A Soldier's Diary from the Western Front
This diary was found in a charity shop in North Yorkshire in c 1994. It lists the movements of the 10 KRRC (10th Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps)from 19 September 1914 to 3 August 1915 with a journal, possibly written in retrospect, from 18 April 1915 to 9 May 1915. (There is also a type-written note in the front dated 30 November 1917). The writer anglicises place names, 'Frelingham' and 'Armentierres'. The note book has also been used as a music theory exercise book. There are no clues as to the writer's name or home.
War diary
A notebook kept as a war diary by a soldier in the 10th Battalion of the King's Royal Rifle Corps, also used as a music note book.
Diary
A soldier's war diary
CONTRIBUTOR
Jane Robinson
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
42
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
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