Private Papers of J B Middlebrook

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Object description

170 ms letters written by a theological student and future Baptist minister to his family during his service as a Rifleman and Lance Corporal in the King's Royal Rifle Corps, November 1915 - June 1917, briefly with the 18th Battalion (122nd Brigade, 41st Division) at Gidea Park, Essex (November 1915), then the 23rd (Reserve) Battalion at Andover (November 1915 - January 1916) and Banbury (January - March 1916), before returning to the 18th Battalion at Aldershot (March - April 1916), moving with them to the Ypres sector of the Western Front near Ploegsteert Wood (May - July 1916) before being badly wounded and evacuated to England where, after his left arm had been amputated, he was cared for in hospitals and convalescent homes in Northampton, Dallington, Roehampton and the Pavilion Hospital, Brighton (August 1916 - June 1917) until his eventual discharge, with useful details of conditions during his early training, poor billets, his perceptions of Army life and thoughts on war and spirituality, conditions in the trenches, and his experiences as an amputee, with much evidence too of his deep love for his family (including his future wife) and strong religious convictions, together with a photocopy of a ts transcription of his letters, a key to the people mentioned in them and various versions of an autobiographical memoir (210pp), and copies of photographs of Middlebrook, including in hospital blues with a fellow amputee.

Content description

History note

Cataloguer AC

History note

Catalogue date 1998-01

Object Details

Category: Private papers
Related period: First World War (content)
Creator: Middlebrook, J B
Dimensions: whole: 3 Conservation Volumes
Catalogue number: Documents.7822

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British Army, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 18th (Service) Battalion (Arts & Crafts)
British Army, 122nd Brigade
British Army, 41st Division
British Army, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 23rd (Reserve) Battalion
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Private Papers of J B Middlebrook

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