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- Record Id:
- 040-001957972
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001957959
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000725.0x00005d
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- ISAD(G)
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- Add MS 48365
- Title:
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HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Private War Diary. Vol. XI. 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. Somme and Ypres. 1 Jan.-31 Dec. 1916.
- Scope & Content:
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Vol. XI (ff. 160). 1 Jan.-31 Dec. 1916.
includes:
- f. 6 Henri Joseph Eugène Gouraud, French general: Photograph with MS. additions by: 1916.: Fr.
- f. 32 Marquise Le Caron de Chocqueuse, née Lur Saluces: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916.: Fr.
- f. 65 Sir Louis Francis Knuthsen, KCVO; MD: Letter to Lady Hunter-Weston: 1916.
- f. 68 William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916.: Signed.
- f. 81 General Sir Hubert de la Poer Gough, GCB: Letters to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916, 1917.
- f. 89 General Sir Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle, KCMG: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916.
- f. 102 Comtesse Marie Josèphe Mathilde Caroline Ghislaine Brouchoven de Bergeyck: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916.: Fr.
- f. 108 Field-Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916.: Signed.
- f. 110 Major Meredith Magniac, Lancashire Fusiliers: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916.
- f. 112 Major L. Preud'homme, of the Belgian Royal Household: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916.: Fr.
- f. 114 Teck, Earl of Athlone 1917; Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George, Prince of: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1916.
Diary entries, mostly handwritten, giving a personal account of Hunter-Weston’s daily life in the army. Includes contents page. Glued into the diary are many photographs, postcards, letters, poems, drawings, humorous pieces, leaflets, notes on trenches, menus and other mementos. Includes an account of meeting King Albert I of Belgium, Christmas card drawing by Gilbert Holiday and photographs of the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Europeana Collections 1914-1918 - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001957959
036-001957969
040-001957972 - 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 48363-48368 : HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Vols. IX-XIV. Private war diaries; 1915-1919. Six volumes.
Add MS 48365 : HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Private War Diary. Vol. XI. 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. Somme and Ypres. 1 Jan.-31 Dec. 1916. - Hierarchy:
- 032-001957959[0002]/036-001957969[0003]/040-001957972
- 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_48365 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1916
- Date Range:
- 1 Jan 1916-31 Dec 1916
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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