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Add MS 48359
- Record Id:
- 040-001957965
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001957959
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000725.0x000057
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 48359
- Title:
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HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Official War Diaries of the 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. Vol. V. Ploegsteert and Passchendaele. 3 July 1917-25 April 1918.
- Scope & Content:
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Vol. V (ff. i+386). 3 July 1917-25 April 1918.
includes:
- ff. 8, 35, 112, 179 Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Leonard Ellington, Royal Artillery: War diaries, etc., signed by: 1917.
- ff. 145, 183, 185, 250, 278, 319, 369 Lieutenant-Colonel Cecil Faber Aspinall, Royal Munster Fusiliers: War diaries, etc., signed by: 1917, 1918.
- f. 192 Major Ernest Llewellyn Makin, Wiltshire Regt: War diaries signed by: 1917.
British Army-issued War Diary completed as a typewritten daily record of events, operations and information, preceded by contents pages. Additional information includes operational orders, reports on raids, diagrams, personnel lists, maps, order of battle, messages, correspondence and notes on the following: shell holes; machine guns; concrete; artillery; trench warfare; the construction of horse standings; duties of horse-masters; labour units and history of the Tower at Flêtre. Also includes translation of captured Germany Army order and Hunter-Weston’s opinion of plans for offensive towards Passchendaele.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Europeana Collections 1914-1918 - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001957959
036-001957960
040-001957965 - Is part of:
- Add MS 48355-48368 : HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Diaries, etc., of Lieutenant-General Sir Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston, K.C.B. (b. 1864, d. 1940);…
Add MS 48355-48362 : HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Vols. I-VIII. Official war diaries, etc.; 1914-1918. Eight volumes.
Add MS 48359 : HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Official War Diaries of the 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. Vol. V. Ploegsteert and Passchendaele. 3 July… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001957959[0001]/036-001957960[0005]/040-001957965
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 48355-48368
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_48359 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1917
- End Date:
- 1918
- Date Range:
- 3 Jul 1917-25 Apr 1918
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Crown Copyright and provided under an Open Government Licence.
- Custodial History:
- Crown Copyright and provided under an Open Government Licence.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)