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The Diary of "C" Battery, 62nd Brigade, R.F.A., in the European War, 1914-1918.
1st Ed., orig. printed wraps., [vi]+72pp., plate. Woolwich: Printed at The Royal Artillery Insitution.
1921
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Detailed & interesting account of a New Army (K1) RFA Battery, based on its "Digest of Services" - maintained in the Field - augmented by the diaries & recollections of others. Foreword by Brig.-Gen. E.H. Willis, CRA 12th Div., who wrote that "Many acts of self-sacrifice & devotion to duty are strewn up & down the following pages... The achievements of C/62 were great, & this diary has vividly recalled to me many instances during 1916 & '17 when I had the honour to serve in the 12th Divisional Artillery. It has reminded me of the Battery position alongside the Longueval-Flers road in the autumn of 1916 - a position to reach which biscuit tins as stepping stones were necessary as a means of approach to avoid being engulfed in mud. Yet in spite of the very worst conditions imaginable, both as regards weather & hostile fire, the splendid spirit of undaunted cheeriness shown by the officers & men & the evidence of equipment well cared for & handled, impressed me more vividly than I am able to express. Again at Monchy in 1917 during that long drawn out fight following the battle of Arras, the devotion to duty displayed by the Battery elicited the unaffected admiration & praise both of the infantry & the higher military authorities." VG in orig. printed wraps. & rare, with statement at end: "NOTE: This diary is private property & is for the personal use of Officers & Men who served in the battery only."
£125
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