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Avesnes, France

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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From Sydney A. Wells, Avesnes, 13 May 1919-14 May 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/62
Scope and Contents

Has rejected an unsatisfactory site for the PoW camp; they are now quartered in a field; delights in his own solitary billet; finds it impossible to dislike his prisoners; his 'horrid' new servant

Dates: 13 May 1919-14 May 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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From Sydney A. Wells, Avesnes, 26 May 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/W/63
Scope and Contents

'Gabriel' [Atkin]'s and Harley [Trott]'s prospects at the Slade; likes the prisoners, one is teaching him German; hopes to be sent to Germany after his leave; the military doctor and his eyelash collection

Dates: 26 May 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).