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187 ts transcribed letters (206pp) written to his mother and father whilst serving as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 1/20th Battalion London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich) (141st Brigade, 47th Division), 10 March 1915 – 24 July 1916, recording his landing in France, his duties as a signaller and then his subsequent movements and daily routine on the Western Front, remaining remarkably positive throughout despite the harsh conditions in the trenches, the primitive cooking facilities, censorship restrictions and the frustrating stalemate situation that he had to contend with, his hospitalisation after injuring his foot (December 1915) and his being awarded the Military Medal (June 1916), whilst enquiring at some length about his parents' garden and greenhouse, overall providing a very thorough insight into trench warfare during the First World War, ending with his returning to England to undertake further training (24 July 1916).
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187 ts transcribed letters (206pp) written to his mother and father whilst serving as a 2nd Lieutenant with the 1/20th Battalion London Regiment (Blackheath and Woolwich) (141st Brigade, 47th Division), 10 March 1915 – 24 July 1916, recording his landing in France, his duties as a signaller and then his subsequent movements and daily routine on the Western Front, remaining remarkably positive throughout despite the harsh conditions in the trenches, the primitive cooking facilities, censorship restrictions and the frustrating stalemate situation that he had to contend with, his hospitalisation after injuring his foot (December 1915) and his being awarded the Military Medal (June 1916), whilst enquiring at some length about his parents' garden and greenhouse, overall providing a very thorough insight into trench warfare during the First World War, ending with his returning to England to undertake further training (24 July 1916).
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