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Ms diary (161pp), together with a ts transcription (83pp), of this service with the 87th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corp (29th Division), 4 August 1914 - 20 November 1915, beginning with a brief account of his training in Kent and then Warwickshire before describing in detail how he embarked on the SS MARGUTTE (18 March 1915), his arrival at Alexandria (30 March 1915) and his impressions of Egypt including some interesting remarks about the local women as well as the unbearable heat and insects, continuing with his boarding the HMS AUDINAN (8 April 1915) and the subsequent journey he undertook to the Gallipoli Peninsula, outlining how shocked and frightened he was initially by the deafening bombardment and the sight of so many dead and wounded during his landing at Suvla Bay, his day to day duties and the strains of working under constant fire, the increasing number of shell shock victims he treated and how he found these nervous cases especially harrowing, his involvement in the unpleasant task of burying the dead and digging trenches, the poor rations he received and his suffering from dysentery (June 1915), whilst throughout providing a thorough commentary on the strategic developments and fighting going on around him, ending with his health deteriorating and his being sent to No 17 Stationary Hospital near Gully Beach (25 October 1915) and finally his return to England where he arrived on 19 November 1915.
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Ms diary (161pp), together with a ts transcription (83pp), of this service with the 87th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corp (29th Division), 4 August 1914 - 20 November 1915, beginning with a brief account of his training in Kent and then Warwickshire before describing in detail how he embarked on the SS MARGUTTE (18 March 1915), his arrival at Alexandria (30 March 1915) and his impressions of Egypt including some interesting remarks about the local women as well as the unbearable heat and insects, continuing with his boarding the HMS AUDINAN (8 April 1915) and the subsequent journey he undertook to the Gallipoli Peninsula, outlining how shocked and frightened he was initially by the deafening bombardment and the sight of so many dead and wounded during his landing at Suvla Bay, his day to day duties and the strains of working under constant fire, the increasing number of shell shock victims he treated and how he found these nervous cases especially harrowing, his involvement in the unpleasant task of burying the dead and digging trenches, the poor rations he received and his suffering from dysentery (June 1915), whilst throughout providing a thorough commentary on the strategic developments and fighting going on around him, ending with his health deteriorating and his being sent to No 17 Stationary Hospital near Gully Beach (25 October 1915) and finally his return to England where he arrived on 19 November 1915.
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