Private Papers of T A Silver

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Photocopied ms account (30pp) of his service in the Royal Navy before being dishonourably discharged and enlisting with the East Surrey Regiment in June 1914, serving on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion (14th Brigade, 5th Division), November 1914 - November 1915, the 1st Battalion Border Regiment (87th Brigade, 29th Division), March 1916 - March 1917, and the 11th Battalion Border Regiment (97th Brigade, 32nd Division), April 1917 - November 1918, in which he faced a court martial for refusing to obey a superior officer and was given field punishment.

History note

Cataloguer EJH

History note

Catalogue date 1974-07

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Private papers

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Silver, T A

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File: Weight 1 kg

Box: Weight 5 kg

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Documents.7715

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