Arques-La-Bataille
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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Second World War Notebook Diary (manuscript) Volume I, 21 Sep.-4 Dec. 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10082/16
Scope and Contents
Notebook inscribed ‘Lieut. T. J. Fairbank’ containing 60 pages of manuscript journal entries for the period 21 September to 4 December 1939.TJF enlisted for service in the Royal Army Medical Corps in September 1939 and was initially assigned to the 10th General Hospital before being transferred to the 12th Field Ambulance Unit in November 1939. The journal begins with TJF joining the 10th General Hospital at Clairmont Girls School in Edinburgh and arrival in Cherbourg to set up the...
Dates:
21 Sep.-4 Dec. 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library.
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Second World War Notebook Diary (manuscript) Volume III, 20 Jan.-16 Jun 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10082/18
Scope and Contents
Notebook inscribed ‘T. J. Fairbank Major RAMC.’ containing 31 pages of manuscript journal entries for the period 20 January to 16 June 1940.The journal begins on 29 January 1940 with TJF returning from leave and his assignment to the 1st Battalion of the Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. It records how he spent the first few months of 1940 at the 10th General Hospital in Arques-la-Bataille principally treating sick civilians and military personnel. Following the start of the...
Dates:
20 Jan.-16 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for researchers using Cambridge University Library.