Description
Object description
41 well-written and informative ms and ts letters to his family covering his service on the Western Front in the 96th Field Company Royal Engineers (RE) (20th Division) between July 1915 and April 1918 (he commanded the unit from November 1915) and as CRE (Commander Royal Engineers), 30th Division from September to December 1918; various letters from his senior officers concerning his service and suitability for promotion, December 1914 - January 1919; his service records and official papers relating to his awards and decorations; an album of photographs and presscuttings of the unveiling of the 20th Division memorial at Langemarck, Belgium in 1927; and various ms and ts appreciations of his life and printed obituary notices, 1940. His letters include good descriptions of the 20th Division's capture of Guillemont on the Somme in September 1916 and of their operations during the Battle of Cambrai and the German spring 1918 offensive, while there are several references to the resilience of French civilians in the war zone.
Content description
41 well-written and informative ms and ts letters to his family covering his service on the Western Front in the 96th Field Company Royal Engineers (RE) (20th Division) between July 1915 and April 1918 (he commanded the unit from November 1915) and as CRE (Commander Royal Engineers), 30th Division from September to December 1918; various letters from his senior officers concerning his service and suitability for promotion, December 1914 - January 1919; his service records and official papers relating to his awards and decorations; an album of photographs and presscuttings of the unveiling of the 20th Division memorial at Langemarck, Belgium in 1927; and various ms and ts appreciations of his life and printed obituary notices, 1940. His letters include good descriptions of the 20th Division's capture of Guillemont on the Somme in September 1916 and of their operations during the Battle of Cambrai and the German spring 1918 offensive, while there are several references to the resilience of French civilians in the war zone.
History note
Cataloguer RWAS
History note
Catalogue date 1981-09