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| Accession Number | PR03232 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 wallet: 1 cm |
| Object type | Diary |
| Maker |
Greenhill, Ernest Percy Leslie |
| Place made | France, United Kingdom: England |
| Date made | 1916-1917 |
| 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. |
Greenhill, Ernest (Sapper)
Description
Transcript of a diary written by 15134 Sapper Ernest Greenhill, 7 Field Company Engineers during the First World War. Entries cover the years 1916-1917 from embarkation on the troopship SS Aeneas, the voyage to England and training at Perham Downs Camp and Brighton Sea, Essex. Greenhill was sent to France in March 1917 and writes detailed observations in April-May 1917 about his involvement in the second battle of Bullecourt and setting up wiring on the Hidenberg Line.