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BUNBURY (Lt. W.J.)
A Diary of an Officer with the 4th Northumberland Fusiliers in France & Flanders from April 20th to May 24th, 1915.
1st Ed., 63pp., fldg. map in end-pocket, another in text & a sketch. Printed by J. Catherall & Co., Hexham [for the author]. nd (c.1915.).
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Detailed & informative record of leaving Blyth, Northumberland, journey to Flanders & being pitched straight into 2nd Ypres on arrival: roll of officers reveals that of 30 'originals' fourteen were wounded during the first month in the line & several more were sick. Much interesting detail on the battalion during the second battle of Ypres with appealing coloured map showing bn. positions & operations during the battle. By "W.J.B.," but easily identified from the roll of officers. Capt. Wilfred Joseph Bunbury was KiA 15/4/17 & is buried in Wancourt Brit. Cemetery. Orig. maroon cloth, blocked in black to front panel, lacks ffep o/w VG, rare & appealing contemporary account with author's introductory note: "This Diary was originally written from letters sent home by me from the Front, & notes made by me while there, solely with the intention of keeping a correct account of the Battalion's doings during these few weeks for my own reference in future years. Having been requested to have a few copies printed for friends & brother officers, with whom I was brought into so much closer companionship, during this short but most interesting time, than ever before, I have decided to do so..." See illustration on our website.
£165
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