53976: Classified advert from Belgium battlefield tours, from Diary of W. J. Powell ...

A classified advert found in the back of the diary of W.J. Powell for 1918 (also in this collection). This advertises "delightful holidays, bracing Knocke... Sea-bathing, golf. Cheap excursions, battlefields, Ypres, Nieuport, Yser..." Part of a collection relating to Walter H. Powell, Llandrindod Wells, (private / driver M2-267205 Mechanised Transport Army Service Corps). Born 1898, Walter tried to join up under-age on a number of occasions, finally succeeding in 1916. He served many months - (more than 2 years?) - in different army units in Britain, before going over to France. He served as a... Mehr ...