Description
Object description
[BASIC ACCESSION RECORD] A large amount of correspondence between a soldier and his fiancée (later wife) Muriel, and members of their family, relating to his service as a Sergeant, later Staff Sergeant, in 'B' Company 7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, with 245 ms letters giving details of his being based at Caterham Surrey (February 1942 – April 1942), briefly attached 13th Infantry Brigade, at sea (May 1942), in India (June 1942), as part of Persia and Iraq Force (PAI Force) (September 1942 – March 1943), MEF (March 1943 – July 1943), 'B' Company, 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, CMF (August 1943 – May 1944), being wounded April 1944, shrapnel removed in operations, and time at 58 General Hospital, Weapon Training School, Central Mediterranean Training Centre (CMTC), CMF (May 1944 – June 1945), home leave for marriage (June 1945), at sea (June – July 1945), 'X' Special Reception (Transit) Camp, B Wing, CMF (July 1945), moving to Palestine, via ship from Italy (July 1945), Middle East Weapon Training School, METC, MEF (August 1945 – December 1945), at sea returning home (December 1945). Together with 101 ms letters from Muriel to Jack (c.530pp plus envelopes, February 1944 – December 1945); ?? Letters from his mother (??pp, DATES); ?? Letters from his sister Mary, and her husband Reg (??pp, Dates); ?? letters from his uncle Wilfred (??pp, Dates); ?? letter from auntie Lill (?p, dates); ?? letters from Kay, (Muriel's sister) (??pp, dates); ?? letters from family and friends; a group photograph of A' Company, 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, taken 3 September 1939; a photograph of his section (same day); a photograph of their wedding (June 1945); and a photograph of another wedding.
Content description
[BASIC ACCESSION RECORD] A large amount of correspondence between a soldier and his fiancée (later wife) Muriel, and members of their family, relating to his service as a Sergeant, later Staff Sergeant, in 'B' Company 7th Battalion Cheshire Regiment, with 245 ms letters giving details of his being based at Caterham Surrey (February 1942 – April 1942), briefly attached 13th Infantry Brigade, at sea (May 1942), in India (June 1942), as part of Persia and Iraq Force (PAI Force) (September 1942 – March 1943), MEF (March 1943 – July 1943), 'B' Company, 7th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, CMF (August 1943 – May 1944), being wounded April 1944, shrapnel removed in operations, and time at 58 General Hospital, Weapon Training School, Central Mediterranean Training Centre (CMTC), CMF (May 1944 – June 1945), home leave for marriage (June 1945), at sea (June – July 1945), 'X' Special Reception (Transit) Camp, B Wing, CMF (July 1945), moving to Palestine, via ship from Italy (July 1945), Middle East Weapon Training School, METC, MEF (August 1945 – December 1945), at sea returning home (December 1945). Together with 101 ms letters from Muriel to Jack (c.530pp plus envelopes, February 1944 – December 1945); ?? Letters from his mother (??pp, DATES); ?? Letters from his sister Mary, and her husband Reg (??pp, Dates); ?? letters from his uncle Wilfred (??pp, Dates); ?? letter from auntie Lill (?p, dates); ?? letters from Kay, (Muriel's sister) (??pp, dates); ?? letters from family and friends; a group photograph of A' Company, 6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment, taken 3 September 1939; a photograph of his section (same day); a photograph of their wedding (June 1945); and a photograph of another wedding.
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