Description
Object description
Collection of ts transcribed letters (120pp) sent by four brothers who all served during the First World War, three of whom died, comprising: 2nd Lieutenant A F H Round (17pp), recording his short time with the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment (12th Brigade, 4th Division), recording his crossing to France in August 1914 and then his participation in and the wounds he incurred at the Battle of Mons on 1 September 1914, with letters of condolence revealing how he later died of his wounds at the Edward VII Hospital in France; 2nd Lieutenant J M Round MC (22pp) of the 13th Battalion Essex Regiment (100th Brigade, 33rd Division), providing descriptions of trench warfare during the First World War and recounting how he was shot in both arms and sent to No 7 Stationary Hospital in March 1916, his receiving the Military Cross in July 1916, also accompanied by letters of condolence sent to his family after he was killed in action in November 1916; 2nd Lieutenant H C Round DSO MC (55pp) written throughout his service with the 9th (Service) Battalion Rifle Brigade (41st Brigade, 14th Division), detailing his role in the Battle of the Somme (September 1916) and in particular an episode where he killed a German soldier with his revolver, his responsibilities as a junior officer, being awarded the MC in October 1916, Christmas celebrations, the action his regiment saw at the Battle of Arras (April 1917) and how he later received the a Distinguished Service Order in June 1917; accompanied by transcribed newspaper articles and letters reporting his death after he was wounded on 24 August 1917; and A J M Round (26pp) of the Canadian Forestry Service (attached to the 77th Company), relating his journey across the Atlantic to France in October 1917 and then the duties he carried out at some distance from the Front Line, which included mainly felling trees and building railway lines, whilst explaining his desire to join the infantry and obtain a commission because of his merits rather than because of his money and position in life (he was the twin brother of Lieutenant A F H Round). The collection also includes an introduction to the letters and is accompanied by various photocopied photographs of the Round family and the brothers in uniform.
Content description
Collection of ts transcribed letters (120pp) sent by four brothers who all served during the First World War, three of whom died, comprising: 2nd Lieutenant A F H Round (17pp), recording his short time with the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment (12th Brigade, 4th Division), recording his crossing to France in August 1914 and then his participation in and the wounds he incurred at the Battle of Mons on 1 September 1914, with letters of condolence revealing how he later died of his wounds at the Edward VII Hospital in France; 2nd Lieutenant J M Round MC (22pp) of the 13th Battalion Essex Regiment (100th Brigade, 33rd Division), providing descriptions of trench warfare during the First World War and recounting how he was shot in both arms and sent to No 7 Stationary Hospital in March 1916, his receiving the Military Cross in July 1916, also accompanied by letters of condolence sent to his family after he was killed in action in November 1916; 2nd Lieutenant H C Round DSO MC (55pp) written throughout his service with the 9th (Service) Battalion Rifle Brigade (41st Brigade, 14th Division), detailing his role in the Battle of the Somme (September 1916) and in particular an episode where he killed a German soldier with his revolver, his responsibilities as a junior officer, being awarded the MC in October 1916, Christmas celebrations, the action his regiment saw at the Battle of Arras (April 1917) and how he later received the a Distinguished Service Order in June 1917; accompanied by transcribed newspaper articles and letters reporting his death after he was wounded on 24 August 1917; and A J M Round (26pp) of the Canadian Forestry Service (attached to the 77th Company), relating his journey across the Atlantic to France in October 1917 and then the duties he carried out at some distance from the Front Line, which included mainly felling trees and building railway lines, whilst explaining his desire to join the infantry and obtain a commission because of his merits rather than because of his money and position in life (he was the twin brother of Lieutenant A F H Round). The collection also includes an introduction to the letters and is accompanied by various photocopied photographs of the Round family and the brothers in uniform.
History note
Cataloguer CLS
History note
Catalogue date 2007-11-28