FIRST WORLD WAR:
LETTERS FROM ENGLISH SOLDIERS
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FIRST WORLD WAR:
LETTERS FROM ENGLISH SOLDIERS |
| Box 1 | Contains letters of Captain H. C. Game, Royal Artillery, to wife sent from France. |
| Box 1 | FF 1 | Contains letters of July-August 1915 detailing training. |
| Box 1 | FF 2 | Contains letters of March-April 1915 detailing shipping out, training, and first impressions of the front. |
| Box 1 | FF 3 | Contains letters datedfrom October 10, 1915 to July 6, 1916 describing daily activities and life at the front. |
| Box 1 | FF 4 | Contains letters of April-May 1916. |
| Box 1 | FF 5 | Contains letters of June 1916. |
| Box 1 | FF 6 | Contains letters of July 1916. |
| Box 1 | FF 7 | Contains assorted memorabilia including a photograph of mugs given to the King and Queen of England for their 25th anniversary, a thank you not for the gift, commissioning papers, and two warrants of appointment. |
| Box 2 | Contains letters of Major Stewart Grose, Royal Artillery, Salonika Force, to various family members. Letters center around life on the front and daily activities. |
| Box 2 | FF 1 | Contains ten letters written during training, March-September 1915. |
| Box 2 | FF 2 | Contains letters to parents September-October 1915, from training camp and from France. |
| Box 2 | FF 3 | Contains letters describing movement to and early days in Salonika, November of 1915 to February of 1916. |
| Box 2 | FF 4 | Contains three letters to parents, December of 1915 to February of 1916. |
| Box 2 | FF 5 | Contains 34 letters to parents throughout 1916. |
| Box 2 | FF 6 | Contains 21 letters to parents throughout 1917. |
| Box 2 | FF 7 | Contains letters to parents May-September of 1918. |
| Box 2 | FF 8 | Contains 33 letters to sister September of 1915 to April of 1918. |
| Box 2 | FF 9 | Contains letters to Captain Grose from fellow officers and men, 1917-1918, plus letters to father from Grose, December 1915. |
| Box 2 | FF 10 | Contains maps of Salonkia and surrounding area. |
| Box 3 | Contains letters of Lance Corporal Trevor Conduit and Private Sidney Conduit, London Rifle Brigade, to parents, describing daily activities and life on the front in France, 1914-1915. |
| Box 3 | FF 1 | Contains a letter from Sidney dated August 31, 1914. |
| Box 3 | FF 2 | Contains a letter from Trevor, November of 1914. |
| Box 3 | FF 3 | Contains one letter from Sidney, December 1, 1914. Also contains letters from Trevor, December of 1914. |
| Box 3 | FF 4 | Contains letters from both brothers, January of 1915. |
| Box 3 | FF 5 | Contains letters from both brothers, February of 1915. |
| Box 3 | FF 6 | Contains letters from both brothers, March of 1915. |
| Box 3 | FF 7 | Contains letters from both brothers, April of 1915. |
| Box 3 | FF 8 | Contains letters of May of 1915 describing Sidney's death and expressing sympathies, also Sidney's last letters to parents. |
| Box 3 | FF 9 | Contains a letter from Sidney's commanding officer, June 13, 1915, expressing sympathies. |
| Box 3 | FF 10 | Contains a letter, July 4, 1915, expressing sympathy for Sidney's death from a comrade. |
| Box 3 | FF 11 | Contains miscellaneous undated letters from both brothers. |
| Box 3 | FF 12 | Contains a copy of the finding aid. |