Lieutenant F. B. Turner: letters to his father F. B. Turner (Deputy Commissioner, Raipur, India)
Scope and Contents
The collection is comprised of 36 letters and telegrams, written between March 1918 and February 1919, to his father in India, describing his experiences as an artillery signalling officer in Flanders, during the last year of the First World War.
Dates
- Creation: 1918-1919
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
35 item(s) (35 letters)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased at auction, Stride & Son, 1.12.00, lot 409
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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