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CALLINGHAM (L.F.)
Letters & Records of Laurence Frederick Callingham, MA, LL.M., Written during the Great War (1914-1918).
1st Ed., xi+182pp., portrait frontis., 14 photos., fldg. map of Beaucourt. Privately printed at The Chiswick Press.
1928
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Callingham's "War letters & records... written on the spot" but with minor notes identified by square brackets which he added "by way of explanation." Commences with enlistment in the Aritists' Rifles in August 1914 & service with the Artists' in France & Flanders from October 1914-May 1915 when he returned to the UK & was commissioned in the RND. He joined the Hood Bn. at Gallipoli in October 1915 & was evacuated with jaundice on Christmas day 1915; rejoined the Hood in January 1916 & served in France until wounded with the bn. on the Ancre in November (he provides a great deal of information on the RND on the Ancre, including a detailed timetable of the 63rd Divisional attack extracted from original War Diaries). Recovering from his wounds, he was sent to Whale Island for a gunnery course & ended the war in the North Sea. A fine account largely reproducing his detailed & interesting letters written on active service & during periods of training, plus several scarce photos. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, VG throughout & rare. See illustrations on our website.
£275
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