60738: Notes on conduct of British soldiers serving in Belgium and France, by Lord Kitchener, belonging to James Cross
Part of a large collection relating to Jim Cross, Broadway, Worcestershire. Before the First World War he was a postman in Hereford, joining the army as a ˜sapper' (service number 62966) in the Royal Engineer (Signals) in January 1915. The collection includes artefacts from Serjeant James Cross' service as a despatch rider, and his memoirs “ dictated in his 90s in the 1980s-90s to his second wife, Jill. The memoirs are based on Jim's diaries from 1915, 1917 and 1918. Sjt. Cross served overseas in the 38th (Welsh) Division Signalling Company, and was later attached to Headquaters, Royal Artille... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Text |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
Schlagwörter: | British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Great War Archive / World War One / Official documents |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28545986 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.25446/oxford.25277020.v1 |
Part of a large collection relating to Jim Cross, Broadway, Worcestershire. Before the First World War he was a postman in Hereford, joining the army as a ˜sapper' (service number 62966) in the Royal Engineer (Signals) in January 1915. The collection includes artefacts from Serjeant James Cross' service as a despatch rider, and his memoirs “ dictated in his 90s in the 1980s-90s to his second wife, Jill. The memoirs are based on Jim's diaries from 1915, 1917 and 1918. Sjt. Cross served overseas in the 38th (Welsh) Division Signalling Company, and was later attached to Headquaters, Royal Artillery, 63rd (Royal Naval) Division.