| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR03005 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 2 wallets: x 2 cm |
| Object type | Diary, Photograph |
| Maker |
Meads, John Hartley |
| Place made | France |
| Date made | 1916-1919 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Meads, John Hartley (Captain, b.1894 - d.1950)
Description
Diaries written by Captain John Harley Meads while serving with the 18th Battalion during the First World War. Detailed entries describe the front-line infantryman's experiences of patrols and fatigues and his units involvement at the Somme, Passchendaele and Flanders, chiefly 1916-1918. Other items in the collection include a notebook kept by Meads during miliary service in the Second World War and two photographs of him in uniform and civilian clothes.