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171 well-written ms letters to his family covering: his service in France with the 1st Warwickshire Battery Royal Horse Artillery (RHA) (2nd Cavalry Division), November 1914 - March 1915; as a Battery Commander in the 27th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (RFA) (5th Division), March 1915 - May 1916, including at Hill 60 and the Second Battle of Ypres and with references to experiments in sound ranging; commanding the 1st Warwickshire Battery RHA (1st Cavalry Division to November 1916, then 29th Division), May 1916 - July 1917, including in the Battles of the Somme and Arras; and commanding the 17th Brigade RFA (29th Division), July 1917 - January 1919, at the Third Battle of Ypres, Cambrai, the Battle of the Lys and final advance, with good letters on the Armistice and treatment of Germans. Together with 23 photographs showing the western front, Ypres, his Battery, his horse, his accommodation, and men (1915).
History note
Cataloguer JS
History note
Catalogue date 2005-12-07
