French prayer book
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The French prayer book that Arthur wrote his diary in.
CONTRIBUTOR
Royal Engineers Museum
Library & Archive
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
1
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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