Private Papers of Major A Anderson

Well written ms account (95pp) of his service as a private with the 2/9th Battalion Royal Scots training and on guard duty in Edinburgh, Falkirk, Dundee (Seaplane Station at Broughty Ferry, Tay Bridge and the docks) and Selkirk (October 1914 - April 1916) and then on active service with the 1/9th Battalion Royal Scots (154th Brigade, 51st (Highland) Division) in France at Vimy Ridge (April - July 1916) and Beaumont Hamel/High Wood on the Somme (8 - 25 July 1916), containing outstanding descriptions, particularly of his first and later experiences of life under fire and in the trenches, of trench raids, of the German attack on Vimy Ridge (21 May 1916) and of various aspects of civilian and military life near the front line. Together with a notebook containing ts notes and excellent hand drawn technical illustrations (117pp) made during Artillery and other Army instruction courses, 1917 - 1919, and a folder of certificates and official papers relating to his military service in both world wars.

Catalogue date 1985-05

Cataloguer PHR