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Object description
Ts transcription (199pp) of his interesting diary, August 1914 - February 1916, recording his service as Adjutant and Company Commander, 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (8th Brigade, 3rd Division and 63rd Brigade, 21st Division) including mobilisation, the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau, and the subsequent retreat, August 1914; evacuation to England sick, August - October 1914; his experiences of trench warfare, October 1914 - December 1915, especially the Second Battle of Ypres, April - May 1915; hospitalisation from wounds, May - July 1915; attendance at Courts Martial; relations with the Staff; and his poor opinion of 21st Division, November 1915; and mentioning General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, Major General Sir C P A Hull, Field Marshal Lord Allenby, Field Marshal Lord Plumer, and Second Lieutenant R P Hallowes VC. Also a summary (4pp) of his service in 11th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (36th Brigade, 12th Division), May 1916 - March 1918; 36th Brigade, March - April 1918; and 5th Reserve Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, England, April 1918 - August 1919; items (12pp) relating to the Battles of Arras and Cambrai (1917), March 1917 - October 1944; extract from the war diary of Captain G Chipperfield, Intelligence Officer, 11th Middlesex, November - December 1917; and photographs (5pp) of the 4th and 11th Middlesex, 1914-1917.
Content description
Ts transcription (199pp) of his interesting diary, August 1914 - February 1916, recording his service as Adjutant and Company Commander, 4th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (8th Brigade, 3rd Division and 63rd Brigade, 21st Division) including mobilisation, the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau, and the subsequent retreat, August 1914; evacuation to England sick, August - October 1914; his experiences of trench warfare, October 1914 - December 1915, especially the Second Battle of Ypres, April - May 1915; hospitalisation from wounds, May - July 1915; attendance at Courts Martial; relations with the Staff; and his poor opinion of 21st Division, November 1915; and mentioning General Sir Horace Smith-Dorrien, Major General Sir C P A Hull, Field Marshal Lord Allenby, Field Marshal Lord Plumer, and Second Lieutenant R P Hallowes VC. Also a summary (4pp) of his service in 11th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (36th Brigade, 12th Division), May 1916 - March 1918; 36th Brigade, March - April 1918; and 5th Reserve Battalion Bedfordshire Regiment, England, April 1918 - August 1919; items (12pp) relating to the Battles of Arras and Cambrai (1917), March 1917 - October 1944; extract from the war diary of Captain G Chipperfield, Intelligence Officer, 11th Middlesex, November - December 1917; and photographs (5pp) of the 4th and 11th Middlesex, 1914-1917.
History note
Cataloguer SNR
History note
Catalogue date 1989-08