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Aldershot, Hampshire

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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From P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, 6th [Bn] East Lancashire Regt, Blackdown, 20 Apr. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/60
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Has seen Robbie [Ross?] who is in good spirits, despite the court case; Winston Churchill's reaction to an obscenity in Alsace; saw [Sir Hubert] Parry, who tells him of Steuart [Wilson]'s second operation; has been 'bitten by a dog and kicked by a horse'

Dates: 20 Apr. 1915
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 P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, 6th [Bn] East Lancashire Regt, Blackdown, 26 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/61
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Geoffrey Fry's engagement to Alathea Gardner; Robbie [Ross?] has been upset by the deaths of Hugh Lane and Cyril Holland, and by Crosland's appeal; [H.G.] Wells's new book Boon

Dates: 26 May 1915
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 P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, 6th [Bn] East Lancashire Regt, Blackdown, 31 May 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/62
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A performance of Pique Dame, which seems 'dreadfully dated'

Dates: 31 May 1915
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 P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, 6th [Bn] East Lancashire Regt, Blackdown, 9 June 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/63
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Is soon to embark for the Dardanelles, so Timmy will 'get some rest'; hopes to see 'Dennis' [Denis Browne] out east

Dates: 9 June 1915
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 P.J. Chester J. Laidlaw, 6th [Bn] East Lancashire Regt, Blackdown Camp, 8 Mar. 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7973/P/59
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A 'dreadful place'; an uncongenial room mate

Dates: 8 Mar. 1915
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).