War diary of my grandfather
The diary consists in short notes writen everyday on small sheets of paper.
Daily story of four years in the French 140ème régiment d'infanterie from Grenoble.
CONTRIBUTOR
Claude Bonniot
DATE
1914-08-02 - 1919-05-20
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
159
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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