1 September 1914 - 22 February 1919, beginning with his enlistment and training in the 8th (Service) Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (54th Brigade, 18th Division), September 1914 - July 1915, then service in France as a signaller in the Somme sector, July 1915 - March 1917 including the Battle of the Somme, and the Battle of Bullecourt, May 1917; in the Ypres Salient, July - November 1917, including the 3rd Battle of Ypres, after which he transferred to 7th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment (35th Brigade, 12th Division), February - May 1918, and faced the German advance near Bullecourt, finally transferring again to 35th Brigade HQ Signals (although officially attached to 1/1st Cambridgeshire Regiment), May 1918 - January 1919, where he was gassed, and took part in the Allied advance before greeting the news of the Armistice and being demobilised while on leave in February 1919.

Content description

History note

Cataloguer PJT

History note

Catalogue date 1986-05

Object Details

Category: Private papers
Related period: First World War (content)
Creator: Fuller, Sydney Thomas
Dimensions: Box: Weight 0.7 kg
Catalogue number: Documents.2607

Object associations

Associated people and organisations

Fuller, Sydney Thomas
Fuller, Sydney Thomas
British Army, Suffolk Regiment, 8th Battalion
British Army, Suffolk Regiment, 7th (Service) Battalion
British Army, Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1/1st Battalion
Associated events

Battle of Bullecourt 1917, Allied Offensives 1917, Western Front, First World War
Battles of the Somme 1916, Allied Offensive, Western Front, First World War
Associated places

Bullecourt, Pas-de-Calais, France
Ypres Salient, West Flanders, Belgium
Associated subjects

Original documents
Private Papers

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Private Papers of S T Fuller

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History note

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